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OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 23 1914
Number 15
OR
FOURTH OF
JULY
FAR OUT AT SEA
HOW THE BOYS AND GIRLS
MADE THE DAY MERRY
LITTLE STORIES OF BIG BOA
Sea Sickness, the Three Stages, Sail
or Stories, Neuring Honolulu
Four weeks ago Editor Brown put
on his seven-league boots and sail
ed away to those fair Pacific isles.
Where the wicked cease from
troubling
And the weary are at rest
Where Vulcan's tires are bubbling
And light clothing is the best.
And at present he is knocking about
those islands, looking up scenes and
incidents that will write up into good
copy.
We have just received his first let
ter to Courier readers, telling of ad
ventures aboard ship between San
Francisco and Honolulu.
(M. J. Brown, Courier, Oregon City)
Some fellow who had probably
been several times across the big
drink got off these three stages ot
ocean sickness:
First Afraid you are going to die.
becond Don t care it you do die,
Third Want to die.
Just before I left San Francisco
for the Sandwich Islands, I read for
the 'steenth time what a newspaper
friend laid down as my rule and guide
for the trip if 1 wanted to stay on
deck and notice things.
This was the dope:
The best preventative for
seasickness is Christian Science.
This is true. If you are sick
and feel rotten, go down to
meals anyway, even if you can't
stay down and even if the
meals are afflicted the same
way. Keep at it; keep trying
to act as if you weren't sick, and
finally your stomach will be
bluffed out of it by your brains.
This "cure" is on the principle of
tiring your stomach out quick
it is better than "wytchful
waiting."
With a beautiful faith I went to
this treatment that is supposed to
triumph Ov a sick stomach and ling
Pacific custom.
I went down and had the waiter
bring me about all on the card, ate it,
bought a strong cigar and started
walking eight times around the deck.
I was going to show these hundreds
of passengers (who were already
getting pale and dropping by the
wayside) that all one had to do was
to exert the will power and the old
tub could roll as much as the winds
wanted her to.
I made it twice, then felt a sort of
elevator sensation in my stomach
and went into the social hall to rest.
There were about a dozen ahead of
me, who had probably tried the mind
cure.
The piano player started up "You'll
remember me," and then some fel
low tried to whistle "Nearer My God
To Thee."
This was the first stage. We
looked at each other and were afraid
we were going to die. The steamer
must be rolling frightfully. She
pitched, dipped, side-rolled, stood on
her end.
I pushed the sign of distress but
ton and asked a steward to lead me
below. I didn't want to see the ship
go down, and I couldn't longer stand
the "Nearer my God to Thee" that
fellow kept whistling.
Stateroom details of ocean- sick
ness are not entertaining or edify
ing. For 24 hours I lay there, star
ing at the ceilingr-and got the sec
ond and third stages passed through
the "don't care" to the "want to die;"
listened to the sad sea waves ana
hoped every settle of the steamer
would be the last, so my stomach
could rest.
And the next afternoon when I
crawled on deck, to see if much of
the boat was left, I heard the captain
say it was the smoothest trip he had
seen in months.
But there is nothing in that Christ
ian Science doings as applied to a trip
to Honolulu. It may work out in
books; it may be all right in the
southwest where an ocean is only a
mirage, but out here on the pond,
where the boats take you up, leave
you for a second, then let you fall
until your head reels and your stom
ach kicks I don't believe the theory
can be worked successfully, disciples
of Mary Baker Eddy to the contrary.
This story is made up of the
steamer's sidelights of the incidents
that go to break up the monotony
of a long voyage. . One will mill
around (after he gets in direct com
munication with his stomach) to find
something new. The wireless news
paper has little more startling than
that Sacramento beat San Francisco,
and the decks have nothing of inter
est but the same old shuffle-board
and rope quoit games, so a fellow
looking for something of interest to
write about will go up to the steer
age end; will pick up an oiler, wiper
or some other fellow with the blue
denims on; catch them going to eat;
tell them you are from Liverpool
and a friend of Jack London, and
some of them will tell you stories
for a half four the most of which
can't be printed.
They have tatooed pictures from
their noses to their toes. They are
the real salt water bums and have
been in most every port, and every
sailor who will tell you anything ,will
tell of about a dozen shipwrecks,
most of which never happened, be-
( Concluded on Page 7) j
ASKED
FOR HIS REPLY
U'REN WANTS TO FIND WHERE
DEMOCRAT STANDS
THINKS DOC SHOULD BE FAIR
Says Smith Has Been Prtending to
Favor Wets and Drys at Same
Time
Dr. C. J. Smith and Dr. Jas. Withy
combe are still side-stepping the pro
hibition question. They have a great
love (politically) for both the drys
and the wets, and really do not know
which dear charmer they like best
Mr. U'Ren and some others have been
trying to help these gentlemen make
up their minds. Letters both pub
lic and private have been mailed and
printed, asking the doctors for a pre
scription of their prohibition senti
ments, written either in latin or
Chinese, but the only answer is si
lence. Here is Mr. U'Ren's latest request
of the democratic wet-dry candidate
and the Courier will reserve space for
the publication of Dr. Smith's reply
next week:
Oregon City, Ore.
J uly 22, 1914.
Dr. U. J. Smith, Broadway Bldg.,
Portland, Oregon.
Dear Doctor:
On July 3rd I wrote you asking
whether you tavored State and Na
tional Prohibition of the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors. I
have not received your answer, but
the newspapers last week published
your interview doubting my right to
ask the question. I believe you are
the first candidate to question the
right ot any citizen to ask any can
didate for public office what his con
victions are on any question at issue
belore tne people.
A candidate may refuse to ans
wer, or may make an evasive reply
Under the direct primary plan, either
refusal or evasion usually leaves the
people with the impression that the
candidate s only positive conviction
is that he wants the ofhce, and is will
ing to do all things and promise all
thipgs,to all, mn ind women h.v -Oregon,
if by any means thereby he may
be elected. But in view of the cam
paign you made for the nomination,
it would seem that you cannot con
sistently do anything but make a
plain, straight forward answer in fa
vor of the prohibition and utter de
struction of the liquor business.
Governor West is a "dry" Demo
crat and he used all his influence to
obtain the Democratic nomination for
you; he assured his friends that you
would continue his pollutes if Lyou
were elected; you used language
whicn conveyed the same idea before
you were nominated; it was generally
believed that you would get most of
tne "dry vote among the Democrats
because of the Governor s represen
tations, and your own expressed or im
plied assent thereto; you have as
sured some men privately that vou
were most earnestly opposed to sa
loons and the whole liquor business:
these statements were so general and
so frequent by yourself and your sup
porters before the nominating election
that there is a very general impres
sion that you favor State and Na
tional Prohibition. Yet I cannot find
any statement over your signature,
either before or since the nominating
election, clearly stating your con
viction.
Some of your opponents sav that
friends of yours have assured repre
sentatives of the liquor men that you
are not going to be unreasonably
strict about enforcing any laws: that
enforcement of Prohibition, if it car
ries, will be the local business and du
ty of the district attorneys and sher-
nrts in tne different counties. Liquor
men are not afraid of that kind of law
enforcement as to Prohibition ,as you
know. It is a sort of regulating and
licensing the liquor traffic by fines in
stead of by ordinances, just as public
gambling was regulated and practic
ally licensed by monthly fines in Port
land, Pendleton, and other cities of
Oregon a few years ago.
Political conditions are intolerable
under which any man who is a candi
date for the highest office in the gift
of the people must bow to any purely
selfish interest like the organed
whiskey business. I hope this letter
may not only remove your doubt of
my right to ask the question, but al
so inspire you to publicly declare your
convictions, whatever they may be.
sincerely yours,
W. S. U'REN.
Injured by Auto
Cris Vick was injured and Mr. and
Mrs. B. Friedrich, pinned beneath the
car when the Friedrich auto turned
turtle on a steep grade of the Wilhoit
road yesterday.
Mr. Vick suffered a broken rib, but
none of the others in the party was
seriously injured.
The car was climbing a steep hill
when the engine refused to work. The
driver applied the brakes, but they
slipped. The car ran backward and
upset.
Ihe boys succeeded in righting the
machine and liberating Mr. and Mrs.
Friedrich. Young Friedrich was driv-
ng the car.
Van Brakle Goes East
Dr. J. A. van Brakle left Wed-
esday morning for Philadelphia.
where he goes to attend the Nation-
1 Osteopath Convention. Dr. van-
Brakle expects to be gone about two
weeks. An endeavor will be made to
ring the National Convention to
Portland next year.
MUST
fJUl'J
SALUTE A FLAG
UNITED STATES OFFICIAL IN
SULTS NORWAY BY HASTY
ACT
BOXES HARBORMASTER'S EAR
Shows Norwegians We Folks Feel
Just as Big as Der German
Kaiser
ine principal Norwegian papers
are demanding the recall of the sec
retary of the American legation
Franklin M. Gunther, because of his
alleged assault on the harbormaster
of Christiana, who is the highest po
lice official in the Kingdom.
You see, b'gosh, it's just like this.
Every American citizen thinks
he s just as good as anybody else, in
eluding the Emperor of Germany or
anyone else, bo when the harbor
master at Christian ordered the cap
tain of the American steam yacht
Pauline to get out of the way and
make room for the Kaiser's yacht Me
teor, there was a nice row on the
American boat. Secretary of the
American Legation Gunther got right
into the scrap and told the harbor
master a few things, and when the
latter tried to sass back Gunther
landed his mit on the Norwegian's
ear and knocked off his official cap.
So we shall probably have to sa
lute all right. But in any event,
Gunther should be promoted and be
given a medal for standing up for
American rights. The dutch Kaiser
ain t no better than we be!
E
Work, Sweat, Worry and Scheme
and Yet Fail to Realize Profit
The poor farmer who labors to
compel a rebellious and taciturn na
ture to yield her wealth must meet
many discouragements before he can
harvest his crop. His success or fail
ure depends upon a thousand incident
als over which he has no control-
sunshine, rain, drouth, temperature,
insects, etc., all have to be taken in
to calculation. And when at last, af
ter working from 4 in the .morning
till 10 at night, the crop is actually
harvested there remains the supreme
problem ot marketing to be faced
And if the son of toil has successfully
run the gauntlet of all the other ad
versities he is pretty certain to come
to gnet when his wares go to market,
The editor has been handed some fig
ures on the cost of producing a crop
of berries as they were handled by a
wackamas county larmer, and also
some correspondence regarding the
marketing. And this is the story we
get out of it. Taking as an example
o crates or blackcaps.
Lost to grow berries, in
cluding labor, fertilizer,
rent, interest, deprecia
tion in tools, horses,
etc $ .00
For 6 crates at 18c ea..1... 1.08
For picking at lc per bx,
24 boxes to crate 1.44
Total $2.52
Handled by the Commission house
their statement shows:
3 crates dumped 00
3 crates at $1.00 each 3.00
Express 55c
Commission at 15c .... 45c
Total $1.00 1.00
Balance $2.00
LOSS TO FARMER 52c
Had not three of the crates of
berries spoiled because of the slow
market, the farmer might have real
ized about $1.50 in profit, which,
however would scarcely renav him
for the time lost in hauling his crop
to town for shipment.
the editor is not much of a farm
er, but we believe that the production
of perishable crops which place the
producer at the tender mercies of the
Portland commission merchant is a
great mistake. The grower should
himself place his crops in the hands
of the consumer directly, so far as
possible. This is another reason why
the farmer should try to develop the
market-day proposition, as it is being
worked out at present in Oregon City
even if it should not appear to offer
great inducements just at present.
The day will come when Portland
will have much more trouble in get
ting supplies than at present, and if
a reliable farmer's market can be
come thoroughly established here, es
pecially if a weekly auction sale of
live stock be added, it will certainly
attract cash buyers here, who will
pay the farmer cash on the spot for
his produce and relieve him of all the
annoyance of dealing through second
parties, who may or may not be
honest and reliable.
FRIARS MOVE BACK
The Friars' Club are going to mov
out of Clackamas County they don't
exactly relish the kind of treatment
they have been getting from the of
ficers and jurymen of this county,
and they are going to get even by
turning their backs upon us and
pitching their tents in a more congen
ial atmosphere. Mr. John Ditchburn
president and attorney for the Club
is reported to have said that "by
moving to Multnomah county we can
be among our own people, etc."
Gee! how do you like that you
folks who happen to live over the
county line?
Doesn't it make you happy to find
your chickens are coming home ta
roost?
H LI W
FARMERS
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ELEVATOR
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OREGON CITY WINS ELEVATOR
CASE IN SUPREME COURT
FINAL OUTCOME NOT KNOWN
Justice Eakin Writes the Opinion and
Reviews Law in the Case.
The supreme court decided July 21
in favor of the city of Oregon City
and the Oregon Bridge & Construc
tion company in the proceedings
brought for contempt of court by
Sarah A. Chase and dismissed the
case.
During the year 1912 the city of
Oregon City was authorized to con
struct a passenger elevator to trans
port passengers from the business
portion of the city to an elevation of
about 100 feet up the bluff in the
residence portion of the city, and
then commenced work to locate ihe
bridge or trestle from the top of the
elevator shatt onto the blutt.
The plaintiff was awarded $1,500
as damages by viewers and appealed
to the circuit court, where she was
awarded $1000 and costs. On Octo
ber 15, 1913, she started suit to en
join the city and its officers from
proceeding with the elevator and
bridge, maintaing that the erection
of the bridge would mean a contin
uous trespass and nuisance.
The court holds that the descrip
tion of the property is not so definite
as to render the proceeding void, that
it does not appear that the acts com
plained of were in disregard of the
injunction order, and that the juris
diction and regularity of the condem
nation proceedings should be tried
out by writ of review or some direct
proceeding for that purpose.
Justice Eakin wrote the opinion.
Upon learning of the court's de
cision Mayor Linn E. Jones stated
that work upon the approach and up
per landing of the municipal, passen
ger elevator would be resumed at
once. The city officials and workmen
were arrested for trespassing a few
weeks ago when they commenced this
work, and a suit was brought against
the city for contempt of Judge Ben
son's decision in the circuit court that
the property the city has condemned
belonged to Mrs. Chase.
Attorney Hedges aid. he did not
know what action he would take in
the matter until he read the supreme
cour"s decision and fully understood
it. The city has been in a long legal
tangle over the passenger elevator
it has erected and has only won one
case but to be brought into another
by Mrs. Chase's attorneys.
1 here is still another case upon the
same matter pending before the su
preme cour t .
And while the city is fighting
out its interminable legal battles
with Mrs. Chase and later possibly
with the Water Board and others,
some folks are wondering if it is in
tended to let the Seventh Street stairs
(the upper flight, or wooden section)
perish of dry rot?
Ihe 200-pound boulder which fell
off the bluff some weeks or was it
months ago still remains where it
was placed by the hand of Fate, and
the broken railing has not been re
paired. from the street crossover up to
the newly built extreme upper sec
tion the stairway is going to the bad
at a rapid pace, some of the timbers
of the railing being rotted away on
their ends and hanging loosely in
place.
A great many tourists climbed the
stairs to get a view of the surround
ing country (some of them travelers
of international fame as writers) and
these people are likely to go away
with a poor opinion of Oregon City
thrift and pride.
We wish to respectfully call atten
tion of Hizzoner Mayor Jones and
councillors to this condition of delap
idation and neglect and ask if it
would not be possible to unwind
enough red tape to get the stairs re
paired before a vigilance committer
of citizens are compelled to go to the
work
PETITIONS ARE FILED
Prospects Bright for Abolition of Sen
ate and Proportional Rep
resentation Those who favor reform legisla
tion will be pleased to know that on
the 2nd Mr. Spence filed the initiative
petition for abolition of the state sen
ate with more than 12,200 signatures.
Miss Nettie Mae Rankin at the
same time filed the initiative petition
for proportibnal representation in
electing representatives in the legis
lature, with nearly 11,500 signatures.
n round numbers 10.100 are required
for an initiative petition.
The Homes Tax Exemption amend
ment was filed sometime ago by Mr.
Cridge.
The present prospects for the adop
tion of these measures by the people
are very good. Arguments have been
hied for each of the measures.
The old politicians are not yet
wholly discouraged, however, and this
year they have filed an Initiative pe
tition to provide for assemblies of
elected delegates to recommend can
didates to the voters. The effect, of
course, would be to restore the Boss
and his political machine. This bill
is supported by many of the iren who
are loudest in their condemnation of
he Direct Primary system because
of its cost, yet they propose to add
another election every two years for
the choice of delegates.
A natitiftH M. a f. , , '1 -) O n f ny TA - i 1 I
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Timmerman was filed Wednesday,
Property involved is valued at $6000.
CAILLAUX trial
BIG MAIN
EDITOR CALMETTE PUBLISHED
PRIVATE LETTERS OF PRE
MIER'S WIFE
DEFENDANT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL
Trial Is a Political Drama and Has
World Wide Interest
Those who have been following the
proceedings of the French court
which is trying the case of the beau
tiful Madame Caillaux must have no
ticed tne vast difference in French
and American methods of "courting,
in our court proceedings in tnia
country we have progressed just one
step beyond the old xsorman way for
settling a legal dispute; and tha
was to place weapons in the hands
of the disputants and let them fight
it out. Now-a-days we let our law
yers do the fighting for us and the
most eloquent, most brutal, most
corrupt, most unscrupulous, or most
resourceful lawyer wins, irrespective
ot the merits ot the case.
in France the prisoner and witnes
ses are iree to tell their story as
they please, and the judge encourag
es and questions them and tries by
every possible means to bring out the
actual facts in the case so that the
jury will have an opportunity to de
cide it upon its merits or demerits
rather than upon the scrapping abil
ities of the opposing lawyers.
Madame (Jaillaux is being tried for
the murder ol Gaston Calmette, edi
tor of the influential French news
paper, j,a JMgaro. The editor was
rash enough to publish a love letter
written Madame by her husband, for
the purpose of ruining the latter po
litically. Madame Caillaux sought
legal aid to restrain Calmette from
publishing more of her private cor
respondence, and when assured that
there was no law in France (except
the unwritten law) to so restrain
him, she went to the editor's office
and shot him.
very probably no French jury
would convict a woman for defending
her honor with bullets, and unless it
can be proven that she acted to de
fend her husband (who was at the
time premier of France) from politi
cal exposure, she will go free. That
is, the trial will be largely of a po
litical nature, and if Monsieur Cal-
laux can prove that the grave charges
brought against him by his political
enemies, under leadership of Gaston
Calmette, are false, then the trial
will end fortunately for both the Cail
laux, the ex-premier probably re
turning to the office from which he
resigned following the murder.
At the opening of the trial in Paris
Wednesday morning a crowd strug
gled for entrance to the court room,
expecting to hear the sensational rev
elations arising from Madame Cail
laux's counsel, M. Labori's closing
ultimatum last night, when he de
clared he would refuse to plead un
less a full statement was made by
the government regarding documents
which, it was alleged, were impor
tant enough to crush Caillaux.
On the opening of court, the pro
curator general said he was author
ized by the government to declare
the documents referred to in yester
day's testimony did not exist. In
stead, therefore, of utterly discredit
ing the ex-premier, the incident end
ed in his triumph, as his brilliant
antagonist, M. Chenu, counsel for the
Calmette family, was obliged to ack-
nowledge.
VERY QUEER TRICKS
Man Gives Clothes to Tramps and
Forgets to Take Out Valuables-
Saturday morning, Jack Phelan,
bridge foreman on the S, P. R. R.
found a man's blue sack coat, of good
material and in good condition, along
side the, track, back of the Congrega
tional Church. In the pockets of the
coat, were about fifty 32,calibre re
volver cartridges, a tin whistle, a
number of medals and badges, a pock
et roulette wheel disconected and a
type-metal stamp with the name,
"A. S. Bain," Norfolk, N. Y. On
Sunday morning, in the very same
place, Herbert lianafin, who tends to
the crossing at the foot of Singer
Hill, found a gray overcoat in good
condition, in the pockets of which
were a pair of fine white knit wool
gloves, a knit wool silk-lined tippet
and a lot of post cards torn into
small pieces, directed to A. S. Bain at
different places in New York and
Canada. At noon of the same day,
A. M. Sinnott found in the same
place, fifteen pieces of what seemed
a government bond, and the pieces
fitted together, showed a certificate
of 50 shares of National Mica stock,
of the par value of $100 per share,
bearing the name A. S. Bain.
The three "finds" were a source
of mystery to the finders, as to the
identity of that man Bain. The case
was reported to the police and Chief
Shaw and his force brought all their
professional skill into requisition
and discovered that Bain, the appar
ent man of mystery, had been living
with his wife at the Willamette un
til lately and is now living on Elev
enth and John Adams Streets, and
is a paper-maker at the Willamette
plant.
Mr. Bain's story is that being over
stocked with clothes he put the coat
where it was found Saturday morn
ing, in hopes that some poor tramp
would "ick it up. Seeing it gone Sat
urday evening, he left the overcoat
in the same place Sunday morning.
Now the question is. while Mr.
t) I u.a a Bahama. . ! . L LA i
Lfoifl rwao Willi tile lUBin,
why was he so reckless about the
contents of their pockets?
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COUNCIL CHANGES PLANS ON
MAIN STREET PAVING
WANT BIDS FROM ALL SIDES
Believe Bids Can Be Secured From
Various Companies Now
At the meeting of the Citv Coun
cil Wednesday night it was decided
to receive bids on bituminus pave
ment, which includes bitulithic. as
phalt concrete and other brands, and
concrete. The special Main street
committee, which is composed of the
council committee on streets and
public property and three nropertv
owners along the street, recommend
ed that the council call for bids for
bitulithic alone, but a faction of the
council, led by Jack Albright, suc
ceeded in having a change made in
the report, of the committee at the
last meeting of the council.
It was decided to make this
change so that competition could be
secured, not only between those firms
which lay bituminus pavement but
concrete as well, the council instruct
ed the city engineer to prepare speci-
rications tor both kinds of surface.
STOCK MARKET
JLLjEAFACT
J. J. Tobin, chairman of the Board
of Trade committee upon public mark
ets, made the announcement that ar
rangements have about been com
pleted for a live stock sale to be held
in connection with the regular Fri
day market of produce.
No day has as yet been set for the
live stock sale and cannot be arranged
until it is known by the committee
what number and what kind of ani
mals the farmers will bring in. Every
man who has anything to sell should
communicate with Mr. Tobin at once,
enumerating the stock he wishes to
dispose of, and a day will then be set
for the sale, which will be thorough
ly advertised, so that there will be
no lack of buyers on hand..
The Oregon City public market Is
developing rapidly and it will cer-
luiiiiy resuiv in great oenerus xo un
concerned. Farmers especially should
do their utmost to put the system
upon a solid footing and make it a
permanent success.
A BOUQUET
McMinnville, Ore.,
July 20. 1914.
Oregon City Courier:
Dear bir: xou will find enclosed
$2.50. Give me credit for the same
and send the Courier another year.
we appreciate your paper and feel
proud of the fight you are making
for the cause of prohibition and good
government, and the able support you
are giving to our noble U'Ren,
lours truly,
D. A. M.
PORTLAND BOY DROWNS
Carlessly attempting to learn to
swim in very deeep water at Oswego
Lake cost Arthur Dalstrom his life
Saturday afternoon. The unforttu-
nate accident is the third drowning
in the lake within a month and the
6th in Clackamas county within a
short time.
With two boy companions. Charles
Wickersham and Forest Fhev. who
both live in Portland, young Dalstrom
had left early X nday to spend several
days on the lake shore. The boys ar
rived at the upper part of the lake
Saturday morning and were rowing
in a skift when Wickersham and Das-
strom decided to try to swim.
uaistrom was not an expert swim
mer and after he had left the boat a
few feet he sank. Wickersham, who
s 14 years old, went to his rescue, and
for a short time he held Dalstrom's
head above water onlv to be forced
to let go of the older boy to save his
own life. Fhey, who was left in the
boat, made an effort to row to his
companions, but he was not skillful
enough with the oars to reach the
place in time.
Coroner Wilson was in Oswego at
the time of the tragedy and a few
minutes after the drowning he was on
the spot. With County Health Officer
Van Brakle he hurried to Portland to
secure a pulmotor, but the men drag
ging for the body were unable to
bring it to the surface.
Arthur Dalstrom, who was 17
years of age was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Dulstrom who live in the
Mt Tabor district, Portland.
' DROWNINGS AT OSWEGO
Richard H. Spear drowned in Os
wego Luke, June 20.
Allen Robertson, 15 yeiys old,
drowned in Oswego Lake whilp learn
ing to swim, July 5.
Roland Iferminghaus, a bride
groom of two months, seized with
cramps and drowned in Oswego Lake,
July 9.
Arthur Dalstrom, 17 years old,
drowned while swimming in Oswego
Lake, July 18.
Wells Gets 5C Days
William Wells received 50 days on
a charge of drunkeness before Muni
cipal Judge John Loder Wednesday.
Promises to keep out of Oregon City,
to go to work, and to quit liquor were
not enough to keep him out of jail.
He was arrested shortly before 1
o'clock Wednesday morning by Night
Officer Cooke and French.
Meldrum Estate Probated
The estate of Eva Steel Meldrum,
valued at $.'550, was filed in the pro
bate court Wednesday, and Charles
E. Meldrum was appointed administrator.
CUUNC
PLAN
S
THE BRITISH
ROUTE POLICE WITH BROAD
SIDE OF JAPANESE COAL
VANCOUVER SEES HOT FIGHT
Indians Do Not Want to be Sent Back
to the Land of Cobras
The very serious muddle into which
divergent selfish interests have gotten
those who are looking after the wel
fare of the British empire makes one
ftel really sorry for poor old Johnny
Bull.
The militants have gotten the En
glish aristocracy into such a state of
panic that it is being seriously con
sidered whether it would not be best
to use extreme measures even to
starving the suffragettes to death
rather than grant them th hallot.
In Ireland the Ulster cloud looms
black on the horizon and in India the
sparks of rebellion against English
rule are being fanned into a blaze.
It can scarcely be doubted that
serious trouble in Ireland would be
taken advantage of by the Indians and
an outbreak of hostilities result in
Englands Asiatic possessions.
This is what makes the trouble on
board the Japanese emigrant ship at
Vancouver, B. C, the cause of so
much worry to British officials.
ror many weeks the Komagata
Maru has been lying in harbor at
Vancouver with 352 Hindu immi
grants on board. These men left
their Asiatic homes and sought en
trance into Canada as British sub
jects. The officials of British Colum
bia acting upon the demands of the
people of that province, have refused
the Indians admittance, and the lat
ter have exhausted every legal means
to get permission to land.
Finally on July 18, the Komagata
was ordered to return to India with
her charges and the Hindus rebelled.
Every man of them is a trained
soldier and they had their fighting
blood up. They captured Captain
Yamamoto and his crew and locked
them up below and announced that
they would fight before they would
permit the ship to proceed. And
when British officers attempted to
board the vessel at 1:30 Saturday
night they were attacked and very
i it i i .
rougniy nanuiea, ana a number ol
shots were fired by both' sides. 1 r.
' The officers, howevev, , were. Snally
driven off and several of them seri-
It is believed that should the im
migrants be compelled to return to
India every man will do his utmost
to influence the already rebellious
Hindus against their British masters.
and another Indian mutiny may re
sult. ,
OREGON, PIONEERS
The old Oregon pioneers are ra
pidly passing away and presently
the last one of those who crossed the
plains or sailed 'round the Horn a
half century or more ago, will have
gone to that Better Land and be but
memory among men.
Perhaps there are but few who
realize what the passing of the pion
eer will mean to the world. It will
mean the turning of a leaf in the
world's history such as will never
again be written. We shall no more
return to pioneer conditions here
than we shall return to the conditions
of the age of the European cave man,
and future generations of Oregonians
will search as diligently for frag
ments of our pioneer history as we
of today search for the bones and im
plements of paleolithic man. And it
is indeed a pity, while there are still
a remnant of the old forty-niners
left, that their Btories of pioneer
days and adventures cannot be col
lected and published for the benefit
of future students of Oregon's early
history.
1 he best part of history never gets
into our histories at all. The best
part of early Oregon history would
be those thrilling tales of early days
which the oldtimers relate to the
friends who gather about their fire
sides from time to time. These folk
tales have but little chance of ever
being published.
Looking through the pages of his
tory we find that while we know a
great deal about the great civiliza
tions of the past while thev were at
the height of their development, we
know little or nothing of their early
primitive history. We are inclined to
find fault with the ancient historians
in this respect; but here in Oregon
we are repeating the self-same mis
takes, by not collecting every avail
able fragment of early Oregon his
tory, and preserving it for the plea
sure and instruction of those who
shall live here when we of today
shall be but rotting bones dead gone
and forgotten.
The Oregon Historical Society is
doing much estimable work. 'We ac
knowledge receipt of their December .
Quarterly, which is a volume of fas
cinating interest; but in order that
their labors may not be cut short (so
far as pioneer talcs are concerned),
it would be well for those who are
in touch with any of the old pioneers
to write up their reminiscences and
get local publications to print them
for future reference.
Girls Wanted!
(Over 18 years of age)
To OPERATE SEWING MACHINES
IN GARMENT FACTORY
Oregon City Woolen Mills
HINDU
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