Oregon City courier., September 10, 1914, Image 3

OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1914.
The Shovelcrats
as uncomfortable as possible. It might
De conceived that Martin, as the loun
der of the system of political econ
omy, and one of its chief beneficiaries,
would have been happy; but such was
not tne case. And the miserable ca
reer he had led was typical of that
of many other wretches of great
weaitn, wno were haunted by threats
of the communists that they would
(Continued from Last Week)
Many of the workmen in the tren
ches, and acting as servants in the
homes of the well-to-do, had no place confiscate everything, or pursued by
to find recreation. So others opened SCOres who wanted their money for
iaiiuunu, turn pmtea ui iuseiuem. one oDject or another.
and refreshment. One would have thought Martin
This explains one matter I was would have realized that in the long
asked specifically to investigate; why run it -would cause him less trouble
the shipments of liquor became so ex- to permit each man to have a shovel
tensive after the first two or three aa the means of making his own liv-
years. The answer is that a consider- inS than it would to contribute to the
able portion of the congested dis- charitable organization, which be-
trict was given over to brightly light- seched at his door, more tolerable
eu resorts, where a erarish and suDer- u y Ulmj.u iuuku bo
far as his capabilities warranted than
to stand as financial sponsor for
scores of societies which were in the
uplifting business; more pleasant to
prevent the causes of decay than to
watch its progress and afterwards
contribute funds to reform the way
ficial luxury thrived, and where the
people, consumed large quantities of
intoxicants while gloating over the
increasing wealth of the community,
and discussing plans for the amelior
ation of their own condition. These
resorts afforded employment to many ward.
wuo uimueu uuuidh ana core inem to But Martin was enamored 0f his
tables, or sang and danced if they theorVt He in its fulfillment,
knew how to entertain, or acted as Moreover, it had become an obsession
the proprietory with him to ima(fjne that it was the
The frequenting of these places foundation of social order, and that to
was greatly augumented as time pass- change it would result in chaos,
ed. For example, young men working So interested was I in this man
in the trenches found they could not that I made a special investigation
Jiope to maintain families on the wa- of his activities, loitering about his
ges the shovel tenant received, so doors a full day, making memorandum
marriage was avoided. But they jot what occured. ine result is pro-
rnillrl maintain rhpmsplves anA Vinva I duced herewith.
something left over for cheap recrea- Nine a. m. Arrived at office; met
tion. delegation of determined orgamza-
. ... , . ... tions, some bent on suppressing some
The impelling force for much dis- thing'S) some in haste to promote
T ,, , T"" o"uw""jr others; gave them advice and money,
not well understood by the conserva- Ton m Mt Holpiratinn of noli-
tive element. Martin insisted that ticians who wanted to be elected so
tne large number 01 places where they could save the city; subscribed
profitless amusement was to be had, to their campaign funds.
with their patronage, was evidence Eleven a. m. Issued statement to
of a degenerate tendency on the part I the press, deploring the decay of mo
of the people. If anything, he argued, rals and stability in the community.
it proved wages were too high and . Twelve, noon Grabbed a lunch and
prosperity too widely diffused. He subscribed to the funds of several
busied himself with new plans for charitable organizations.
legislation to regulate and suppress I One p. m. Issued statement to the
amusements which he felt did not ex-1 press, deploring the prevalence 01 raa
ert an elevating influence on the poor, ical theories in government, especially
those advanced bv Tom Morgan rela
tive to shovels, and urging safe and
sane citizens to stand by the conser
vative ticket. .
Two p. m. Conferred with the eu
genie society for the suppression of
" j 1 t i
marriage, anu wim a uuiuuei ux mm.
Besides these avenues of occupa
tion, the functions of government
were becoming more complicated, and
calling for more attention. Since so
large a number of individuals were
no longer able to do for themselves
what under natural circumstances isters ft,' the promotion of marriage
they would have been expected to do, and suwribed to the funds of each.
there came an increasing demand for Three p. m. Issued statement call
the government to address itself to mp; on the public to respect the sacred
new problems. The city government, rights of property and the dignity of
which tii. nisi nuu conaisieu oi a po- the courts.
lice' court and a municipal council, Four p. m. Met his lawyers and in
grew until it occupied a succession, of coroorated a new shovel company.
buildings. I Five p. m. Met delegation of doc-
There were five civil courts, where! tors and physical directors who dosed
husbands- who were una h e. to earn I ana ruDDeu mm mw vuiimuuii w cm
,,. 1 counter another day of worry.
sued for alimony, and where the Sho- Six p. jn. Met various committees
velcrats squabbled over disputed deals d Save them money to uplift the
dTM" 5S Ps-en tiSJSJHiS
mortgages; where the rich sued each "fong" S? linft sin
other for alienating each others' P isig j Kended unless the city
wives affections, and where the poor a did something to increase the
i s price of shovels.
There was also numerous commis- v Ei ht to eleven p. m. Made appeal
sions to regulate everybody. These to the populacerdescribing at length
courts and commissions provided em- the benefits of the tax on beans and
ployment for all who could qualify as expressing the hope that the wealth
lawyers, and also for judges, sheriffs, 0f the community would be still fur
deputies, experts, and the like. All ther increased by an advance in the
these expenditures were met by the price of shovels. Urged everybody
tax on Jose Vasquez and therefore to support the conservative ticket, as-
cost the population nothing though it suring all that the advance might be
was necessary at intervals to increase expected if that ticket were elected,
the tax on beans, which reached such Predicted hard times if the tax on
a height that it would certainly have beans were removed or if shovels be-
oppressed Vasquez immensely, had he came cheaper. . Bankers, lawyers, etc.,
known of i t. made short addresses explaining that
But he continued in happy ignor- as, the credit. pi the city reste d on s ho-
t f-t i,; ii, Jf .. velis. it would be utterly ruined if
lightenment, a few of the residents
thought they detected reasons for be-
shovels became cheaper.
Eleven to midnight Engaged in a
lieving they, afld not Vasquez, paid running fire of altercation with Tom
morgan, wiiu was present, uu&wnaw
ly insisting that a shovel is made to
shovel with.
Along such lines as these the social
life of the camp moved. The picture
I present is tolerably accurate, and it
the tax, though they paid indirectly.
Martin assured them they were in
error. Even if they were right, he
said, and even if they did pay a high
tax, they had no just cause for com-
... j. . i i i.i j :. I I uresem. la wneiauiy atuuioLc, a
piaini, xor Bnoveio nuu mcreaaeu in h yj sketched fa rly presents Dry
value enormously in this period of city the day I arrived to make
liiAa-iui., aim -iieic.uie uia. (v. ;f;mtmn
tile iiiTcaugaviviK
There began to be known in the
camp three theories of property hold
ing and wealth.
One was that oi tne snoveicrats
high
was more wealth with which to pay.
The changes in the character of
the people generally appeared to be
for the worse. This greatly astoun-
ed Martin, who made that fact the th Mnnnnolktic theorv which pro
text for a special plea to the city posed higher prices for shovels and a
council to do something speedily to neavier tax on Jose Vasquez's beans
increase the price of shovels. It was as the basis of prosperity, it being
also necessary greatly to augment reckoned that with so much wealth
vigilance in all quarters, with the as was to be produced by the enor
idea of safeguarding the people who mous increase in values, every one was
were behaving themselves and penali- bound in some way to be benefited. "
zing those vho were not. A second was the Communistic
Rescue missions were established theory. Due largely to the distress
to take care of those who had been that ed' th Communists had de
so busy discussing the great growth veloped in numbers following the tri
in wealth and prosperity, and who xu11? i? Shovelcrats. 1 hey held
had imbibed bo reel? to "drown their
own troubles, that they were mcapa-1 . tQ tores Bhould be Md
me oi taKing care oi tnemseives. . tl d that thi pr0perty should
i . l - be administered by the government,
ded to regenerate these sinners. Against these Morgan and his fol
These were a few of the new fields lowers stood stubbornly with the Pro
of employment which were opened to ductive theory of property, under
Dry Lake City under the Shovel- which they maintained shovels should
cratic regime. There were others, of be held, so far as practicable, by
course, but the ones most conspicuous those who would make use of them,
afforded the major avenues. There and that wealth should be possessed
was still a considerable portion of and enjoyed by those who produce it.
the people which found only occasion- As has been stated, Morgan dis
al employment, and the usual quota, puted that shovels, by increasing the
as in all communities, who lived some price, had added to the wealth of Dry
way without any visible means of sup- Lake City. He thought this increase
nnrt. Rut. irptiPrHllv KTipnlfino-. thp of wealth was negligible. If it were
tiat.1i 1 4 inn nroo qty. r I rrtzA rtnt t.w.f. desired to ascertain the true wealth
itably employed, in the sense that of the community, he said, only pro-
thev were divine our lake, or ac- aucl Ye Power H"oulu. ? .LaR." . "w
complying any good for them- consideration; and so he held th at un-
i ! L r j ... i.,.. .-... x der the monopolistic theorv of proper.
selves nut empioyea in tne eiiort to r t . yv. t.,c,
j. 't iu nnn nnn .:j ty, the city had lost wealth, because
get some part of the $12,000,000 paid 'V aa mt-h ,pr hir.cr r,id
to those who were still at work.
not as much wages were being paid
fla would bp nam were all the sho
rn tnis way is tne moae oi ine Ve s in the hands of the workmen
of the poorer classes accounted for. He held that the Monopolistic and
With the upper ten, the idle rich, Communistic theories were alike, in
so called, it was not a question of that they both disregarded the rights
existence. The problem was to pass of a share of the inhabitants; the mo-
the time away, to find some sort of nopolistic plan because it permitted
diversion. Some purchased horses, an individual to acquire shovels and
and bet which could run the fastest; prevent others from making use of
others got drunk on champagne and them; and the communistic because it
went to bed;others competed fiercely proposes violently to pull every one
among themselves in an effort to aown to tne same level, wneuier in
dustrious or lazy, educated or igno
quence, more wealth; some made a rant and this tended to give thewse
business of beinir candidates for of- wh were lW or ignorant an unfair
fice, on platforms designed to solve advantage over those who were not,
all the troubles of the community;
others spent their leisure moments
in amusements that would hardly
bear discussion.
Women joined clubs and played
cards, sought cuture, amused them
selves with dress, organized leeprues
io suppress saloons, vice and other
things, or called mass meetings to
protest against one thing or another.
So much idleness among the rich
naturally gave to the cultured class
opportunity to devise endless schemes
to uplift the social order, and try them
on the dog. In this case the dog was
the idle poor. Being idle, it had
plenty of time to be the dog, and get
uplifted.
Thus the people engaged in pur
suits calculated to make each other
State of Ohio. City of Toledo. I
Lucas county, i
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he la
senior partner of the firm of K. J. Chc-ney
A Co., doing business in the City of To
ledo, County and State aforesaid, nnd
that said firm will pay the sum of ONI3
HUNDRED DOLLARS for earh and ev
ery case of Catarrh that cannot be rnr'-d
by the use or haul a i aim'.hii n in..
T7.U . Mrr T nupwpv
Sworn to before ma and subscrinfd In
my presence, this 6tn aay or Jjeetmijer,
A. D. 1886. ...
(Seal) A. W. GLEAS'JN,
Notary P'.rhli".
Wall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Interna ly
and acts directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Bend for
testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Drtiercifts. T5e.
Take Hail s Family Fills (or constipation.
Both these systems, he said were
wrong because they were schemes un
der which the earning power of some
was confiscated for tne benefit 'of
others who preferred not to labor.
Morgan, being of an independent
temper, was opposed to the theories
gaining ground that the government
ought to supervise iha welfare of
everybody. He thought those obsta
cles should be removed which pre
vented every man from getting hold
of a shovel, and that then each man
should take his shovel and attend to
his own shoveling in his own way, and
the government ought likewise to at
tend to its own business.
In the nature of things, this de
mand that the government expand its
powers and do something for every
body was spreading with amazing
swiftness. It was a corollary of
events. The people reasoned that
since the government had passed ex
clusive laws which made a monopoly
of shovels practicable, and had thus
vastly increased the wealth of Martin
and his associates, the government
ought to make them equally prosperous.
Accordingly the council was beset
with appeals to do something for
everybody. Lvery year, when the
election came, there was a shifting of
membership, because every one felt
the government had not done enough
tor him. Consequently there was
constant disaffection. For days be
fore the elections the shovelers aban
doned the works and enlisted under
the banner of one party or another
for an uproarous campaign.
In., these contests the Shovelcrats
shouted that property rights must be
preserved, while the Communists de
manded an immediate equal .division
of all the shovels, money, beans and
everything else that could be found.
Morgan criticised the Communists Be
cause he held their plan meant that
property and wealth should be be
stowed as equally as possible, with-.
out regard to who produced it. It was
as unfair, he said, as the monopolistic
theory, which proposed a distribution
as unequal as possible, and likewise
objectionable on the ground that the
distribution was to be carried forward
continuously without regard to who
had been the producer.
The movement for greater govern
mental activity and interference was
regarded as reprehensible by Martin.
For one thing, he hated the continual
uproar it brought, since he believed
wise men should seek to induce the
people to be contented. For another,
there were various projects afoot to
regulate him. For a third objection,
he feared the agitations that accom
pany a system of government regula
tion of private affairs would distract
the attention of the people trom tne
beneficial increase in the value of
shovels and . of the tax on beans,
which he felt true philanthropists
should endeavor to multiply.
The causes, however, were beyond
his control. They were chiefly the
two large leisure classes, the one
made un of the upper ten, the other
of the submerged tenth the one com
posed of the very rich, the otner of
the verv poor. The Ten busied itself
with social justice program and organ
izations to uplift the Tenth. The Ten
occupied itself with supervising the
private affairs and regulating the mo
rals of the Tenth, and both the Ten
and the Tenth tried to enlist the gov
ernment on its side.
Conditions in Dry Lake City must
have become apparent to those of the
directors of our company who have
noted the complete contents oi my re
port. However, it will not be out of
the wav to call attention to some of
the conspicuous features following the
administration by the the Shovelcrats,
in accordance with their theories oi
economics.
In eieht vears part of a new gen
eration had matured. Boys had grown
to manhood, and were fiercely contend
ing for a shovel. These young men
were the recipients of much good ad
vice from the better element, which,
being composed chiefly of the owners
of shovels, had abundant time to offer
it. Thev were advised to marry young
and rear large families; not to marry
until they owned a shovel ot their
own; to marry a gin wnose iatner
owned two shovels; to endure the lack
of a shovel in this world patiently,
lead correct lives and look for some
reward in the world beyond; not to
drink intoxicants; to vote for a higher
tax on beans, and thus require Jose
Vasquez, the foreigner, to pay more
of the taxes; to put their money in
the bank, and the like.
Despite this good advice, there were
tendencies which created a greatly
increased immorality. Caution pre
vented men from marrying until they
felt they were able to provide lor a
family; and as this became more dif
ficult immorality grew from that
source. Women, not being sougnt
as wives, went into occupations. Ihis
resulted in the ties of the first home
growing lighter, and they did not se
cure new homes for themselves.
Other influences were the loss of
selfreliance and individual independ
ence that followed the rise of the Sho-
velcrat. Everybody, from Martin,
who had received the greatest favors
from the government, down to the
humblest Communist, sincerely be
lieved the trovernment ought to do
something to add to his well being.
The government became everything-;
and individual responsibility and ini
tiative nothing a demoralizing state
of the public mind;
Opposing these currents were vari
ous societies with a multitude of ben-
eficient projects. The activities of
these organizations, however, were
not sufhcient to stem tne tide.
While it was reluctantly admitted
that poverty and lack of opporuntity
might figure to some extent as cau
ses of immorality, it was pointed out.
on the other hand, that the wealth of
the community had never before been
so great. .Never before, in tne world s
history had shovels been worth $15,-
000. Shovelcrats stated they had
sought for men to operate shovels,
offering to permit them to retain one
third their wages if they would agree.
There had been few takers: therefore
it was olear that part of the population
must be inherently vicious, deliberate
ly choosing a life of dissipation to one
of probity and industry. There was
considerable talk about the incompe
tent and the unfit.
So it having been decided that lax
morals must be due to depravity of
the lower classes, it remained to clas
sify the offense as a crime, and meet
it on that ground.
It was true that there was no an
alogy to support this definition, or at
least Tom Morgan so contended. He
claimed the sex instinct is not a
criminal instinct, and that it exists
in those of piety and culture the same
as in the irreligious and the ignorant.
Besides, no natural appetite is
criminal, though there may be circum
stances under which the necessity ap
pers of declaring it so by law. It is
not criminal to eat bread; but to steal
bread nnd eat it would be called crimi
nal. If. however, a man were ac-
would be wiser to remove obstacles
that prevent obtaining bread honestly
than to have the state undertake he
supervisions of his morals.
It is also better, Morgan said, when
vice is common, to find ways for
people to live in decency than to ap
point officials to regulate their private
lives.
Regardless of what Morgan con
sidered faults in reasonine the re
formers of Dry Lake City hastened
to adopt the criminal theory, and to
deal with vice on that basis. The in
vestigation and regulation of the mo
rals of the poor became a favorite
form of philanthropy among the
Shovelcrats. - Their organizations em
ployed watchers and detectives to as
sist. The crusades were thought to
be effective by their promoters, who
pointed as evidence to the large num
ber of the sinful in jail.
Undoubtedly these moral waves
added to the interest of existence in
Dry Lake City, though it is a question
wnetner tney servea tneir purpose.
With uplift committees perpetually in
pursuit, armed with admonitions and
injunctions, life for the sinful poor be
came one swift sprint between two
eternities.
In all the subterfuges proposed by
reform agencies to remedy matters,
Morgan had Jittle faith . Movements
of this character, such as penalize
poverty rather than moral turpitude,
he asserted are to a great degree pro
fitless. The well-to-do are never di
verted from sensual pleasures by such
efforts to reform private morals, be
cause their money affords means for
indulgence. Of course, a lively cam
paign may afford some results among
the poorer people, who are less able to
escape. His objection to this was that
it is necessary to admit for the sake
at the argument that it is of benefit
to mature persons oher than idiots to
have their private lives regulated by
some one else.
He said the reformers refused to
admit that a shovel is made to shovel
with, and that when they did recog
nize that truth, most ot their reforms
would not be needed. He said any
thing less than equal access to shovels
could not be any kind of justice, so
cial or otherwise; and anything more
than that was a special privilege. He
said most of the uplift movements had
been inaugurated by a fairly well-to-do
class who pitied the unfortunate,
and desired to aid them without for
feiting or impairing in anv way any of
their own privileges. This, he said,
would prove in the end to be an im
possibility, for one cannot eat his
cake and give it to another at the
same time. ...
The submerged Tenth, like the up
per Ten, lived in idleness, either be
cause it was not possible to obtain a
shovel or because the terms on which
shovels were to be had were not suf
ficiently enticing. This group was
largely interested in proletarian move
ments in denunciations of the rich in
general and Martin in particular, and
dreams of the co-operative common
wealth which would be founded in Dry
Lake City when the Communists car
ried an election and confiscated the
shovels and beans.
Whether they could make their the
ories work was a question. That they
would 'fail was about the only point
on which Martin and Morgan agreed.
Their threats filled Martin with fore
boding, for their number grew des
pite his heroic efforts to increase the
price of shovels and thus render
everybody contented.
Morgan was amused at Martin's
perturbation. Under the circumstan
ces, he viewed the spread of Commun
ism with indifference. He declared if
seme school of confiscators was des
tined to rule' in Dry Lake City, he
could see little choice between con
fiscation of shovels outright by the
Communists or confiscation of the op
portunity to make use of them by the
Monopolists.
In this narration of the attempts to
find remedies, the churches and re
ligious institutions need not be dis
cussed at length. Most of the pastors
accepted without question the system
of economics developed by tne snovei
crats. In compliance with the tenets
of religion, they urged charity as the
means of alleviating the conditions
of the unfortunate.
It requires but a glance to show
they could hope to succeed only In
part. The Shovelcratic system was
based, upon the restriction of opportu
nity and industry. Its leaders grew
rich by sealing up the sources of
wealth against others, and, having
grown rich they concluded their sys
tem was the perfect one, and beneficial
to all.
It has been shown that only about
half the men were at work, and only
half the wages were being paid into
the camp that would have been paid
had not the Shovelcratic theory gained
a foothold. So charity was largely
futile, except as a means of relieving
the most urgent distress. For if the
churches had under those conditions
succeeded in instilling such a spirit
of Christianity as to result in a con
tinual voluntary equal division of the
profits of the camp, there would have
been but half as much available for
division day by day as there would
have been under some arrangement
by which each citizen could have had
access to a shovel to satisfy his own
wants. Therefore, while charity
would aid, the camp would still be as
impoverished, taking into account the
whole situation, as before.
Recommendation
Our company is interested in the nu
cleus of an irrigation system in Neva
da. We care nothing about the eco
nomic views of the Shovelcrats, or
whether they succeed or fail.
Therefore, I would recommend that
each man in Dry Lake City be forth
with supplied with a shovel, so they
all can go to work, to the end that the
lake be speedily excavated.
JOHN WILLIAM JONES,
Commissioner.
(The End.)
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OREGON CITY
SPECIALISTS
From The
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Will Pay Their First Visit
to
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And Will be at
Electric Hotel Annex
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
September 15th and 16th
Two Days Only
This being an Advertising Trip to .
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knowledge There Is no experimenting or guess
work. You will bo told whettier yuu can be
cured or not. If your case Is curable tney win
treat you; If Incurable tliey will give you such
advice as to prolong your life.
They treat deafness by an entirely new
method, ond hearing Is restored to many at
once. CATAKHH In all Its VAIIIEB FOltMS
cured so It never will return, by breaking up
the cold catching tendency by the electrical ab
sorption of medicine. If you have weak lungs
do not fall to be examined.
The new discovery of absorbing medicine by
electricity In paralysis, loss of manly rigor,
rheumatism and all diseases of the nervous sys
tem. Including EHI.EPSY, Is a God-send to
suffering humanity. Medical and scientific men
stand amazed at the marvelous cures that are
being effected wherever this system Is being In
troduced. Thousands who have given up all
hopes of ever being cured now have an oppor
tunity of a lifetime to consult skilled specialists
of National reputation. Itcmomber their knowl
edge of medicine combined with electricity gives
them control of diseases that others do not
possess. If you have WKAK EYES, come and
see the great OCULIST. He, with his remark
able discovery, cures all those afflicted with
falling eyesight, cataracts or functional blind
ness. The blind made to see by their entirely
new methods. No experiments. Come and test
it for yourself. Eyes expertly tested and treated.
ALL THIS IS EHKB OF CHAltdK.
When everything else has failed Radio Ther
ipy Treatments have sent a dispatch with the
rapidity of lightning to affoctod parts and dls
eaae has disappeared like smoke In the air.
rhe worst snd most stubborn case of rheuma
tism, paralysis, sciatica, brain, nerve, heart and
iplnal diseases, lung and throat troubles, blood
Ilsorders, asthma, catarrh, piles, deafness, (Its,
skin diseases, llvor, kidney, -liladder, stomach
jnd nervousness, dyspepsia quickly and perma
nently relieved .by the treatments. Also the
quickest cure In the world for AILMENTS OF
MKN AND WOMEN.
Crutches laid down; boundless gratitude of
those who have been let free. Slavery of
disease Is abolished. Infirmities for (get
yield to the Radio active treatments.
Radio activity treatment drive gloom from
your brain and vitalize every nerve In your
,,o,1y- . .. .
Radio activity treatments are real nerve Tltal
izers they thrill the brain and body with real
Hrength and vitality, making old folks young
jgaln. They renow ambition and courugo when
life just drags along, and clear up dull, mud
dled brains and body. When your thoughts
come hard, your muscles and nerves go weak,
n:d you feel aa If you were "losing your grip,"
Radio treatment! renew your nerve force and
hrlng back your vigor and vim.
The joy of perfect digestion, perfect circula
tion, perfect health. Every nerve and ever)
fiber of your whole body awakens through IhU
wonderful Radio Therapy. Feel the exhlllra
ting thrill of youth make every muacle and
function In your body fairly teem and tingle
with new Force and Energy. Trembling, nerv
ous prostration and thnt tired feeling vanish
if tor a treatment of Radio Therapy.
Every run-down, weakened, tired-out, nervous
person Is Invited to call and try Radio Free.
NONE ARE 80 BLIND AS THEY WHO
REFUSE TO 8EEI
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The only RESIDENCE Undertaking
Establishment in Clackamas County
Day and Night- Service
Tenth and Water Sts.
Main 123 A-37
Dizzy? Bilious? Constipated?
Dr. King's New Life Pills will cure
you, cause a healthy flow of Bile and
rids your Stomach and Bowels of
waste and fermenting body poisons.
They are a Tonic to your Stomach and
Liver and tone the general system.
First dose will cure you of that de
pressed, dizzy, bilious and constipated
condition. 25c all Druggists. "
Stop that First Fall Cough
Check your fall cough or cold at
once don't wait it may lead to ser
ious lung trouble, weaken your vital
ity and develop a chronic lung ailment.
Get a bottle of Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Horiey
to-day; it is pure and harm
less use it freely for that fall cough
or cold. If Baby or Children are sick
give it to them, it will relieve quickly
and permanently. It soothes the irri
tated throat, lungs and air passages.
Loosens Phlegm, is antiseptic and for
tifies the system against colds. It
surely prevents cold germs from get
ting a hold. Guaranteed. Onlv 25c
at your Druggist.
ANNOUNCEMENT
R. L. Holman, leading funeral director, has moved
to more commodious quarters, corner of 5th and Main.
He carries the most complete stock of undertakers
supplies in Clackamas county.
The establishment comprises private reception room,
private family room, sanitary laying-out room, and
complete chapel for funeral services.
Superior service, day or night, the best goods, mod
erate prices.
Phone B. 18, Main 4151. Oregon City.
For Furniture
Stoves and Ranges, Shelf Hardware, Kitchen Sup
plies and Notions, SEE
J. H. MATTLEY
7th and Madison Sts. "The Home Furnisher"
Cash Paid for Second Hand Furniture of All Kinds
.sVilHaijAl.
The Next. SACK of FLOUR. You Buy Ask For
UNION MILLS "HIGH GRADE"
AND YOU WILL GO BACK FOR ANOTHER
It is one of the best brands on the market and is
highest in everything but price.
We have recently remodeled the Union Mills, arid
are better than ever prepared for regular milling
business. We exchange for flour, chopping, and
carry a line of feed, graham flour, germ meal, Etc.
T I TBI II T IMPIMI
"Because one billion people In this world say
that a thing la a lie, and but one person Claims
t la the truth. It does not follow that th billion
in rldht."
Hundreds of years ago Galileo claimed thai
'.he world was round and reolred. A billion
ailed him a maniac. Near the middle of thr
last century Morse said that It would bt pos
sible to send nwssaces ner a wire by means of
electricity. A billion called him a fraud. Bell,
In our own time aald that soon the sound of
the human yoke could be transmitted from New
York to San Kranclsco, and Hell was branded
a dreamer. Marconi's prediction that a tele
graphic messsae could be flashed over the track
less miles of sea separating Japan from San
Francisco without wires was hailed as the Joke
of the century Those who talked years ago of
automobiles and cable roads and electrlo trac
tions were smiled at.
Who was Hunt and sane, the billion or the
-ma manf
Although the eats phoresis treatment Is being
eitenslrely used In Kurope snd throuiihout the
Kast In the treatment of chronic, difficult and
long standing casus. It has nerer before been
Introduced In the West. You can not afford to
OTerlook this opportunity to get well.
VAKICOBK VK1NS CURED permanently In a
few daya
Bemember this liberal offer la for thla first
trip only and not one cent will be charged for
all the Treatment required to make a perma
nent cure of all those commencing treatment on
this first rlilt
Offlfe Hours: t a. m. to T :S0 o m.
TKI.L YOUR FRIENDS
REMEMBER UA'l'EH
SEI'T. 15 AND 16.
Dr. L. G. ICE
DENTIST
Beaver Building Oregon City
Phones Paolflo, 1221. Horn A 19
is the slogan ever pushed to
the front by this Company
and we earnestly desire that
our patrons co-operate with
us in making it true in every
respect.
Portland Railway, Light
& Power Co.
MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH . ALDER. STS.
PORTLAND i
Phones Main 6688 and A-6 1 3
Sure Death to Lice
mites all vermin and disease gtms if you uga
DratM Powdered lice Killer
' 25o and 60o
A great money saver. Lousy hens cannot lay
neither can lousy chicks grow.
Pratt. Poultry Reg-uUtor Is ths best tonic asnd developing:
help. Pkga. Vx, 50c, tide, Jl.OO; 26 lb. pall 1460. Kfus
substitutes; Inaiat on Pratts.
Satisfaction Cuaranlaed or Money Back
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Sold and guaranteed by Larseu & Co.