OEEGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON
Christmas is coming. Never
mind the weather, once under
cover at the Adams Depart
ment Store yoti can stay there
all day and do yotit shopping. Take yotif
ease at our Rest Room. Telephone your
friends or make appointments at the Adams
Store. Both Phones. Store yotir parcels.
Safety First. Let your shopping days be
truly Holidays.
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A BULLY GAME
How We are Taxed to Support John
Bull's Empire
The Russian empire Is the biggest
block of land nder one government in
the world. Russian diplomatists are
the cleverest 1 their kind. And the
Russian army is the cheapest labor
organization that ever was organiz
ed. At last I have found out the
dark and dreadful secret of the Rus
sian soldiers' pay. It is eighteen
cunts a month and 65 per cent of
them can neither read nor write.
The Russian government taxes its
people all they can stand but that is
not enough to meet expenses so it
borrows on the outside 'till the debt
now is about six billions ,a little more
than this country owes Johnny Bull.
Floating a Russian loan is quite
an exploit of finance. English and
French bankers buy the bonds. The
Russian government gets the money
or the credit for there is not nec
essarily any gold paid.
The officials steal their share of
it What is not stolen outright is
spent for military purposes. Rail
roads are built, of course, for they
are military necessities. Russian
railroads are not intended to accom
modate the public except when the
Czar's army is not using them.
The people are conscripted, which
means they are forced into the army.
If they refuse to go to the front to
be shot they will be shot anyhow
for refusing. Between paying rents
to the nobility that owns the land and
taxes to the government, the peasant
is so impoverished that he is not
much worse off in the army than nt
home, for he is not permitted to
make much more than ubout eigh
teen cents a month anyhow, and his
life is about as safe in the army as
anywhere else.
But the important question is
where do the English and French
bankers get the money to buy Rus
sian bonds? I know this is a very
unmannerly question. It is as bad as
to inquire how Booth got his timber.
Not very long ago a fellow would be
shot or hung on suspicion for dur
ing to ask such a question.
But now the papers publish all
about it openly and yet the people
are so blind and stupid that they
don't understand nor see through the
game, it is like taking candy from
a baby. Only a few days ago Lloyd
George told right out in the English
parliament how the bankers get the
money, and his statements were
printed all over the world. There
was a column about it in the Orogo
nian, yet it is certain that very few
of the Oregon voters took any no
tice of it or understand what it real
ly means.
Lloyd George presented a very
cheerful picture of the finiincial
status of the tight wad little island.
He told his delighted hearers that
there are twenty billions of "good"
foreign securities held by Johnnie
Bull. The papers did not explnim
what this cryptic message really
meant but the reader ought to be
able to translate for himself.
Few people have any conception of
how much a billion is. I think the
average voter can't count much above
a thousand. A billion means ten dol
lars apiece for every man, woman
and child in the United States.
Twenty billions mean $200 apiece.
The statement means that the world
owes John Bull that much money in
gold and there is only about a third
of that amount of gold coin in the
world.
Tho United States only owes about
five billions out of the twenty. That
is only about $50 apiece for each in
habitant or $250 for each family,
counting five to a family. How many
of the Oregon voters have the cash
to pay this debt? How many of them
know that they owe it? They think
European affairs do not concern them
and are wholy occupied in wrangling
about their petty local offices.
Now suppose George V had in
vaded the United States with his army
and had conquered the whole country
and had levied an indemity of five
billions, five times as much as Ger
many levied on France in 1871, and
suppose he had kindly consented to
let the principal rest as a security on
ennditiou that we would pay him the
interest at live per cent, amounting
to $250,000.00, semi-annually. We
would know that we were an enslaved
I and subiuiruted neotfle. We would
have resented such a calumity with
all our resources.
But it was done in a more subtle
and ingenious way through the ma
chinery of law, by which rent and in
terest and dividends are taxed on the
people indirectly on prices and wages.
They are taken out either in wages or
j increased prices, and the tax we pay
to Johnie Hull is only a tenth of the
amount we pay five American capi
talists for the privilege of toiling in
this country wo call ours, but which
really belongs to them.
In the same speech Lloyd George
gave out the astonishing information
that the total wealth of the United
Kingdom was 90 billions. That is
nearly us much us the estimated weal
th of the United States, while the
United Kingdom, exclusive of Ireland,
is only about the same in area as the
state of Oregon.
And when we remember that the
great mass of the people are constant
ly near the starvation line, we can see
thut this wealth (which consists mere
ly in the power created by law to levy
taxes in the world) is eonsentrated in
the hands of a few thousand cap
italists. It is a bully game for them
but it is the cause ofthe world-wide
poverty and unemployment which .
drives tho people to war in order to
get a job.
What can these parasites do with !
the vast flood of wealth continually
flowing in on them in rents and divi
dends. They can't eat it nor drink it
nor wear it, nor spend it. Their ut
most efforts to squander it in folly I
and vice are ineffectual. They can't,
invest it in property for they have ,
everything bought up already. There I
is no use to invest in manufactories!
for the goods already manufactured I
can't be sold on account of the in-1
ability of the people to buy. There
is no use xo invest in farm property
that eats its head off in taxes.
Christmas Suit Sale
FOR
LADIES
FOR
Sill EM and BOYS
FOR
The Entire Family
SUITS, COATS, SHOES
AND
CHRISTMAS FURNISHINGS
When tho monev comes back so fast
that the capitalists can neither spend
it or invest it, that brings tne wnoie
machinery of business to a stop. That
is a panic. It is like the blind stag
gers in a hoise. The good old rem
edy is bleeding. So they start a war
to destroy the overproduction of
wealth and this gives them a chance
to plant more bonds. The bonds suck
the blood out of the people in inter
est and the war vultures glut them
selves on blood. The great bond is
sues are gobbled up and the bankers
call for more.
How ' many of our, Oregon voters
are investing in these war bonds?
How many of them know that they
have contributed their share to fill
John Bull's bloated war chest, which
pmhlps him to hire unlimited Rus
sian mercanaries for 18 cents a month
to fight his battles to preserve this
kind of civilization? Is it civilization
at all.
J. L. Jones.
SOME DAY
As
Alfred D. Cridge sees Things
Thru Walt Mason's Jingle
Old Hayseed thinks he owns the
land, and loudly does he call for help
against this single tax that would
wipe out his all. In fact he owns but
little compared toe ity chaps his acres
broad are little worth, 'tho spread big
on the maps. One square foot in the
city is worth an acre field, the rent
from one small city lot exceeds a big
farm's yield. Two-thirds of all the
land we know in this wide-spreading
state is found in cities and in towns,
for values there are great Of all the
land in Oregon the farmer's hold is
small, for several thousand farmers
rent, und own no land at all. The
great big grants, the timber lands,
the mining land and such, in them the
farmer has small hold, the specula
tors much. If once Old Hayseed
finds out where land values really
lie, he'll rise some 'lection morning
and soak things in the eye. He'll
refuse to pay his taxes on his cows
and barns and mules, he'll make the
idle lands all round help pay for
roads and schools. He'll levy on the
city lots most all the stato's expense,
and pay no fines to any one for clear
ing or for fence. Of course just now
ho's full of fright and votes to beat
the band against his taxes being re
duced he thinks he owns tho land!
The city chaps laugh softly, and sly
ly egg him on; they lie to him and
chuckle to think how easy done. The
speculators tremble to think he
might find out and kindly help brave
patriots to steer him all about But
if Old Hayseed ever gets those blind
ers off his eyes and finds out just
who owns the land there'll be a big
surprise.
Alfred D. Cridge.
FOR SALE I have the finest pair
of 2 and 3 years old, extra large
Belgian colts in the county and
one standard bred filly, 6 years,
and a 1,200 lb. black horse that I
will sell or trade for cattle. A.
Pusey, Rt. 5, Oregon City. Phone
Farmers 76.
WHAT'S IN THE PAPER?
Walt Mason Strikes the Nail on the
Head as to Some Readers
The paper tells of wedding bells
and bridal wreaths and damsels
blushing; of men who waste their
lives in haste, upon their foolish er
rands rushing; of politics and ring
sters tricks, of windy Jims with
schemes unending; of griefp and
cares and sighs and prayers, and
mothers oe'r sick children bending.
The paper tells of prison cells where
human junk is safely herded; of
church and pew, where I and you
hear helpful sermons aptly worded;
describes the den where broken men
have heard the doors of hope shut,
clanging; describes the hall, where on
the wall, a hundred prints are hang
ing. The paper speaks of ugly leaks
discovered in the nations coffers; of
noble schemes and rosy dreams, and
of the sneers of rabald scoffers; of
queens and kings and all the things
that chance on earth, in prose or vers
es; of pain, relief, of joy and grief
and farewell tours in sable hearses.
We read it all the stories tell of
native stunt and foreign caperwith
brooding eye and fiercely cry: Great
Scott! There's nothing in the paper."
Walt Mason.
Unhappy Physically, Dull
The Liver, sluggish and inactive,
first shows itself in a mental state
unhappy and critical. Never ise
there joy in living, as when the Stom
ach and Liver are doing their work.
Keep your liver active and healtyh
by using Dr. King's New. Life Pills.
They empty the Bowels freely, tone
up your stomach, cure your consti
pation and purify the Blood. 25c at
Druggist. Bucklen's Arnica Salve ex
cellent for Piles.
Summons
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for the County of Clacka
mas. William H. Fehrman, Plaintiff
vs.
Annie M. Fehrman, Defendant
To Annie M. Fehrman, the above
named defendant.
In the name of the State of Ore
gon you are hereby required to ap
pear and answer the complaint filed
against you in the above named suit
within six weeks from the date of
the first publication of this summons,
and if you fail to appear or answer
said complaint, for want thereof, the
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the .relief prayed for in the com
plaint: For a decree dissolving the
bonds of matrimony now existing be
tween plaintiff and defendant
This summons is published by or
der of the Honorable J. U. Campbell,
Judge of the above entitled court,
which order was made on the 16th
day of December, 1914, and the time
prescribed for publication thereof is
6 weeks beginning with the issue of
December 17, 1914, and ending with
the issue of January 28, 1915.
Robert Scoular,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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Continued from Page 9
Jeffry & Bufton 1800.00
E. D. Olds 458.00
O. K. Cole 4.00
F. E. Hobson 184.00
J. C. Sullivan 78.00
S. Cummings 25.85
Chase & Linton 590.00
G. Ferguson .85
J. W. Smith 5.00
W. H. Mattoon 23.00
H. F. Gibson 8.40
C. C. Miller 3.90
Jonsrud Lmbre. Co 38.00
D. Critser 26.50
E. Critser 41.55
D. Rutherford 33.00
A. Mead 35.00
E. Stauber 25.50
H. Anthony 34.50
W. Sevsick 4.00
P. Hilbert 75.00
Geo. Koehler 40.00
Ed Rupp 7.50
A. B. Cole 7.50
Geo. Holtzman 3.75
Wm. Gilgan 3.75
Wm. Rider 3.00
Warren Freese 3.75
G. W. Lindsay 3.75
M. C. Baker , 1.50
Fred Baker 14.50
J. S. Ball 13.50
E. H. Robbins 14.50
G. Saum 10.00
A. Schatz 8.50
V. Thompson 10.00
M. Alagich 8.00
C. C. Schroeder 48.00
H. A. Kruse 6.00
H. Gebhart 4.00
D. F. Norris 2.00
A. J. Monk 6.75
J. L. Bullock 15.75
Oliver Worthington 6.75
J. E. Haines 4.50
Fred Gerber 1.05
Alvin Davis 1,00
C. H. Dauchy Jr., 2.75
Oregon City Much. Shop 2.40
Pope & Co 1.50
Frank Busch 1.65
Gladstone Lmbre. Co 10.59
H. E. Gill C4.09
Ben Rivers 16.25
Hal Brown 16.25
Charles Peckover 3.35
Robbins Bros 7.65
A. C. U. Berry 32.14
The Schafter Lumber Co 150.17
Herman Chindgren 10.00
Carl Ramsby 1.00
H. J. Rastall 24.00
Guy Schafer 8.00
J. W. Staudinger 17.50
H. C. Bonaker 12.00
Albert Schiewe 4.00
Isaac Callahan 10.00
O. T. Kay 6.00
Hub Bowman 2.50
Creason Mill Co 297.21
H. H. Mattoon 16.00
Stephen Fellows 16.00
Fred Creason 16.00
H. W. Creason 12.00
SUIT ROOM DRY GOODS
WOMENS' SUITS ANYTHING YOU WANT IN UP
WINTER COAT TO-DATE DRESS GOODS
PARTY DRESS ALL WOOL SERGES
HOUSE DRESS CASHMERES,' ALBATROS
DRESS SKIRT HEAVY WOOL COATING , 1
SET OF FURS CHALLIES, ROMAN STRIPES
MISSES' COATS EMPRESS CLOTH EPINGLE
FUR COLLAR SILKS AND SATINS
SILK UNDERSKIRTS WHITE GOODS LACES
FLANNEL UNDERSKIRTS EMBROIDERY LINENS
WOMENS' WAISTS - TABLE LINENS
MUSLIN WEAR AND GOWNS BED LINENS, SPREADS
WOMENS' HATS TOWELS, TOWELINGS
WOMENS' UMBRELLAS TABLE SPREADS, NAPKINS
NOTIONS
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS
EMBROIDERED HDKFS.
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS
SILK SCARFS
EMBROIDERED COLLARS
FANCY RIBBONS
PURSES, HANDBAGS
HAIR CCOMBS BARETTES
NEEDLEWORK SETS
KID GLOVES
SILK GLOVES
WOOL GLOVES
BELTS VEILS
SILK GARTERS
Xmas Furniture
Dining Room Sets
Bed Room Sets
Kitchen Outfits
Cooking Ranges
Visit our Busy Basement Toyland for
Your Toys and Xmas Gifts
Red Trading Stamps Small Book Best Premiums
G. D. Creason 8.00
Harry Creason 8.00
Hiram Fellows 8.00
Julius Schiewe 2.00
R. Schuebel .' 29.75
Arthur Dugan 16.50
R. H. Long 17.00
W. H. Hsubands : 1.00
S. Holsten H 26.60
C. T. Howard 9 .00
Fred Wallace 14.50
C. Schulhauser 24.50
Albert Erickson 12.00
Archie Davis 4.00
Joe Pillster 29.57
John McConnell 27.25
Ted Troge '. 27.25
H. E. Silvester 25.25
A. H. Ritzau 28.11
G. De Young 6.50
W. H. Stone 63.25
Sherman Stone .". 46.70
Sherman Stone 46.70
German Stone 28.12
Frank Scheuck 40.75
S. J. Davis 72.25
Fred DeFord 39.62
H. J. Reed 114.35
Robt. Mattoon 55.50
Chas. Bronson 39.12
Lee Bronson 27.00
Neal Bronson 36.87
Frank O'Mier 40.00
L. Proytz 6.00
James Anderson 64.25
S. Cummings 20.00
M. Reed i 10.00
W. M. Hobson 68.75
E. D. Olds 509.20
A. C. U. Berry 7795.27
Ed Olds 342.46
W. H. Counsell 97.00
Pope & Co 14.35
In the matter of the J. F. Adams'
road; report of viewers read first
and second time and then taken un
der advisement by the Court.
In hte matter oft he petition of
B. F. Holman and others for the va
cation of a county road; viewers or
dered to meet at place of beginning
of said vacation on the day of
December 1914.
In the matter of the petition of
Harold Gerhardus and others for a
county road; viewers to meet at place
of beginning of said road on the
....day of December, 1914.
In them atter of deed from V.
Lingelbach and others for a county
road; ordered that said be accepted
and recorded without charge to
county.
In the matter of the claim of Fred
VVourms for indemnity for slaughter
ed cattle; ordered that warrant issue
to said Fred Wrourms for $18.75.
In the matter of the claim of Fred
Roethlisberger for indemnity for
slaughtered cattle; ordered that a
warrant be drawn in favor of said
Fred Roethlisberger for $12.50.
In the matter of the application of
R. H. Coshun for cancellation of de
CLOTHING-SHOES
MEN'S SUITS
MEN'S OVERCOATS
BOYS' SUITS
HATS, CAPS
GLOVES, UMBRELLAS
NECKWEAR, UNDERWEAR
NIGHT GOWNS, BATH ROBES
HANDKERCHIEFS, MUFFLERS
SLEEVE HOLDERS, GARTERS
MEN'S SHOES, BOYS' SHOES
WOMEN'S CHILDREN'S SHOES
FELT & KID SLIPPERS FOR MEN,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
linquent tax certificates; ordered that
said certificates be cancelled and a
warrant issue to said applicant in the
sum of $59.99.
In the matter of th aepplication
of W. M. Moehnke for cancellation
of a deliquent tax certificate; order
ed that said certificate be cancelled
and a warrant issue tos aid applicant
for $38.54.
In the matter of the South Fork
Water Commission for permit to use
portions of roads in Clackamas for
pipe line; ordered that said applica
tion be granted.
' In them atter of the town plat of
Westover Acres; ordered that said
plat be and is approved.
In the matter of the application of
a county road; ordered thats.ame
be granted.
In them atter of the Wiederhold
Road; ordered that said roa bde de
clared a county road.
In the matter of the Unger Road;
ordered that said road be granted.
In the matter of the deed from F.
H. Davis to Clackamas County; or
dered that said deed be accepted, and
that a warrant issue for the sum of
$500.00 on the Special Road Fund of
Road District No. 49.
Up to the Newspapers
The state press is the only effect
ive agency to secure reduction of
taxes.
By showing up the extravagant
demands of the scores of Boards of
Commissionrs reform will come.
There is no other way to check the
rising tide of high taxes but by giv
ing the abuses the most fearless
publicity.
The press is the only power to
hold back the organized legislative
raid on the taxpayers.
Every official, board and commis
sion, every state institution is mak
ing demands for more money.
The press is very generous in pub
lishing these "official reports" and
the plausible arguments for increased
incomes.
The officials who are reducing ex
penses, who are showing economy
and advocating retrenchment are a
minus quantity. Gresham Outlook.
YOUR COLD IS DANGEROUS
BREAK IT UP NOW
A Cold is readily catching. A
run-down system is susceptible to
germs. You owe it to yourself and
others of your household to fight
the Germs at once. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey
is fine for Colds, and
Coughs. It loosens the Mucous,
stops the Cough and soothes the
Lungs. It's guaranteed. Only 25c
at your Druggist.
The new Clackamas County com
plete record report cards are now for
sale at the Courier office at 15c per.
dozen. Postage 6 cents.