Oregon City courier., May 20, 1915, Booster Day Edition, Page 6, Image 6

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OREGON CITY COURIER
Published Thursdays from the Court
and entered in the Postoffice at Oreg
E. E. BROWN, P
Subscription Price $1.50.
E. R. BROWN
A UNIQUE TRIBUTE .
William Howard Taft, former
president of these United States, and
defeated in his race for re-election by
Woodrow Wilson, spoke at Philadel
phia last week, and urged his heare
ers to uphold President Wilson in his
foreign policy, and not to embarass
his administration by unreasonable
and hysterical demands for war. Not
only did Mr. Taft personally pay a
great tribute to President Wilson, but
he broke all precedent by endorsing
the actions of the man who displaced
him in office.
Mr. Taft is probably today the
leading representative of old line re
publicanism, and so his words have
even more than usual significance.
Much of Mr. Taft's speech dealt in
timately with, present administration
problems, and with the conditions
that must be given deep thought
should the clamor of jingoes of the
Roosevelt type prevail and plunge
this nation into the deluge of blood
that is now overwhelming Europe.
The Courier believes that it can do no
greater public duty at this time than
to reprint for the consideration of its
readers several of the more striking
utterances of Mr. Taft's address.
"There are things worse than
war," Mr. Taft declared, "but delay,
due to calm deliberation cannot
change the situation or minimize the
effect of what we finally conclude to
do. With the present condition of
the war in Europe our action, if it is
to be extreme, will not lose efficacy
by giving time to people whose war
it will be to know what they are fac
ing. "We must bear in mind that if
we have a war it is the people who
must pay with lives and money the
cost of it, and therefore they should
not be hurried into the sacrifice until
it is clear that they wish it and know
what they are doing when they wish
it.
"A demand for war that cannot
survive the passion of the first days
of public indignation and will not
endure the test of delay and delibera
tion by all the people is not one that
should be yielded to."
The President, said Mr. Taft, was
following in the footsteps of Wash
ington, Lincoln and McKinley in try
ing to avert plunging the United
States into war, and deserved the
support of every true American in
the present trying times. Continu
ing, Mr. Taft said:
"Before party, before ourselves,
we are for our country. That is
what he is working for. Shall we
not stand by him in it? He will not
surrender our country's right. It
may be necessary that for 100 lives
and the method of their taking we
should lose thousands and hundreds
of thousands of lives. The National
honor and interests may ultimately
demand it, but time for serious
thought and clearly weighing the jus
tice of our cause or the opportunity
to vindicate it, and this the Presi
dent may be counted on to secure.''
EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS
The old saying that "everybody's
business is nobody's business' ap
pears to still hold gold in Oregon
City. And from what is appearing
in newspapers from other centers of
community life, the county seat has
nothing on other portions tf these
United States.
At last week's council meeting
highly interesting allegations regard
ing the way the city's business is
transacted were made. City Attor
ney Christian Schuebel, one of the
loudest yellers for economy that we
have had in our midst for sometime,
told the city fathers that the county
seat had been paying interest on
$25,000 for two years because an
ownership plat of sower district 10
had not been made. Mr. Schuebel
added that the city would continue to
pay this interest until such a plat
was prepared. When the mayor in
timated that the making of such a
plat would cost probably $150, there
was objection made to the expendi
ture of the sum on the grounds of
economy. Councilman Ilackett, an
other of the "economy experts" of
the city government, was among
those who opposed the expenditure
when the matter was being discuss
ed. Mr. Schuebel did not explain why
he permitted his first term to pass
without insisting that this owner
ship plat be mado. Probably the
lEaay to
fttaUe Ollfitmu
ST1 ID it ever occur to you how inconvenient it
was, when you had something to pay, that
you did not have the exact change, nor did the
party to whom you were making the payment?
Then, of course, you went to your nearest neigh
bor or to town, in order to make the change so
that you could pay your bill. It takes time to go
to your neighbor or to town, and time is money.
How easy it would have been had you had a
checking account with this bank! You would
have simply given a check on the bank for the
amount.
Elye Klank of Oregon City
33 Yean in ffliuneM
er Building, Eighth and Main streets,
on City, Ore., as 2d class mail matter
UBLISHER.
Telephones, Pacific 51; Home A 51.
EDITOR
interest on $25,000 for one year
didn't worry Mr. Schuebel's brand of
economy, but two years' interest did.
Councilman Templeton and Meyer
also gave interesting sidelights on
municipal business methods, drag
ging out the Seventh street skeleton
and rattling its bones. Twice as
much crushed rock as was at first
ordered, it appears, has been dump
ed on Seventh street, and this not be
ing enough, 750 cubic yards more
were slipped on to the street and
charged up against the general fund.
Six and a half feet of cement side
walks appeared among the charges
against the street, while no such
sidewalks have appeared on the street
itself; a catch basin also figured in
the accounts, but not in the public
highway.
And the council didn't know any
thing about it until property owners
protested at the assessment. Then
the council found that while proper
ty owners declared the assessment
too high, it would not cover the cost
of the street, and another dive into
the general fund will have to be
made to cover the difference.
These revelations, coming in one
brief council meeting, are mentioned
here but as an example of the utter
ly futile way Oregon City's business
has been allowed to run wild. Ore
gon City is presumably a corporation,
similar to, any business corporation.
It has a certain income, it is suppos
ed to have a certain budget of ex
pense. The budget appears only at
campaign times, however; and at
other seasons the general fund is the
great cloak that covers all sins.
If a street costs more than the as
sessment, the general fund pays the
difference; if a street is improved at
the whim of a councilman who lives
upon it, the general fund pays the
bill; if interest cannot be collected
on assessments, the general fund
coughs up the interest; if a council
man sharpens a lawnmbwer, the gen
eral fund pays him for his efforts.
Like poverty, the general fund is al
ways with us, and it is busy all the
time.
Any private corporation that tried
to manage its affairs as the munici
pal business of Oregon City is mis
managed would be in grief instantly,
and its directors would be defending
prosecutions under the blue-sky law.
The corporation would be broke,
busted and smashed; and the papers
would print columns of horrible de
tails about the way ducks and drakes
had been played with its assets. But
it is different with the affairs of Ore
gon City.
All that appears to be needed is
an abiding faith in the general fund,
an endless supply of pretty warrants
that can be filled out, and annual
shrieks of economy on the part of all
those who want to get in and help
manage the city affairs. 'Add to this
a ghostly and ethereal "budget," that
can be brought out and displayed to
the wondering multitudes whenever
a pre-election seance is held, and the
equipment is complete.
Someday something will happen,
and then everybody's business will be
SOMEBODY'S busines.
NOBLE JONATHAN
Some weeks ago the Courier paid
its respects to Brother Jonathan
Bourne and his little republican press
agency scheme, which was designed
to spend his money telling the people
what a lovely mess of things was be
inb made by the Wilson administra
tion. Now comes the Montrose, Col
orado, Enterprise, which can also see
through a ladder, and pays its re
spects to our former senator, whose
official residence was a room in a
Portland hotel. Among other things
the Montrose Enterprise says:
"What do you think of a deliberate
attempt to block prosperity? Well,
to our way of thinking the dog in the
manger will have to take a back seat
as an illustration of the climax of
selfishness.
"There has been formed with head
quarters at Washington an organiza
tion under Republican auspices for
the purpose of propogating the ab
solutely falso doctrine that the Re
publican party is the only pebble on
the beach in the realm of politics;
that that party is the only party
which is on speaking terms with
prosperity and that it is an absolute
impossibility to have prosperity un
der a Democratic administration.
"Reading between the lines the
challenge which is being sent out
by these Republican leaders to their
lieutenants throughout the country
in substance is something like this:
The fight is on boys, between the Re
publican party on the one hand and
Prosperity on the other hand. If
prosperity wins before the next elec
tion we lose. If Prosperity is defeate,
we win. You know your duty boys.
Arm yourselves with a good big club
and at any time Prosperity attempts
to rear its head in your vicinity biff
it with your club. We can't afford to
have prosperity under a Democratic
party. It will keep us away from
the pie counter too long a time.
And then, you see, if the country
should enjoy prosperity under a Dem
ocratic administration our party
would lose one of its choicest pieces
of political buncombe which has serv
ed us so faithfully lo these many
years."
THE SAL00NSv KNEW
Before the matter of statewide
prohibition was submitted to the vot
ers of Oregon, people in Oregon City
decided that they had tolerated sa
loons long enough; and a campaign
for their ousting vas begun. In that
campaign, as in the more recent one
for the closing of the pool halls on
Sunday, the Courier stood with the
majority of the people and reflected
in its columns the feelings of the
great mass of the public in the mat
ter. The saloon men of Oregon City
made a desparate campaign for the
continuance of their business. So
intense was feeling on the matter
that on election day over 90 percent
of the voting strength of the city
went to the polls, and the majority
against the saloon was somewhat
over 400 when the ballots were
counted. It so happened that one of
the saloon men had paid to the city
license fees for a considerable per
iod in advance. Attorneys advised
him that if he wanted to keep his
place of business open until the end
of that period he could probably
"make it stick."
However, the saloon men realized
how public opinion was lined up in
the matter, and believing like all
good American citizens in majority
rule, they decided to take no advan
tage of legal technicalities; and no
effort was made by any saloon to
keep open after the end of the year
in which the election was held. At
midnight every bar room in the city
closed its doors. No extenuating
pjeas were made, no appeal was of
fered the saloon men bowed to the
will of the majority and quit.
The council, acting on a petition
which reflects the opinions of a ma
jority of the people, last week by
unanimous vote, ordered local pool
halls to close on Sundays. The pool
halls, it appears, have determined to
fight the orders; and are said to have
engaged an attorney to look after
their interests. At the same time
they are circulating a petition asking
for the closing of every place of bus
iness in the city on Sunday, hoping
in this way to "terrorize" merchants
who are legally keeping their stores
open on the Sabbath for the conven
ience of the people at large.
There is a state law regarding to
Sunday business. This law permits
certain stores, which deal in neces
sary wares, to keep open on what is
commonly known as the Lord's day.
The law also permits theatrical per
formances and baseball games. The
law specifically prohibits pool halls
from being open, as it also prohibits
saloons and other enterprises. In
seeking to fight the will of the people
as expressed by the councilmanic
order, the pool halls are merely play
ing the un-American game of taking
advantage of technicalities; and they
are not making friends.
Certain members of the council
have said that if the pool hlals per
sist in fighting public opinion they
will favor an absolute revocation of
all pool hall licenses. Certainly, by
their attitude, the pool halls are not
catering to popular favor they are
not even behaving with the saving
grace that was shown by the saloons.
During the closing year of open sa
loons in this city, the local bar rooms
were among the most orderly places
in town. They had every reason to
fight the action of the people and to
hope that they could win. Hut they
remained orderly and bowed to the
will of the majority.
The pool halls may do that now,
or they may see their licenses re
voked. The question that the pool
hall proprietors should consider is
whether it is best to operate in an
orderly manner six days in the week,
or not to operate at all. Closing on
Sundays will not work a hardship on
the owners of tho pool halls, and it
will give the hangers-on a chance to
get out in the open and fill their
lungs with atmosphero that is not
fouled with cigarette smoke. If the
pool halls balk, and are put out of
business, those who find recreation
in them will have but one place to
put the blame for their lost pleas
ures and that will be upon the heads
of those who were stubborn, ignor
ant and foolish enough to believe that
the will of the people can lie defied.
At present writing the saloon men
of Oregon City appear in a much bet
ter light than do the pool hall men.
How are you fixed for letter heads
and envelopes? Courier.
FINE FRUIT RAISED
I'arkplace Man Has Hybrid Borry
That Has Unique Flavor
II. S. Clyde, of I'arkplace, this
week brought to the Courier ber
ries that appeared to be strawberries,
but that tasted like pine-apples. The
fruit was beautiful in appearance and
delicate and seductive in flavor, and
was a triumph in gardening skill.
Mr. Clyde says that the berry is a
hybrid between a South American
berry and a production of Burbank,
tho plant wizaard. It is not only a
curiosity, but something well worth
having as well.
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Wolf Howls
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Our Uncle Samuel, down in Wash
ington, D. C, recently sent us some
Daily Consular Reports that told us
about Greece, , Carlsbad and Prince
Rupert. There was aslo much infor
mation about other places, but the
beauty of . these Daily Consular Re
ports is that one can sit at home, and
through their pages visit all points
of the world, and get intimate details
of life as other folk live it. In short
the Daily Consular Reports are a
good deal like the movies: they bring
the world home to all of us stick-in-the-muds.
For instance, we learn that in
Greece, the land of glorious history
and inspiring past, the average per
son pays five cents for a loaf of
bread, just as we do; pays 17 cents a
pound for beef, which is more than
we pay the beef trust; and pays 16
cents a quart for poor milk. We pay
eight or ten cents a quart for the
same kind of alleged milk. Also in
Greece they pay from 45 to 48 cents
a pound for poor butter, which is
just about the same as the sort of
a deal the creamery trust hands us
here in Oregon.
Consul Wallace J. Young, writing
from Carlsbad, where tourists have
averaged expenditures of three mil
lion dollars a year so they can drink
and bathe in waters that rival the
Willamette, river for nastiness, says
that the war has knocked the tourist
business into a cocked hat; and that
about the only trade that has not
suffered is the manufacture of mu
sical instruments. Since the war has
gotten well under way the factories
are turning out bugles day and night.
Incidentally it develops that the
manufacture of "fine Italian laces"
some of which sell as high as $200 a
yard, has also fallen off since the
war. Most of these "Italian" laces
are manufactured by Bohemian peas
ants, who don't know where Italy is,
and who get from 20 to 40 cents a
day for their work. The laces are
bought in Bohemia, shipped to Italy,
decorated with Italian labels, and
then unloaded on suckers.
Slipping over a few pages we dis
cover that Consul General R. E.
Mansfield, stationed at Vancouver,
B. C, is an enthusiastic booster for
Prince Rupert, the new Pacific port
of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway.
He says Prince Rupert is 500 miles
nearer the Orient than any other
Pacific port,, and that it is on the di
rect line of "the shortest route
round the world.'' Chambers of com
merce in other Pacific coast ports
are invited to note Consul Mans
field's' boost for Prince Rupert and
take action accordingly.
Behind the bar in Louis Noble's
thirst-quenching parlor . on Main
street is a card soliciting the pur
chase of medals at 50 cents a throw.
The proceeds are to be devoted to
the relief of the widows and orphans
of soldiers in the German and Aus-tro-Hungarian
armies, it is said. And
right below the card is another, bear
ing the words: "BUSINESS IS
GOOD." The business of making
widows and orphans, we presume.
What's in a name? That depends.
In the Cottage Grove Sentinel we
note that "Mr. Helliwell has pur
chased the Pete Prophet place."
Aeroplaning appears to be quite the
thing in Woodburn, the up-to-date
and lively town up the valley. To
prove it the Woodburn Independent
says: "Mrs. H. W. Thidson made a
flying trip to Portland Tuesday."
Things grow in Woodburn, too.
The Indpeendent tells of the display
in a local store window of "three lit
tle what-is-its, the size of rats and
have squirrel heads and rat tails and
at the same time might be of the go
phtr faimly.". We thought Wood
burn was a "dry"' town.
Boys will be boys. Commenting
on a local happening the M.t Scott
Herald says: "the little boy suggest
ed to his baby sister that is she
would lay her hand on a block he
would chop her fingers off. She put
up her hand, down came the axe, and
baby is minus the end of her little
finger and about half of the next one
and will be a cripple for life."
How much better it is to treat such
items in a semi humorous vein than
it is to "sob" over them.
Advertisement in a contemporary
says "Paper hanging $2.50 a room
and up. I carry my own material
and can work for lss." Nice of the
paperhanger to say he can work for
less, isn't it? But we presume he
wont.
Commenting on pool halls, Jack
Frost, Constable, Deputy Sheriff,
Fire Chief and general terror to evil
doers, says: "I never saw anything
good come out of a pool hall. But
for that matter I've heard just as
rough language used in the Commer
cial club, and if they are going to
close one on Sunday they ought to
close the other, too. If it is wrong
for a working man to play pool on
Sunday, it is wrong for a rich man to
do the same thing in a club."
Last week in this humble column
mention was made of a man who was
said to have telephoned to a lawyer
regarding the lawyer's osculation.
Being that as it may, we wandered
into a lawyer's office this week, and
as we opened the door he was dictat
ing a letter to his stenographer.
And when he heard our heavy foot
falls, he jumped so quickly that he
tipped over his chair. Now, as we
hadn't mentioned any names, we won
der why this was?
Why not let us print your butter
wrappers you get better satisfied
customers for a small expenditure.
Courier.
A Popinjay
By MARGARET C. DEVEREAUX
Two men were standing ou a street
corner chatting. They were both
crooks, though professionally they had
no connection. A dapper young fel
low who looked as If he bad just come
out of a buudbox passed them.
"Who is that guy?" asked one crook.
"Hist!" said the other, and waited
till the young man had got beyoud
bearing; then he added: "That's a I'iu
kertou. I run across him oiict. He's
the slickest lu the busluess. I'd know
bim through any makeup." ,
"What's he doin' here?" asked the
other nervously.
"I reckon he's workin' on the Tenth
National bank business. I've been let
into It that the best meu In the I'iuker
ton service are on that case."
"Come off, Tom; you're coddin' me."
"You needn't believe me, Bill, if you
don't want to. I've only given you
what 1 think anyway."
The crook who had received this In
formation tried to look unconcerned,
but the other noticed that he was very
much concerned. Bill walked away,
and Tom looked after him with evident
amusement. "What a sucker!" he
said to himself. "I believe he had
something to do with that bank Job or
he wouldn't have bit so suddent He's
a green one. The idea o' that popin
jay bein' a detective!" And be smoth
ered a laugh.
That same afternoon Bill met the
popinjay again on tho street. BUI
looked nt him so hard that he attracted
the other's attention. This was prob
ably the reason why he looked hard at
Bill. At any rate Bill shuddered and
passed on.
"He's on to me, sure!" be muttered.
"I wonder If I could get out o' town
without his knowln' It I'm goin' to
try a makeup."
When the 7 o'clock train pulled out
of the station an elderly countryman
with a pair of old fashioned green gog
gles on bis nose sat In a seat by him
self looking as If be bad just come
from the haying field. The door at the
front end of the car opened, and who
should come iu but the popinjay. The
only seat vacant was by the farmer,
and the newcomer took It The farm
er's eyes being covered by the goggles
and the lower part of his face by a
long white beard, no one could see the
contortion's of his countenance. Pres
ently he pulled himself together and
said In a low tone to the man beside
him:
"What Is there in it for me If 1 give
up the stuff?"
"What ikuff?" asked the other, sur
prised. "Oh, I'm on to you same as you're on
to me. No need o' fencln'. If I put
you on to Where the money Is hid will
you let me out o' the game?"
The stranger turned, looked the
speaker full in the face, surprise, curi
osity, craft and a number of other ex
pressions struggling for. the mastery.
Finally he said:
"Can you turn it over without the
matter leaking out?"
"I can."
"Do you want to go anywhere?"
"Reckon I'd like to try South Amer
ica for awhile."
"How much would you need?"
"How much can you let me have?"
"How much money have you to turn
over?"
"All that was taken."
The popinjay was stalled. He didn't
like to ask what be was supposed to
know. He concluded to take a risk.
"Would five hundred do?"
"If you can't do any better."
"Very well. Where do we get off?"
"At Winchester."
There was no further conversation
between the two till they reached Win
chester, where they left the train to
gether. "Far?" asked the popinjay as they
stood on the platform.
"About two miles."
"Cab!"
A station cabman drove up: the two
got in and were driven beyond the out
skirts of the town, stopping at a small
house in bad repair. A woman came
to the door, followed by several chil
dren whose faces peered from behind
her. The crook had thrown off his dis
guise while In the cab and appeared as
himself. The woman looked from one
man to the other anxiously. Bill said
to her: "I've got tired o' this business.
I'm goin' to give up the stuff and take
you and the children to a new country
to make n new beginnlu'."
"I'm mighty glad o' that," gasped the
woman. "I'm dyin' with this load on
me."
Going Into the house. Bill went to the
cellar and brought up a packnge. which
be handed to the popinjay, who open
ed, it and, tindlng a number of bank
bills, counted out a thousand dollars
and handed it back to Bill.
"I thought you made It $500."
"I didn't know you were going to
begin over with your wife and chil
dren. There's $o00 for you and $300
for them. I'm no detective. You gave
yourself nway to me needlessly. Our
meetlug on the train was a coinci
dence. I'm a millionaire. I shall take
this money to the bnnk and restore It.
Including what I've given you. If you
need help at any time let me know."
ne wrote his address on his card and
was driven awny. followed by many
a "God liless you."
The next (lay a young man dressed
In the height of fashion called at the
Tenth National bank, asked for the
president, told his story and left the
amount of a recent loss by robbery.
WHY YOU ARE NERVOUS
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of the human body.
In perfect health we hardly realize that
we have a network of nerves, but when
health is ebbing, when strength is declin
ing, the same nervous system gives the
alarm in headaches, tiredness, dreamful
sleep, irritability and unless corrected,
leads straight to a breakdown.
To correct nervousness, Scott's Emul
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rich nutriment gets into the blood and
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Saturday, May 22 is
the Big Day
Everybody is coming to Oregon City next
Saturday. The 3 Big Paradesthe Stock
Showthe Rose ShowMusic and many
other attractions will make it worth while
to spend the day in the city.
SATURDAY SPECIALS
$1.50 10 in- Oval Casserole large enough for a
big chicken 98c
75c 8-i. Bound Casserole 48c
If yon only knew the convenience! and superiority of
Casserole cooking yon would be glad to buy them at
regular prices.
$1.00 14-Karat Cold Fountain Ten :. - 79c
$1.50 Self Filling Cold Fountain Pen $1,25
Both these pens are guaranteed not to leak, blot or
fail to "give down."
Double Box of Fine Stationery 50 sheets & 50
envelopes, ; 25c
$2.00 Matting Suit Case, $1.69
A strong, serviceable, nietal-bound suit case strong
enough for men; light enough for women.
$2.50 Self Pronouncing Dictionary Flexible Morroco
binding, indexed, profusely illustrated with many,
colored plates, census edition- 98c
BOOSTER DAY SPECIALS
In Our Paint Store
Here are some real bargains iu paints for Saturday
only: - '
Sherwin-Williams Commonwealth I'.arn Bed Beg.
$1.20 per gallon, special. 98c
Sherwin-Williams (ireen Shingh Stain one color
only No. ( 1 71 Beg. per 5-gal. can $1.10 per gal.
now, specially priced 80c
House Paint, Slate' Color Beg. $2-00, Spec $1.48
Standard Varnish, No. 1 Coach Beg. Price per.
gal., $1.70; special, $1.28
PICNIC PAPER GOODS
Paper Ice Cream Dishes, doz., 5c
Paper Plates, 3 sizes, doss., i. 5c
Ice Cream Spoons white metal, doz . 5c
Paper Napkins, per hundred 10c
Picnic pkg. of Drinking Cups, Napkins, Towels,
waxed lunch wrappers, 10c
Paper Drinking Cups, 25 for 10c
NEW GREEN ROOM
Meet your friends at our "Green Boom,'' It's a
good place to get a nice light lunch, an ice cream soda or
a box of candy for "Her."
Huntley Brothers' Co.
The
FOR W. W. MYERS
Information Offered Local Philoso
pher in Reply to His Letter
A week or so ago the Courier
printed a letter from W. W. Myers, in
which he asked if it was not a fact
that the pool halls were being "at
tacked" because they were the gath
ering places of the "down and outs."
The Courier printed Mr. Myers' let
ter, but did not presume that he
wanted an answer to it.
This week Mr. Myers favors us
with a letter in which he says our
failure to reply, to his question proces
that we admit that the pool halls
were "attacked" because they were
the home of the idle and unemploy
ed. Mr. Myers rather oversteps the
bounds of reason, we think.
The Courier made no "attack" on
the pool halls. This paper said, edi
torially and otherwise, what the ma
jority of people in Oregon City
thought about the pool halls. This
paper reflected public sentiment re
garding them. This paper has tried
to make it plain that the pool halls
are not objectionable because pool or
billiards is played in them, BUT BE
CAUSE THEY ARE THE GATHER
ING PLACES OF THE LEAST DE
SIREABLE ELECENT IN THE
CITY. Pool halls Usually attract
such poeple because they are open to
anybody who cares to wander into
their doors, because a "tightwad"
can loaf about them "all day without
spending a cent, ami because the
stingy can usually ffhd enough good
fellows within to provide them with
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"the makings" of cigarettes, which
they will not buy for themselves.
Honest unemployed men, seeking
jobs, don't loaf about the pool halls
they get out and rustle for work.
Some working men may frequent the
pool halls to play pool but the ob
jection is not raised on that ground.
The chief objection that the Courier
sees to the pool halls is that they are
-unfortunately, it is true the
"hang-outs" for young men who seem
to have no purpose in life; AND
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE AV
ERAGE POOL HALL TO INSPIRE
ANY YOUNG MAN WITH HIGH
IDEALS.
The Courier has repeatedly used
its columns to emphasize the fact
that there is no place in Oregon City
where young men who work in the
mills or elsewhere can go on raniy
evenings or on rainy Sundays to find
recreation. This paper has ADVO
CATED THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF A PUBLIC GYMNASIUM AND
CLUB for such young men AND
WOMEN; and this paper has sug
gested a scheme whereby a minimum
revenue from POOL AND BIL
LIARDS might be utilized to pay for
a caretaker.
In his last letter Mr. Mvers fa.
vors this paper with the following
sentiment:
"I will further say that the mov
ing picture show is more of a men
ace to humanity than the pool hall
because both sexes attend
and the white slave procurer is in
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