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4 OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1915. OREGON CITY COURIER Published Thursdays from the Courier Building, Eighth Street, and entered Jn the Postoffice at Oregon City, Ore., as 2nd class mail matter E. R. BROWN, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Subscription Price $1.50. Telephones. Pacific 51: Home A-51 THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN , ADVERTISING BY THE GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO . BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AN OLD STORY Every now and then somebody wakes ud to the fact that in some communities the boys and girls seem to "go to the bad'' more readily than they do in others. And they wonder why. And sometimes, to answer thei wondering, more or less flippant folk say it is because they have no other place to go. Communities that have parks. playgrounds, lecture courses in the schools, centers where young people may meet and. enjoy themselves, or any feature that offers a relief to the dull monotony of life, are not so much bothered with the problem of what to do for their boys and girls as are towns that have none of these at tractions. Boys and girls are filled with energy, with a desire to be do ing something every minute that they are awake. This energy can easily be led into channels that are benefic- ial. Boys and girls do not need to be "taught" to be interested in baseball football, tennis or other games they take to them naturally; and all that is needed is to give them a place. where games may be played. Boys and girls also have a thirst for knowledge. They will go to an illustrated lecture, to a laboratory ex.- periment. to the movies, or to the theatre to gain whatever knowledge may be imparted. The boys and girls may think they go to these places to be amused; but as a matter of psychology they find amusement in having their brains record and store away the new impressions, the new knowledge, that is to be gained from such "entertainments." Very young boys and girls will have this cravinng for knowledge and amusement satis fied by outdoor excursions, boy-scout camps, gatherings of "camp-fire girls," and such affairs. But older boys and girls have more brains and more brain capacity than their elders credit them with; and so their de mands for "amusement'' are more complex. And it is the older boys and girls that provide the greatest "problem." How to satisfy their active brains is the question to be answered; and pro gressive communities have discover ed that this condition may best be met by providing what are tritely called educational entertainments and by providing playgrounds, where the originality of the young can best be worked out. School "entertainments" and pic nics are being encouraged by Clacka mas county's educational forces to meet this need. Some of the larger and more fortunate school districts have also provided playgrounds and find the dual plan of inestimable val ue in character building and in solv ing the "boy and girl problem.'' Too much praise cannot be given the coun ty school directors for this work that they are doing for the bys and girls. It is work that Bhows only on the debit side of the ledger, it brings in no di rect financial returns, and it is at times a heavy burden but it is mak ing better men and wmen, and it is making for a better moral tone in the state and county. In view of this It seems a pity that Oregon City, the county sent, does not wake up to its opportunity to improve its human stock. Oregon City gets mildly enthusiastic once a year over live-stock, when it turns out to see better horses, cattle, and hogs on Booster Day. But its human stock is let run the easiest way and physic ians, at least, realize what this is doing for the community. Oregon City owes its future citi zens a playground. Oregon City owes its future citizens a real park. It has room enough for a park. Ore gon City owes its future citizens some "entertainment" in its schools. Oregon City owes its future citizens a chance to make good, healthy men and women of themselves it owes them some othef pluce to go aside from "to the bad." If you don't believe this, ask the police, ask the sheriff, ask the con stable, ask any local judge, or ask the doctor who helped the stork deliver his last package at your home. PATRIOTISM Mr. Roosevelt, whom the republi cans don't like, but whom some re publican papers persist in quoting every time he says something, detri mental to President Wilson's admin istration, has established a new rule for patriotism. Instead of believing in "standing by the president,'' Mr. Roosevelt says he believes in "the country standing by the president as long as the president stands by the country." And, acting as judge and jury, Mr. Roosevelt then implies that Woodrow Wilson has not "stood by the coun try'' in the year of crisis we have passed through. By which Mr. Roosevelt convicts himself, instead of convicting the ad ministration. President Wilson has kept the United States out of the European war hell, he has by his dig nified yet unyielding course of action at last brought Germany to a realiza tion of the fact that reckless subma rine warfare upon passenger-carry ing ships is not allowable even under Germany's own code of ethics; and he has, by his wise and calm course in the face of dire national perils, pre served American ideals and conven tions. In short President Wilson has had the courage to hold the United States in check, when men of the Roosevelt stamp would have plunge.d the nation into conflict with Europe or Mexico or any nation at all just. so that there could be war. And Roosevelt intimates that this isn't "standing by the country." Of course opinions differ; but it is notice able that the great really great re publican newspapers, papers that have a national influence, are "standing by the president." And it is only "politi cal mouth organs,'' like the Oregon ian and our own dear and sweet lit tle Enterprise, that are "playing up" the ill-advised and unsupported re marks of Mr. Roosevelt. Which do you reckon shows the most patriotism a man or a paper that supports the President and that is willing to stand with him, or a man or a paper that yelps along at the heels of the "hero'' of San Juan hill? WHAT THEY FOUND Courier and the Western Journal $1.50 per year. Stock The Manly report to the Commis sion ot industrial Relations, shows that two percent of the people of the United States own 60 percent of the National wealth. But since national revenue is raised by indirect taxation they don't pay anything like 60 per cent of the taxes. That shows how some persons get protection from the protective tariff. Another fact shown by the Com- mision on Industrial Relations' report is that 65 percent of the people own less than five percent of the national wealth. Since some worthy persons, in expectation of war, are clamoring for a big army and navy, it would be well to ask them, would this 65 per cent, in case of war, be required to do only five percent of the fighting? Would Congress in raising revenue for the war see that no more than five percent of the expense fell on this 65 percent? Or would this class have to bear the lion's share of ex pense and do most of the fighting? Since the report of the Commission on Industrial Relations has been made we know that between one third and one-fourth of male workers earrt less than $10 a week, and from two-thirds to three-fourths less than $15 a week. What should receive first attention from Congrss legislation to increase opportunities for American laborers nnd to increase wages, or legislation for a big army and navy? Does the fact that two percent of the people own 60 percent of the nat ional wealth indicate that the two per cent does 60 percent of the work? Does it mean that but for the pres ence and activity of his two percent, the wealth of he country would be only 40 percent of what it is today? If not; they must have got it from those who have earned it without re turning an equivalent, a by no means difficult process when monopoly of land and possession of other privi leges, legal appropriation is possible of what others earn. "BOOSTING" OREGON 1 .. , . The faith of the Gov ernment is back of your money. It is not back of that for which you spend it. Save your money. THE BANK OF OREGON CITY 34 Years in Business The Oregon Commission for the Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco has a peculiar sense of hu mor or something worse. It3 com munications are sent out enclosed in fancy and much-printed envelopes which carry on their back an alleged map of Oregon. This map shows beautifully the monopoly of the Southern Pacific in matters of Oregon Transportation, and even exaggerates this monopoly by showing only three of the Hill lines within the state's borders; and of these three it forgets to label one. And then in a nice little box down in the corner, the commission empha sizes the fact that Oregon has 3,317, 000 UNDEVELOPED horsepower; 19,452,129 acres of UNCULTIVATED LANDS, of which only 6,800,000 (or one third) is open to homestead entry. This is publicity all right but it would seem as if more might be ac somplished by telling some of the "positive" things Oregon had, instead of the "negative'' things. Why wouldn't it be more impressive to tell how many horsepower were develop ed in the state, how many acres of land were cultivated and productive, and to give a list of the things that are raised in Oregon? Then people who received the commission's enve lopes might have an idea of what this state was doing instead of getting the impression that it was a vast and vacant wilderness. IS IT, NOW? her, and went about with other wo men. All wives should take warning from thia, and not educate their hus bands. Feed the brutes and keep them guessing but dori't let them go away to college and learn to smoke cigarettes and make eyes at the girls. An educated husband may be an orna ment, but he won't show any grati tude for the care and cash expended in perfecting him! 1 1 " 1 Wolf Howls i j In the course of an editorial in which the Enterprise takes unfair advantage of a mistake made by County Judge Anderson in reading the record of Main street, Oregon City, the hard-surface-booster published Dov Van Brakle, erstwhile osteo pathic county health officer, has of fered the following conumdrum for the Wolf Howls. The Doc says it is good. "If you put Jack Johnson, Charlie Chaplin and Billy Sunday in a glass, what will you have?" is the Doc's query. And the answer is: "A chocolate nut Sundae.'' Last week we offered some infor mation about women's minds. Now we will venture to remark that wo men wear their stockings longer than men. Of course they do men's stockings stop below the knee, but not so with the fairer sex, we are told. The papers tell us that a teacher, utilizing a new method, made it pos sible for boys and girls to "read" after but seven hours of actual in struction. That's nothing Patti, the erstwhile great singer, learned to "read" Home, Sweet Home in 20 min- hemia, U. S. Consul Charles L. Hoover says: "The use of silk underwear is con fined to the very rich in ordinary times, but it has been discovered that the vermin which always appear when large bodies of men are assembled un der conditions where cleanliness is impssible will not live in silk'under clothng. As it has been ascertain ed that these vermin carry the germs of the dreaded spotted fever, the sale of silk underclothing has greatly in creased recently." One of our beautiful young ladies, who just loves to read the popular magazines, ran out of fiction the other day, and for two hours studied Webster's Unabridged. When she finally closed the big book with a sigh, she remarked: "My, the stories are interesting, but they are all pret ty short.'' Alden G. Blethen, whose recent death removed one of the truly great Western editors from the newspaper field, used to read the dictionary every day which accounted for his skill in making people mad by what he called them in his editorials. He once referred to the editor of a con temporary as being "anile and ca duke;" and his victim was so mad that he couldn't read the type in the dic tionary to find out what the words meant. And speaking of newspapers, here is a gem entitled "The War Extra's Song.'' County seat folk who have recently expended nickels to buy war extras that the Journal and Telegram have sent this way will appreciate it. A noisy War Extra am I, A hideous jumble of type. I gather reports on the fly And print them before they are ripe. -jj. , --jyyM.ni .L,J,...M-i i ,, , i This is the Time to Put In That Water System Perhaps you are not aware that you can have water supply con veniences in your home and about your place as well as the city man. IT IS A FACT. THE MITCHELL WATER SYSTEM Affords you every convenience of water under a reliable and de pendable pressure. . Not so expensive to install as you may think. Very economical in operation. Easy to operate. LET US SHOW YOU THIS SYSTEM. If il I. WE RECOMMEND STOVERS GOOD ENGINES for pumping and other services requiring a de pendable and ever-ready power. More than 5000 in use in the Northwest. 1 H. P. up in Water Cooled and Vertical Styles. W. J. WILSON CO., OREGON CITY GEO. BLATCHFORD, MOLALLA The ii over Barlow's store remarked: "The record of Main street is one of the best arguments for hard sur face road that boosters for that type of road can use." It seems to us that the Enterprise did not always regard Main street as the perfect type of pavement. In fuct we have read some pretty hnrd things about Main street iu the col limns of our esteemed contemp. And if Main street is the best argument for hard surface that it has at hand the old brick Main street, which it now pretends to love so much we are rather sorry for any hard surface boosting that the daily liberator may offer. GRATITUDE Clackamas county's circuit court records last week contained a little sermon on gratitude. Papers filed by Mrs. E. II. Isdell asked divorce from her husband on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. From the complaint it appears that after mar rying Isdell, his wife gave him $1600 so he could compleU his college edu cation. And was Isdell grateful for this wifely devotion? Judging from Mrs. I IsdelPs complaint he was not for she says that after he came back . from college he told her he did not care for utes. She could pronounce the En glish words, but she didn't know what they meant. We wonder if the boys and girls who learned to read in sev en hours what they were reading? . Once upon a time we visited a country school, and a little boy got up and read a piece. Holding the book before him, he enunciated the following: "There is a warm doughnut, tread on it, said the teacher." Being rather curious, we took the book, and these are the words that we found the boy was struggling with: "There is a worm, do not tread on it, said the teacher." And that bright boy had studied reading two years. They "teach"' many things in our modern schools; and the children "learn" some of the things they are "taught," too. Witness this answer to the examination question "what is the zenith and what is the nadir?'' "Zenith and nadir are two Persian words of their own significance," wrote the child, in answer. Yet that kid had studied "astrono my" for one whole school year. Silk underclothing will now become popular. Writing from Prague, Bo-' I don't care for beauty or style; I'm more like a blot or a spatteh. I hate to see people smile, I'd rather have something the matter. Chorus Oh, it's Get the Latest Thousands Killed. Ship Torpedoed. Much Blood Spill ed. Town Bombarded. Frightful Scene Helpless Persons Murdered By a Submarine. Next Verse A bawling War Extra am I, A thing without conscience or taste. Whenever a horror I spy I thrill with delirious haste. When shooting and stabbing abound, And soldiers are fixing their dead- lnes, You always will find me around To play it up strong in the headlines. Final Chorus Oh, it's Get the Latest. Hundreds Drown. Town Surrounded. All Cut Down. Children Perish. Crazed With Fear Armies Mobilizing On the West Frontier. It's pretty good, isn't it? We thought so. And where do you sup pose it was first printed? In the "Appeal to Reason," which isn't al lowed in the Oregon City public li brary! Which will be about all for this gfferey&eare Mr Good Dresner ml op, il l i. wei oe me 4fSUt ' The philosophy of clothes has lots to do with the philosophy of life. Clothes philosophy teaches one WHY to DRESS WELL. In a few words it is this: Look good; you'll feel good; you'll make good. You will be bound to SEE, each Week, the "Mr. Good Dresser" Clothes drawing which Mr. R.F. Outcault, the famous New York artist, will make for us. Also READ our advertisements. They will teach you how to LIVE, how to DRESS, how to PROSPER and WHERE to buy your clothes. fmm ;J UN UM M 1 MhU ' i sr OREGON CITY, ORB. Sixth and Main Streets spasm. And cheer up, John Stark, in other things, that a penny saved maybe there wont be any Wofl Howls next week we may go hop-picking. MUTUAL AID URGED is a penny gained." Expense of Threshing Easy to Lessen, Says Railroad Man Hints on how to reduce the cost of threshing grain are contained in a communication by Prof. Thomas Shaw sent to the Courier by the Great Northern railroad. Prof. Shaw says, in part: ; "As threshing is now done in the West it is too costly. The common mehnrl id tY Viiro a TYin.Viina that- nwi. 4-1 u: n I ment is made on the bushel or sack basis according to the locality. This may be a very convenient way of get ting the work done, but it is too cost ly. In the far west where the wheat is sacked, the cost of the threshing and of the sack taken together is about 13 cents per bushel, never less than 12 cents. In the Dakotas and Montana it is equally dear relatively, except that it is not sacked This is a tribute which the farmer cannot well afford to pay when the prices paid for wheat rule low, and when there is a long haul to market the grain. "But there is another objection to the present system. When the crop is very abundant the present system uoes not provide a sunicient num ber of machines to do the work with sufficient timeliness, much of the un- stacKea grain must remain many weeks in the shock before it can be threshed. Where stacking is not much practiced this leads to loss, and when the weather turns adverse as it sometimes does, the loss is increas ed. This does not mean necessarily that the thresher plunders the farm er. It is probably true that very few threshermen make rich. But it does mean that the wisdom of doing all the threshing with virtually hobo labor is to be questioned. Surely there is a better way. "Would it not be a good plan to let the wheels of progress go backward a little to prepare the "way for old time practice? Why would it not be a good plan for several farmers to combine and purchase a threshing out fit to do their own work? The num ber who may thus combine will be gauged by the size of the farms. Usually the co-operative plan would embrace from three to six farmers. One of the number would probably own an engine used in plowing that could be used, also in running the grain separator. These farmers could buy a machine smaller and less expensive than the giant machines now in use. Such a machine would not work so quickly as the bther. On the other hand it would be less ex pensive to operate, and it would also be less costly. "As diversity in farming progress es, the need for such a system will be come more pressing as the difficul ties from maintaining the present system will manifestly increase. In farming the truth will hold good as We are always adding new type faces to our job department, & we are equipped to give satisfaction. Try us. Courier. THIS IS PLEASANT Travel on High Seas Takes on New Charm Owing to War Let's go to Europe, girls. The papers tell us that when the French lines Espagne arrived at New Vn,lr VllQ liranls- oil 4-VlA n r.nn v. nA 1:i4.1 t- 1 1.- XI.-!.. nau into utile uga seweu to meir I iiumco, aim un uie uigs were tneir names ana addresses. Think how joyous must have been the trip, with everybody knowing that if a submarine sent the boat to Davie Jones' locker,, the folks at home would get their corpses all right, be-' cause they were duly tagged. What a lovely trip that must have been for the passengers; and how nice and cheerful it was of the French stamship company to think of tagging its passengers. How it must have made the folk on board feel confident of their safety, and confident that the French sailors would do all they could to save them in case of acci dent. There seems to have been only one thing lacking; why didn't the steam ship company furnish unsinkable cof fins, and let the passengers sleep in them? 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