OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1915.
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CIVIC HELP OFFERED
University Plans Series of Com-
munity Conferences
Regardless of whether its experts
can "get away with it" or not, a pro
gram of community conferences will
be offered to the Btate (luring the
coming winter by the extension di.
vision of the State University at Eu
gene. The community conferences
are a development from the system of
filing single lecture calls.
City planning is one specimen top
ic for a community conference. The
State University has a school of ar
chitecture, at the head of which is El
lis F. Lawrence, who is notable in
city planning work. Anv Oregon city
that desires,' to map out a develop
ment plan so that as the years go on
it will be a healthier, prettier anil
happier city in which to live is en
titled to the services of anyone on
the State Unversity faculty who can
speak with authority upon city planning.
A city's educational system is an
other specimen topic for a community
conference. The University school of
education is able to make limited
number of school surveys this year,
showing to each surveyed town where
its schools are strong and where de
fective. An elaborate survey of this
type was made last year for Ashland,
Ore. Community conferences on the
schools are suggested.
School of commerce professors are
available for conference upon city administration.
FISH FOR EAST
Many Humpback Salmon Being Trans
planted to Rivers and Lakes
In the fall of 1913 the Bureau of
Fisheries transferred from the Pa
cific coast to Maine 13,240,000 hump
back salmon eggs, and in the fall of
1914 a second shipment of 7,022,000
eggs was forwarded. These eggs
were developed at the Green Lake and
Craig Brook hatcheries, and the re
sulting fry were planted in various
selected streams where the conditions
seemed favorable.
Reports have been received indi
cating the survival of some of the
early plants and the possibility of
the establishment of a run. Early in
August, 1915, a female humpback sal
mon 221, inches long and weighing
4 pounds 3 ounces was taken at Ban
gor waterworks in the Penobscot. A
little later a male fish of about the
same size was taken in this river at
Orland Dam.
It is the intention of the bureau
to continue the planting of humpback
salmon fry and fingerlings in Maine
waters, ad arrangements have been
made to ship about 7,000,000 eggs of
that species to the stations above re
ferred to during the fall of 1915.
LADDER IS VIEWED
Fish Warden Kelly and Party Look
Over Aid to Salmon at Falls
In order to become thoroughly ac
quainted with conditions at the fish
ladder over the falls of the Willamette
FLsh Warden Kelly, F. M. Warren, Jr.,
and I. N. Fleishner visited the county
seat last week and looked over altera
tions that are now being made. After
viewing the fish ladder and approach
es the committee suggested that a
number of obstacles be cleared away
and some further changes in construc
tion be incorporated in the plans.
It is also hoped to have a number
of blind channels near the approach of
the fish ladder opened up, so that in
the future runs the salmon will en
counter less difficulty in passing over
the falls to spawning grounds above.
"Printing with a punch" -at the
Courier.
TREND TOWARD BUSINESS
Choice of Studies Indicates Trade De
velopment Is Impending Here
The necessity of building up the
trade relations of Oregon is at last
being recognized by the young men
of the state, whose awakening is in
dicated by their choice of studies this
autumn at the University of Oregon.
The oldtime student in the classic,
at college usually picked out law,
medicine, the ministry, or teaching as
his profession. The student of 1915
is more likely to be taking cost ac
counting, domestic commerce, business
law, business organization and man
agement, municipal administration,
public utility accounting, resources of
the northwest, and similar studies
that help to fit for constructive busi
ness in Oregon.
FOREST SERVICE NEWS
What Uncle Sam Is Doing for Folk
Told in Brief Paragraphs
In Oregon, there are approximate
ly 709,000 head of sheep grazing up
on the National Forests. This rep
resents 43 percent of the number
grazed in the State.
In its improvement work, the For
est Service has constructed to date
in Washington and Oregon over
4000 miles of trail and the same
length of telephone line.
During the fiscal year ending June
30, 1915, there was opened to entry
on the National Forests of Oregon,
upon individual applications, 315 for
est homesteads, covering an area of
about 29,000 acres; and in National
Forests of Washington, there were 812
forest homesteads opened to entry,
covering an area of 3,800 acres.
Results obtained from land class
ification work on the National For
ests demonstrates the fact that prac
tically all farm land has been ex
cluded from the forests.
According to figures compiled by
the Government, water powers in the
State of Oregon are capable of de.
veloping 3,500,000 H. P. and in the
State of Washington 5,000,000 H. P.
In Oregon there are already developed
156,181! II. P. and in Washington 408,
000 II. P.
"Intelligently" Is Good
Although the general election is
still more than twelve-month distant,
the Republican party is lining, up in
Oregon for the fray. During the past
week the state central committee has
been active, getting into communica
tion with party leaders in the various
districts for the purpose of ascertain
ing from first hand local conditions
that it may act INTELLIGENTLY in
the campaign that is approaching.
(Polk County Observer.)
How His Ears Must Burn
Mr. Hawley's future depends upon
the attitude he assumes next winter
in congress. (Woodburn Indepen
dent.) Pont you know that memory out
laws in less than six years under the
Oregon system? Next Mav wa will
all bunch up at the primaries like a
flock of sheep and put him on again.
(Benton County Courier.)
Italian Zouaves Once Voted to Make
Their Ruler a Corporal.
During the battle of Palaestro, In
1859, the Austrtans In three columns
attacked the Piedtnohtese In order to
throw them back across the Sesla. The
right and center columns were repuls
ed, but the left continued to advance
and threatened danger. At that mo
ment the Third zouaves, led by Colonel
Chabran and obeying the orders of Vic
tor Emmanuel II.. attacked the Aus
trians with the bayonet, threw the en
emy back across the bridge over the
Sesla-and drowned many of them in
the Sasetta cauul.
In this memorable battle the king
was constantly In the fiercest of the
fight. The zouaves were enchanted
with his prowess, and in the evening
a sergeant of the regiment proposed
that they should send a congratulatory
address to his majesty.
'Let's raise him to the rank of cor
poral," suggested one, which proposi
tion was unanimously adopted. The
scholar of the company thereupon set
down In his finest calligraphy:
"By the wish of the Third regiment
of zouaves Victor Emmanuel, by trade
king of Sardinia, is appointed unani
mously a corporal in the suid regi
ment" Then, while the wish was hot, a
deputation of corporals and men went
to Castle Torione, where the king was
staying. The deputation was announc
ed. The king was pleased to receive it
at once, notwithstanding the fact that
he was in his shirt sleeves. He was
greatly moved by the token of admlra.
tiou, pressed the stripes to his heart
and conveyed his thanks In such terms
that the zouaves, in a delirium of Joy.
cheered him as if they would nevar
stop, and in taking their leave one and
all embraced their newly appointed
corporal. Pearson's.
PERSONAL FLAGS.
Special Emblems For the President and
Other Officials.
Until 1881 the president of the Unit
ed States had no personal flag, his
presence on board an American naval
vessel being indicated liy hoisting the
national emblem at the head of the
mainmast, and the garrison flag, re
served for times of special ceremony,
was displayed on the staff at army
posts whenever be visited them.
The need of a special flag for the
president was frequently felt, especial
ly when visiting royalty was entertain
ed in this country. In August, 1882,
It was directed by the secretary of the
navy that "the flag of the president of
the United States shall consist of a
blue ground, with the arms of the
United States in the center. The flag
shall be hoisted at the mainmast of,
the vessel of war while the president
Is on board and shall be carried in the
bow of his boat."
For years after this the national flag
was used for indicating the presence
of the vice president or of an ex-president,
but this use was more or less
confusing, and, besides, It was argued,
the stars and stripes properly stand
for the nation rather than any in
dividual. For this reason a special flag
for the vice president was adopted.
This flag is the same in design as the
president's naval blue flog, except that
the national coat of arms is emblazon
ed on a white field on It Cabinet offi
cers and the assistant secretaries of
some of tbe executive departments also
have distinctive flags. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Natural Pillows,
The pollack tree provides the natives
of British Honduras with splendid ma
terial for pillows and mattresses. It is
a common soft wood growth with a
large pear shaped fruit, which has a
hard shell, changing to almost black
when ripe, and containing a short sta
ple brown fluff or silk fiber. The fluff
Is about a quarter of aa inch loug,
more like the finest of camel's hair
than fiber, and is used extensively for
filling pillows and mattresses. It will
not become hard, even after years of
service. The natives occasionally ex
pose it to the sunlight for a day or two
and put it back as good as ever.
Then She Smiled.
The tall, cheerful young man glanced
up at the haughty blond behind the
counter and smiled a sunny smile.
"1 beg pardon," suid he. "but you
don't care a thing for beauty, do you?"
"Sir!" retorted the haughty blond.
"How dare you! What do you mean?"
"Oh, nothing very particular, only
you've got a mirror right there behlud
you. and you've not looked luto it
once!" New York Post
Nervy Reply.
As they sat watching a sailboat out
In the lake said he:
"Can you tie a true lover's knot. Miss
Willing V"
Said she. "No, but I can give you the
address of a clergyman who would be
only too glad to oblige you, I'm sure."
-UulTalo News.
Why They Weep.
Teacher For men must work, and
women must weep! What is the mean
ing of that line. Johnny Flagg? Johu-ny-It
means that men has to work to
get money, and then the women has to
cry before the men will divide with
them. Womau's Journal.
Poor Adam.
"Pa, who was the first Inventor?"
"Adam, my son."
."What did be invent?"
"The poor excuse." Boston Transcript.
Action does not always brlnaj happi
ness, but there Is no happiuess with
out action. Disraeli.
We will gladly bunch up at the pri
maries and put him on again if he
pursues a certain course and stands
by the people and especially the farm
ers of Oregon in the rural credits pro
gram, but if he adopts a rural credits
bill in the interests of the national
banks it will be rather difficult for
him to get a renomination. (Wood
burn Independent.)
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Photos by American Press Association.
Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrfson, Chief of Staff Major Generat Hugh L. Scott and Colonel Clarence P.J
Townsley. superintendent of the West Point Military academy, reviewing cadets at recent commencement.
The Courier has a full line of Legal
Blanks for sale. If you are in need
of Legal Blanks you will find that it
will pay you to come to the Courier,
Historic Westminster Hall.
Westminster hall, England's old holt
of the king's Justice, Is one of the
world's notable historical shrines. Built
four centuries before Columbus sailed
for America, burned, restored, remod
eled, it bus seen more history in the
making than perhaps any other build
ing west of Rome. Here some of the
early parliaments met, and here the
second Edward was expelled from his
throne. Here Richard II. was deposed,
Charles I. condemned and Cromwell
hailed as lord protector. Westminster
hall was the scene of the trial of War
ren Hastings. In it sentence of death
was pronounced on William Wallace,
Sir Thomas More, Somerset, Essex,
Strafford and Guy Fawkes.
Nuremberg.
Nuremberg was once almost the rich
est and most famous town in Europe.
The well known saying of Pope Pius
II. that a Nuremberg citizen was bet
ter off than a Scottish king was Justi
fied by the accounts that have been
preserved of the town and its burghers.
In the fifteenth century there came
from Nuremberg the first watches,
known as "Nuremberg eggs;" the first
cannon, the first guii lock, the first
wire drawing machine, the clarinet,
certain descriptions of pottery and the
art of painting on glass. For 800 years
its walls defended the valley of the
Pegnltz against all enemies. Four hun
dred towers once topped the walls, but
only about a third of them now remain.
Clock Made of Glass.
A clock constructed throughout of
glass is the result of six years' work
on the part of a Bavarian glass polish
er. The plates and pillars which form
the framework are of glass and are
bolted together with glass screws. The
dial plate, hands, shafts and cogwheels
are of glass, and glass wedges and
pins are used for fastening the various
parts of the running gear together.
Like the clock itself, the key by which
it is wound is of glass. The construc
tion of the remarkable timepiece was
a matter of infinite pains. Some of the
parts had to be made ns many as forty
times before a clock that would go
could be produced.
STARX'S COMMENTARIES
Turning the Tables.
The saying that a woman doesn't like
to tell her age may be a cruel slander
on the ex, but It was true of Mrs.
Thomson. She never missed a chance
of letting her friends know she was
years younger than her husband.
"Yes, George is fifty years old," she
remarked to a visitor one day, "and
there are ten years between us."
But the visitor was an elderly spin
ster with a sour disposition.
"Is that so?" she exclaimed, In well
assumed surprise. "Now, really, you
look quite as young as he does!"
NEVER DESPAIR.
Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss,
But cheerfully seek how to redress
their harms.
What though the mast be now
blown overboard,
The cable broke, the holding an
chor lost
And half our sailors swallowed in
the flood
Yet lives our pilot siill.
Shakespeare.
Knowing.
What Is knowing something? It Is
having lived through an actual expe-
ienee of it; of being able to compare
It with other actual experiences; of
misjudging It and then being forced
into correcting one's misjuilgrnent; of
handling It, turning it about and look
ing upon it from all sides and of medi
tating upon It.
This takes lime. That is why our
young people know so little. They
mistake a glib rendering of facts for
the real thing. They think they know,
but they don't Life.
The Chief Sense.
All the great families of living things
have a dominant sense. We lead our
lives by sight and make artificial lights
to render darkness tolerable. But the
creature whom next to ourselves we
prefer, the dog, lives In a very differ
ent universe. Ills dominant sense, like
that of many other quadriiieds, is Jhe
very one we most neglect, the sense of
smell. The dog will track his muster,
never lifting up his head to search the
distance: often with hair falling over
his eyes ho follows on. not troubling
himself to shake It aside.
Blessing of the Bay.
So far as known the first vess d built
in this country was tbe Blesslug of
the Bay. In Winthrop'g Journal, un
der date of July 4, 1031, appears the
quaint announcement, "The governor
(Winthropi built a bark at Mlstick,
which was launched this day and call
ed the Blessing of the Bay." Argo-
Discontent is the mother of pro
gress. So long as you are content
with a situation or condition you
seek no change. This is the reason
the powers that be teach us content
ment. When they find that we be
come restless then they interest us in
many things harmless, or at least
utterly useless to ourselves and some,
times even harmful to us. In order
to arouse discontent among the toilers
these papers are written, more often
under trying conditions than other
wise. In my last article I referred to the
trying, uncivil surroundings which
are the lot of farmers in general in
order to arouse discontent. I knew
that more vanity would be wounded
than intelligent discontent awakened.
A discontent that strikes blindly is
injury self-inflicted and finally be
comes defeat. Therefore it is well
that we first of all realize existing
facts and the nform a goal and find
means of accomplishing our object.
While I realize that my contribu
tions are somewhat disjointed it is im
possible to follow out all ideas to
their ultimate end in the limited
space which the Courier so generous
ly bestows me; also, I am driven by
the same economic lash as most farm
ers, so my time and energy to this
course are limited.
Economists who are not hired to
pervert minds or facts divide society
into two classes, the producer and the
explaiter. It is sometimes difficult to
define some individual's class, owing
to the complex state of society. Fur
thermore, there are persons who are
actually partly in both classes, so be
long not wholly to either. These are
the ones who most confuse our minds.
Then there are persons who imagine
themselves to belong to the "upper
class" and give their moral support
to the exploiter class.
There are also some who realize
that they are of the "mudsill" va
riety, who gladly "bend the pregnant
hinges of the knee that thrift may
follow fawning." These frequently
get some crumbs that fall from the
tables of the masters and do not re
sent being kicked about. So long as
the crumbs will maintain, an existence
they will be good watchdogs. Of
course we all must live somehow, so
we seek the lines of least resistance,
Many of us realize our slavery but
cannot emancipate ourselves by in
dividual effort. Slavery does not,
however, necessarily force us into a
state of mental servility.
It wiil be recalled that a few years
a go a movement was on foot appar.
ently, to set the government wheels
into motion to provide "farm credits."
The political platforms more or less
vaguely, told us rubes that something
was to be done to us in the sweet by
and bye. Then a plan reflecting rgeat
wisdom was evolved to send a bunch
of bums to Europe "to tsudy farm
problems." Two soft-handed duffers,
I believe, went from each of the sev
eral states, including Oregon. These
have come back and were apparently
highly gratified at the "success of the
junket." Have you felt it? How big
was it? Or have you been so enter
tained by the passing show that you
forgot that there was smeothing
wrong with your economic condition?
Nof, of course, new numbers are be
ing added t the program, so that you
have perhaps forgotten that you were
deliberately burglarized by your
precious government out of so many
plunks, and at the same timed jollied
into believing something would be
done for you instead of to you.
After the clowns, who went on this
swindling trip haw bowed off the
stage, there came the so-called farm
ers' organizations and some other
bodies or persons with great programs
of reputed farm credit plans, with all
of them bewailing the fact that the
farmer was being farmed quite scien
tifically by those who ate their bread
in the sweat of other men's faces.
These plans, stripped of detail, pro
vided the farmers to become jointly
in debt for "say from 50 to 100
years," and then the Wall Street
bunch could more easily and securely
collect their unearned increment by
appointing the government of this
FREE country as thee ollecting agent,
and still the band played on.
While I am not in the baptizing
business having never taken out a
membership card I propose to raise
my voice in this bewildering mess and
suggest a plan, which I know you
farmers will not adopt because "the
senator is agin it," and our worthy
master will not favor it "because it
is too radical." You are, however,
advised not to get "het up" as there
is no Santa Claus going to ram it
down your chimney. You will never
get it until a majority of farmers de
sire it. At present writing you are
very anxious to have that big loan to
the allies succeed, because you are
heavily interested in the outcome of
the international duel. After that
you are afraid the cripples will over
run this country like a lot of Huns and
Vandals so your minds will be so oc
cupied by "our unpreparedness" that
you will not notice the big iron fist
picking your pockets.
The philosophy of our present
economic system is that the exploiter
shall not be molested in gathering in
all the natural resources of wealth,
that is, the means of living and all the
artificial products taken from na
ture's storehouse. The energy of or
ganized society, commonly called gov
ernment, is devoted to that end. The
idea has become so thoroughly fixed
that we usually subscribe to it with
out question. Observe the many ef
forts constantly being made "to en
courage capital.'' The public treas
ury in all the various sub-divisions
are drawn upon and popular private
subscriptions are industriously circu
lated for countless enterprises "to en
courage capital."
You have never heard of a subsidy
to encourage labor (the laborer) un
less it was for the express purpose
that capital may derive profit there
from. I doubt very much if a score
of my readers ever followed this idea
out. Care is taken by all the agen
cies which mold public opinion, that
such ideas are not hatched out. These
agencies are the press, the pulpit, the
public rostrum and thee ircles of labor,
such as farmers' organizations and
labor unions. There is a reason !
Getting a living or, as we say,
"making a living," requires nearly all
our time and energy. This applies to
all living beings except a small por.
tion of human parasites, whose living
is so provided for that they are often
at a loss to find methods for "killing
time." Aside from these there are
many persons very busy doing abso
lutely useless things. Then there are
numbers of people whose occupations
are wanton destruction, yet even
these are so occupied in an effort at
getting a living. Often these persons
are highly honored for their utter use
lessness or viciousness. Incidentolly,
the observation may not be amiss that
all political governments that I know
anything about are occupied more
than half of their time promoting de
struction of property and life, and pay
a premium for murder machinery and
murder. In fact, all governments
were formed by murderers and rob
bers. So it is not strange that the
basic philosophy of our economic sys
tem rests pn exploiting the producer.
Even the producer, taken as a whole,
sees no alternative. Generally speak
ing, the producer seeks to become an
exploiter because he fails to compre
hend that there is a better way. This
series of papers are written to edu
cate people to the idea of fostering
production in order that the human
race may all have useful work; all
have plenty, and all may have leisure.
That will be REVOLUTION.
JOHN F. STARK.
NOTICE I am the appointed repre
sentative for the Ladies' Home
Journal, Saturday Evening Post
and the Country Gentleman. Money
for subscriptions can be left at the
First National Bank. Jenice O.
Dillman.
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Leading Undertakers, Fifth and Main
St.; Telephones: Pacific 415-J; Home
B-18. '
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that la
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an Inflamed condition of the mu
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is Inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or Imperfect hearing, and when It Is
entirely closed, Deafness Is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever: nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
Which is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will Rive One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh! thrt
car.not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
SeiiU for circulars, free.
P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Hall s Family Pills for constipation.
WHAT CATARRH IS
It has been said that every third
person has catarrh in some form.
Science has shown that nasal catarrh
often indicates a general weakness
of the body; and local treatments in
the form of snuffs and vapors do little,
if any good.
To correct catarrh you should treat its
cause by enriching your blood with the
oil-food in Scott's Emulsion which is a
medicinal food and a building-tonic, free
from alcohol or any harmfuldrugs. Tryit,
Scott & Bownc, Bloomficld, N. J,