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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1915.
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MORE ABOUT WAR
ineaincai men curse the movies
from one side of the continent to the
the Courier's last "war editorial" i other, and sav that the little theatres
was received with such general praise are ruining business in the big houses,
in all sections that we are embolden- And the big houses charge a dollar
eo. to mane some iunner remarKS or more, and usually offer a less at
about the great contlict now occupy-. tractive show. In the old-style thea
ing the minds of twelve European na-'; tre many an actor or actress "got by"
nuns, we uuserve many inings in oecause of his remarkable voice or
the press of recent date, and not hav-, her remarkable hair; but in the movies
ing any war correspondent or our own, j voice and hair count for nothing, and
we are forced to rely upon some of the the actor that gets applause must rely
big dailies to keep us informed. This, J solely upon his ability. So the movies
however, does not prevent us from . have drawn from the ranks of the
commenting on the war in fact it thespians those who could really act,
manes n easier lor us to comment, ior and have left behind for the hie hous
we have absolutely no first-hand
knowledge of the matter to warp or
bias our ideas.
We note from Harper's Weakly
that Willie Randolph Hearts is up to
his old tricks, and is "ghost dancing"
his war news, and putting the names
of imaginary correspondents over his
"dispatches'" from the front. And we
note that the Portland Journal prints
the Hearst service, too so the Jour
nal's war news is apt to be peculiar.
We also note that some gink in
Great Britain has discovered that the
only protection London has against
Zep raids is the well known London
fog. We further note that a scientific
person at San Francisco has invented
a machine to abolish fogs, and we pre
sume that Germany will shortly buy
this, so that it may drop bombs On
London at any time . The British
don't seem to mind the "Zeps very
much, except those who are related to
the victims. Naturally they object to
being bombarded but the reliable
Portland Journal shows a picture of
other Britishers standing round
watching the skies for the next fatal
visitor. This picture, by the way, is
a Hearst feature part of Hearst's
service to the reliable Journal.
It is also to be noted by the press
that the British, who haven't done a!
whole lot in this war so far, are con
sidering withdrawing their men from
the Dardanelles, after having had
some 99,000 of their soldiers shot to
pieces by the Germanized Turks.
Somehow the native Britishers don't
seem to "cotton" to the war very
much, though the Canadians and Aus
tralians and other coloniuls are be
having like brave men..
Further more we note that the Rus
sians have commenced another drive,
and that the Kaiser is busy with his
railroads in transporting troops from
one front to the other. It must be
joyous to be a German sojdier, there
is so much travel connected with it,
Before the war Americans with lots of
money used to flock to Germany every
year to travel up and down the Rhine
but now the Kaiser's soldiers ar
Zting these sight-seeing trips free
and are being paid two cents a day
as well. And the German soldiers
don't have to tip everybody in sight,
as the American tourists had to do.
Aside from these observations and
opinions, we gather that the war is
still going on, that it is much worse
than any previous war, and that great
reductions are being made in the pop
ulation of all countries concerned
From all this we are led to believe
that two things are true; first, that
war is all and more that General
Sherman said it was; and secondly.
that as all but one of the nations in
the fight are "Christian,"' something
must be seriously the matter with
"Christianity" as practiced in their
midst.
We come to this last conclusion
because the First Christian is report
ed to have remarked, once upon a
time when He was laying down the
rules of life, "Thou shalt not kill."
AND WHY NOT?
The day of fifteen-cent movies is
with us, we are told, and in the not
distant future it may be necessary to
spend two-bits to get into a flicker
shop.
At first this comes as a shock to
us, so long have we been accustomed
to seeing automobiles drop over cliffs
and heroines drop from airships to
freight trains for a nickel or a dime.
But when we pause and think the mat
ter over the shock disappears, and we
wonder that we have not been asked
es chiefly those whose voice was fun
ny, or whose hair was used to adver
tise a tonic, or those like Cohan, who
have to wave the American flag to
get applause.
The real talent of the profession
has gone over to the movies, and on
the screen in even the smallest ham
lets are to be seen masters of histrion
ic art that formerly never ventured
west of Chicago, and who mostly per
formed for the edification of the
favored few who lived in New York,
Washington or Boston. The movies
have brought real actors to Podunk
Corners, they have made theatre-goers
everywhere familiar with the art of
Bernhardt, of Southern, of great co.
medians and of great tragedians. And
the movies have also developed their
own stars Chaplin, who . probably
would be a frost in anything but comic
opera, Mary Pickford, whose chief
point of favor lies in her winsome-
ness. And the movies have hrnno-ht
many old-timer "stock actors" into
their ow'n, as in the case of Maurice
Costello, who is at heart so much an
actor that he preferred the drudgery
of "stock" work to the easier life of
the star in one play for a season.
Is it any wonder then, that we are
arm iu pay imeen cents or even
twenty-five to see these masters of
acting? It is no more than fair, and
it speaks volumes for the public
spiritedness and liberality of the mov
ie men that they let us see them for
that price see them everywhere, even
in the most remote hamlets, where the
movie house is open only on Saturday
ana Sunday. No nght-thinkine ner
son should begrudge the increase in
movie admissions, for with the advent
of the greater actors and actresses the
movies are increasing their education
al and entertainment value, and at no
matter what price thev are offered
they are giving more than the money's
worth.
the pubic. If Councilman Templeton,
for instance, had been compelled to
publish in plain and understandable
English the inside facts relating to
the improvement of P'ifth street some
time ago, there would not be the
very general suspicion that 'some
thing was slipped over"' in connection
with that incident.
Whenever a cry is made for less
publicity regarding the city affairs
and municipal management, the public
naturally gets suspicious; even when
such an honest man as Mr. Templeton
suggests the plan. And Mr. Temple
ton says he is the only sincere and
honest councilman now in office. It
will cost the city no great sum to con.
tinue publishing its public affairs,
and the money thus spent is insurance
against any weird and unseemly
things being done in hasty sessions.
Lconomy of the nature that would
save the small sum it costs to print
municipal notices might prove very,
very costly if some future councilman
or city official, hiding under the pro
tection of secrecy, slipped over a deal
that would defraud the city of right
ful revenue.
And, to quote another Templeton
instance, publication of the Temple
ton "public utility vehicle law" prob
ably more than anything else has re
sulted in the movement to do justice
in the jitney matter to both the jits
and to the city.
Publicity pays.
liness that we wonder how the Enter
prise can square itself for its policy
of one day playing up the new Metho
dist preacher to the skies, and the
next day giving even more promi
nence to an attack upon the state
wide prohibition law which had the
special support of the Methodist
church in this community. Truly, it
is an interesting situation.
ON MAKING BUDGETS
MORE DRY STUFF
A little over two weeks from the
time when our loving brother down
the street reproved the Courier for
having during a part of the state
wide prohibition campaign printed
wet" advertising in its columns. The
Enterprise springs a three-column
We note by the last issue of the
Sandy News that the thriving and
busy little city in the northeastern
section of the county expects its ex
penses for 1916 to be $975, that it
has some $700 in its treasury, and
that in order to raise further moneys
to meet its expected outlay it will
have to tax local property. F. E.
Beckwith, Sandy's recorder, in a re
port on this matter published in the
News, sums things up as follows:.
"Balance to be raised by taxation
$275.00; estimated valuation of prop
erty within Sandy, $55,015.00; TAX
LEVY NEEDED TO PRODUCE
DEFICIT, $.005."
That should be interesting news for
Oregon City's council. In Sandy,
according to the recorder, it takes
only a five-mill levy to "produce a
deficit." In Oregon City we have
had a ten-mill levy, and with it have
produced one of the loveliest deficits
ever seen. Plainly this is a waste of
money, and reform should be started
at once. Mr. Templeton, who wants
a fifteen-mill levy, is working the
wrong way if Sandy can produce a
deficit by a five-mill levy, Oregon
City ought to be able to do it.
Hence the Courier is in favor of
reducing the levy to five mills. The
county seat ought to be able to get a
things, and it is not surprising that
the council likes to discuss them in
secret session.
But aside from that the main thing
is this: if Sandy can produce a deficit
on a five-mill levy, Oregon City
ought to be able to do it, too.
WHAT HAPPENED ABROAD
It is always comforting to read
about the sins of others, so Courier
readers will doubtless enjoy this of
fering from the American Economic
league, of Cincinnati:
"American communities are not the
only . ones that give away valuable
natural resources to private monopo
lists. An example of municipal fol
ly, worthy of the most stupid of cor
rupt American city, is reported con
cerning a German village in the is
sue of August 20 of the Berlin maga
zine Bodenreform.
"The village of Wolzig in the dis.
trict oi tseesKow-fttorKow owned a
magnificent lake from which it drew
considerable revenue. On the oppo
site shire lies an estate that belongs
to a member of a family of million
aire farmers. The owner of the es
tate liked the lake and bought it of
the community for the low price of
2400 marks. Then he rented out the
fishing privilege for 5000 marks a
year. The high rent necessitates
most severe exploitatiin. Neighbor
ing inhabitants whose land reaches to
the shore are not allowed to go boat
riding or to bathe in the lake. They
cannot even buy fish at retail from
the tennant since he sends his entire
supply to the Berlin markets.
"So with a supply of fish' at their
very doors, the people of Wolzig must
go without. If the community had
heard in time of the land reform idea
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Also Diamond Grinders, Giant
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A POOR IDEA
HOOSIER DISC DRILLS
No Better Made
Councilman Templeton wants an
amendment to the city charter doing
away with the publication of city or
dinances, iranchises and other such
formal notices. Mr. Templeton says
he is moved to do this for reasons of
municipal economy. If this is so, Mr
templetn's "economy" is as short
signtea as some other brands of!
counciimanic saving,
The Courier, being a weeklv naner
has no anticipations of irettiner the inb
of printing city notices. It has seem
ed to the present council, and to other
councils, that a daily paper was the
Dest medium for these publications
and so the Courier has got past ex
pecting tnis share of the city busi
ness. Hence its remarks mav be tak
en as being unprejudiced.
lhe Courier does not believe that
discarding the publication of the city
uusiness would be a wise move. In
stead, this paper believes that more of
the city business ought to be miblish
ed. It particularly believes that the
monthly financial report of the city
should be published, so that the voters
and taxpayers who do not attend coun-
ii meetings mav know thn
uhlic funds go. The Courier also
iflieves that the ordinances nnm-teil
by tho council ought to be published,
and that all franchises ouirht to lie
published. i
Publicity is good for citv nffnivs
u is a safeguard against the "slip,
ping over" of things. Posting ordi-
"""'"i i luminal's ana iiniuicial re
ports on three lump-posts in the city
is not sufficient publicity there are
too lew people who will stand on the
comer to rend such notices. But if
they are printed in a newspaper even
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HI! MASTER'S VOICI"
You May Well Be Proud
of your skill as a baker if you
use SNOWDRIFT flour in
the making of bread, cakes or
pastry. For your baking will
be so good that your friends
will be asking you for recipes
and if you took special les
sons in baking. Think of it.
Try a sack of our flour and
you'll be convinced.
Portland Flouring Mills
Oregon City, Ore.
fully and more tritely by saying "Hell
is freezing over.
Climatic conditions in the Enter
prise office must be very trying on
the editorial force one day the paper
is "wet and the next it is "dry."
Love is a dream and marriage is
the awakening, sayeth the adage.
that case we suppose divorce is the
rolling over again for another snooze,
An exchange informs us that "the
wise man listens while the fool talks.1
The guy that wrote that must have
attended an Oregon City council meet
ing.
Now that the democrats have de
cided that $400,000,000 is needed for
national defense, we suppose the re
publicans will begin to yell "extrava
gance."
There were two free shows in the
county seat last Friday night one at
the Commercial club and the other at
the council session. The latter was
by far the funnier.
Far be it from the Couri;er to criti
cize John Stark, but it seems to us
that it would be a pleasant change if
John would suggest some remedies
for the ills about which he kicks
every week.
r. r-j "i iwmii'e ut uumei! circulation there is
'silent drama of the screen." J sufficient publicity given to safeguard
Thrift that thrives is the portion of those that
keep their money at
The Bank of Oregon City
31 Years in Business
head on Its front page denouncing,
with the assistance of George C.
Brownell, the "dry" law which during
tho campaign the Enterprise so faith
fully supported at 35 cents an inch,
more or less. When the Courier re.
minded the Enterprise that it had
ceased publishing "wet" advertising
perfectly satisfactory deficit with things would have turned out differ
that amount, and the property owners ently. The rental of the lake would
would be saved half of the sum they now be going into the public treasury,
are now taxed. As long as a deficit and be a benefit to all of the inhabi
is what is being sought, let us follow tants.
the Sandy plan and get one with a' ..Wolxij? has committed on a smale
f ive-mill levy, and not waste ten- scale the folly that Chicago committed
mi s on the work. It a tn ho bnnaJ - , , . ... . .
at a loss of advertising business to that the budget makers of the citv will V J tw seumg school
itself, the Enterprise had nothing to take this matter to ' S . ee.n" i
Mr L Th- ice in United GoTnm committed
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-V"'"I wviniiiui a oaiiuv icuuil in tivu ir miliums fir arrp Tn rni rnmi
iuu. Aiier ueciaring tnat a delicit and other corporations. But the
"c piuuuceu uy a iive-miu levy, ' remedy is tne same in
Progressive West Linn citizens are
in favor of a charter amendment pro
hibiting secret sessions of the coun
cil. West Linn's council must be get
ting as silly as the one that craces
tho county seat.
A contemporary, trying tc bo sage,
tells us that "the hen gets the worm
because she gets up and scratches for
for it." Around here hens scratch for
pebbles, with which to digest the
worms they have picked up.
sacked. Nothing was taken, and as
all members of the Brodie family were
away and were wearing their vetch
es, the burglary has an interesting
aspect. Sometime later the home of,
Mrs. Williams, on Molalla avenue,
was broken into, and the house ran
sacked. A gold watch of more than
ordinary value was the only thing'
stolen. The second robbery was re
ported to the police, but news of the
first was surpressed.
Hence it would seem that a bur
glar, seeking a watch, first broke in
to the Brodie residence; and not find
ing what he (or she) sought, con
tinued the search with success on- Mo
lalla avenue.
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And now the righteous sheet that
is produced intermittently in the little
shop with the vacant garret over Bar
low s store prints the Brownell at
tack on the prohibition law without
apology or explanation. On the street
it is rumored that the Enterprise trot
three cents an inch for its anti-prohibition
feature, but we hardly think
that the work was done for so little.
The interests who are fighting the
prohibition law in Oregon still have
quite a sizable "sack1' at their dis
posal, and we have an idea that they
are as liberal now as they were dur
ing the campaign. So presumably the
tnree-cents-an-inch gossip can be
branded as false probably the Enter
prise got more than that.
The Courier is glad to see see its
competitor prosper in the printing
business. We trust that its coffers
will bulge with money, and that
everybody from the devil to the
boss will get their salaries rais
ed. And it is only out of friend-
Mr. Beckwith continues and says of
tho Sandy Budget r
"This budget of the City of Sandv
includes nothing, except $85 for the
improvement of roads and streets,
and part of this sum is for cross
walks."
So we see that Sandy has an admir
able budget. It totals $975, and it
includes nothing, except $85 for the
improvement of roads and streets, and
part of this sum is for rross-walks."
In other words, in order to raise $85
for roads and streets andc ross-walks,
Sandy has to plan a budget eleven and
a half times as geat as the desired
sum. Apparently people are slow in
paying taxes in Sandy, or else local
money isn't worth very much. In
Oregon City, if it took $11.50 of bud
get moneyto raise one dollar of road
toney, Mr. Templeton's $14,000 that
was dumped on Oregon City streets
last year would have necessitated a
budget of $161,000. Thus it will be
seen that budgets are wonderful
every case.
Let the taxing power be used to take
for public purposes the rental value
of natural resources exclusive of im
provements thereon."
The latest nightgowns are maJe of
netting, we are told. Again we rise
and ask why wear clothes at all ?
Some people bet on the world's ser
ies and are rejoicing. Others bet and
are now convinced that gambling is
wrong.
"Tho farm and a Ford is better
than the city and a free uinch," re
marks a philosopher. Yea, verily,
brother.
That was some "Blast'' the Com
mercial club jinks produced this week,
if those that were "blasted" can be
believed.
Tir.,i.i-ii. ii. j.
tvuuiuni. it ue iunny n some of
these "wets" who are yelling for ab.
solute prohibition finally had their
way and got it; and then the su
preme court decided that absolute pro
hibition of booze was just as legal as
absolute prohibition of opium?
Owing to the vagaries of the lino
type machine, the Courier last week
said that "Oregon has 9.3 percent of
its roaa surtaced, and Pennsylvania
4.5 percent." The figures should be
reversed Oregon has the 4.5
and makes the poorest showing.
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This might be expressed just as truth.
Tried Twice and Finally Got a Gold
Watch Worth While
Judging by reports reachino- tho
Courier office, and more or less subj
-A A " 1 . 1 1 y-il m . . T
buiuuuiea Dy uniet of Police Ed
Shaw, there was a burglar in Oree-nn
City last week Wednesday nip-hf nt
about council meeting time. And ap
parently the burglar wanted a watch
not an Ingersoll, but a real watc.h
this conclusion is reached from
the followingf acts. Somewhere near
nine o'clock in the evening of Wed
nesday a week ago, the home of E. E. i
Brodie, publisher of the Enterprise,
was broken into and thoroughly ran-
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