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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGOxN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1915.
OREGON CITY COURIER
Published Thursdays from the Courier Building, Eighth Street, and entered
in the Postoffice at Oregon City, Ore., as 2nd class mail matter
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"BUY IT AT HOME"
There appears to be a -wave of
state patriotism sweeping over Ore
gon at this writing, and even the Live
Wires of the Oregon City Commercial
club have taken steps to inaugurate a
campaign for the better patronage of
home stores. The Courier, together
with practically every other paper in
the state, has from time to time urg
ed its readers to trade at home, to
patronize their home merchants, and
to give the preference to Oregon-made
goods whenever possible.
It is a well-known fact, of course,
that newspapers are not run to make
better than any similar Eastern pro
duct, or uniformly better than any
California or Washington product,
they will get the business. And the
newspapers will do their share in
helping them get this business, too.
But until this condition is brought
about, all the "buy it at home" cam
paigns in the world will not alter the
mind of the buyer.
The Courier mentions this at this
time as an indication of its stand on
home-boosting campaigns. In its own
business the Courier tries to give ser
vice; in regard to Oregon City mer
chants the Courier is positive that
they give real service; but as to Ore
gon-made goods in general, the Cour
money, and that their chief cause for
existence is to fight other people's i ier cannot support the campaign that
battles without pay or recompense. 'the Cottage Grove Sentinel and other
(incidentally, aear reauer, uu is papers are making until it is con-
sarcasm but most people seem to
think it should be truth.) Newspapers
are supposed to battle with the mail
order houses, fight for home mer
chants, and print the names of all
people who receive Sears-Roebuck
catalogues. Nobody ever presumes
that home merchants ought to adver
tise in the newspaperso f their own
town, and it apparently never enters
the heads of Oregon manufacturers
that the place to advertise their pro
ducts is in Oregon newspapers.
The above paragraph is heaved off
our chest after reading a short column
in the Cottage Grove Sentinel, in
which an Oregon biscuit company is
patted nicely on the back because it
has advertised in Oregon newspapers
instead of on the billboards and in
the street cars. The Cottage Grove
Sentinel seems to think this new de
parture in advertising is worthy of
comment. Maybe it is.
Perhaps, also, the Courier has been
unduly fortunate. The merchants of
Oregon City and Clackamas county
have advertised pretty steadily in our
. columns. They have given us a good
ly share of their patronage. Maybe
they have done this because they be
lieved in "trading at home',' and
maybe they have done it because they
found the Courier delivered the goods.
The Courier has an idea that they
have used the Courier columns be
cause they believed that the Courier's
3,000 circulation was worth the money
they paid for the privilege of availing
themselves of it as an advertising
medium.
All of which brings us to the meat
of the matter under discussion. "Buy
it at home" and "Buy it in Oregon"
are excellent slogans, and should hang
over the mantlepiece in every home.
But there Is mote to it than that. No
eumpaign against them ail-order
houses, or against foreign goods, can
succeed if it is based on nothing else
than enthusiasm. Enthusiasm evap
orates more quickly than steam at the
North Pole. We all know wo ought
to "buy at home," but some of -us
don't do it because we don't like the
products that are offered us at homo.
Oregon City merchants patronize
the Courier because they find it pays.
Oregon City people ought to patronize
Oregon City stores because it puys.
They get service in the local stores,
they get consideration and personal
attention, and they get good goods.
As far as the local campaign is con
cerned, it ought to succeed. And the
Courier is for it, on purely business
and economical reasons.
We note, however, that the Cottage
Grove Sentinel throws a verbal fit be
cause more Oregon manufacturers
don't patronize Oregon papers, and
because Eastern manufacturers do.
The Sentinel, apparently, would like
to throw out all foreign advertising,
and just boost Oregon-made goods.
That is n fine spirit to have but it
is rather futile. Oregon people will
buy Oregon-made goods exclusively
just as soon as they find that Oregon
made goods are better than other
goods
foods are sold with a liberal sprink
vinced that Oregon-made goods are
uniformly the equal of some goods
that are not made in Oregon. It is
not state patriotism of the right sort
to urge people to buy an inferior pro
duct simply because it is made at
home.
SUNDAY CLOSING
We have had quite a bit about Sun
day closing lately, in fact the Oregon
ian has even honored the subject with
front page mention. And to get on
the front page of the Oregonian a
thing must be very important, must be
in harmony with the policy of that
paper, or must be violently opposed to
its policy. Hence we guess that this
Sunday closing stuff is important.
Courts differ as to whether or not
Oregon has a Sunday closing law, and
they seem to differ on interpreting
the law when they admit that there is
one. And to make things the mer
rier, we have recently heard from a
Methodist gentleman who wants to
clamp on the Sunday lid by the init
iative, so that everybody will have to
rest on Sunday whether they want to
or not.
The Courier has an idea that one
day of rest in seven ought to be the
privilege of every man and woman
"rest" being taken to mean freedom
from regular labor on that day. But
the Courier does not believe that Sun
day should be made so absolute a day
of rest that there would be nothing to
do but go to church or sit at home and
read the patent medicine almanacs.
The Courier thinks the "liberal Sun
day" that is so generally observed
west of the Rocky Mountains, is about
as happy a medium as can be found.
Getting down to the Sunday clos
ing law, just as it stands, the Courier
ventures the humble opinion that it
out-of-date and a fraud. The Sun
day closing law, for instance, permits
drugstores to be open, but bars de
partment stores. Yet the modern
drugstore sells fishing tackle, gym
nastic apparatus, talking machines
books, pens, cameras , eye-glasses
more or less massive furniture and of
fice fixtures, school-room fittings, toy
balloons and fireworks and incident
ally drugs. Under the law the modern
drugstore can stay open and flagrant
ly violate the spirit of Sunday legisla
tion, while the merchant next door,
who doesn't pose as a druggist, has to
lock up Saturday night and stay shut
till Monday morning.
Just as one example, that cannot be
called justice, common sense or even
good law.
And aside from that, any effort to
legislate what people shall do on Sun
day is just as unfair, foolish and big
otted as would be legislation regard
ing what people should do on Thurs
day. Some bright reader may now
burst out and say that the Bible pro
vides for rest on Sunday. Maybe it
does and maybe it doesn't. There are
quite a number of people who declare
that the Bible says that rest shall
But as long as Oregon-mndo come on the seventh day of the week,
and not on thu fust as is provided in
ung or dead tlics and other dirt con- the Sunday closing law. So long as
uuneu in uie Boxes, and as long nas there is this conflict, it seems that it
Oregon-canned tomatoes have nice might bo well to forget the Sunday
white worms in them, just so long will law, and let common sense rule,
the buying public purchase breakfast' One day of rest in seven is all very
foods and tomatoes that didn't come well, especially if the person doing
from Oregon firms. And advertising the resting is allowed to rest in his
won't remedy things. 0r her own way. But compulsory rest
"Buy it at homo" and "Buy Oregon- on Sunday, or arbitrary closing of
miuto goods" is just half of the bat- some businesses and the opening of
tie. The other half of the battle is up others on Sunday, is not all right. It
to Oregon manufacturers. When they would seem that in this year of grace
turn out a product that is uniformly 11)15 common people might be trusted
to use judgment in the matter that
would be fully equal the judgment of
those wise solons who in 1854 said
that a butcher could keep open but a
grocer could not.
DUTY NOBLY DONE
The Courier upon this occasion is
glad to place a verbal laurel wreath
upon the alabaster brow of the Honor
able Christian Schuebel, city attorney
in the county seat, and receptive can
didate for the republican nomination
for district attorney. Mr. Schuebel
wants to be district attorney so that
he may successfully administer the
law, and so add to the fame he has
already acquired as the friend of the
common people.
Last week in Oregon City tiie Hon
orable Christian Schuebel stuck an
other glistening diamond in the glit
tering diamond of success which he
wears upon his official head. He
drew up a complaint, as the city's
prosecuting officer, accusing the lead
er of a religious sect of disturbing
the peace. UPon the strength of this
complaint a warrant for the man's ar
rest was issued, and upon this com
plaint the defendant was tried by City
Recorder Loder and found not guilty.
The trial lasted the better part of
half a day, close to a hundred witnes
ses were summoned and heard; and as
the city lost the case the costs of the
proceeding and all the witness fees
will be hung upon the already over
burdened taxpayer.
The Honorable Christian Schuebel
is a lawyer of renown, deep learning
and much skill and experience. It is
to be presumed that he knows of the
disinclination of Americans to inter
fere with the religious worship of
other people to say nothing of the
Constitutional provisions that posi-
"CAl'ABLE"
In a second announcement of its
"midnight-morning" edition, which
will be circulated "on rural routes and
in other favorable districts," the pub
lisher of the Oregon Journal, of Port
land, remarks that the buil-dog edition
of the Journal will have at its service
a leased wire "capable of carrying"
several thousand words in eight hours.
This is undoubtedly true.
Most any leased wire is "capable"
of carrying 22,000 or more words of
telegraph service in eight hours.
Usually it depends on the skill of the
operators or sending machines as to
how many thousand words a Jeased
wire will carry. And in this announce
ment "capable'' seems to be a very
excellent word.
We are glad to see this "capable"
appear, for the men who will get out
the Journal's morning bull-dog for
circulation "on rural routes" are gos
siping about their jobs at the Portland
Press club. They say that the bull
dog will go to press at ten o'clock in
the evening, that three men will com
prise the entire editorial end, and that
perhaps two pages of the regular
Journal will be made over for the bull
dog. Probably the leased wire that will
be installed for the bull-dog journal is
"capable" of carrying many thousand
words in eight hours; but if the bull
dog goes to press at ten in the even
ing, it is a cinch that the" capacity of
the wire will not be unduly taxed. If
the bull-dog Journal is going to have
an eight-hour leased wire service, that
service will have to start at two in
the afternoon to quit at ten at night
so it is plain to be seen that the news
presented to readers the next morn
ing at the breakfast table will not be
very recent or up-to-date.
Harrington, a republican; Kent Wil
son, a deputy in the tax office, a re
publican; County Clerk Iva Harring
ton, a republican; County School Su
perintendent Callavan, a republican.
.Chief Deputy County Clerk, Fred Mil
ler, a republican, acted as clerk of the
city recorder's court during the trial.
It is a curious fact that there were
no democratic county officials at the
trial they stayed in their offices and
did such work as they had to do. But
the republican office holdets made it
a half-holliday and took in the pro
ceedings. As we remarked before,
there may be no political significance
to this; but it is a curious and weird
coincidence.
WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
George W. Parkins is afraid lest
after the war, the cost of living in
the United States be reduced. Ordi
nary people see little to dread in such
a prospect, but Perkins is no ordinary
person. He fears that the war once
over, Europeans w'ill dump a lot of
goods on our shores that we can use.
He wants action taken at once to
prevent it. Well, no one is going to
force Mr. Perkins to take any of the
stuff if he doesn't want it. He will be
at liberty to buy as high priced
"made in America" stuff as he wants.
But why should he want to prevent
others with smaller incomes than he
enjoys, from getting the advantage of
a lower cost of living?
. Perkins once said a very fine thing.
While testifying before the Commis
sion on Industrial Relations he de
clared that if a traveler on an air
ship were to see our great natural re
sources, comparatively small popula
tion, and the large number of unem
ployed, he "would think this was a
lunatic asylum.''
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ian hud not a word of pity to offer
for the mothers.
War is etc. King George of Eng
land fell off his horse while reviewing
troops. Poor kink. And a lot of
real men have been shot off their
horses because they were fighting for
George, too.
The Conservative Path
Over 34 years of banking- experience have
convinced us that conservative methods are
always best-best for the bank and best for
the people.
Without being too hidebound in our deal
ings, we endeavor to follow the conservative
path and look for safety before profit.
The Bank of Oregon City
31 Years in DimiiicNs
tively forbid such interference. When The Courier just mentions these lit
ho issued the complaint in the case tie details here so that farmers who
referred to, he knew that at the trial will bo asked to subscribe to the bull
the Constitutional right of any per- dog Journal will know just how "cap
son to worship God as he or she pleas- able" the paper is when it comes to
ed would he used as a defense. Yet delivering news value in competition
so sure was the Honorable Christian with regularly established morning
Schuebel of his duty and of his ahil- newspapers.
ity as a prosecutor that he plunged on As w said before, "capable" was a
with the case. The taxpayer foots , hunpy t.hoice on the part of the b.
the lulls, and t hns gets the glory. liaher of the 0reffon Evelling Journal
The Courier is glad that the Honor-1 when he was telling about his pro
ahle Christian Schuebel "seen his duty posed bull-dog edition,
and dono it" as greater minds than
ours have worded the action. It was
a duty nobly done, without regard to
cost or chance of success. It was al
most as noble as the plea that the
Honorable Christian Schuebel made
for the stopping of the Portland jit
neys, when the Portland Railway,
Light iV Power company inspired Mr.
Templeton to hurl his "public ordi
nance'' into the nir. The Honorable
Christian Schuebel said that after the
smoke of battle had cleared way, and
after the jitneys kept right on ruv
ning, that he "had said nil the time
that the ordinance wouldn't stand."
If this was so, what a noble sacrifice
in the line of duty it was for Chris to
try and make it stand, risking by so
doing the esteem of those people who
were sure he would never stand shoul
der to shoulder with the hated corpor
ations in their fight against the com
mon people.
"Printing with
Courier.
a punch" at the
NOTED IN PASSING
Perhaps there is political signifi
cance to this, and perhaps there is not.
But it is a curiious coincidence, any
way. Last week there was a trial in the
circuit court room. It was not a
county case, but was an Oregon City
case. Owing tq the large number of
people who wanted to hear the trial,
the city borrowed the circuit court
chamber for the afternoon.
And as a result of the trial busi
If that same traveler were to see
foreigners dumping goods on our
shores which we badly need and ear
nestly desire, and yet see us trying to
devise legislation to keep the stuff
away what would he think? Would
there not be too much moderation in
his conclusion that this was a luna
tic asylum ?
Even after trie state goes dry you
can get a skate on. They have an ice
rink in Portland.
The last time the city's lawn-mower
was sharpened Mr. Templeton
didn't do it. It was sent to a ma
chine shop. We wonder why?
Dame Fashion now decrees that wo
men must wear fur around the tops
of their shoes. Probably this will
cause the ankle-watch to move up
above the barrier.
And now they are talking of buy
ing the death-ship "Eastland" for a
naval training station for the use of
the Lake Michigan Naval Reserve,
Somehow we don t think that such
utilization of the hulk of the "East
land'' will make many recruits to the
service.
APPLE TREES FOR SALE 15
varieties of high grade apple trees,
all standard varieties at 5c each if
taken in lots of 100 or more; 10c each
in smaller lots. Also have all kinds
of choice fruit trees at low rates.
Address Oregon City Green House
and Nursery, 3rd and Center streets,
Oregon City, Ore.
The state of Oregon has refused
to give an eastern syndicate the ex
clusive right to gather seaweed from
the ocean off the Oregon coast. It
is nice to know that some state offic
ials, at least, know where their juris
diction ends. But we don't wonder
that the easterners asked the concession.
Our Jitney Offer This and 5c
DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with 5c and mail it to
Foley & Co., Chicago, 111., writing
your name and address clearly. You
will receive in return a trial package
containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound, for coughs, colds and crop;
Foley Kidney Pills, for pain in sides
and back, rheumatism, backache, kid
ney and bladder ailments; and Foley
Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing cathartic, for
constipation, billiousness, headache
and sluggish bowels. Jones Drug Co.
FOR SALE Polen China Boar, good
stock at reasonable price. Also
young burro and harness. Phone
447-M.
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.
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Los Angeles police are to use ba-
I loons in looking for criminals, we are
told. Maybe the houses in Los An
i eeles have class roofs. If thev have
ness was pretty well suspended in ; not we fail to see the value of Zep
many of the offices in the courthouse peiin tactics in trying to prevent
during the trial, because the people , crime. But at that it is a fact that
who usually occupy these offices and the Dolice are often "ud in the air."
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at the trial. Those county officials
who attended the trial were
County Judge Anderson, a republi
can; Mienu Wilson, a republican;
Deputy Sheriff Jack Frost, a repub
lican; County Tax Collector George
Last Friday's Oregonian carried
news on the front page regarding two
men, one of whom was the father of
13 children in 13 years, and the other
of whom was the father of twenty
children. And the esteemed Oregon-
Undoubtedly So
Editor, Courier: Congress has the
power to stamp and approve all monev
put into circulation. How many dol
lars in "green backs" would it take to
set every idle man to work on some
government work in Oregon? We
need railroads, streetcar lines, good
roads, ships, steamers and automobiles
to carry the United States mails, and
wagons three to five dollars per day.
Flag for Court
A silk United States flag was pre
sented the circuit court of this county
Monday by Congressman McArthur,
on behalf of the Sons of the American
Revolution. It is the desire of the
donors that the ensign be displayed in
the courtroom on occasions when nat
uralization proceedings are held.
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