OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1915.
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room set. of want "to ihow it off,"
a?'m no lashful aloui eonfeising. thii
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all do love pAeiiy homei. off huilandi, who
can easily affoAd i, only knew how much
hafpineii they could give theiA wivei ly
tuAning them loo ie in a fxtrniiuAe iiore, to
Luy what they wanted, wouldn't the furni
ture fly, though?
jCovingly,
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(P. S.-John lought my new dining room fur
niture fAom ..
FRANK BUSCH
Leading Furniture Dealer . - '
1 1th & Main Sts. Oregon City, Ore.
COST OF HIGHWAYS
Figures Show What Nation Has Gain
ed from Road Improvement
There were in the United States
last year 2,240,000 miles of public
roads only 10 percent of which are
classed as "improved roads.'' Last
year the expenditures on account of
road construction, including the esti
mated value of convict labor, made
by states, counties, townships and dis
tricts aggregated about $235,000,000.
Ten years ago the. expenditures on this
account amounted to approximately
$79,000,000 and the difference between
these two sums shows that there has
been a great advance in the demand
for improved public highways. But
with 90 percent of the roads of the
country over which the people travel
and do business, unimproved, it is
clear that so far the surface has
scarcely been scratched.
In the German Empire in Europe,
which covers less territory than the
single American state of Texas, there
are 36,000 miles of state roads and in
Prussia alone the annual expenditure
on the public roads amounts to $35,
000,000. In England and Wales, less
in area than the State of Florida,
there are 150,908 miles of public roads
of which 27,826 miles are what are
called "main roads" and 123,082
miles are included under the designa
tion "other than main roads.'' Five
years ago the local authorities in
England and Wales expended on
these roads, not including loans
amounting to $7,916,964, $32,498,000.
Tn Florida, according to the latest
available information there are 1,752
miles of what are called "improved
roads."
' However odious comparisons may
be, they are very useful at times to
show how far behind the rest of the
civilized world the United States are
in taking care of the most important
economic problem with which they
Oregon farmers are getting less for
their wheat and apples than the aver
age price offered growers throughout
the United States, but they are heing
offered more for their oats and bar
ley, according to the federal crop re
port issued by the Bureal of Crop Es
timates on November 1. Oregon po
tatoes are also quoted below the aver
age price for the country as a whole.
With the exception of apples, how
ever, the Oregon yield is far greater
this year than last.
The estimated Oregon yield of
wheat for this year, according to No
. vember 1 figures, is 17,364,000 bushels.
Last year Oregon produced 16,604,000
bushels. The price offered farmers
in Oregon on November 1 for wheat
was 84 cents, while the general av
erage wheat price for the nation was
93.1 cents. Last year att his time
Oregon wheat was quoted at 95 cents.
' Uncle Sam figures that according
to November indications, Oregon will
furnish 15,456,000 bushels of oats
this year. Last year the state's oat
yield Was but 12,740,000 bushels. Ore
gon producers were offered 36 cents a
bushel for their oats on November 1,
while the prevailing price in the Unit
ed States on that date was 34.9 cents.
Last year Oregon oats were quoted at
40 cents. .
Barley in Oregon will amount to
4.788.000 bushels this year, if the
federal forecast is to be believed. Last
vear Oregon barley . yield totaled
3,660,000 bushels. Oregon barley on
NnvAmber 1 was worth 52 cents a
bushel, while the prevailing national
price was 50.1 cents. Last year at
this time barley was bringing 56 cents
in Oregon. -
This year the state will produce
6,120,000 bushels of potatoes as
against 4,753,000 bushels last year.
November 1 quotations on potatoes in
Oregon were 52 cents. Last year
they brought 64 cents, which was lit-
HO
BUDGET IS ACCEPTED
Only Slight Changes Made in County
Seat's Financial Plan
With Councihnen Hackett and Van-
Auken absent, the city fathers and
a handful of taxpayers gathered in
the council chamber last Monday
evening to discuss the budget. The
taxpayers present were E. G. Cauf ield,
William Howell, F. J. S. looze, b,
MacDonald, Harry Woodward, Leslie
Burke, H. C. Stevens, V. Harris, T. P.
Randall, Street Commissioner Babcack
and Treasurer Phillips.
' Mr. Randall wanted the city engin
eer's office cut down to $1,000 per
year instead of $1,500, but nobody
else seemed to share his desires. In
discussion of the recorder's office,
some question was made as' to how
much the recorder's clerk is now re
ceiving. " The budget provides for
$50 a month for next year, which is
understood to be a cut of $10 a month.
Mr. Randall said he understood that
the clerk was getting but $50 a-month
now.
On motion of William Howell, and
second of Mr. Randall, the entire
meeting concurred in the proposition
to raise the salary of the city health
officer from $25 to $40 a month. In
order to do this and still stay within
the budget, $80 was cut out of the
general emergency fund, and an ap
propriation for four new fire hydrants
was sent overboard.
At the end of the discussion Coun
cilman Albright moved that the coun
cil' ratify the changes suggested by
the tax-payers, and Councilman Meyer
moved that an ordinance be drawn
calling for a ten-mill levy, with half
a mill additional for library purpos
es. Appropos of this last, City At
torney Schuebel talked for half an
hour, explaining his "reversal of
opinion" on the matter of including
the library tax in the ten-mill levy.
After he got through he asked E. G.
Caufield if he understood the matter
as he had explained it.
"You've got the idea, have you,"
asked Mr. Schuebel.
"Yes, I have in a way; but still I
don't grasp what you , mean,'' said
Mr. Caufield.
Mr. Schuebel then talked for ten
minutes more; which moved a taxpay
er present to remark that "it's lucky
the city doesn't pay Schuebel by the
word."
Women May Argue
Women are not to be barred from
intercollegiate debating teams in the
University of Oregon. The forensic
council has just put them on an equal
debating basis with men. The coun
cil vote was four to three. . Reed Col
lego and the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege will be asked to sign contracts
that do not prohibit women from the
contests.
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,
tie enough. National average price
of potatoes on the first of the month'
this year was 60.8 cents.
Oregon this year is due to raise
and market 1,040,000 barrels of ap
pies. Last year the state raised
1,134,000 barrels. Oregon apple
growers were offered 88 cents per
bushel for apples in the middle of
October this year, while last year they
were offered only 70 cents. Apples
generally throughout the nation are
ouoted this year at an average of
$2.14 per barrel, which is about a
third higher than last year's prices.
The falling off in the Oregon apple
crop has been steady for the last two
years, and indicates a growing disin
clination to specialize in the fruit in
thiss sta"-
OUR NATIVE THRUSHES.
We Have Eleven Species and All Are
- Friends of the Farmer.
Prepared by United States department of
agriculture.
Altogether there are w ithin the limits
of the United States eleven species of
thrushes, five of which are commonly
known as robins and bluebirds. The
other six Include the Townsend soli
taire, the wood, the veery, the gray
cheek, the olive back and the uerallt
thrush.
The robins and bluebirds nest close
to houses, and even the shiest of the
other species are content with the se
clusion of an acre or two of woodland
or swamp. For this reason the thrush
es are among the best known and most
carefully protected of native American
birds, and at times their numbers be
come so great that It Is feared they
will do much harm to crops and fruit.
The Investigations of the department
of agriculture, however, show that
there Is very little ground for this fear.
On the other hand, they destroy such a
vast number of Insects each year that
It Is probable that without them many
crops would suffer serious damage.
Of all the thrushes the robin Is prob
ably the best known. It has been fre
quently accused of destroying fruits
and berries, but It has now been ascer
tained that this only occurs lu regions
that are so thickly settled thnt there Is
no wild fruit upon which the robin
may subsist. Iu some years the bird Is
a great pest In the olive orchards of
California, but It Is probable that they
are driven to the orchards because of
the scarcity of native berries at these
times. Where a wild fruit Is available
the birds seem to prefer It to the culti
vated varieties.
Like tho robin, the' bluebird Is very
domestic; but, unlike the robin, It'does
not prey upon any cultivated product
or work any Injury whatever to the
fruit grower. During the fruit season.l
in fact, Bve-sixths of its food consists
of insects. It seems, therefore, that the
common 'practice of encouraging the
bluebird to nest near houses by placing
convenient boxes hi which it may build
its home is thoroughly justified.
The six other species of the thrush
group also feed principally on insects
and fruit, but a great portion of the
fruit which they consume Is wild ber
ries. Domestic fruits are eaten so spar
ingly by these species that the damage
done is quite negligible.
The bird known as the Townsend
solitaire is noted chiefly for its song,
which Is snld to be at times the finest
of any of the thrush family. This
thrush, however, confines itself almost
entirely to the mountains and gorges of
the far west. The wood thrush, on the
other hand, is distributed over the east
ern part of the United States and is a
frequenter of open groves and bushy
pastures. This thrush also is noted for
its sweet song, especially in the early
evening. It does not nest in gardens or
orchards, however, and is seldom seen
about farm buildings, so that many
people who are familiar with Its song
would not know the bird by sight. The
wood thrush consumes a number of
very harmful iifsects such as the Colo
rado potato beetle and white grubs
.The fruit which it eats it usually picks
up from the ground instead of taking
fresh from the trees. There is there
fore no reason why the wood thrusb
should not be rigidly protected.
The other varieties also seem to eat
little that is of value to farmers, while,
on the other hand, they destroy multi
tudes of harmful insects each year.
Military Pensions In Servia.
Servian soldiers enjoy a pension,
granted only to Invalid cases. The or
dlnary veteran who does not suffer
some injury which would render him
invalid does not receive a pension, mil
itary service in Servia being conipul
sory. Invalid pensions in Servia are
paid by the year that Is, each appli
cant who is granted a pension receives
a certain sum each year. In case the
soldier receives injuries which ,would
render him partiaily Invalid he receives
only part of the yearly amount, most
likely one-half, but in case of the sol
dier being totally invalid he gets the
full amount.
One on the Stenographer.
The other day a little stenographer in
a downtown office in Boston begged
some workmen who were putting up a
new telephone not to place it so high
on the wall as they were doing.
"You see," she said, "I have to use it
as much as any one, and 1 am so short
that I can hardly reach It."
"Oh, well, miss," said the humorist
in charge of the work, "you can raise
your voice, can't you?" Boston Tran
script Definitions.
Miser, a, man who kills two birds
with one stone and then wants the
stone back.
Tact, the art of saying nothing when
there Is nothing to be said.
Epigram, an artistic way of saying
something that Is not true. Woman's
Home Companion.
Delirious.
The Wife Oh, doctor, I think Henry
is much better this morning. He took
my hand Just a minute ago and culled
me his own 'Ittle tootsy wootsy. The
Doctor The case Is more serious than
I thought. It's a very bad sign when a
patient becomes delirious. New York
World.
A Difference.
"I am told that Jones Is a regulai
leech. Is that true?"
"No: I would hardly sny that. A
leech, you "know, never gets stuck on
himself."
Don't brood over the past nor dream
of the future, but seize the Instant and
get your lesion from the hour.
The Courier $1.00 per year.
Willamette Valley Southern Railway Co.
Arrival and Departure of Trains at Oregon City
Leave Southbound Arrive Northbound
7:25 A.M. 8:20 A.M.
10:00 A.M. - 10:55 A.M.
2:30 P.M. ,2:20 P.M.
6:55 P.M. 5:20 P.M.
Daily Freight Service (except Sunday).
The American Express Co. operates over this line.
BREATHING IN THE WATER.
In Doing It Properly Lies the Secret of
Success In Swimming.
The way to avoid drowning, accord
ing to a swimming teacher, is to learn
how to swim. Good swimmers don't
drown. They might die of chill or
starve to death, but ns for drowning
pooh!
"How about crumps?" he was asked.
"Even good swimmers have cramps."
"Cramps needn't cause a moments
worry. 1 ve seen tnousauus or goou
swimmers seized with cramps, and
never a oue was drowned. All they did
was to turn over on their backs and
cither wait for help or pnddle witu
their free limbs. I've never heard of a
swimmer having cramps iu both legs
and arms. Even then his case would
not be hopeless.
'There never was a case of drowning
that was caused by cramps. That may
seem surprising after the countless
water tragedies that have been blamed
on cramps. Deatu in me water is caus
ed by chill or strangling.
"People strangle -to death because
they are ignorant of the proper method
of breathhig. When they sink beneath
the water they hold their air passages
shut When they come to the top they
have to breathe out the air they've
used while uuder water. As breathing
out takes fifty times as long as breath
ing in, they have no time to get a fresb
supply of air before they go under
again. This keeps up until they breathe
in under the water and thus strangle to
death.
'The process should be reversed.
Breathe in for the second you are
above water; then breathe out through
the nostrils while uuder the water, and
you can keep it up until you starve to
death.
'Nine-tenths of swimming is breath
ing, and movement is only one-tenth,"
says the expert. Kansas City Star.
WHEN THE BLOOD IS PURE.
Then Disease Germs Are Rarely Able
to Infect Our Tissues.
The popular notion that the prompt
healing of a cut or other wound is an
evidence of purity of blood has a sound
scientific basis. Wbeu the skin is bro
ken germs in large or small numbers
are thereby admitted to the sacred pre
cincts of the tissues from which they
are ordinarily excluded by the dense
structure of the sklu. When, the tissues
are malutained in a healthy state by
pure and vigorous blood the few germs
which enter are quickly destroyed, bo
that the formation of pus, or so called
suppuration, does not occur, but when
the blood is not pure, so that the serum
and the cells are not able to make the
necessary active defense, the germs
grow and develop, suppuration occurs
and the wound, if large, may require a
long time to heal.
We might represent this by picturing
In our mind a glass globe filled with
water aud fishes and other small crea
tures swimming about in it. Now im
agine that indigo, ink or coloring mat
ter of some other sort Is dropped Into
the water. . It will immediately become
tinged, and if the coloring matter is of
a poisonous character the fishes will
soon show uneasiness and uuless re
lieved by a replacement of the impure
water by a fresh supply will soon die.
This is just the condition of the living
cells of the body when bathed in Im
pure blood. The stomach cells which
secrete the gastric juice, the muscle
cells which' contract, the liver cells
which make bile, the brain cells which
think every one is definitely and seri
ously Injured by the impurities brought
In contact with it. Impure blood, then,
must be regarded as the foundation of
a large portion of all the diseases from
which human beings suffer. J. H. Kel
logg, M. D.. in Good Health.
Sending a Man to Coventry.
The expression "sending to Coven
try" had a military origin. It nrose, so
It is said, in the days of Chnrles I.,
when the inhabitants of Coventry
strongly objected to any intercourse
Willi the military quartered In their
town, and n womau known to speak to
a man in a scarlet cloak wes at once
the subject of a scandal. So rigid were
the natives that the soldier was con
fined to the mess room for conversa
tion. Thus the term "sending a man to
Coventry" if you wished to shut him
from society took root lu the English
language. London Chronicle.
Progress In Lunacy.
A few months ago, at a council meet
ing in a certain small town, a well
known aldermau astonished the mem
bers by saying:
"Gentlemen, we bnve been sending
our lunatics to asylum for a long
time uow, and It has cost us a great
deal of money, but I am glad to be
able to tell you that we have uow built
un asylum for ourselves." Chicago
News.
Some Hope of Finish.
"Which -do you prefer, a preacher
who preuches extemporaneous sermons
or a preacher who reads his sermons?"
nsked Smith.
' "I prefer the preacher who reads his
sermons," replied Browu. "He can tell
when he gets to the end of his ser
mon." Spokane Iteview.
A Fatal Omission.
"This," said the editor, "describes the
invention in graphic style, but you
haven't made it complete."
"No," said the reporter.
"No. You haven't said that It Is des
tined to revolutionize the Industry."
Boston Journal.
Gonel
Modern Child-What do they mean
by a long winter evening? Mother
A portion of the day which existed
before the era of movies and talking
machines. Judge.
The Courier $1.00 per year.
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We Have Just Received a Big Shipment
OF
Button and
Laced Styles
Fat Ankle
Tops
Single Turn Soles
or
Goodyear Welts
Prices are
Our New
Fall and Early
Spring Goods are
Now on Display
and they are
Leaders
SEE
THEM
NOW
Adams
HILL FIGHTS PLAN
County Seat Factions Have Clash Be
fore Council Over Elevator
They had some more "harmony" at
the council meeting in the county seat
Monday night, when E. G. Caufield
suggested that as the city was great
ly in debt it might 'be well for the
city dads to put the question of mak
ing the elevator self-supporting upon
the ballot at the municipal elections.
Mr. Caufield said that he thought
many-people would not mind paying a
cent a ride, and that inasmuch as the
city was heavily mortgaged at present
it ought to be put up to the voters.
V. Harris, another taxpayer, shared
Mr. Caufield's views.
Councilman Co got up quietly and
remarked that there was a dividing
line in the county seat between the
people who lived on Main street and
those who lived on the bluff, and that
business men in the upper portion of
the city were indignant that so mucn
was being done for those on Main
street. He believed that situation
ought to be considered when discuss
ing the matter of charging for rides
on the elevator.
It is believed that Mr. Cox was
gently intimating that some of the
hill merchants think a free elevator
will make it too easy for shoppers to
get downtown.
Councilman Albright referred to
the figures on the elevator bond elec
tion, when 687 people voted for the
elevator against the 443 who voted
against it. Mr. Albright also re
ferred to the clause in the elevator
amendment which says: "the said ele
vator shall be located at some con
venient and reasonable place to be
selected by the city council of Oregon
City, Oregon, and the expense of
maintaining and operating the same
shall be paid out of the general fund
of Oregon City.''
Mr. Harris wanted to know where
all the money expended in getting the
elevator ready had come from; and
Mr. Caufield made an unprejudiced
plea for the submission of the mat-
ter of charges to the people, saying (
that the city's nnanciai conaiuon
warranted it.
The council took no action. How
evpr. tn add to the eeneral feeling of
war that developed, the Honorable
Christian Schuebel bobbed up and
cleared his system of the following
gems:
"Pprannallv I was one of those who
voted against the elevator. And I
may add that the city will need more
revpnnp. than it. has in sicrht if it is
not to go behind even more than it
is. According to my estimate we will
go behind $6,000 this coming year un
less the voters pass the amendment
for the $275,000 bond issue.'' Mr.
Rrbiiphpl then delivered an election
speech in behalf of the proposed bond
issue, and wound up with this climax:
"The time has come when we men
have got to lay aside our petty jeal
ousies and all pull together. As it
is now we have men here who would
rather knock than work for the best
interests of the city."
After Chris had subsided the coun
cil went ahead and ordered indemnity
insurance for the elevator in the sum
of $10,000; and also asked the Labor
Commissioner's office to test it
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Department Store
"BUY IT IN OREGON CITY"
WET, BUT TRUE
Prohibition Law direct Slap at Home
Trade, as Writer Says
.Editor, Courier: In one of the late
issues of your paper you had a sound
and strong editorial in which you quot
ed "in the long run the country that
is good enough to live in, is good
enough to trade in.'' I absolutely
agree with you in the above statement
and in the matter set forth in your
editorial, that mail order business has
been the ruin of more than one com
munity, and it is wrong to buy mail
order things in one particular, when
the same things can be bought at the
same price in your own community.
It is equally as wrong to buy other
mail order things when the same
things can be bought in your own
community for a good deal less.
The point I am getting at is this.
The last legislature passed a law pro
hibiting the manufacture of beer in
Oregon, at the same time permitting
certain amounts to reach every fam
ily. By requiring the said family to
send their money outside of the state,
and then charge extra express charg
es; thereby putting out of business
Oregon breweries with their immense
investments; cutting off a large pay
roll, and reqsiring the citizens of this
state to send their money to a for
eign state for an article which they
could so much more easily and cheap
ly obtain here, if the breweries would
be permitted t6 manufacture and dis
pose of only the amount allowed to the
individuals under hte law. Does this
seem to be fair reason to the Courier
and if so, what stand has the Courier
taken in this matter? The Courier
has always been impartial in its edi
torials as far as I know, and I will be
grateful to see it take a stand on
this question.
HARRY FRANSES.
CURED BOY OF CROUP
Nothing frightens a mother than
the loud, hoarse cough of croup, the
lHhnrprl breathintr. stranding, choking
and gasping for breath call for instant
action. Mrs. T. Neureuer, Jl.au Claire,
Wis.. Rflvs: "Folev's Honev and Tar
cured my boy of a serious attack of
croup after other remedies had tail
ed. I recommend it to every one as
we know from our own experience
that it is a wonderful remedy for
coughs, colds, croup and whooping
cough." It clears air passages, sooth
es and heals. Jones Drug Co.
IF YOU DIE THEY'RE BAD
Annual Questioning about Mushrooms
and Toadstools Hits University
Small boxes with queer-looking con
tents are beginning to come to Albert
Raddin Sweetser, professor of botany
in the University of Oregon. The
boxes contain fungi, and Mr. Sweet
ser is asked in each case to tell the
sender whether the fungi are toad
stools or mushrooms. For the mush
room, season has just begun again.
This service is gladly performed
without charge, but Mr. Sweetser re
quests that all the root of each fun
gus be included, and that each speci
men be wrapped in tissue paper and
packed so that it cannot be broken in
For
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OUR SHOE
DEPTMENT
Has Always Made a
Specialty
of Ladies and Men's
Comfort Shoes
and this season we have
added some
NEW STYLES
Men's Work
Shoes
All Reliable
Makes
Prices are
: Attractive
Come in and get
Acquainted
transit. Specimens should be sent
promptly after being picked.
"While many of the toaustoois are
good to eat, some make trouble in the
digestive tract, some are dangerous,
and some are actually deadly,'' said
Mr. Sweetser. "Safety lies only m
knowing a few unmistakable forms
and sticking closely to them. In some
cases the most attractive and inno
cent looking of the toadstools are the
most deadly. One safety-first motto
in Catherine toadstools is to avoid ab
solutely all forms having acup, or
anything resembling a cup, on tne
of the stem. All the dead
ly forms posses some sort of a cup,
a ring, white gills, and scales, aitno
the scales and ring in some species
disappear early.
"This does not mean, however, that
no species without these characteris
tics is deadlv. We are clad therefore
to make identifications for anyone in
the state.
Went to the Hospital
C. E. Blanchard, postmaster at
Blanchard, Cal., writes: "I had kid
ney trouble so bad I had to go to the
hospital. Foley Kidney Pills were
recommended to me and they com
pletely cured me. I cannot speak too
highly of them." Sufferers in every
state have had similar benefit from
this standard remedy for kidney and
bladder ailments. It banishes back
ache, stiff joints, swollen muscles and
all the various symptoms of weakened
or diseased kidneys. Jones Drug Co.
A MOTHER'S HOPES AND
ANXIETIES
Until the first, grade card is
brought from school, each moth
er's heart will be filled with
hopes and fears of the expected
school advancement of her chil
dren. Have you left undone any duty
that might change these hopes
to certainties? What about
good VISION most necessary
of all the child'a equipment?
Defective eye-sight is too great
a handicap for any child to car
ry thru school; yet ONE in
every FOUR suffer from it.
Make sure; neglect may mean
much.
WM. A. SCHILLING
OPTOMETRIST & OPTICIAN
719 Main St.,
Oregon City, Ore.
"Factory on Premises"
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