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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1915.
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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
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
ON TRADING AT HOME
Within the last two weeks the Cour
ier has been favored with several
communications dealing with the gen
eral subject of "buying at home,
Some of the communications have been
inspired by the effort of the Live
Wires of the Oregon City Commercial
club to inaugurate and carry through
a campaign to persuade Oregon City
people to patronize Oregon City mer
chants, instead of going to Portland
or sending orders to the eastern cata
logue houses. In so far as the cam
paign of the Live Wires deals specif.
ically with Oregon City, the Courier
approves of it.
There appears to be, however, a
misapprehension of what the Live
Wires are trying to do. Many people
seem to think that they want every
body in Clackamas county to trade in
Oregon City. Perhaps they do de
sire this but if they do, the Courier
does not support them.
The Courier has always believed
that it was the duty of every com
. munity to support its own merchants;
and that it was the duty of the local
merchant to give the best and most
economical service to his patrons that
he could. The Courier thinks that
Oregon City people should do their
shopping in Oregon City stores PRO
VIDED THAT OREGON CITY
STORES WILL SHOW THAT THEY
APPRECIATE THIS PATRONAGE,
and provided that they will charge
approximately the same for standrad
articles that other stores charge. Ore
gon City stores have now agreed to do
this, so they should receive every sup
port from the citizens of the county
seat.
Territory directly tributary to Ore
gon City should also do its shopping
in the county seat, all other things be
ing equal. But outside of this lim
ited territory, the Courier sees no rea
son why Clackamas county as a whole
should rush to Oregon City when it
needs supplies. There are excellent
stores in Canby, Molalla, Estacada and
other county towns, and they deserve
the patronage of their communities.
The Courier does not believe that the
Live Wires want to drive these out
side merchants from business, and
thinks any such interpretation of their
campaign is wrong.
The letters sent to the Courier, how
ever, have complained that in the past
adequate service was not given out-of-town
people by the county seat mer
chants. And from what tho Courier
has been able to And out, most of these
reports have been perfectly true.
Probably the letters written the Cour
ier and the campaign of the Live
Wires taken together will do much
to bring a change for the better in this
matter. Oregon City merchants
should cater to all kinds of trade, and
should not segregate the rural custom
er from thee ity buyer. If they do ne
glect the farmer, they have only them
selves to blame for the feeling of an
tipathy which has in the past devel
oped against the county sent.
Merchants have united now, howev
er, in "turning over a now leaf,'' and
the Courier hopes that an era of bet
ter feeling will be forthcoming, and
that both the county seat merchants
and the rural customers will be beni-
fitted
ty merchants to the failure of service
that has resulted. And the Courier
believes that when this is done the
merchant or merchants concerned will
do their utmost to make it unneces
sary, next time, for the customer to
send away for the material required.
Let us all pull together and help
home developement. You do your
share, and the Courier will do its
share; and when there is complaint,
the Courier will try and find out from
the merchant why there was dissatis
faction.
POOR OLD ELEPHANT
master, were conditions normal in
And believing that the local i this country, and in the world at large
morchants are going to make special Mr. Taft would stand a very good
efforts to win back the regard of the 'chance of duplicating the performance
farmers hereubouts, the Courier de- of the late Ex-President Grover Cleve
sires to ask those peoplo who can con- land. Under normal times, Mr. Taft
veniently shop here to give the coun-' probably could "come back;" and as
ty seat another trial. We believe jit is ho could probably poll a larger
that mutual benefit will result. popular republican vote than any
ine Louncr wants Clackamas coun-. other candidate. But the republican
ty to be loyal to Clackamas county.
We Want to see new industries and
new stores developed here. And the
best way to bring this development a-
bout is for all concerned to pull to
gether. Encourage your local deal
ler by buying from him. If you live in
the country, try stores in your nearest
large town. If they have not got it
come to Oregon City and see if tho
large stocks carried hero will not meet
your needs if you fail in Oregon City
go to Portland or send away.
But if you find that you are forced
to this last action, do this also write
a letter to the Courier, telling what it
was you wanted to get and why you
could not get it in Clackamas county.
If the trouble can be remedied, the
Courier will try to remedy it; it will
call the attention of Clackamas coun-
boses do not like Mr. Taft's breadth
of view and wordly tolerance, which
ho learned in his White House and
subsequent experience. They want a
man who is so conservative that he
bends over backwards, and in their
demand for such a leader they are
killing their own cause.
Of course, things being as they are,
it is very much to be doubted if any
body could defeat President Wilson
for a second term. Not only have
conditions brought on by the war
made it very inadvisable to swap
horses; but President Wilson has prov
ed himself to be a man of such infin
ite resource and wonderful wisdom,
that it is ;fol!y to talk of replacing
him. However, since we must have
an election, the people ought to be
allowed to enjoy a real battle; and
When Closing A
Real Estate Deal
Whenever you buy or sell property, let
the business end of it pass through this
bank. We make no charge for this ser
vice and are confident you will be pleased
with the security it gives you.
The Bank of Oregon City
Oldest Bank in Clackamas County
no man could put up a better popular
fight for the elephant than his former
mahout. Why don't the republicans
nominate Taft are they afraid the
bosses would be forever ousted from
the grand old party?'
And incidentally, speaking of the
affairs in the elephant's stable have
you noticed the beautiful and profound
silence, even in "progressive republi
can" ranks, about that swash-buckling
gentleman who killed the bull
moose in Canada recently? Appar
ently even hyphenated republicans
think the Colonel overdid it, and that
having slaughtered the bull moose in.
the United States, he ought to have
let it go at that. The American
people don't seem to approve of the
extinction of all moose, two-footed
and fur-footed.
will be willing to pay a million dol
lars a year for the privilege of seeing
John Barleycorn and his allies defeated.
MORE ABOUT PORTLAND
ABOUT BEER AND BOOZE
at
For an organization that is so
sure of victory in 1916, the republi
can party seems to be in pretty dire
straits. Its press agents, of the
Bourne variety, toll us that there is
not the slightes doubt of a republi
can landslide at the next presidential
election; but on the same page repub
lican papers grope about in the dark
for a candidate to head the ticket.
Elihu Root and Justice Hughes (His
Whiskers) are spoken of with the
most frequency, though there is also
some talk of "picking a Western man
to unite the Mountain and Coastal
states."
After telling us what a fine man
Mr. Root is, republican papers say
that they hardly think he is person
ally popular enough with the masses
to be a good figurehead for the cam
paign. And when Justice Hughes is
mentioned there bobs up disturbingly
that gentleman's oft-repeated refusal
to consider being a candidate. It ap
pears that Hughes, having landed a
nice, well-paying job for life, does not
desire to jeopardize his income for
the privilege of being the stalking
horse of the grand old party.
It is unfortunate for the republi-1
cans that such a condition exists or
perhaps it is more unfortunate that
republican papers will talk about the
condition. It seems that the republi
can bosses want a "conservative" man
to head their ticket; and it appears
that all real conservatives know full
well that the people at large are sick
of "republican conservatism" and
want something a bit more lively. And
as the republican party consists strict-
lyof the bosses, it begins to look as
if the republicans would defeat them
selves, if left alone. This, of course,
does not take into consideration the
action that the democrats will take.
From a disinterested view, it ap
pears to the Courier that here is only
one living republican about whom any
great popular enthusiusm may be
built up at the present time. And
this republican, it seems, is perfect
ly willing to heed the call of his party
and lead it in its charge against
democratic breastworks. But the
bosses seem not to want this man.
The bosses, for some mysterious reas
on, appear to have forgotten all the
nice things they formerly said about
William Howard Taft; and not to have
noticed the very extensive "hit" this
same William Howard Taft has made
with tho people of the nation since he
retired to college life.
It is too bad from the republican
point of view that the elephant Bhies
at the smiling bulk of its former
Cleverly tangling the "buy it
home" agitation with prohibition, a
correspondent wrote the Courier last
week, , asking for an expression of
opinion as to the reasonableness and
justice of forcing Oregonians to send
out of the state for beer, wines and
booze after the first of the year. On
the face of things, it would appear
that the prohibition law, soon to be
effective,, was driving trade from Ore
gon to California and other places.
And this certainly is not helping a
long the "buy it at home" idea.
However, a majority of the people
of Oregon voted for the prohibition
amendment that forbids the manu
facture and sale of intoxicating liqu
ors in Oregon after the first of the
year. Through the medium of Chair
man Wheeler, of the Committee of
One Hundred, and through the out
bursts of Mr. Orton Goodwin, his Brit
ish press-agent, the intent of the law
was fully explained before it was vot-
While Portland papers continue to
wrangle about the reason for the lack
of ocean-going commerce in the Wil
lamette, it is interesting to read some
unprejudiced news about the matter.
And in a way, Clackamas county is
interested in this fight, too; for any
timber or other products of this coun
ty that are designed for ocean ship
ment must find an outlet at some sea
port San Francisco or Puget Sound.
A recent copy of the Daily Consular
Record and Commerce Reports, an
uncolored, brief and truthful publica
tion issued by our Uncle Samuel at
Washington, D. C, tells of the efforts
to establish a direct line of steamers
between the Pacific Coast and Fance.
France, it appears, needs a great deal
of American timber, a great deal of
American grain, and a great deal of
American canned goods. And all
these are to be found in cargo-paying
quantities on the Pacific slope.
The Bureau of Domestic and For
eign Commerce has taken up this mat
ter, and in order to encourage a line
with direct sailings to France, has
been gathering information. Speak
ing of this the Commerce Reportiays:
"Reports received by the Bureau
from Seattle indicate that there are
interest and enthusiasm throughout
that district in favor of a great ship
ping boom. Men who are acting for
responsible transportation companies
have been m consultation with the
Bureau's branch office, several going
from Portland to Seattle for the pur
pose, and business men have been
holding meetings with the object of
advancing the interests of the port.''
but when it came to putting the pa
per together the "dressings" got lost
and the letter slipped in "headless"
and unannounced.
And because "it never rains but it
pours," it also happened that on page
three an important story dealing with
crop statistics got lost on the end of a
government report on roads. There
may have been a few other things
that got twisted in last week's paper,
too. As we remarked at the begin
ning, there are times when every
thing goes wrong and last press-day
was one of those times. The Courier
will try not to let it happen again.
Next week the turkey will eye you
with suspicion; and some chickens will
be deceived, too.
The' "unpleasantness" in Europe
seems to be still continuing, judging
from the headlines in the papers.
One thing about the increased price
of saccharine is this: maybe they wife
put sugar in our candy henceforth.
Cause for Thanksgiving that you
have stores in your home town where
you can do your Christmas shopping
early.
"But the nights are always cool,"
we hear people say when they boost
the Oregon climate. You bet they
are right now.
Bryan's views on India have been
excluded from the outgoing mails. It's
too bad there isn't a general embargo
on Williams utterances.
That was some "junket" that the
road supervisors took over the Colum
bia highway. And what do you sup
pose will be the result?
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Brownell and other "wets to the eon
trary, there should have been no con
fusion in the public mind as to what
tho prohibition amendment would
mean to Oregon. It was advertised
all over the state inch for inch, there
was more "dry" advertising published
during the campaign of last year than
there was "wet.'' And the "drys"
paid more for their advertising, too.
So the majority of the people voted
to prohibit the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating liiiuois in Oregon.
They voted to "drive tho business out
of the state." When they did this,
they evidently believed that the rev
nue from the liquor business was not
a benefit to the state; and that great
er good to the state would come from
he abolishment of the local liquor
trade. During the campaign the
"wets" prclaimed that prohibition
would cost Oregon $1)00,000 annually
but in spite of that the people voted
for it. Before they voted they con-'
i'sidored the "buy it at home" aspect of
the matter; and they decided to put a
stop to "buying it at home." The ma
jority having so spoken, and this being
a land where the majority rules, it
appears that there is at this time no
use arguing on the economics of the
matter.
And when you get down to cases,
$900,000 will be a cheap enough price
to pay for freedom from the many
evils of booze if the prohibition law
works. If it will work most of us
Portland business men went to
Seattle to advance the interests of
Seattle as a port for this new ser
vice. Is it any wonder the Portland pa
pers cannot agree on what is best to
make Portland an ocean port, when
Portland men go to Seattle and boost
for the Sound? And why, do you
suppose, these Portland men did that?
Because they know the futility of
trying to get ocean commerce to
Portland until river improvements
are made so that a vessel of average
draft can get to Portland.
One of these days Portland papers
are going to stop dreaming about the
bar of the Columbia, and are going
to demand that the Willamette river
bo made navigable. Then maybe
Portland will get her share of trade.
State Labor Commissioner Hoff has
been asked to test the Oregon City
elevator. We'll bet a copper cent that
he sends a deputy to make the first
ride in the thing.
Stagehands at a Portland theatre
went on a strike just before the cur
tain rose and there was no perform
ance. Maybe they'd seen the show
rehearse and wanted to spare the pub
lie.
WE REGRET TO STATE
Newspapers are no exceptions to
the general rule that provides that
all things shall "go wrong" at times.
And for this reason the Courier wants
to beg to be excused for some of the
features with which it as decorated
last week. Owing to the perversity
of inanimate things, and type in par
ticular, the very able letter from P. W.
Meredith, which was found "head
less'' on page five, got where
it was not intended. The Cour
ier thought so highly of Mr.
Meredith's communication that we
dressed it up nicely for the front page
And now they blame prohibition in
Oregon and Washington for the de
feat of woman suffrage in the East.
This is a good deal to charge to the
kind of "prohibition" we are going to
have out here. -
Wilhelm Hohenzollern, boss of Ger
many, says "artists" need not risk
their lives in the trenches, but may
stay at home and preserve "kultur."
We wonder if they call a barber a
"tonsorial artist" over there?
Four , thousand dollars collected
from the sale of Red Cross stamps in
Portland two years ago is still un
spent. And they told us at the time
that the money was desperately need
ed to help fight tuberculosis.
An automobile was burned up on
the road near New Era, and the sher
iff's office didn't know anything about
it. How should it know nobody tele-
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 3.)
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Thursday, November 25, 1915
Thanksgiving Day
As
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on sale at reduced rates on
Nov. 24 and 25 between all
Southern Pacific stations in'
Oregon. Return limit
Monday, November 29th.
Also between Oregon and
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