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10 OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13..1916. mmmmmmm be JIM Hi Mffl Iff j if lu rill i rirrrw r I Stretch a PEERLESS FENCE Around Your Farm And Quit Worrying Once your fields are all enclosed with Peerless Fencing and Gates, your fence troubles are over for a long time to come, fou are sure to find your animals where you want them and will free from injuries caused by trying to get through a poor fence. Good Fences and handy Gates increase the value of your farm, make the work easier and your assistants more contented. The hired man hates to herd stock that has broken out and mend old inefficient fences. irtaiiriwii ji- i i, ''"wife' Your money will go farther and you will get better results with Peerless fence. It costs less per rod than other high grade fences and as it is made of the best grade of Open Hearth Steel Wire it is free from defects and gives lone service. It is heavily galvanized by a special process insuring against rust The Peerless one-piece crossbar prevents animals crowding it down from the top and pushing through at the bottom. The patented non-slip knot holds the wire in place at all times. Line wires carefully coiled to take care of expansion and contraction. Field and Poultry Fences You will find a style in the Peerless line to meet the requirements of any place on the farm. Hog fences, sheep fences, cattle fences, paddock and poultry fences, all built for the place they are to be used. Big, closely spaced wires keep your animals where you want them and insure long life for the fence. Peerless Gates Very few farmers can afford board gates in this age of high price of timber. Peerless steel gates are not only cheaper but they look better and are easier to handle. Heavy tubing frames, filled with special galvanized wire, insures long life. Every part of every Peerless gate is heavily galvanized to prevent rust. Lawn Fences For the-man who takes pride in the appearance of the front yard. All made of heavy, extra galvanized wire, extra twisted cables, extra deep crimps in the pickets and extra care in construction. Ornamental gates to match the fence. The Peerless Self-Raising Gate IS one of the best selling styles in our entire line. It Is no longer necessary to lug around the old-fashioned sagging, dragging, heavy gates. The Peerless lifts automatically and swings ice, grass and rubbish. In addition to being self-raising, it Is extra heavy in both frame and filling. Big massive frames of " tubing and close woven all No. 9 wire, close mssh tilling, insures long life. Every part heavily electro-galvanized no paint to wash or wear oif in a year or two. Before you buy a rod of fence or a tingle gate you ehould tend for our big free catalogue and get full detaile about Peerleme fencing and fate 11th and ED A TF DTTCrtTT Oregon Citv. MainSts. riVIllMV OUOfl Oregon Oregoi LOTS OF ROAD HERE County Has 1303 Miles of Highway of All Sorts and Kinds County Judge H. S. Anderson has just prepared a summary of the re ports of county road supervisors for the year 1915, which shows the class of highway and the work done on the roads during the past twelve months, The report shows 1303 miles of road altogether, composed of the following varieties: miles Gravel or rock road redress 58 Plank Road 110 Gravel Road 185 Crushed Rock Road 135 Bituminous Macadam Road.. 7 Dirt Road 8C6 Plank Road built In 1915 7 Vj Gravel Road built in 1915.... 23 Crushed Rock, built in 1915.. 20 Bituminous McAdam, built in 1915 .... Gravel or Rock Road redress 278 cement and iron culverts have been installed in 1915, taking the places of that number of plank cul verts or bridges, There are reported in the county 512 bridges. The reports show further that 32 miles of new road has been opened for travel during the past year, and that about $9000 has been donated in labor or cash for road improvements. In road machinery owned by the county, the principal items are: 5 road rollers, 11 rock crushers, 1 gravel screening plant, 1 road oiling and as phalt heating outfit, 34 road graders 40 road, drags, 79 wheel scrapers, to gether with a long list of slip scrapers plows and other small tools. 2 58 Drunk Given Cash W. L. McGill, of Aurora, toppled off an interurban car in Gladstone on New Year's day, somewhat too cheered by New Year s eve booze, and eventually wound up before Recorder Sievers on a charge of drunk and disorderly. This is the first drunk ease Gladstone has had in its history, and Recorder Sievers celebrated the event by dis charging the prisoner and giving him 50 cents on which to leave town. As usual Oregon's registration shows that republicans have the ma jority. But it is funny that these same republicans elect so many demo cratic ofllce-holders. Wonder why? PAINS IN SIDE AMD BACK How Mrs. Kelly Suffered and How She was Cured. DRIVERS ARE CARELESS Automobilists Continue to Worry S. P. With Their Recklessness Five hundred and twenty-five ve hicle drivers on the Pacific Coast did their best to break into a railroad crossing accident in the two years ending June 30, 1915, despite the fact that gates were down and warning bells ringing. This is shown in a report of the Southern Pacific com pany which reveals that during the period mentioned five hundred and twenty-five crossing gates were brok en by drivers who risked life and limb for speed and carelessness. The gamble taken by the drivers is obvious. To be broken the gates had to be down and the gates are down only when trains are approaching. The railroad company spends over $100,000 annually to operate and maintain crossing gates but feels that the ac tive co-operation of motorists and other motorists and other vehicle drivers is Imperative if crossing ac cidents are to be minimize!. Recently the Southern Pacific had observations taken at various cross ings throughout the state to observe how careful drivers were in approach ing tracks. Of 17,021 motor vehicles observed, 11,830 drivers or 69 look ed neither way before crossing the tracks; 2.7 percent looked one way only and but 27.8 percent looked in both directions. The almost incredit- able number of 3301 or 19.3 percent of the total number of drivers observ ed ran over the crossings at a reck less rate of speed. But 35 drivers stopped their machines before cross ing the tracks to see that no trains were approaching. An Optimist A man who owns a Fish Brand Am. rr Reflex Slicker $3.00 when Old Prob says rain. Waterproof, absolutely Protector rjat, 78 cents Satisfaction Guaranteed 'VJ""l'i Send for catalog A. J. TOWER CO. BOSTON SHORT AND TRAGIC NEW PLAN FOR IDLE Used In Real War. SHE WAS BUILT IN MOBILE. Secretary Wilson Would Utilize Gov- i ernment Land for Farming I Tho annnnl rannrt tr Pnntrfpsa fit Career of the First Submarine Secretary of Labor Wiliam B. Wilson, presents suggestions of extreme lm portance. secretary Wilson and his aids seem to have worked out a prac tical solution of the unemployment problem, which Congress can put into effect and will provided there is a majority earnestly interested in that subject. The Department has established a system of labor exchanges, by means of which it has found men for all vacant positions of which it was noti fied. The trouble was that for every job to be filled there were about three applicants. So the Secretary wisely concludes that it will not be enough to hunt manless jobs for jobless men. Any efficient public employment ser vice of a national character must go beyond that." So he draws the at tention of Congress to the possibili ties of opening jobs to the unemploy ed on the unused lands. He suggests that the Government retain title for this purpose to the public lands it still holds.. He further suggests that the Government gradually acquire the extensive areas of unused, privately owned farming lands in most or all of the States. He would allow use of these lands on terms to assure to the worker all that his labor produces, but adjust his tenure so "as to pre vent inflation of kid values." The Secretary shows the necessity of this precaution. He says: "Wherever inflation of land values might enter in, the proposed method of promoting labor distribution would be obstructed." Secretary Wilson would not simply rest with placing laborers on the land. He would have the Departments of Agriculture and of the Interior co operate with the Department of Labor to instruct settlers in farming and marketing, and to make possible es- tablishment of a "rotary fund" from which loans could be made. 9 This plan the Secretary holds "would develop in country and city an economically independent and social ly progressive population." His con elusion seems reasonable. The plan should moreover be seconded by ac tion of the States to prevent land spec ulation and to force unused land into use. DEBATERS PICK LEADERS CHARTER IS "FUNNY" Burlington, Wis. "I was very irreg ular, and had pains in my side and back, I but after taking LyUia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound Tablets and using two bottles of the Sanative Wash I am fully convinced that I am entirely cured of these trou bles, and feel better all over. I know lllllllllllllllllllllll Councilman Roake Abides by It, but Others Tell Him He's Wrong At last week's council meeting James Roake, the new councilman who fills the place vacated by Mayor Hack- ett, turned up at seven o'clock. Then ho sat around and waited for the rest of tho council to come in. The others started appearing at half past seven, and trickled in until after eight, when the nice Mr. Cox was the Inst to op pear. Mr. Roake turned to the charter and called the attention of the city dads to the effect that the city's con stitution requires that regular coun cil moetings start at seven in the even ing between September 15 and April 15, and at half past seven the rest of the time. The other councilmen told him to "forget it" that the charter wasn't much good anyway. "That rule was formed," said Mr. Roake, "in the old days when there wasn t any paving on Main street, and when everybody who was out af ter dark had to carry a lantern. In those days you had to jump from rock to rock to keep out of the mud to get to council meeting, and it was nec essary to huve the meetings early so the boys could get home the same night." 110ENE ESTATE $3500 good and I hope every Buffering woman will give them a trial." Mrs. Anna Kelly, 710 Chestnut Street, Burling ton, Wis. The many convincing testimonials con stantly published in the newspapers ought to be proof enough to women who suffer from those distressing ills oecu- lisr to their sex that Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the medicine they need. This good old root and herb remedy has proved unequalled for these dread ful ills; it contains what is needed to restore woman's health and strength. If there Is "any "peculiarity In your case requiring special ad' vice, write the Lydla E. rink ham Zledictne Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass for free advice. Partition of Insurance Moneys of Late Suicide Is Asked Application for the administration of the estate of the late Charles Hoene your remedies have who committed suicide on the South done me worlds of End road after losirnr nil his sjivinos , " - - p" in Jesse ilazell's "Kedlands Orchards Military Training Turned Down in Course of Discussion of Question The Senior class of the Maple Lane School Literary and Debating Society met Friday afternoon, Jan. 7, 1916, and elected the following officers for the ensuing term: Relph Gage, presi dent; OIlie Aman, vice-president; Lo rena Kleinsmith, secretary-librarian; Kate Horton, treasurer. After the election of officers the following question was debated: "Re solved, that there should be military training in the public schools." The speakers on the affirmative were: James Stewart, Harold Lindhal, OIlie Amnn, Gerda Wesenberg, Kate Hor ton, Ruth Horton, Junia Schmidt. On the negative were: Herman Jesser, Ralph Gage, Marion Ginther, Eugene Schmidt, Lorena Kleinsmith, Irving Nelson and Lois Pagenkopf. This was the most interesting debate we have had this term. It would surprise the j overage citizen to learn the many good features of military training, but it is also alarming to learn of the many dangerous elements involved. The question was decided in favor'of the negative, 17 to 19. The question chosen for next de bate is: "Resolved, that every Ameri can citizen between the age of 18 and 45 should become a trained soldier and serve three years in the Army or Navy." The speakers are, on the af firmative: Gerda Wesenberg, Marion Ginther, Harold Lindhal, Eugene Schmidt, Ruth Horton, OIlie Aman, Kate Horton, Lois Pagenkopf, Lydia Gage", Martha Josser, and Reta Ben son. On the negative are: Irving Nel son, Junia Schmidt, Herman Jesser, James Stewart, Ralph Gage, Herman Wuldron, Lorena Kleinsmith, Harold Barton, Geneva Benson, Arthur Haul- man and Margaret Ahlberg. LORENA KLEINSMITH, Secretary. RALPH GAGE, President. ROBERT GINTHER, Teacher. scheme, have been tiled in the pro- bate division of the circuit court. Mr. Hoene's estate consists almost entire ly of insurance money due on two pol icies which he carried, and amounts to approximately $3500. Three sisters, Misses Hattie and Martha Hoene and Mrs. Clara Hannen, are the heirs. Before the insurance money can be paid, according to word received from the East, a transcript of the coroner's findings in the investigation into Hoene's death will have to be forward ed to New York. As no inquest was held, payment of the policies may be delayed somewhat. Wo take particular pains with the stationery we print for our customers. The Benton County Courier takes the Oregon City Courier to task for not reading the former's articles care fully; and says that authority for the statement that seven men left Ore gon to every one that came in wos duly given. We saw he "authority" that Bro. M. J. Brown advanced, but we wanted something reliable. Come again, Bro. Brown. rEvery Woman Wants' Constructed of Boiler Iron and Crude In Design, She Was Operated Against the Federal Ship Housatanic With Disastrous Results. It Is a fact that a submersible boat did actual service in the war between the stutes and was perhaps the first practical submarine used lu actual warfare. The boat was built lu Mobile In 1804 by two men named Hundley and Mc CUutock. It was of boiler iron, sharp at both ends and was about thirty feet long. Ave or six feet In beam and five or six feet deep. It was propelled by a screw, the shaft of which ran hori zontally along the hold, almost from stem to stern and was turned by eight men, who sat four on each side of the shaft. The only hatchway, placed well for ward, was two feet In diameter, and It was closed by nn Iron cap that worked on a hinge and was airtight, la the forward part of the cap there was a clear glass bullseye, through which the pilot could Bee. The boat had water tight compartments, by filling or empty ing which It could sink or rise. A bal last of Iron rails was placed outside the hull, and by means of keys they could be detached so that the boat could rise Instantly If necessary. Besides a rudder, the boat had Bide paddles, or fins, which could be used to guide It up or down through the water. The boat could go perhaps four knots an hour. It could remain submereed for half an hour or an hour without serious liicouvenleuce to Its crew, and once It remained as long as two hours under water without actual Injury to tnem. A floating torpedo wus fastened to the boat by a line 100 feet long, and the inventor proposed that the boat should dive beneath the keel of the enemy's vessel and haul the torpedo after ber. The triggers or sensitive primers of the torpedo would press against the ship's bottom, explode the torpedo and sink the vessel. The boat was sent to Charleston to operate against the blockading fleet. General Beauregard had the torpedo fastened to the bow. It terminated In front with a shnrp lance head, so that when the boat was driven against a ship the lance head would be forced Into the ship below the water line and the torpedo fastened against the side. The boat was then to back off and ex plode the torpedo by a lanyard. General Beauregard called on the Confederate fleet for volunteers, and Lieutenant Payne, n Virginian, and eight sailors volunteered. On the even ing fixed for the expedition the crew had embarked, and the boat was sub merged until only the combings of ber hatch were above water. Lieutenant Payne was standing In the hatchway when the swell of a passing steamer rolled over the boat, aud It sank in stantly with her eight men. Lieutenant Payne sprang out of the hatchway as the boat sank and he alone was saved. In a few days she was raised, and again Payue volunteered and with him eight more men. The embarkation for the second attempt was made at Fort Sumter, and. as before, all being made ready, Payne, standing at his post In the hatchway, gave orders to cast off, when the boat careened and sank In stantly. Payne sprang out, two'of the men followed him, and the other six went down with the boat and per lslied. Again the boat wus raised, and her owner, Captain Hundley, took her for an experimental trip to Stone river, where, after going through her usual evolutions, she dived into deep water and disappeared. After a week's search she wus found at an angle of forty degrees, her uose driven into the deep. soft mud of the bottom. Uer crew of ulno men were stand ing, sitting or lying about in her hold, asphyxiated. Hundley had died at his post with a caudle lu one baud, while with tho other he had beeu vainly try ing to uuclnmp the hutch. The angle at which the boat had gone down had Jammed the keys so thut the men could not cast off the Iron ballast that held them down. Again the 111 fated vessel was prepar ed for action, aud volunteers were culled for. Lieutenant Dixon of the Tweiity-Qrst Alabama volunteered and eight men with him. The ship Housntoiilc was selected for attack and on a quiet night the brave crew set -out from Charleston. Lieutenant Dixon guided the boat straight to the Housntoiilc, and the ex plosion tore open the ship's side, so that she weut down with all her crew In two minutes The torpedo vessel never returned, and whether she went down with her enemy or drifted out to sea was long unknown. Many years after, In the work of deepening the bar off Charles ton harbor, divers lu submarine armor visited the wreck of the Housatonlc and found the little torpedo vessel ly ing by ber huge victim, aud within her the bones of as devoted and daring men as ever weut to sea. In the history of the submarine cer tainly the Hundley Is entitled to hon orable mention.-Youth's Companion. When Evan Kemp, the Portland thug, committed suicide, he did a good job. The only thing the matter was that he didn't do it soon enough. FREIGHT BY MAIL Parcel Post Abused, So Say Califor nia Railroad Men To show to what extent freight is moving by parcel post with no addit ional payment being made to the small railroads that move it, the Western Association of Short Line Railroads has completed a compila tion of the amount of freight going by parcel post from here to Adin, Cal., in the month of November. The total was 50,035 pounds. For carrying this mail, 232 miles to Bartle, the rail roads were paid nothing. The stage contractor was paid $1.95 a hun dred pounds for the 75 mile haul from Bartle to Adin, while the Postoffice Department received $1.08 a hundred pounds in postage. "The Postoffice Department lost, the railroads were paid not a cent," is the comment of D. M. Swobe,"Man ager of. the McCloud River Railroad which did part of the rail haul for nothing at all. Swobe fruther point ed out that the freight rate from Marysville to Adin averages, $1.72 a hundred pounds,- of which the rail roads receive 97 cents and the lowest cost of teaming from Bartle to Adin is 75 cents. Incidentally the McCloud River Railroad has received no pay for carrying any mail since the last weighing in the early part of 1914. When this weighing was done, the railroad was closed by snow block ades, and the Postoffice Department made a guess at the average weight of mail by going 25 miles off the rail road, later on, and weighing the through mail. "Such conditions as these tell why we want the Interstate Commerce Commission to fix the rates," says Swobe, "The Postoffice Department wants to get. the railway rates below all reason. We are asking Congress for a square deal and hope to get it. It is' essential that an impartial body like the Interstate Commerce Com mission stand between the Postoffice Department and the small railroads. BUY IT IN OREGON CITY" WE PAY 4 Per Cent OREGON CITY Member ot Federal Reserve Bank (Established 188 9) Under GOVERNMENT Supervision United States Depository for Postal Savings Funds Interest Paid on SAVINGS ACCOUNTS and TIME CERTIFICATES DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. TRAVELERS' CHECKS AND LETTERS CREDIT ISSUED. CHECK ACCOUNTS AND DEMAND CERTIFICATES ISSUED. GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS DONE. OPEN FROM 9 A. M. TO 3 P. M., EXCEPT SATURDAYS YOUR BANKING BUSINESS SOLICITED. Conditions at Close of Business Nov. 10, '15 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts, $ 80,718.71 U. S, Bonds, 12.500.00 Other Bonds and Securities, 104,287.88 Capital Stock in Federal Reserve Bank, 1,750.00 Bank Premises, 15,000.00 Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer, 625.00 Overdrafts 516.26 Cash and Exchange, 75,996.03 $291,393.88 LIABILITIES Capital $ 50,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits, 9,329.49 Circulation, 12,500.00 Deposits, 219,564.39 $291,393.88 D. C. LATOURETTE, President M. D. 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You will receive in return a trial package containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and croup; Foley Kidney Pills, for pain in sides and back; rheumatism, backache, kidney and bladder ailments; and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing cathartic for Estacada Folk Think Chautauqua Ground Would be Good Place As a suggestion, it seems that some arrangement could be made to stage the annual county fair in the present Gladstone Chautauqua Grounds, which has a number of good buildings, suit able for the exhibits and others could be built to house the livestock The fair grounds would have been located there in the first place, except that the owner, Mr. Harvey Cross, ob jected to horse-racing with its attend ant nuisances Today, Clackamas County can stage a first-class, up-to-date annual fair without horse-racing, which is more or less a back-number attraction and a mighty expensive one. Unless the county fair could afford to join the regular association and get on its cir cuit, decent horse racing cannot be had here. The amount of money which each year has been spent on this obsolete form of amusement, could today well be used to furnish better attractions. If the County Court would consider this question at once and appoint a committee to wait on Mr. Cross, it is possible some such arrangement could be consumated and with a little hardl work between now and fall, the 1916 Clackamas County Fair could be stag ed in a centrally located spot, with all Gophers Prairie Dogs and Other Pests Slaughtered by Government The extermination of prairie dogs over large areas has been practically completed, according to the report of the Bureau of Biological Survey, just published by the department, and wide stretches of valuable grazing lands have been entirely cleared of this pest. In national forests in Colo rado, New Mexico, Utah and Okla homa more than 95 percent of the prairie dogs have already been de stroyed. Active campaigns are still in progress in Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, and South Dakota, and in the Rio Grande Forest in Colorado. The average cost of distributing poison on areas infested by prairie dogs has now been reduced to less than 5 cents an acre. In cases where : Courier, reinfestation has made i tnecessary to lB , B go over the land again, the cost has not exceeded 3 cents an acre. Poison ed oats have been found to give the mostc onsistent results, except in the Coeinino Forest in Arizona, where a abundant. The prairie dogs are so fond si ssbjS pauiui3s-anq jo seioads of this that they care little for grain whether poisoned or not. The Biological Survey is also car rying on work against ground squir rels, pocket gophers, jack rabbits, moles, mountain beavers, pine mice and crawfish, as well as against wolves and coyotes in the West. The crawfish, which are so injurious in parts of Mississippi and Alabama, can be kept away at an annual expen diture, it is estimated, of 5 cents an acre or less after the lands have been once thoroughly treated. While endeavoring to destroy these and other pests, the bureau is also en couraging an increase in population of beneficial birds. The results of the second bird census in the spring of 1915 showed that bird life can be largely increased throughout the coun try. Where efforts are made to pro tect the birds the population increases rapidly. Of the new national bird reserva tions established during the past year, two are in Washington and one in Minnesota. In all, 67 such reserva tions are now in charge of the depart ment. With few exceptions, the con ditions on them are said to be very favorable to the increase of bird life. I could hardly hobble around and it was all I could do to get up in the morning. My kidneys were irregular in action and the secretions were scanty. I used several boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills and I soon got well." (Statement given March 29, 1910). Increased Confidence More than Three Years Later, Mr. McDermott said: "Nothing has occur red to change my high opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills. I think more of them than ever." Price 50c at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get ' Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. McDermott has twice publicly recommended. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. "Printing with a punch" at the New System Painless Dentists First-Class .".Painless Denistry at Reasonable Prices All Work Guaranteed PAINLESS EXTRACTION EXAMINATION FREE LADY ASSISTANT We Speak German ROOMS 9-10-11-12 ANDRESEN BLDG. Phones Pac. 10; Home A-200 Residence 612 Center St. Phones: Main IIOl M. 72 OREGON CITY INTERVIEW and sluggish bowels. Jones Drug Co. '( Estacada Progress.) Mr. Joseph McDermott Tells of His Experience The following brief account of an interview with an Oregon City man other five years ago, and its sequel, will be read with keen interest by every citizen. Joseph McDermott, Washington St, Oregon City, says: "I was almost flat on my back with kidney and bladc'er trouble. I was so lame and stiff that Dr. A. McDonald Veterinary Surgeon Office, Red Front Barn Phones: Main 1 1 6 B-9 OREGON CITY Geo. C. Brownell LAWYER Caufield Bldg. Oregon City Oregon Hammond & Hammond NAttorneyg at Law Abstracts Real Estate, Loans, Insurance Oregon City, Oregon.