OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1916.
EAGLE CREEK
News of the County and Suburbs
Local and County Items of Interest to Our Readers
CHERRYVILLE
The weather touched zero here last
week, on Wednesday morning.
The writer is now in receipt of the
Congressional Record, thanks to the
, kindness of Senator Lane.
The question for discussion at the
Lyceum is on Rural Credits. The
writer is on the affirmative side, and
Prof. George Cooper for the nega
tive. Of course all parties have a
Rural Credit in their platforms, and
while all are ostensibly for it, there
will be a big effort in Congress to
mutilate or sidetrack this highly im
portant legislation, which is an abso
lutely necessary step in aid to our
farming class, who are in dire need.
It is strange if the bankers can get
money at 2 per cent on commercial
paper mostly merchants' paper,
which is apt to be very unreliable, as
Mrs. Katie Douglass visited with
Mrs. R. B. Gibson last Wednesday.
Mrs. Kate Courter visited with
Mrs. Howlett last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Duus were
hogs have" been rewarded in price the he .ffutfta.of Walter DouKlas8 and
last few weeks. ' " ' "'"
The eravel roads, which our late Mr. and Mrs. John Reid were visit
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supervisor made, nave stood tne '"B wl" im-usra luiner, james
heavy traffic fine. It pays, without a Gibson, Sunday.
doubt, to screen the gravel. Mrs. Ed. Douglass, having heard
that the children of her brother, Ells
CLARK ES worth Clester, of Molalla, were sick
with the whoping cough, has gone to
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Buol, a help nurse them.
daughter, on rriday, January in, Miss Edna Kennedy made a trio
Jason Clarke butchered some hogs to Portland Saturday, returning to
last week and took them to town. Eagle Creek Sunday evening.
Mrs. W. H. Bottemiller is staying Jessie Douglass and family, and
with her daughter, Mrs. C. Ralph, at his sister, Mrs. H. S. Jones, of Port-
Oregon City, while she is so ill. land, came out Sunday torn ake their
Mrs. Anna Lafolette butchered two mother, Mrs. Viola Douglass, a visit.
hogs last week and took them to town. Mrs- Jones returned to Portland Mon-
Miss Elizabeth Marshall was out "y morning, but Mr. Uouglass and
and visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. family decided to remain for a few
F. Marshall, over Sunday. uays-
A party was held at the home of Fred Hoffmeister's three horses
90 out of 100 merchants fail sooner Mrs. Lizzie Ringo Saturday evening, that were sick are getting better, and
January 22, and everybody had a fine no doubt will soon be well again.
time. Those attending were: Misses The directors of school district No.
Edna Elmer, Irene Trimm, Allene 50 put in some new window lights and
Tnmm, Laura Moore, Lizzie Marshall, oiled the floor last Saturday,
blda Marquardt, Margaret Leichtweis,
Engla Bergman, Ruby Gard, Agnes MOLALLA
Nelson, Minnie Stegeman, Miss Wet
more, Hazel Ringo; Messrs. Elmer, The Rev. F. A. Piper, who was
or later why farmers can't get
money at a reasonable rate on the best
security in the world.
Penrose says a yellow dog can be
elcted on the Republican ticket this
year. That's the reason their prec
ious ( ?) patriot is running. This em
inent Republican statesman and U. S.
senator received a check for $25,000
from John D. Archbold for "services
rendered." He tried to explain that
this sum was a campaign contribu
tion to he national republican cam
paign fund, but Teddy denied it and
so did his campaign managers, Cor
telyou. They got him with the goods
all right, but he is a highly neces
sary man in the U. S. senate for the
trusts, and what a mighty handy man
he would be in the White House!
That billion dollar banquet held,
at which Teddy was present;- bodes no
good for the vast mass of struggling,
poor.
Gen. Gorgas, the man who made
the digging of the Panama Canal pos
sible by eliminating the mosquto,
says poverty is the prime cause of
disease, und if decent wages were
paid our laboring class disease and
very much suffering would be remov
ed. Gorgas will be getting in bad
pretty soon with our greedy rih and
they will want him dismissed from the
service just like they do Comptroller
Williams, who told the truth about
our bankers.
C. W. Miller, who has been keeping
a store at Rowe, has sold out and has
purchased the store of J. F. Freel at
this place, and will erect a store
building in the spring. He now occu
pies the building near the hotel, form
erly used for a garage.
Walter Kleinsmith, Dewey Lafolette, pastor of the Methodist church here
Floyd Eberly, John Buol, Alva Gard, two years ago, died at Elkton, Ore.,
Charles Marshall, Wilfred Marshall, recently.
Walter Lee, Rupert Marquardt, Henry ' Recently the Rebekahs installed the
Nelson, Arthur Henton, Clyde Ringo, following officers: J. H. Comer, noble
Edwin Bottemiller, Ruddie Mueller, grand; Mrs. George Williams, vice
Ed Mclntyre, Claudus Bottemiller, grand; E. M. Hammer, secretary, and
rrank Grossmiller and family; Clif- Lreorge Blatchford, treasurer,
ford Cook and Mrs. Ringo. Simon Miller, who has been making
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Clarke visited an extended visit in the east for sev-
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stromgreen, of eral months, returned to his home a
Colton, last Sunday.
Henry Kleinsmith and family, are
ill .with la grippe.
A. r. Buche came back from Call-
fornia last week,
Grandma Lee is crippled up with
the rheumatism lately.
W. II. Wettlaufer hauled planks
last week.
Mr. Wettlaufer sold a hog to EL
bort Larkins last week.
few days ago.
LIKES THE WEST, BUT-
LIBERAL
The warm Chinook has caused the
snow to leave and Sunday a small
flurry of snow came again, but it is;
melting fast.
Stock of all kinds went through the
storm without any losses to tho
farmer.
Fall grain is all right, as the snow
protected it from the freeze.
A few birds have been found dead
although nearly all the farmers fed
them in this section. It was hardest
on the China pheasants and Bob White
quail.
A few people lost potatoes, but the
loss was slight as nearly all the po
tatoes are sold and shipped out of
here.
Cedar piling and moving timbers
are being shipped from here as fast as
the cars can be secured. The J. B.
Jackson timber is being cut into cord
wood by a Japanese contractor, but
he hires white men, so we understand.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Grimm were
callers from Macksburg Sunday last.
W. J. E. Vick has moved the post
office from the warehouse to his now
store, as he gets the muil on the W
V. S.
At North Liberal they are busy
loading cars of cotton wood for Ore
gon City paper mills.
Nearly every one in this section
had la Grippe, but it is all leaving
with the snow and warm winds.
Hay and straw are selling fast as
stock have eaten a great deal in the
last three months.
Those that held their fattening
THE NEWEST REHEDY
FOB
Backache, Rheumatism and Dropsy.
Kidney, Bladder and Uric Acid troubles
Wing misery to many. Whon the kidneys
are weak or diseased, thoso natural tutors
do not cleanao tho blood sulllelontly.aiut
the poisons aro carried to all parts of tha
body. There follow depression, aches
and pains, heaviness, drowsiness. Irrita
bility, headaches, chilliness and rheu
matism. In some people thero are almrp
pains In tho back and loins, distressing
bladder disorders and sometimes obstin
ate dropsy. Tlio uric acid sometimes
forms Into gravel or kidney stones. Whon
the urlo add alfocts tho muscles and
Joints, It causes 'minbngo, rheumatism,
pout or sciatica. This la the tiuio to try
"Anurlc."
During digestion uric acid Is absorbed
Into the system from meut oaten, and
even from somo vegetables. The poor
kidneys get tired mid backache begins.
This la u good tlino to talio "Anurlc,"
the now discovery of Dr. Pierce for Kid
ney trouble and llackucha. Neglected
kidney trouble Is rosponslblo for many
deaths, nnd Insuranco Company examin
ing doctors always tost tho water of an
applicant boforo a policy will bo Issued.
Have yon ever set aside a bottle of water
for twenty-four hours? A heavy (
wont or settling sometimes Indicates kid
ney trouble. The true naturn and plrnr.
actor of diseases, especially thoso of tho
Youth Also Likes Three Square MealB
Each Day and Spending Money
Nelson Andrews hails from Kan
sas, where he formerly lived with his
sister. Then he got to reading about
"the storied Northwest" and decided
Alva Gard, from Oregon City, was it must be a fine place. He came out
out and visited his parents, Mr. and to see if all that he read was true.
Mrs. Gard, over Sunday. In course of time he got to Oregon
G. Marquardt is burning down some City, and spent his last nickel. Then
snugs on his place. he went to work in a restaurant for
Miss Mossa, of Logan, is working his board and room, and after a week
for her sister, Mrs. Ed Buol, at pres- of this he met Jack Frost, Constable,
ent Juvenile Officer, Deputv Sheriff, etc.
bam Llmer started to plow last He told his troubles to Jack
Monday. "You oughtn't to kick so awfully
Miss Lydia Kleinsmith came home much," said Jack, "you may be work
last week. ing for small wages, but vou're eet-
Robert and Walter Zwahlen were in ting your keep."
town last Monday. "That's true," answered Nelson,
"but 1 m not getting much more."
R. L. Holman and T. P. Randall, Jack was impressed with the lad's
Leading Undertakers, Fifth and Main appearance, and decided he oueht to
be; .telephones: racilic 415-J; Home have a better chance in life than
B-18. merely working for his room and
board. So he got permission from
STONE . County Judire Anderson to nlace the
youth in the county iail for a time, so
tho beautiful snow has come again, he wouldn't have to "pav for his
ana aresseu our oia uIuck earth in room and board."
pure white. It looks like an old Illi- Then Jack and the county iudtre eot
nois snow storm, only the wind doesn't busy, and located a good job for the
uiow a nurricuno. Kansas youth on a C aekamas countv
The grippe has come to visit the farm, where he will get wages besides
people around here, and a good many the necessary room and board. And
have it now, now that Nelson has the nroRnepts nf
i ne time viu soon be here again some spending monev. he thinks Ore.
lor candidates to ood up and tell now gon is as good as Kansas.
good they will be for the people if
sam peopie win elect them, wow I WE'RE LUCKY HERE
will tell you the man Iwill vote for
mid do all I can to get others to vote Correspondent Tells about Sights He
ml will UO 1MB OllB UIUI Will OieUge C... ! II .1 J I i nr
himself to work for a certain measure, '" u,l,u"u M,M ,YeeK
and that is to tax all property, no mat- Editor, Courier: Last Friday I
ter who owns it. There are millions had to go to Portland on business, and
of dollars worth and multiplied thou- this business took me to an office in
sands of acres of land, called church tlie Commercial block, m which are
property, and it goes without taxing, located the rooms of the Associated
Now why do the people allow such Minorities, when i got there it was
grafting? A church and lot for it to tcn 1,1 the morning, and over two doz-
stand on would be enoue-h to call en hungry men and women were stad
church property, but when the church ''ne before the doors of the As-
enn own fifty to two hundred acres sociated Charities, seeking work or
of land nnd all kinds of improvements a basket of provisions.
to make money on it and then call it unable to complete my business in
hureh property, ad not have it taxed, 1110 morning, 1 again visited the office
it is not right. Why the people stand bnllmg at three in the afternoon; and
for it puzzles me. many of the men and women I had
I say tax all alike and then it won't seen at tne d00rs of the Associated
be so heavy a burden on those who chanties in the morning were still
have to oav taxes now. .Tpshs nnid standing there, forlorn as ever. The
taxes and what people think they are elevator man told me that those who
bettor than lie we minting lur worn ouen stood
Now. I bono somobodv will sen waiting nil day. Those who ONLY
whore we aro drifting to and try and wnnted .00l ho snid usually got it
LIVE STOCK
HUSBANDRY
SOFT CORN FOR CATTLE.
Experiment Show That It li Excel
lent For Fattening Steers.
There was much soft and chaffy corn
containing a large per cent of moisture
last fall, and many farmers are won
dcring what kind of feed It will make
for cattle, says the Orange Judd Farm
er, in luou there was also a large
amount of soft corn, and at that time
the Iowa station conducted un experi
ment of feeding soft corn and matured
corn to cattle. W. H. Pew, professor
of animal husbandry, says the follow
ing things about that experiment:
The cattle weighed nearly 1,150
pounds and were divided Into two lots
one to be fed soft corn on pasture
from Oct 13 to Nov. 17, soft corn and
hay from Nov. 17 to Jan. 12 nnd soft
corn, gluten feed and hay from Jan, 12
The Herefords on the range are
considered the most active and best
rustlers of the pure bred beef
breeds. They are prolific, good,
careful mothers and are credited
with raising a large per cent of
their calves. They have not been
recognized as large milkers and
for this reason are easily dried up
when the calves are weaned. In
this respect they are well suited to
a life on the range, where the cow
must necessarily get along with the
least possible attention from the
range manager. The bull shown Is
a pure bred Hereford.
turn the tide toward what is right.
and left in half an hour.
I believe in equal rights and special And thought how much better
privileges to none. If anybody thinks wt,e 1,1 "regun wy ana ibck-
differently speak out and tell why am8s count'' where we nave practic-
somo have more privileges than others. ,llly 110 (lePendel't poor.
i auw wese jjuur peopie wno want
ed work, or who ONLY wanted food,
on the same day that some Portland
boosters were mailing letters back
east inviting people to come to Port
land. I wonder why?
CALEB ERICKMAN.
HIGHLAND
At last, after struggling through a
siege of snow, east wind and frozen
weather, Old Oregon has changed his
tactics and now is bringing back tho
wind from the southwest with tho
"Oregon Mist," soc heeling to the old
Oregoniiuis. The snow has nil vanish
ed except in places where it drifted to
the depth of from two to four feet
deep, and our country is lookingnat
urnl again.
Somo potatoes, which wore pitted
outside, were frozen, but otherwise no
damage was done that we have heard
of.
Mr. Coinwell has a horse sick with
the staggerR. Mr. Kamlol was ovir
recently to administer a potion for its
relief.
The la grippe has about ceased its
ravages here and is a thinir of the
to April 13; the other lot to be fed the
same, with the exception that the corn
was to be mature corn of the second
year before.
In this test the soft corn contained
35 per cent moisture at the beginning
and 16 per cent moisture at the con
clusion of the test. This test Indicated
that the dry matter In soft corn con
taining 35 per cent moisture at the be
ginning of the test was fully equal In
feeding value to the dry matter In ma
ture corn when used for fattening cat
tle; that cattle fed on this corn made
nearly as heavy gains and finished
equally well as those fed on mature
corn; that soft corn purchased at 30
cents per bushel produced gains on cat
tle 3.03 cents per pound cheaper than
mature corn purchased at 50 cents per
bushel.
The amount of moisture depends
chiefly on the muturity of the corn
when stricken by the frost. The soft
ness of the corn will determine the
class of cattle to which It ought to be
fed. If the corn was frosted when be
ginning to dent heavy cattle can be fed
out nnd finished as Indicated above, hi
the spring. If the corn was not dented
at the time that frost came light cattle
can be fed on it and carried through
the winter aud they can be finished
next year on pasture.
If finishing the cattle the corn ought
to be supplemented with some concen
trated feed as linseed meal or cotton
seed meal and suitable molasses feed.
Probably the amouut of supplement
cau be somewhat reduced from the
usunl amouut suggested. It will re
quire more pounds of corn to feed the
cattle on soft corn than where It Is
matured.
Prince Albert is
such friendly tobacco
that it just makes a man sorry he didn't get wind of this
pipe and cigarette smoke long, long ago. He counts it lost
time, quick as the goodness of Prince Albert gets firm set
in his life I The patented process fixes that and cuts out
bite and parch !
Get on the right-smoke-track soon as you know howl
Understand yourself how much you'll like
It
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the national joy smoke
It stands to reason, doesn't it, that if men all over the
. nation, all over the world,
Watch your step!
It's easy to change the shape
and color of unsalable brands
to imitate the Prince Albert
tidy red tin, bat it it impouible
to imitate the flavor of Prince
Albert tobacco 1 The
t patented proces
protects that!
prefer P. A. that it must
have all the qualities to
satisfy your fondestdesires?
Men, get us right on Prince
Albert 1 We tell you this
tobacco will prove better
than you can figure out,
it's so chummy and fra
grant and inviting all the
time. Can't cost you more
than 5c or 10c to get your
bearings I'
Buy Princ Atbtrt werywhmr
tobacco iw Bold in toppy rmd
bag. Bet tidy nd tint, 10c t
handsome pound and half-pound
tin humidor and in that clotty
cryttal - glate pound humidor
with tpongcmoitUntr top that
kmtpt tho tobacco in tuch groat
trim I
R. J. REYNOLDS
TOBACCO COMPANY
Winiton-Salem, N, C
(t tjt ,,58 st t$ tt $ t&
COMMUNITY NEEDS OF
OREGON CITY
whjch should be done. The crying
need is a community plan comprehend
ing all of the young folk, with no ref
erence to creed or lack of creed, wealth
or poverty.
Farmers and Markets
Clackamas county has suffered
through the activities of the booster
who always advised farmers to diver
sify their crops. The land in sections
of the county is well adapted to the
culture of potatoes and onions, two
commodities which usually find ready
market for cash and at fair prices.
Farmers are raising too much small
stuff vegetables which must go to
thePortland market for quick sale
and consumption, m direct competition
LICE ON CALVES.
TIMBER SALE CANCELLED
kidneys and urlnurv orimns. enn nft.nn Past until it takes hold of somo mm
be determined by a careful chemical an- else.
alysls and microscopical examination . a few nf tha ,..,,. n l l
this Is done by expert chemists of the I 5 ff fo,ks mot Rt
Medical Staff of the Invalids' Hotel, u Nicholas' on last Saturday
you wish to know your condition send a evening and passed the time nlavinir
sample of your water to Doctor Plerco's Lank nn.l hnvin., .. i i
Invalids' Hotel, JiulTulo, N. Y., and do- and having a social time, but
scribe your symptoms. It will be ex-! 801,10 r tne young men were disnp
amlned without any expense to you, and ' pointed, as one of tho young ladies
Doctor Pierce or his fetntf of Assisting f.,iio,i tn
Phvisicltuis will Inform you truthfully. l'ed t0 Put, 111 8,1 appearance.
ui me mrmers are beginning
KNOW TUTSELF
Bead 'all about yourself, your system,
tjlivsiuloirv. ana torn v. hvulone, simuto
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nome cures, etc., in me-uioimon sxuiso win De over
Medical Adviser," a dook oi iuuo pages.
to buy hay to feed as the bad weather
nas run them short and it is quite a
while yet before the feeding season
Uncle Sam Thinks Lumber Concern
Ought to Abide by Agreement
Tho United States Forester has re
cently cancelled a timber sale contract
between the Forest Service and the
Eiickson Construction Company of
Seattlo, for approximately 8(1 million
feet of timber on the Dosewallips
River, Olympic National Forest, in
Washington.
This contract was approved in
March, 1914, tho Company agreeing to
hegin construction by January 1, 1915.
This time was later extended to June
30, 1915. About that time, the Com
pany purchased tho equipment, im
provements and timber of the Izett
Logging Company on tho south side of
the Dosewallips river.
The Carlsborg Mill & Timber com
pany, a subsidiary of the Erickson
Construction company, has just pur
chased 28 million feet of timber from
the National Forest, whicn will bo
logged in connection with the Izett
timber. On account of the fact that
he Erickson Consruction company did
not comply with the terms of their
Insecta Hard to Get Rid of When Once
Established In a Herd.
These insects frequently cause trou
ble with culves by keeplug them from
thriving properly, says an Ohio expert
ment station bulletin. They are apt
to be more plentiful In the winter.
when the calves have long hair and
are kept In the barn. They are Indi
cated by roughness of coat aud by the
calves licking themselves. Such symp
toms should cause one to make an ex
amination at once.
It Is difficult to get rid of them en
tirely when once they get well estab
lished In a herd, but they can be kept
from doing pinch damage by proper
methods. Spray the calf carefully all
over with somo of the commercial coal
tar disinfectants or fl.v repellants. Re
pent the spraying In live to eight days
to kill thoso which may hutch from the
nits. At the same time clean out aud
disinfect the stalls and mnugers Do
:ot make the disinfectants too strong
or the hair may be removed from verv
young culves. The spraying wlieu done
In winter should be done on warm
days, and the calf should be kept warm
until dry.
. Development of recreation cen-
ters for young people. Im-
v provements of marketing con-
& ditions for farmers. Construc-
! tion of hard surface highway
to Portland. Breaking up
wav to Portland. Breaking un .4
of large holdings of land.
5 Strengthening of trading at
home campaign. J
J J J J jt-jjl jt jt j MiJ &
By A. H. HARRIS.)
Oregon City, Ore., Jan. 28. Ore
gon City needs an awakening to the with the produce 0f Chinese and Jap-
U"C""CM Ul "ic 1U1 youm. wiegun anese e-arrie.ners who hnvo shn-am anon-
City people need a spirit of broad un- iaj tmS5 and preparedness for their
derstanding of the problems of boy- woj-k
h.?i &nJ i?irlh?.0d'; " . the : Promisi.ne : Farmers complain bitterly of the
' 1,'i t lu- -I Vu lack of markets for their perishable
worth while to this community in the ,i. . .v . , .
. j , . ' . products, and the tendency is to en
years to come. If recreation be not " ; . : i . . .
j : n -x -ii u a &age 'n dairying in an effort to in
offered in Oregon City it will be offer- " . .
j a v, j t xi j crease the family income. Gradually
ed and m abundance in Port and, if ; u; j.i. j .. n
and the insatiable maw of the metrop 'S '"L v, r
olis will claim the best blood and life lt TfL ll X h Tf lf
of the community at the falls of the infT 2 5'
,j ., . j . , .... tail selling of fruit and vegetables is
Wdlame te. And the state will lose , more and more intoehe h d
grievously in citizenship. f foreigners and away from the re.
Oregon City is more of an indus- tail trrocer who lost mnnev in tho
trial center, size considered, than any ; game it is said for many years.
other city in Oregon. The spirit of
the city is one of industry, activity,
"self-satisfied progress. A sympa
thetic community conscience has not
been awakened. There has been no
good reason for such awakening. The
nilhlip mind mucf. ha mfwaA htr tvo.
mendous impulse, and nothing haslla,rge P?J"?f the ?u.nty . 8tands on
haDDened in Oregon Citv to call direct I euBe- o"V" cres -oeing inciuaea in
Banish the Land Hog
Clackamas county has a land area
of 1,192,960 acres, of which 104,294
acres is assessed as tillable. The area
of timber is not known, but 615,750
acres is assessed as non-tillable. A
Grinding Grain For Pigs.
Experimental results Just published
indicate that there will be a small sav
Ing In grinding shelled corn for pls
when corn Is worth over 50 cents a
bushel. Tills statement Is based on a
difference of 5 cents a bushel addi
tional charge for grinding corn. Most
feeders prefer to use the soaked shell
ed corn In preference to the soaked
ear corn if the soaked product Is fed
National Stockman.
He Could Hardly Go
"About two years ago I got down
on my back until I hardly could go,"
: i c . i n ... ti i t.
j wMies ouiuiuun Dequeue, nut xuver,
Mo. "l got a 60c box of Foley Kid
ney Pills and they straightened me
right up." Common symptoms of
kidney trouble are backache, head
ache, rheumatic pains, soreness and
stigness, puffiness under eyes, blur
red vision, sleep disturbing bladder
troubles, and a languid, tired feeling.
Foley Kidney Pills help to eliminate
rr . . 1IUI, HUH I L)
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txjuu vj iji. . m. rinreo, suuuu, j... . . - i-umruci in regard 10 me Deginnine 01
1,., Aima n. l.l.t n nnu.oeiif again, but hero's hnnintr it 1..... , ul
Wn7r,VnrTnV.n?,nnun. Ion. r 8 "l , l0n. ana foul1 o so for some : the poisonous waste matter that caus.
, o J'els. the contiact has been cancelled, es these symptoms.-Jones Drug Co,
attention to the social starvation
which is everywhere apparent among
young people and within an hour
and 20 cents, of Portland, too.
Industrial Growth Rapid.
The story of industrial development
in this country is the story of rapid
accumulation of wealth and uncon
scious growth in communities where
the dinner pail is the insignia of citi
zenship. Naturally the people, busy
with their own work every day, for
get the problems which should keep
alive and active the community conscience.
Where everybody is busy forget-
fulncss and abuses creep into the life
of the people, and when it is known
that every man has opportunity to
earn food, shelter and raiment, the
conscience of otherwise progressive
and aggressive citizens can sleep or
at least doze. The people of Oregon
City with about 1400 men and wo
men employed in big industrial plants
have done only what has been done
in every other industrial center of the
country. But the people of Oregon
City should have done better. They
are of the West, firstly, and of pro
gressive Oregon, secondly.
An Opportunity for Constructive
Work
With a most beautiful natural set
ting along the river and with plenty
of land available for recreation cen
ters and parkways, Oregon City has
the most inviting opportunity to es
tablish herself as the place in all Ore
gon where youth shall have breathing
space and opportunity for wholesome,
healthy and perfect development.
Land could be developed as a great
playground, public baths and a gym
nasium could be provided at small ex
pense, and, lastly, a beautiful bath
ing beach could be created along the
river above the falls. Youth could be
really encouraged to live at home, and
the lights and the dangers of Port
land would not so vividly and irresist
ably attract the unsteady and inexper
ienced, who are ever struggling for an
open place, for a vantage point from
which to look out upon the great un
explored world.
Oregon City has no saloons,' but she
has a dozen churches. Some of the
the Oregon National forest.
Three great tracts of land are with
held from use by the public. The
Oregon & California railroad land
grant area in the county is 98,206
acres. The Weyerhauser timber com
pany holds 25,000 acres, and Collins
Brothers holds 31,000 acres.
Much of the best land was taken
up under the donation land claim act,
and the usual farm consister or con
sists of 640 acres, the boundaries
usually being fixed by relation to
water courses. Later settlers took up
land in smaller tracts and by govern
ment subdivision. Many of the pi
oneer claims have been retained intact
even unto this day.
Modern Highway to Portland
A hard surface highway to Port
land is one of the needs of Clacka
mas county as wellvas Oregon City.
The road is paved from Portland to
the Clackamas county line, and the
work should be continued, making a
through highway available 12 months
of the year.
Clackamas county has had a most
difficult road problem on account of
the mountainous character of the land
and the heavy rainfall in winter time.
The county has about 100 miles of
planked road, made necessary in ef
forts to give outlet to farmers living
in the foothills. The road mileage in
the county is 1300. The county has
expended as high as $215,000 a year
in improving and repairing highways,
yet the demand everywhere is. for bet
ter roads from the farm to the
markt place.
Electric Railroads Open Country
Perhaps the lack of good roads has
been one factor in the development of
electric railways into the interior of
the county. From Portland an elec
tric line extends up the Clackamas
river to Cazadero, furnishing trans
portation to a rich county which is
rapidly being developed. Last year a
road 32 miles in length was opened ;
into the Molalla country from Oregon
City, giving outlet for the Beaver
Creek section and all the farming
country as far south as Mt. Angel. !
In the north central section of the
county the line to Bull Run offers out
let to farmers in the vicinity of Sandy,
to keep open for heavy traffic during
the winter months. Motor trucks are
being used by creameries and other
heavy carriers of farm produce and in
this way the cost of moving produce
to the primary market is greatly re
duced. Commercial Club Active
The Oregon City Commercial club
is an active organization of business
men who are anxious to build up the
community and bring industrial plants
to use the water """power and cheap
electric power available. The mat
chants are hammering away on the
gospel of trading at home, and with
more or less gratifying results.
i "Buy it in Oregon City" is a motto
to be seen in every business house in
the city. In many places a neat frame
surrounds the placard, giving empha
sis to the fact that tradesmen are an
xious to please and to build up the
community.
While mail order business is not un
known in this city, it is to the credit
of the community that the abuse is
less aggravated than in many Oregon
communities which I have visited.
Portland draws considerable trade in
goods not kept in large variety in
local stores, and then comes the
Seattle mail order house, which gath
ers in most of the money which is
sent to houses which do not in any
way contribute to the growth or de
velopment of Oregon City. Business
men confess that they have not been
able to devise a plan to prevent the
sending of money to mail order hous
es but they have succeeded very well
in arousing a definite idea among the
people of the value to the community
of trading with home merchants.
Six-Year Old Had Croup
"I have a little girl six years old
who has a great deal of trouble with
croup," writes W. E. Curry of Evans
ville, Ind. "I have used Foley's Hon
ey and Tar, obtaining instant relief
for her. My wife and I also use it
and will say it is the best cure for
a bad cold, cough, throat trouble and
croup that I ever saw." Those ter
rible coughs that seem to tear one to
pieces yield to Foley's Honev and
Tar. Jones Drug Co.
Buy rubber footwear
here save money
We lell "Ball-Band" footwear, the
Kind marked by the Red Ball,
because it gives more
comfort and
longer wear.
"4
warm
tne hardest,
toughest wear to
which you can
put it.
Figured by days
of service, it is
the cheapest rub
ber footwear you
can buy. Come
in and let us show
you.
Get the kind with
the Red Ball.
You will find it on
all "Ball-Band"
footwear.
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churches are doing part of the work ' where wagon roads have been difficult
F. H. CROSS
HARNESS AND SHOE STORE
7th Street on the Hill
Take Elevator Up Prices Down