OREGON CITY COURIER
Published Thursdays from the Courier
in the Postoffice at Oregon City,
E. R. BROWN, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
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TIME TO CHANGE
It is to be noted that the city's
water commission has purchased an
automobile for the use of the superin
tendent. The car, it is said, is to be
used for "hurry up calls" and in cor
rying light supplies and materials to
points along the South Fork pipe line.
There is no doubt that an automobile
will be a good and useful thing for
the water service; and that its pur
chase is justified.
It is also true that county seat
could do much worse than buy another
automobile for the use of the fire de
partment. A popular and much-i:.-evidence
make of automobil is now
turned out with "small town", fire
equipment, consistng of a pair of
chemical tanks, several hundred feet
of hose, scaling ladders, hand exting
uishers and a complement of tools.
Oregon City could, make use of such
a machine to verv (rood advantage, a
The chief thing about an automo
bile in fire service is that it gets there
in a hurry; and the average fire can
nearly always be controlled if it is
reached within a few minutes of the
time it is discovered, No better il
lustration of this could be found than
the fire which last week wrecked the
local justice court. Just before the
alarm was turned in Patrolman Wood
ward and a Courier reporter were in
the building, and had a hand-extinguisher
been at hand, the fire could
have been smothered immediately.
Not less than three minutes later the
chemical hose was laid into the build
ing, and had the chemical been in
working order, it is probable that even
then the fire could have been put out
before it did much damage. By the
time three minutes more had elapsed
and connections with the hydrants
had been made and water turned on,
the fire had gained such headway that
it was with difficulty that it was
eventually smothered out by two
streams of water. Yet this fire was
. within fifty feet of a fire station.
Ofcourse in the justice court fire
an automobile chemical engine would
not have been of sufficient service to
justify its cost; but in a similar fire
' in the residence portion of the city,
or in a location a block or more away
from the fire hall, an automobile ap
paratus would have saved more than
two-thirds of the damage that re
sulted. The chief thing at a fire is to
get quick action at the seat of the
(lames and this depends on the speed
with which apparatus can be gotten
on the ground.
Probably an automobile chemical
suitable for Oregon City's needs could
be purchased for a thousand dollars
or less. Practically anybody could
run it to a fire certainly any of the
members of the department could.
And in this way there would be assur
ed an immediate response to alarms
with enough equipment to at least
hold a fire in check, if not to actually
extinguish it. Oregon City, for the
sake of a general protection, and for
the sake of getting better insurance
rates, could make no better invest
ment at this time than at least one
unit of automobile fire apparatus.
TAKEN TO TASK
The Courier last week was slapped
on the wrist by tho Eastern Clacka
mas News, as -the old Estacada Pro
gress has been renamed, for remark
ing some time ago that we doubted
whether the move for a community
church in the eastern part of the coun
ty would be successful. The Courier
at that time expressed the opinion that
probably any church in that part of
the county would be willing to be
THE community church, but that
probably the other churches wouldn't
care to merge their identity with it.
And though wo have been rebuked
by Editor Standish for expressing
this opinion it appears to have some
basis of fact, for in the same issue
in Which we are taken to task Brother
Stand ish admits that "no noticeable
advance has been made in the past
few weeks in the actual formation of
formulating of plans for community
worship." About all that has happen
ed, according to Brother Stundish, is
that Estacada and Eastern Clackamas
county has received some good adver
tising and publicity.
The Wheel That Squeaks the
Loudest is the One That
Gets the Grease
The same assuredly upplies to you and I, as well in order to
get anywhere in this world, we must attract the attention of the
big men. Now listen,, young man! Nothing help a young
man more in advancement in business than to be known as one
who keeps his bills paid, meets his obligations, has a bank ac
count, and pays his bills by check. You know that.
You will receive the same courteous attention with a dollar de
posit as you would with a hundred dollar one.
4 Per Cent Paid on
Time Certificates
THE BANK OF OREGON CITY
Oldest Bank in Clackamas County
Building, Eighth Street, and entered
Ore., as 2nd class mail matter
Even at that, the attempt to form
a community church has probably dona
some good outside of publicity chan
nels. It has probably made the non
churchgoers in the eastern part of the
county see the exact degree of narrow
ness of the church communicants, and
probably there have been informal dis
cussions of this which may in time
lead to a broadening of views on the
part of those who value creed above
common worship. And to encourage
those who honestly and sincerely re
alize that a LIVE community church
is better for a community than half
a dozen struggling and barely alive
churches, ' the Courier begs leave to
call to the attention of the community
church boosters a little history center
ing about Copley Square, Boston,
Massachusetts.
Boston, as is probably known, is
the place where people came in the
early days from the Old World, be
cause in the Old World they were not
permitted to worship as they desired.
And once settling in Boston, these
good folk started a career of religious
intolerance that beat anything the
Old World ever saw. However, in
time they grew out of it, and also,
in time, the several churches centered
about Copley Square got to exchang
ing ministers. The length to which
they went can perhaps best be appre
ciated when it is recounted that at
one time Bishop Phillips Brooks
preached in the pulpit of the Second
Unitarian church, and a Unitarian
minister graced the pulpit of Trinity
church.
Estacada community worshippers
should take cheer, even if the Courier
appears to doubt their ability at this
time to accomplish much. When Uni
tarians and Trinitarians have mixed
and lived through it, there is hope for
Eastern Clackamas, where, we believe,
the Unitarians have not as yet even
got a toehold.
ONE THING THE MATTER
For one reason or another the
National Guard just at present seems
to be getting in the limelight pretty
freely. In Washington, D. C, Con
gress wants to federalize the Nation
al Guard; and in Oregon City it is
said that the local militia company
may be disbanded. . It's a long way
from Washington to Oregon City, but
at that there may be a connection
found between the two ways in which
the militia is regarded.
' Federalization of the National
Guard would assure proper officering
of that organization. It would mean
that experienced army men would be
placed in charge of the central units
of the militia, at least; and that the
same "espirit de corps" that prevails
in the regular army would be instilled
into the state soldiery. Federalization
of the National Guard would mean
that merit, and not politics, would
have something to do with promotions
and would make impossible such tcm
pests as arose in the Oregon militia
following the effort of Adjutant Gen
eral George White and his backers
recently to say who should be who in
tho Woodburn company.
It is true that in any military or
otherwise disciplined group of men
there must be a sharp line drawn be
tween Chose who are officers and those
who are not. But it does not folio
that the officers should consider them
selves the salt of the earth, or mem
bers of a race apart from common
clay. Gold braid, chevrons and titles
don't make an officer any more of a
man than the last fellow in the row
of the rear rank. On parade an of
ficer may be a fine and wonderful ap
pearing creature, but under his uni
form he is just a man. He may be
saluted by privates because he is an
officer; but he should never get the
idea into his head that he is a little
tin god simply because he carries a
tin sword.
The trouble with the militia these
days is that the officers "have too
much ego in their cosmos." In other
words they have the "swelled head."
They are so busy remembering that
they are officers that they forget tlicy
arc also men, and that they have to
take commands from their superiors,
even as they are permitted to give
commands to the privates. Giving
commands is all right and proper in
its time, but being conceited and bull
headed is not part of the program.
Federalization of the National
Guard would do much to improve the
usefulness of the militia, it would do
much to make the militia efficient, and
it would do much to humanize the
militia officers. Of course all militia
officers are not over-impressed with
their own importance but enough of
them seem to be to make ordinary,
untitled militiamen less and less .will
ing to be bulldozed by "gintlemen"
who carry swords. If we federalize or
"humanize" the militia, we will get
better service from the National
Guard, and we will have less trouble
in recruiting its membership.
JUST IN PASSING
There has been some gloating about
these parts recently because it devel
oped that a former office holder was
not a citizen of the United States.
Some people have said that because
this man was an Englishman, that the
"German vote" of the county would
be cast solidly against the-higher
county official who employed the alien.
The Courier is loth to believe this.
The Courier does not believe that the
"hyphen" has any business in politics
in this county or anywhere in the
United States. There is no reason,
that the Courier sees, why internation
al racial prejudices should enter into
county politics. The fact that an alien
wrongfully held office under the sheriff
of this county may, perhaps, be charg
ed against the sheriff as a political
blunder but the alien's nationality
should have nothing to do with it.
And the less the "hyphen" is injected
into county affairs in these parts, the
better will it be for all concerned. The
majority of the people in Clackamas
county are Americans; and they will
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have no sympathy with anybody who
tries to transfer the European war to
this part of Oregon.
As far as the Courier is concerned,
this paper believes that the laws of
the state of Oregon should be enforc
ed. If they are broken, and the Cour
ier hears about it, there will be news.
If the laws are broken by an Ameri
can, the Courier will say so. If they
are broken by an Englishman, the
truth will be printed. If they are
broken by a German, that, too, will
be told. And so all down the list,
Italians, Norwegians, Spaniards, Hot
tentots and those folk commonly refer
red to as "heathens." But that is all.
The Courier has no particular sym
pathies in the European war, unless
thoy be for Belgium and Greece. Both
these nations have been overrun by
the warring factions. The Allies have
nothing on the Austro-Germanic group
in the matter of violating treaties.
They are all fighting, and are doing
what they feel is necessary, quite re
gardless of the ethics of the case. It
is a deplorable situation, and not one
in which sympathy should be lavished
on either side. And as for bringing
anti-German or pro-German feeling
into county politics it is WRONG,
and should not be countenanced.
JUST COMMON SENSE
Political rings of various kinds and
with various axes to grii.d are now
bellowing in such of the public prints
as will give them space about free
text books and Oregon-printed text-
books. Just why there should be any
argument about thi3 matter is a mys
tery. The only question to be con
sidered is a financial one, and financial
determination will in the end solvt.
the problem. Whenever the state of
Oregon thinks it is worth while to
provide every child within its borders
with the opportunity to get an EDU
CATION absolutely free of cost, then
we will have free textbooks; and as
long as a majority of the school pa
trons decide that taxes are too high
to add on the extra amount required
for free textbooks, we will continue
to pay tribute to the allied firms that
publish school books and that sell
them at a fat profit.
Many states provide free text
books. And the states that furnish
their children with books from which
to learn their lessons, usually buy
books of average worth, regardless of
where they are printed or written. If
a book printed in the state is a good
book, it is usually purchased instead.
And judging from what we have seen
of Oregon's school system and the
men at the head of it, if Oregon ever
advances to that stage of noble self
sacrifice whereby its citizens will pay
a few mills more a year so that the
children of the poor will not be ham
pered with a lack of books, Oregon
will probably buy textbooks, and other
of them could write serviceable books.
Let; that nt be forgotten for a min
ute. But the bunch down in Portland,
that has fattened off the Portland
school district until the bone has been
picked bare; and that now are desir
ous of fattening off the state school
fund, and who are responsible foi the
latest agitation for free books and
for "Oregon-made" books well, let
us hope they will all have gone to
their reward before Oregon provides
FULL LINE OF
PUMPS, WAGONS,
IMPLEMENTS,
ETC.
her children with free textbooks,
printed and written in Oregon. The
children are handicapped enough as
it is.
MAYBESO, MAYBESO
The Courier is indebted to the
American Economic league, of Cin
cinnati, for the following:
If Congress wants some testimony
on the causes of war, from the class
for which it has most respect, it
should cull Jacob Schiff and Admiral
Chadwick to testify. Jacob Schiff
says "world wars will never cease as
long as custom houses exist." He
ought to know, for his firm has had
splendid opportunities to get inside
views of the financial end of modern
international wars.
Admiral Chadwick says that the
way to maintain permanent peace is
by "doing away with custom houses
all over the world." He agrees with
Mr. Schiff that without free trade
wars will not cease.
These men are not theorists. One
is a practical and very successful
business man. The other knows all
about the practical side of war.
It maybe that Mr. Schiff and Ad
miral Chadwick do not yet realize that
free trade means more than abolition
of custom houses. It means freeing
of industry from taxes and from
tribute to monopoly. Taxes levied by
states and municipalities on labor and
its products interfere with trade, as
also do corporations or individuals who
r, t hTJ w ,-t m o . ' J . J
monopolize land which must be used
to produce oi to transport wealth.
To get universal peace we must
give absolute freedom to the thing.,
that make for peace.
THREE IDEAS OF IT
Did anybody ever supposo Wilson
would let go of a good thing? Ore
gonian. George Washington was the onl
man who didn't want to hold on for
ever. Now if Roosevelt is nominatec
by the Republicans, and if Wilson if
reelected, the latter might come out
in 1920 for a third term with the
knowledge that the Republicans can't
say anything along that line. (Wood
burn Independent.)
This may be prophetic enough as
regards Roosevelt, but Wilson has too
much sense to even want a third
term. Personally he doesn't want a
second one, but owing to exigencies he
is willing to serve. s
Man in Milwaukie was bitten by a
mosquito last week. Summer has
come soon after the snow, it seems.
A political attack on the Gill bill
was engineedel through the courts by
the Honorable George C. Brownell and
the Honorable Christian Schuebel.
Verily, politics makes strange bed-fellows.
"Wilson not to forbid travel" says
the Oregonian, in headlines. Why
should he? Th's i3 a free country,
and every American reserves to him
self the right to bet his life against
a submarine any time he wants to.
The Corvallis-Gazette Times says'
nobody in Benton county thought tax
es were unreasonably high till M. J.
Brown hit that neck of the woods, and
wants to tar and feather Brown.
That's a nice way to reward a man
for opening peoples' eyes.
Federal engineers have opposed the
appropriation of money to dredge a
six-foot channel in the Willamette
from Oregon City to Corvallis, say
ing that the amount of traffic handled
would not justify the expense. Why
complete the Oregon City locks, then ?
Leister Butler, the housebreaker
arrested in the county seat last week
by Patrolman Woodward, blames his
downfall on his wife. Seeing that
Butler was advised to get married so
he could straighten up when he was
paroled, this is a low-down trick for
Butler to play on his bride.
Somebody asks the editor of the
Oregonian what a "pork barrel bill"
is. A "pork barrel bill" is one that
g-ves federal money to Washington
or California. An appropriation bill
that gives money to Oregon is "a wise
realization on the part of Congress
of the needs of our great state."
Drive on the right hand side of the
street and turn square corners when
you come to the county seat now' or
else you'll be pinched for breaking
the traffic laws. Like the Schuebel
Jones anti-booze law, this applies to
farmers visiting town, just as it does
to city folk.
Oregon City's chief of police has in-
the douj
You may use an old favorite recipe
., caretuliy, tne oven may oe jusi
"The Power behind the Dough" is
and make it light, digestible, wholesome.
Good baking without good baking powder is out of the question.
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in the bowl and in the oven
Take no chance
and have "good
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pretty clothes, which soon weaA out. $
believe eveAy woman hhoyxld fumiih heA
home handiomely LefoAe ihe sfendi eveAy
thina on "o-utiide" ihow. of Lelieve in in
side" comfo rt.
afhe eniire family can enj.oy a well
dAeiied home and for a lona iime. o7ften
you won't mind if ihe neiah&oAA do come in
to visit, will you?
Cilwayi youA fAiend,
JCom.
(P,S.-3uy qoocI, reliable fuAnituAe while you
aAe ai it. 3he only store af eveA think of
ifuyina fuAniiuAe fAom Ls
FRANK BUSCH
Leading Furniture Dealer
11th & Main Sts. ' Oregon City, Ore.
formed the newswriters that when
there was any police news he would
give it out. Every now and then a
censor gets a chief's job in a police
department, but history does not re
count that such chiefs have become
over-famous. Publicity is one of the
best deterents to crime that ever was
discovered.
Justice has been done again. Stan
ley McKay, without being present in
court, has been fined fifty plunks for
running into a carriage with his auto
when on a toot. And if Stanley
doesn't pay, he can't be made to, it
seems. As we remarked, justice has
been "done" again.
Wonder if the two men who held
up and robbed the North Coast Limit
ed, outside of Auburn, and who rifled
the Oriental mail on board, were look
ing for "war secrets?" You can't
tell how far these "foreign spies" will
go! This suggestion is made for the
benefit of hectic newswriters seeking
a new sensation.
Constable Jack Frost says "society
is to tilame for boys smoking ciga
rettes. It is the greed for making
money, just as the greed for making
money formerly led men to sell booze."
Thus it will be seen that the cure for
the cigarette habit is to teach people
that money isn't worth much.
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OLDER BUT STRONGER
To be healthy at seventy, prepare at
forty, is sound advice,- because in the
strength of middle life we too often forget
that neglected colds, or careless treat
ment of slight aches and pains, simply
undermine strength and bring chronic
weakness for later years.
To be stronger when older, keep your .
blood pure and rich and active with the
strength-building and blood-nourishing
properties of Scott's Emulsion which is a
food, a tonic and a medicine to keep your
blood rich, alleviate rheumatism and
avoid sickness. No alcohol in Scott's.
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MONEY TO LOAN
We have several sums of money to
loan on good real estate, from $100.00
to $1,000.00.
HAMMOND & HAMMOND
ATTORNEYS
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MONEY TO LOAN
PAUL C. FISCHER
Lawyer
Room 2, Beaver Bldg.
Oregon City, Ore.
Geo. C. Brownell
LAWYER
Caufield Bldg.
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Southern Railway Co.
of Trains
at Oregon City
Arrive Northbound
8:20 A.M.
10:55 A.M.
2:20 P.M.
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