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3 WAR TIME HAPPENINGS "NATION AND CITY JOIN -ROAD DOUBLES STOCK NOT IN HIGHLAND OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1916. Oregon City Man Finds Canadians Take Great Conflict Seriously Fred W. McKechnie, night editor of the Enterprise, returned from Vancouver, B. C, last Sunday, and paused in Oregon City long enough to Federal Employment Bureau Takes Portland under Its Wing An item of considerable interest to every employer of labor in Ore gon and Southern Washington is an announcement of the consolidation of greet his friends before going to the workig interests of tho Oregon Southern Oregon to finish his vaca tion. Mr. McKechnie brought back interesting tales- of war-time life in Canada that made the great Euro pean conflict seem a little more real and less like a horrible nightmare. Incidentally Mr. McKechnie was in vited to enlist in the services of His Britanic Majesty, but he declined. He was standing on one of Vancouver's streets, admiring a poster that in formed all readers that "Sportsmen Should Pay Attention: Excellent Hunting in Europe. Free trip to Ber lin furnished' with stops en route. All expenses paid and plenty of shoot ing guaranteed." A dapper officer carrying a "swagger stick" stepped up to the local newspaperman and asked him if he was interested. "Not very much," replied Mr. Mc Kechnie, "I'm an American." "Then this certainly ought to in terest you," replied the officer. "We are organizing a special battalion, comprised entirely of Americans. You will find their recruiting station two blocks down the street. Step right down there and join, and you'l be with your friends." branch of the Federal employment of fice and the Public Employment Bur eau of the City of Portland. The two offices and the trained corps of work ers in charge of same will cooperate in an effort to bring together the em ployer seeking help and the worker seeking employment. It will also be their further object to exploit the State's resources by getting men and women into the channel of industry where they are most needed, and to secure them work for which they are best suited. Another matter worthy of note in this connection is that this is the first practical combinaion ever attempted between the employment branch of the Federal Government and any other public employment office. Re iSults of the work are to come under the close scrutiny of the officials at Washington, and may be the basis for a combination ' of . these interests throughout the United States. The Government employment ser vice is a national affair with branches in every important city in the United States. Through an interchange of .information between these numerous . Mr. McKechnie stepped down and offices correct data concerning labor looked them over, but he didn't join. conditions in any locality is always ae lounu uie recruits wen treated, . available, t fm i i i . 7-7.- 1 rvr: a g00U 01 The matter of supplying help to drilling to do, but they were well car- employers remote from the establish ed for and well housed, and they Ld labor marketg will be a strong were the socml favorites every where. I featurei Particular attention will Most of the soldiers that enlist pick alg0 be iven the matter of servi rlia STTten rofnmont a onH amri . .... .. .... 1v.b....w.v, .o tarmers, ranchers, orchardists, stock- wnere were to oe seen oonnie maaies mm cannerSi logging CampSi lumber ... -am n.o w.CBuu news- mins and manufacturers, through paperman. out Oregon and a large portion of No trouble is being experienced by Southern Washington. Americans in British Columbia, ac- It will not be the pu of these cording to Mr. McKechnie. They are employment .offices to supply all the occasionally asked what they are do-, jobs with men from Portlandj but mg, but are not asked to ehibit pa-;rather the ,abor situation in each pers of any kind. About the only i community will be investigated to the strangers who are not left alone JTre end of making an equitable and econ- uermans, or people witn uerman omic distribution of the workers in- names. iney are examined closely, and if their answers to questions are not satisfactory they are sent to con centration camps and interned. volved. GIVES THE PEOPLE A SQUARE DEAL W. M. Federmann, a Leading Druggist of Kansas City, Stands By His Convictions W. M. FEDERMANN "I Lave always believed," he said, "tbat a druggist's first duty is to the health of his customers. I tell my peo ple frankly that a safe, gentle, inex pensive laxative, such as Rexall Order lies, kept in the home, will pay the big gest dividends of any investment ever made. I recommend it as the best family laxative, because it is put up In tasty candy tablet form that appeals to men, women and children alike, and Is as delightful and pleasing to take as it is healthful." HUNTLEY BROS. CO. Cut This Out It is Worth Money DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip, enclose with 5c and mail to Foley & Co., Chicago, 111., writing your name and address clearly. You will receive in return a trial package' containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for lagrippe conghs, colds and croup; Foley Kidney Pills for lame back, weak kidneys, rheumatism, -- bladder troubles, and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing cathartic, for constipation, biliousness headache and sluggish bowels Jones Drug Co. "NUT CLUB" MEETS Housewarming Held in New Quarters of County Seat Justice Court Members of the "nut club" met in the new justice court rooms Tues day afternoon and formally opened the office that has been closed since the recent midnight fire that gutted thebuilding. The new interior dec orations in - harmonious shades , of brown were admired by the club mem bers, and the freshly varnished and still sticky chairs were used until those sitting in them found that they were not quite dry. Salted peanuts, the "club emblem," were enjoyed by those present, and a pleasant time was had as they say in the country papers. Those pres ent at the house-warming were His Honor, Justice Sievers, Thomas A. Burke, B. N. Hicks, Charles T. Sievers J. David Olson, G. J. Hall and that particular nut who is known to fame as T. Lord C. "BUY IT IN OREGON CITY" P Jfftot atonal 2attk OREGON CITY Member ot Federal Reserve Bank 'tfr""'. (Established 1 889) 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 SATURDAYS FROM 9 A. M. TO 1 P. M. ' YOUR BANKING BUSINESS SOLICITED. D. C. LATOURETTE, President M. D. LATOURETTE, Vice President F, J. MEYER, Cashier W. V. S. is Now a Million Dollar Con cern in Its Rating Meeting in the rooms of the Ore gon City Commercial club, Thursday afternoon, stockholders of the Willa mette Valley Southern railroad voted to increase the capital stock Of the line to a million dollars by the issuing of $500,000 six-percent cumulative securities. The company will also clean up $200,000 of its formed in debtedness, and will pay for approxi mately $16,000 worth of work done during the past winter in clearing slides, revising the right-of-way, and in betterments. Directors ot tne company were elected as follows: Grant B. Dimick, W. A. Huntley, George A. Harding, Frank Busch, O. D. Eby, Oliver Rob- bins, Chas. H. Abercrombie of Port land, Henry Berning and B. T. Mc- Bain. The board Will meet within the next ten days, elect, officers for the year and proceed to inject new life into the enterprise as well as into the people living along it. ' The new stock issue will be divided as follows: $2500,000 will be first pre ferred 6 per cent cumulative; the other $250,000 will be a second prefer red 6 per cent also cumulative and with voting participation. Holders of original common were voted the right to exchange two of the old for one of the second preferred. This is optional. Sixty days were given such holders to exercise the option. OLD FIGHTERS UNITE Members of Former County Seat Mi litia Companies Form Club At the smoker given by veteran militiamen at Armory hall last Sat urday evening, an organization of former militiamen not now in active service was formed, including the charter members of F Company, the original Oregon City contingent of the First Oregon Infantry. Capt. J. P. Shaw was unanimously elected president, and Capt. H. Leighton Kel ly was picked as secretary. The or ganization will have a get-together meeting within the next month or so, and then will hold annual meetings. Part of their efforts will be devoted to building up and assisting the coun ty seat company of .the militia. " The smoker was enlivened' by a number of speeches recalling the old days before the Spanish American war, and some good advice was given the members of the present company who were present. At the close of the meeting four boxing bouts were staged, the most spectacular being between the Williams "kids." The bout between Hill and Moscow, which was to have gone six founds, was call ed in the fifth, owing to Hill's con dition. Moscow pounded him re peatedly over the heart, and nearly had him out. A number of enlistments for G. Company, the local militia unit, were secured at the meeting, according to the report of Captain Blanchard. HUMBLE SUGGESTION Good Way to Give Deep Channel on Columbia Bar is Offered Editor, Courier: I observe by the Portland papers that Secretary Dan iels is said to have said that the Pitts burg couldn't be sent to Vancouver for troops .because the Columbia river and the Columbia bar couldn't guarantee a greater depth than 26 feet. And I also observe that one of the most beautiful ' and picturesque howls has arisen from the Portland papers, the Portland Chamber . of Commerce, and from other Columbia-river-boosting quarters. Personally I don't know how much water lies over the Columbia bar, or how much is lies about the water over the Columbia bar; but I am inclined to bank on government reports rather than on Portland reports. However, it seems to be that if all the energy and hot-air that has been expended in Portland about the Columbia bar and its depth could be corralled and aimed straight at the bar itself, that the additional force thus given the water by all this wind would scoop out a channel a hundred feet deep in the shifting sands at the mouth of the river. Why not try this? VERITAS. Episode Occurred Between Beaver Creek and First-named Place Ever since the Courier printed the somewhat unusual news about the funeral of the lute James Hayek, people have been dropping in to the office to tell the editor what a wonderful- growth and development there has been in the Highland district of late, and how what was formerly Highland is now known by other names. The thing that has made them want the Courier to appreciate this is that this paper said Mr. James Hayek had been burned to death in Highland, and that his Aiones had been permitted to lie neglected in Highland. ' The Hayek cabin, it is said, stood at a point three miles from the Beaver Creek store, and four miles from the center of Highland. Highland, which formerly included all that territory, now doesn't include it at all, Highland people say. Highland has been divid ed into South Highland, Upper High land, Schuebel, and some other places and Highland doesn't stretch its borders to the locality where the Hayek episode started. The Courier is glad in this way to ab'solve Highlanders from blame for the neglect of Mr. Hayek.' A number of Highland people have called the Courier up and assured this paper that when Mr. Hayek was alive they were his friends, and that they used to give him cake, beans and other dishes. They also say Mr. Hayek was a recluse, and that he preferred to be alone. And they all say that they think the bringing in of hi3 remains to the county seat for Christian bur ial, was the proper thing to do. , OREGON CITY INTERVIEW Mr. McDermott Tells of His Ex perience The following brief account of an interview with an Oregon City man over 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 bladder trouble.' I was so lume and stiff that I could hardly hobble around and it was all I could do to get up in the morning. My kidneys were ir regular 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 twic publicly rec ommended. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. WOMEN FIX ROADS Oregon Methods Praised Cooperative methods of teaching manual training as practiced by the Industrial Arts department of the Oregon Agricultural College, are warmly praised by the Manual Train ing and Vocational Education maga zine issued at' Peora, Illinois. "Re sponse to this plan," says the maga zine article, "are surprising. Pro fessor Shepherd's department immed iately became a clearing house for questions and suggestions on all phases of industrial arts. A great many persons asked questions and a goodly number made suggestions tell ing what they are doing in the schools." Frank Whiteman's Work Made Easier by Removal of Chuck-holes, Frank Whiteman, mail-carrier on route No. 2, seems to have a way of playing in good luck. Two weeks ago the Courier told how some of the folk out in the Logan country had got out with a split-log drag and fixed up the roads for Frank's mailcart to travel over; and now it appears that some of the women out that way have also turned to road work in their idle moments. Mr. Whiteman has been somewhat bothered of late by chuck-holes that have developed in front of the rural boxes, and he suggested that it would be nice if they were fixed up. Joking ly he said that if the men wouldn't do it the women ought to. This remark was passed around, and last week Mrs. Sarah Snyder and Mrs. Joseph Spiese took it seriously, and got out and fix ed the road in front of their places. Mr. Whiteman says if this sort of volunteer road work keeps up", the path of route No. 2 will soon be as fine a driveway as the Columbia river boulevard. THERE IS NO MONEY IN RAIS ING HOGS on our high priced land with high priced feed, unless you have a hog that will produce the maximum amount of pork from the feed. THE BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA will make 200 POUNDS OF PORK IN SIX MONTHS. Stop and think what that means. Buy at home. GEO. W. BUCK, Importer and Breeder, Ore gon City, Rt. 1, Box 101. A WORD FOR MOTHERS It is a grave mistake for mothers to neg lect their aches and pains and suffer in silence this only leads to chronic sick ness and often shortens life. If your work is tiring; if your nerves are excitable; if you feel languid, weary or depressed, you should know that Scott's Emulsion overcomes just such conditions. It possesses in concentrated form the very elements to invigorate the blood, strengthen the tissues, nourish the nerves and build strength. Scott's is strengthening thousands ol mothers and will help you. No alcohol. Scott & Bowne. Bloomfield. N. J. OREGON FIRE RELIEF ASS.N Strongest Mutual in the West M. R. COOPER, Agent Enlerpris Bldg., Oregon City. LOOK OUT FOR SEED In spite of Laws, Farmer is Often Im posed upon by Dealers ' Samples of sweet clover seed re cently submitted to the South Da kota Agricultural College showed that the following seeds composed seventy- two per cent: Canada thistle, quack grass, common plaintain, fox-tail, curled dock, lamb's quarter, pig weed, barnyard grass, old witch- grass. Kentucky blue-grass, and timothy. There was also a little red clover, but the tester was unable to find a single seed of sweet clover in the sample. Oregon has a pure seed law, but still it is possible for unscrupulous dealers to put out this brand of seed. Unless the farmer knows precisely what he is doing, it would be advisable to send a sample to the seed testing laboratory of the Agricultural College and find out precisely what he pro poses to sow. I SiWSmlgmim - INK' the national I p trMS) ioy smoke ' - T M tobacco (or ,;ivflk jimmy Pipes ' . -garette, Get a Fresh Start! 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Choice from: iiiiiiiiiiiini Exquisite Colorings and Patterns in the New Dress Silks at $1.25 to $2.00 Yard New Taffetas, LouisienneB and Messalines of the finest pure silk fiber and shown in the most beautiful patterns awning stripes, pin stripes, black and white effects, shep herd checks, novelty plaids, etc. All are in 36-inch width. OC'a . 0 An They are most moderately priced at, a yard ..PI.J and ?.UU New Jap Silks at 98c Yard Our own importations purchased in a manner that brings them to you at a special price. They come in a good, heavy weight and pure white silks that will wash and wear perfectly f f and sold elsewhere at $1.25 and $1.50 aUMP yard. Priced here at UwU Plain Taffeta at $1.75 Yard The finest of high-grade Taffeta Silks of beau tiful Swiss finish and Bhown in all wanted plain shades navy, light blue, Copenhagen, Belgian blue, Oregon green, etc.; also changeable Taffetas in rich color combina tions. Silks of unsurpassed qual ity at $1.75 New Dress Goods at $1.50 to $2.00 Yard A new shipment of the extremely fashionable black and - white, and blue and white plaid and stripe novelties in 48 to 56-inch widths the finest of worsted and serge weaves in seasonable weights matchless values from $1.50 to $2.00 a yard. YEA, VERILY, TIS SO Lots of People Want to "Save the Country," and for Themselves It is tiresome to read the protes tations of candidates that they "have no interests to serve but those of the people." It's all a hoax. Practically every one of them has another inter est to serve that of a personal inter, est Few men aspire to political of fice simply because of a love to serve their fellowmen. Ninety-nine out of everv hundred know in their own: hearts that they seek an office primar ily for either the honor and personal aggrandizement thereof, or else for the emolument thereto attached, with the desire to "serve" the people a secondary matter. . But it is honor able to aspire to an office and it is an honor to attain thereto. When this is true, it is surprising that candi dates come out behind the miserable, over-worked subterfuge of "no inter ests to serve but the people." We be lieve the public in general would think just as much of the candidate and more if he would come out and honestly state that the personal honor j of serving his constituents is the big thing he looks at, coupled with a be lief in-his ability to serve them and an earnest desire to render that ser vice. If he is the right kind of a man means what he says, he has, nothing to fear at the hands of the public. (Canby Herald.) ST. PAT HONORED You can get the Courier for one year for $1.00 if you pay in advance. Entertainment at McLoughlin Insti tute Draws Happy Crowd Last Thursday evening a goodly crowd filled the rooms of McLoughlin Institute to witness a program given in honor of St. Patrick's day by the students of the school and members of the young people's organization of St. John's Catholic church. Prof. Dooling, of the Christian Brothers' college in Portland was the orator of the occasion, and gave an interest ing review of Ireland's patron saint. The balance of the program was as follows: Recitation, Miss Frances Gawliseta; piano selection, Miss Satie Clancey: chorus, ninth and tenth grades of the institute; recitation, Miss Dorothy Draper ; vocal solo, Miss Tillie Meyer; recitation and song Frank Soreghan; vocal solo, Mrs. J, J. Moravec; piano solo, Joseph Gadke; vocal duet, Miss Lela , and Master Lawrence Davis, with Mrs. Davis at the piano; vocal solo, Miss Marie Friedrich; recitation, Miss Hilda Meyer; song, boys' quartet; violin solo, George Klemsen; violin and cornet duet, Hoffman brothers; vocal solo, Peter Rotter; duet, Sutie Clan cey and Joseph Gadke; recitation, Genevieve McGorrity. s A help to you and a help to us the Courier job department. MRS. SLACK'S LETTER i To Mothers of Delicate Children Palmyra, Pa" My little girl had chronic cough and was so thin you could count her ribs and Bhe had no appetite. Notmng we gave ner seemea 10 neip nor, until nna Hkv Mr.. Noihort. asked me to try Vinol, and now she is hungry all the time, her cough is gone, she is stouter and has a more healthy color. I wish every mother who has a delicate child would try Vinol. "Mrs. Alfred Slack. We guarantee Vinol, our delicious cod liver and iron tonic, to make delicate children healthy and strong. HUNTLEY PROS. CO. 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