OREGON CITY COURIER,. OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY,, MAY 18, 1916.
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OREGON CITY COURIER
C. W. ROBEY, Editor
Published Thursdays from the Courier
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DECORATION DAY
Many brave souls lie buried deep
in honored graves in every burial
place in the United States. Special
honor will be conferred upon these
heroes the sturdy lads of years ago
who shouldered the quarrels of a
young nation and fought for liberty
and justice, on May 30, Memorial day.
The observance of memorial day is
especially fitting. Unusual- interest
will be aroused in perpetuating the
memory of the soldier dead this year
because of the proximity of another
crisis that may add many names to
the list of those who have fallen in the
service of their flag. No honors were
bestowed upon these young fellows
in their lifetime. They entered the
service of their country in a spirit of
pure patriotism such as would be a
joy to see today. They served nobly
and they fell bravely on the field of
battle. It is just and honorable that
the nation should commemorate their
The veterans of the wars of this
nation, who have stood on the battle
field of life while their' former com
rades rest in a life that knows no
battles, are members of a rapidly di
minishing army. Their dreams are
fleeting and their hair is grey with '
the cares of years. Yet it has been
left to these, the last shadow of the
great army that fought for freedom
and justice, to initiate a movement
not only in this community but else
where, to cause the proper and fit
ting observance of memorial day.
That is a sad reflection upon the
patriotism of these fathered by this
dying generation. In praise and
honor of their fathers and of the
brave men who fought our wars that
things might be . even as good as
they are, the younger generations
should be most keen in observing the
day set aside for the perpetuation of
these memories.
But the younger generations have
failed at the helm that has . been
grasped by these men who have al
ready served their active time at
guiding the good ship. Since it has
failed the younger generation should
be even the more keenly interested
in memorial day, and in showing a
spark of the old glory that infused
their fathers and grandfathers the
young men and women of today
should be most active of all in me
morial day exercises. They should
pay the greater tribute to the soldier
dead and should flock to the burial
places of their forefathers in an at
tempt to make up for the disloyalty
that made them forget their duty in
the first place.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
With the subject of municipal
ownership meeting with more than an
ordinarily interested reception in the
chambers of the city council of Ore
gon City, and with the recently in
augurated campaign started by Mayor
Hackett in investigating municipally
owned plants in the Willamette Valley
the accomplishments of municipal
ownership become most timely topics.
At the present istage of development
The Courier feels that an expression
for or against municipally owned pub
lic utilities is not called for. The ad
vantage of community enterprises
may be greater here than elsewhere
and until the mayor and the council
have made the detailed investigation
that is planned the actual value of
municipal ownership to Oregon City
and the surrounding territory cannot
be determined.
However, it is interesting to note
the cause of failure of municipally
owned industries in the distant state
of Indiana. It is true, in passing,
that the same conditions may not
effect Oregon City in any enterprise
she may undertake, but the experience
of Indiana communities is a warning
that should bring about the enact
ment of the proper civic legislation
before any attempt is made to estab
lish a municipal light plant here.
At present the most poorly manag
ed utilities in Indiana are those that
are municipally owned and the cause'
136 Years Ago Today
A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN TOOK PLACE
FROM NEW YORK CITY TO THE STATE OF MAINE. IT
WAS AS DARK AS NIGHT THE ENTIRE DAY.
This remarkable phenomenon of nature caused terror
throughout the section of country where it made itself mani
fest. Having you been hiding under an eclipse, staying in
the dark regarding your welfare? Let us extend the light
of happiness and prosperity to you by suggesting a Bank
account. You will thank us later on.
Open an account here today.
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THE BANK OF OREGON CITY
Oldest Bank in Clackamas County
and Business Manager
Building, Eighth Street, and entered
Ore., as 2nd class mail matter.
Telephones: Pacific 61; Home A-51.
is partisan politics. When the city
administration changes nearly every
employe of the municipal institutions
is superseded from the general mana
ger down to the stokers, and the out
going employes take most of the
maps, records and books' with them
so that the new management has to
begin by hunting for everything.
Privately owned public utilities are
constructed primarily to serve the
public, but in a very great number of
cases furnish a rendezvous for politic
al workers.
If Indiana's problem, and the prob
lebs of a dozen other municipal owner
ship experimenters, can be overcome
by the city council of Oregon City;
if that honorable body can show the
people of this community just where
and how they are to benefit by munici
pal ownership, incidentally guaran
teeing to the public, through legisla
tion enacted early in the game, the
proper conduct of any municipal util
ity that may be established, then the
public will receive with open arms
and broad minds the plans the council
has for furthering the interest and
welfare of the city.
THE LEADER
Woodrow Wilson has been the na
tion's leader in the most trying three
years of its history.
He has been the spokesman for
humanity throughout the world at a
time of international upheaval.
How great has been the restraint
upon the embattled nations, because
of their "knowledge of the force be
hind the American president, prob
ably never can be accurately estimat
ed. It is certain, however, that had it
not been for the moral leadership of
Woodrow Wilson, there would have
been no restraint at all upon the bel
ligerents. Under the leadership of President
Wilson, the United States has given
evidonce of reserve power which has
made all European nations, after each
new move, await the verdict of Amer
ica. There has been no egotism, no noise
and bluster, no attacks upon honest
business men from the White House
in the past three years. There has
been no junketing" or excessive speech
making. President Wilson has
handled the world-power which des
tiny bestowed upon the United States
at the present crucial period with
faithfulness, discretion and the re
serve strength that symbolizes the
nation's greatness.
Is it any wonder that stalwart Re
publican newspapers, as well as those
of independent or democratic faith,
have paid Woodrow Wilson the trib
ute of ranking him with Lincoln as
one of the two greatest presidents?
PREPAREDNESS
If every university and high school
in the republic would make arrange
ments to have military training a
part of the regular course for all
their male students, beginning with
the next term, by the close of next
spring's term those students would
in the aggregate ba a good-sized army
and would be advanced enough to
drill a million or two raw recruits in
the first duties of soldiers. This is a
preparedness suggestion made by the
Eugene Gulird. Could this be done,
all students coming later would ex
pect like treatment and in five years
a partially trained army of a million
of men would be distributed through
the states, the great majority of
whom would be ready at any time to
spring to the country's defense. This
would not beget militarism, but it
would engender a confidence which
no foreign bullying would in the least
disturb. And the cost would be but a
trifle.
If times were dull and we needed
excitemont there might be some ex
cuse for recalling Turbulent Teddy to
the White House he would furnish
entertainment. But these are serious
times and we need a Wilson.
National honor and national
pros-
perity are safe with Wilson.
BUSINESS GETS BETTER
Report of Commercial Agency is
Generally Encouraging
The trend of business in Oregon
seems to be taking rapid strides to
ward better things. In Dun's Re
view, a publication containing the
trade and business opinions of ex
perts, the following is published:
"A gradual improvement in trade
is noted in almost every mercantile
line, the progress being shown in
April bank clearings, which are al
most $4,000,000 in excess of those for
the same month last year. Much of
the optimistic feeling is due to the
revival in the lumber industry, which
is caused by the rapid expansion of
the domestic demand, as acceptance
of foreign orders is still hindered by
the lack of tonnage. There is little
idle labor here and in some lines there
is a shortage. Additional contracts
require an enlargement of the ship
yards recently established, and steel
companies will construct for eastern
account steel steamers which cannot
be built at this time in the east. Ag
ricultural conditions are entirely sat
isfactory, and a full wheat crop, con
sidering the reduced acreage, now
seems assured. The fruit outlook is
better than for several years in this
territory. A systematic plan will be
followed in increasing the revenue
from fruit by-products. The export
wheat season is almost over, and with
a limited coast demand, farmers are
making no effort to market the sur
plus of last year's crop. April flour
shipments were 48,103 barrels to
Europe and 71,822 barrels to Cali
fornia, a total of 119,925 barrels,
against 89,215 barrels dispatched in
April, 1915. There were no export
shipments of lumber in April, but
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Molalla, Ore.
13,592,000 feet were shipped to Cali
fornia, the largest month's domestic
business done since July last year.
Miscellaneous exports in April in
cluded 247,207 bushels of barley for
ports in Great Britain, and 1,200 tons
of paper and 27,000 cases of salmon
for Australia. Sheep shearing is now
general in all parts of the State, but
there is little wool selling, owing to
the extreme prices asked by growers,
and it is probable a largo part of the
clip will be consigned to Portland and
Boston. Receipts of hogs at the Port-
land stockyards more than doubled in
April, and there was also an increase
in cattle receipts, but the sheep run
was only 25 per cent, of that of April,
1915. Building construction is still
backward. Permits issued last month
had a valuation of $458,765, as
against $559,415 in tho same month
last year."
Although materials for this report
was gleaned from the Portland field,
it is considered to fairly represent
conditions throughout the valley.
TO COUNT BIRDS
Call for Western Volunteers to Count
Feathered Life
The third annual bird count of the
United States will be made by the
bureau of biological survey of the de
partment of Agriculture during the
breeding season in May and June. In
making this survey the bureau will
rely largely on persons interested in
bird life who agree to, act as volun
teer enumerators and count the dif
ferent kinds of birds found in a 40
or 80 acre farm or woodland tract
near their homes. The counts thus
made by unpaid observers during the
last two -summers have furnished to
the department valuable data on the
character, number, and distribution of
the bird population.
This year the ornithologists of the
department wish particularly to se
cure a large number of volunteers in
the west to report on the bird life in
the plains, the semiarid regions, the
deserts and the mountains in that
part of the United States. Especial
attention also is given to securing
data as to birds in the fruit districts
of the Pacific coast and in the south
Atlantic and Gulf states.
The information collected this year
it is believed will be of special value
in enabling the department to test the
effect of state and national bird laws,
and also in determining what relation
ship exists between bird life and the
prevalence of locusts, grasshoppers
and other insect pests in different lo
calities. In addition to reports on farms and
suburbs, enumerators who can do iso
will be asked to report on the birds
in a timber area of about 40 acres or
in an isolated bit of woodland of from
10 to 20 acres.
Those wishing to take part in the
survey can obtain complete instruc
tions by writing to the bureau of bi
ological survey, Department of Agri
culture, Washington, D. C. The work,
however," calls for a considerable
knowledge of birds, and only those
who can readily distinguish the dif
ferent kinds should undertake to make
returns for their localities.
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FARM MACHINERY
SURVEY STARTED
Highway Commission Will Eliminate
Hills and Angles
The state highway commission
started work yesterday morning in
straightening out the main Pacific
highway between Oregon City and
New Era, commencing the task from
the southern end. The commission
has a crew at work surveying a new
route by means of which the hills and
the turns will be avoided to as great
an extent as the topography of the
land will permit. The new route will
run parallel to the 'Southern Pacific
roadbed on the eastern side and will
be about one mile shorter than the
route now in use. Because of the
heavy nature of the work the job of
opening the highway over the new
route is to be very expensive.
Quick action In changing the route
of the roadway is the result of the
trip to Salem made on Monday by
County Judge Anderson and Commis
sioner Adam Knight. The gentler !
men discussed the change with offic-'
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j ; "'fu y na
on, According to the agreement;
reached at the meeting of county and
state officials the survey has already
been started, the cutting and grading
of the road will be done next year
and it will be hardsurfaced in 1918.
The Southern Pacific company will
expend nearly $1500 this year under
the direction of the state highway
commission in eliminating two cross
ings made on its right of way by a
road in use at present and following
for some distance the route of the
new Pacific highway section.
The perfection of this stretch of
road will give the Pacific highway a
far more finished route down the val
ley and will be' another of the fast
accumulating lfnks in the road chain
that is taking the Pacific highway
from British Colunibia to Lower Cal
ifornia. The state highway commis
sion is aiding the county in roadwork
for the first time, as far as the ex
penditure of funds is concerned, and
seems to be going ahead with its
original plans in spite of the fight that
has found a start in west side towns
up the valley, which have an idea
that the highway should be re-routed
over the west side from Portland to
Salem or Eugene.
MAY DOUBLE CAPACITY
Hawley Company Intimates Important
Additions to Plant
According to W. P. Hawley, Sr.,
president and general manager of the
Hawley Pulp & Paper company,- it
is possible that the proposed increase
in the capacity of the mills will be
re-considered with the result that
plans will be provided to double the
capacity increase that is already un
der way.
The mill company is making ad
ditions to its plant and equipment
which represent an outlay of approxi
mately $750,000, and if a further in
crease is decided upon that part of
this amount representing equipment,
will be practically doubled. Present
plans provide for the installation of
a new 165-inch paper machine and
the company may decide to install a
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second machine of the same size. The
sulphite and wood pulp capacities of
the mill will be just double that
originally planned, if the company de
cides upon the increase at all.
These additions will be made in an
attempt to supply some of the for
eign demand for the products of the
local mill, because, as it is, the home
demand is all that the company can
care for by running at full capacitv.
The plans that are being worked out
in the increase of capacity provided
for in the first place, call for a 1000
horsepower generating plant to sup
ply the additional power necessary to
operate the new paper machine that
will be installed, as well as the ad
ditional production of 20-tons of sul
phite and 35-tons of wood pulp. The
preparations for this increase will be
completed by the first of the year,
and changes made recently in the
building plans allow sufficient space
for the additional increase that has
been mentioned.
OFFICIALS CLASH
Lewi8 continues His Fight
on the
thlef UePuty
Charges that John H. Lewis, state
engineer, is seeking to embarass the
State Highway "commission by his
refusal to employ E. L. Cantine, chief
deputy engineer, on state highway
work, and the assertion that the fre-
quent disputes were bringing the
work cf the highway department into
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D. C. LATOURETTE, President
M. 1: LATOURETTE, Vice President
F. J. MEYER, Cashier
disrepute throughout the state, were
made on Monday by members of the
commission at the stormiest session
held since the beginning of the pres
ent controversy, a year ago.
Principals in the wordy dispute on
Monday were State Treasurer Kay
and State Engineer Lewis. Governor
Withycombe and Secretary Olcott
took little part in the argument, al
though they voted with Treasurer
Kay to give Mr. Cantine charge of
road survey work in Wheeler county.
Throughout the heated debate the
state engineer denied that he was endeavoring-
to embarass the commis
sion, but insisted that he did not em
ploy3 his chief deputy because there
was nothing to assign him to except
minor work, which, he declared, Mr.
Cantine had refused to do. He said
that Mr. Cantine apparently deemed
it beneath his dignity to accept" minor
jobs.
As a result of the decision to give
Mr. Cantine entire charge of the
work in Wheeler county, Mr. Lewis
probably will recall Engineer Scott,
whom he had assigned to this work,
and will revise his plans generally.
He told the commission that he did
not consider Mr. Cantine fitted for th
particular work projected in Wheele
county, and also that since the chie'
deputy was a high-priced man, he be
lieved he should have work of reli'
tive importance, of which there wa
none to be done now.
Exchange
57 acres 25 acres in cultivation
20 acres slashed and seeded balance
in brush and timber. Has 1000 cords
of wood standing, 1 acre bearing or
chard, family variety; 4-room house
barn, granary and implements, One
half mile to school, church and store;
6 miles from Oregon City, 2 miles
from car line; 14 miles from Port
land on good road. Will trade for
smaller place and take difference,
either in cash or can assume. Dill
man & Howland, 8th and Main St.,
Oregon City, Ore.
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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
Beaver Bldg., Oregon City Ore.
MONEY TO LOAN
PAUL C. FISCHER
Lawyer
Deutscher Advokat
Room 2, Beaver Bldg.
Oregon City, Ore.
Office phones: Main 50, AoO;
Home Bftl, lftl
WILLIAMS BROS. TRANSFER & STORAGE
Office 612 Main Street
Safe, Piano, and Furniture Moving a Specialty
Sand, Gravel, Cement, Lime, Plaster, f'ommon
Brick, Kace Brick, Kive Brick
Willamette Valley Southern Railway Co.
Arrival and Departure
Leave Southbound
7:25 A.M.
10:00 A.M.
2:30 P.M.
6:55 P.M.
Dailv Freight Servire fevcon
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to the Clackamas county high school
division of the County School Master's
club when it" defeated' on Saturday
afternoon the Milwaukie high school
team by a score of 16 to 2. This was
the last game of the season on the
club schedule. Oregon City was put
out of thee hampionship class when
it was defeated on the previous Satur
day by the Milwaukie team.
WIFE TOO ILL
TO WORK
IN BED MOST OF TIME
Her Health Restored by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Indianapolis, Indiana. "My health
was so poor and my constitution so run
down that I could
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weighed but 109
pounds and was in
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time. I began tak
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months later I
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I do all the house
work and washing for eleven and I can
truthfully say Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound has been a godsend
to me for I would have been in my grave
today but for it. I would tell all wo
men suffering as I was to try your valu
able remedy. "-Mrs. Wm. Green, 332
S.Addison Street, Indianapolis.Indiana.
There is hardly a neighborhood in this
country, wherein some woman has not
found health by using this good old
fashioned root and herb remedy.
If there is anything about which you
would like special advice, write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Geo. C. Brownell
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Oreiron City . Orrgnn
REAL ESTATE
MONEY LOANED ON IMPROVED
FARMS
Mrs. Delia Etchison John Edwards
401 E. 50th. St N. Sherwood, Ore.
Phone Tabor 5805. Phone Sherwood.
Res. phones, M. 2524. 1715
of Trains
at Oregon City
Arrive Northbound
8:20 A.M.
10:55 A.M.
2:20 P.M.
5:20 P.M.
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