OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1916.
OREGON CITY COURIER
C. W. ROBEY, Editor and Business Manager
Published Thursdays from the Courier Building, Eighth Street, and entered
in the Postofflce at Oregon City, Ore., as 2nd class mail matter.
Subscription Price $1.50.
MEMBER OP WILLAMETTE VALLEY EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
MEMBER OP OREGON STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN
ADVERTISING BY THE
GENERAL OFFICES
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
PRESIDENT WILSON
The democratic party goes before
the American people with a candidate
whose wisdom and ability in a period
of unparalleled storm and stress en
title him to support in the name of a
patriotism which dwarfs all narrow
partisanship. His record of achieve
ment has won the applause of his
political foes, and the gratitude of
the nation at large.
He has given the country a cur
rency system which on the eve of
universal upheaval enabled finance
, and industry to stand unshaken. What
the conditions would have been under
republican rule may easily be imagin
ed by recalling the disaster of 1907.
He has proved himself a better pilot
in a storm than the republicans in an
era of profound tranquillity.
Under his guidance a democratic
congress has written upon the statute
books a tariff law which has brought
prosperity to every class of the Amer
ican people. The familiar shibboleths
of the Old Guard, the prophecies of
impending calamity have become the
butt of mockery and derision in the
light of cold facts. The noisy fore
casts of evil are drowned in the song
of the harvest and the hum of the
loom.
He has passed unscathed through a
crisis in international affairs that
would have seared the soul and para
lyzed the mind of a weaker character.
Charged with the welfare of a hun
dred million people, whose destiny was
exposed to all the cross-currents
which blew from the earth's four cor.
ners, he has maintained peace while
giving the world a new and inspiring
vision of the moral grandeur of the
nation, jealous of its honor, but devot
ed to the interests of mankind.
In the highest sense he is the em
bodiment of a splendid Americanism.
The best traditions of the republic
are wrought into the very fibre of his
being. He loves peace well enough
to fight for it, if need be. He has
made it doubly clear to all the na
tions of the new and old world that
the United States covets nothing
which is not legitimately its own. In
trying ordeals he has shown that the
American people ask nothing and
concede nothing, except to work out
their own destiny under the free in
stitutions which are their peculiar
heritage.
But with it all, the candidate of
the democratic party is no visionary,
groping in cloudland. He is a-stir in
a world of realities. He has taken
measures which insure the safety of
his country. If, out of this welter of
war, this riot of mad passions, should
come a menace to the liberty, peace
and prosperity we enjoy, the forces
he has marshalled with nn unvaunting
t but determined efficiency will be ready
at hand, waiting only to be quicken
ed into action by the word of com
mand. Strong, alert, tried and approved by
experience, he has won the confidence
of the people, and this will be their
verdict at the polls.
TIME TO PREPARE
The Eugene Guard finds in the
Mexican crisis and in the mobiliza
tion of the citizen troops of the sev
eral stotes, a strong lesson upon the
much discussed subject of prepared
ness. The views of the Guard are
interesting:
With the national guard assembled
in every state in the union, with re
cruiting under way to bring the com
panies of militia everywhere up to
war strength, with the authorization
of new companies of troops in the
various stutes, and in view of an an
nouncement coming from the war de
partment that the troops in the west
v.ill be the first called for duty on
the Mexican border, the country is
fast assuming a worlike air. t
This brings the question of pre
paredness very close home. The
young men of Oregon are the state's
most valuable asset. It is willing to
offer them in the service of the nation.
They are willing to bo offered. Into
the militia companies of this and
Should you have business to tran
sact in some distant place and it is not
convenient to go there to attend to it, come and see
us about the matter; we probably can attend to it for
you at slight or no cost, and in attending to it will
properly safeguard your interests.
German is
Spoken Here
THE BANK OF
A Bank of Personal Service
Telephones: Pacific 51; Home A-51.
other states many young men are be
ing recruited who know little of war.
What has the state done to fit them
for such service? If intervention
proves inevitable, will they answer
the call prepared to make their lives
an effective force for the nation, or
are those lives to be required as the
price of ignorance and unprepared
ness 1
Preparedness means something
more than placing arms in the hands
of the young men and marching them
aboard train. What do they know
about war and the conditions of war?
Has it been thought worth while to
teach them anything about camp sani
tation, or will that be left to them to
learn for themselves at the price
exacted in the lives in the camps of
the Spanish War? Officers of new
companies may be unfit. .Some of
them may prove incompetent for their
tasks. In war human life is the price
exacted for blunders.
Every state has had its share of
that class of well meaning Americans
who have laughed at preparedness as
an unnecessary precaution for a
people so numerous, strong and re
sourceful as ourselves. They believe
in preparedness for everything ex
cept war. They do not send their
sons out into the business world with
out educating them, because they
know that without education they
would be no match for their com
potitors. Should they be more will
ing to send them to war without tak
ing the same precautions to guard
their lives? Let those pacifists who
so stubbornly resisted the wise plan
for a trained federal volunteer reserve
force turn that question over in their
minds when they see the young men
of their state starting for the front.
The people of the United States
ought not to have to learn this plain
lesson of war all over again. Yet so
surely as the nation again sends an
untrained army of its young men to
war there will again be repeated the
story of useless sacrifice of lives, of
camp epidemics, of costly blunders
by untaught officers, and of delayed
victory purchased only at an exhor
bitant price.
US? SURE, WE'RE IN!
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
And a little suggestion from Editor
Stundish of the Eastern Clackamas
News may grow, even as the acorn, to
be a tree of many branches and much
strength to the profession within this
county.
Therefore, The Courier advances its
hearty commendation to the sugges
tion from Editor Standish. Verily,
gentlemen, it turns the pages back in
memory's pretty book to the days
when Bill and Fat, barefooted, stood
at the pasture gate to yell: "The
gang's here! Ain't ya' comin' out?"
Newspapermen are mostly human
when they leave the shell of their call
ing at the office when the day's work
is done. "Ted" Brodie is a frightful
sinner in the editorial sanctum, but
when he casts aside the mantle of
care at night he honestly is a "regu
lar" fellow. E. James Jones well,
we would like to fraternize with E.
James, tho Joe Pulitzer of Oswego.
We know personally that W. E. Brain
erd of Canhy is "there" at the dinner
table. Editor Nye of Sandy and Tay
lor of Molulla are a good pair to draw
to, and we will bank on Mr. Standish.
In repeating the motion made by
Mr. Standish we would supplement it
by saying that tho brave deserve the
fair which means thut the next meet
ing of the Clackamas county frater
nity should be hold at Estacuda, right
soon. Editor Standish says:
"Probably few renders of the var
ious Clackamas county papers would
ever suspect that the editors of the
various news mediums, are pretty
friendly and occasionally get together
and enjoy a square meal at mutual
expense.
"The addition of W. E. Brainerd
succeeding G. E. Brookings os editor
of the Canby Herald; and of C. W.
Robcy, taking over tho responsibilities
of the Courier Press, in place of E. R.
Brown and with tho advent of editor
Per Cent Paid on
"Time Certificates
OREGON CITY
Jones at Oswego, it is tima the Clack
amas county publishers get together
once more and get acquainted.
"It used to be laughable to see
editors Brown and Brodie of the pulpy
city's rival newspapers, hobnobbing
together over the demi-tasse and
lighting cigarettes from the same
match; the next day to be back at
their desks throwing verbal bombs at
each other.
"During one of these get-together
meals, even editor Taylor of Molalla
forgets that he once was a preacher
and acts like an ordinary well manner
ed editor and in the meantime, the
News' editor sits by in silence, absorb
ing wisdom from the remarks and ac
tions of the old guard publishers."
SMITH'S POLICY
We wonder if all candidates for
honors from the polls expressed their
sentiments in the laanguage of Judge
Smith of Arkansas, who wanted to be
governor, would the affairs of state
and nation be in more practical hands.
At any rate Judge Smith's own opin
ion of himself is practical enough and
is a cry back to the fiction of a decode
ago that aided greatly in making the
judge's home state famous. Many
illustrious characters have been sent
to senate halls from this southern
commonwealth. Their records there
may have been accomplished along
the lines upon which Judge Smith
proposed to work.
In a campaign speech the judge is
quoted as saying:
"Now, should you honor me with
the office of governor, and come to
Little Rock on business, after I am
sworn in, and your wife should come
along with you to do her shopping,
drop in on your governor; but before
you leave home, if your old grip is
not too full, pull up some turnips,
tops and all, and when you land, I
will have my little wife put your name
in the dinner-pot. Also bring along
your cob pipe and I will furnish the
Hillside navy, and we will sit down
and talk about the interest of our
state and discuss old times, and plan
for the future prosperity of our state
and better understand each other's
needs and wants.
"You know the Good Book tells us
in this language, 'He that is greatest
among you shall be your servant,'
therefore, instead of you taking off
your hat to your governor, he should
take off his hat to you, because he is
your servant. My time is up, and, in
conclusion, permit me to state: That
I never swear, nor use profane lan
guage in any form, and I do not like
to be in company with a man who is
addicted to profanity; but should you
honor me with the office of governor,
I will promise you now that you will
have one of the damdest best govern
ors the state of Arkansas has ever
had. Try me one time, fasten my
hame-strings, and hook my tugs, give
me forty minutes sleep at the cross
roads, a cake of corn bread, and a
pint of pot licker, and let me go. I
thank you."
BUY TO MARGIN
"The reports of great business that
have specially to do with farmers
constitute exceptionally trustworthy
barometers of economic conditions
throughout the United States," says
the Spokesman-Review. "According
to two of the very largest firms in the
country our farmers are purchasing
well up toward the margin of their
financial capacity. Sales this year
are larger than last year, agricultural
buyers manifest the general drift to
ward higher standards of living, and
yet they are not extravagant.
"One firm discerns no evidence of
recession as a result of high prices
and present scarcity, except in some
manufacturing lines. The signifi
cance of this feature springs from
the fact that farmers curtail purchas
es more quickly than townsmen when
prices rise sharply. The sales of
farming implements and staples have
increased about a fifth, and continu
ance of the expansion depends only
upon good crops. The purchase of
automobiles remains enormous. Sales
of pianos and of finer qualities of
furniture enlarge constantly. But
good mortgages on farms are scarce
and collection of debts from farmers
has improved.
"The second firm, which has about
7,000,000 American customers, corrob
orates these statements. So do sev
eral managers of leading railways."
A Chicago newspaper commenting
on the convention proceedings said:
"Chnuncey Depew and Uuncle Joe
Cannon were the principal speakers of
this session and they were as nearly
up-to-date as the 1916 republican
platform."
Deserted by their leaders, the
4,000,000 progressives of 1912 have
the chance to endorse in November
the Wilson administration which has
put into law a score of the principal
measures demanded by the progres
sive platform.
It is apparent that the new repub
lican standard bearer thinks it more
important to appease the Wall street
interest in Mexico than to pursue a
broad and humane policy that will
bind to the United States all the re
publics of Latin America.
Every holder of Mexican conces
sions, whether American or European,
believes that any policy short of arm
ed intervention in Mexico is "weak and
wavering." How much bravery and
"Americanism" is there behind a pro
gram to crush Mexico?
Indiana Man's Experience
Frank Moseley, Moore's Hill, Ind.,
writes: "I was troubled with almost
constant pain in sides and back and
attributed it to weakening of my
kidneys. I got a package of Foley
Kidney Tills. Great relief was appar
ent after the first doses and in 48
hours all pain left me. "If you have
rheumatism, backache, swollen, ach
ing joints or stiff, painful muscles,
why not try Foley Kidney Pills? They
stop sleep-disturbing bladder ail
ments, too. Jones' Drug Co.
FESTIVAL IS SUCCESS
Swedish-Americans Gather at Glad
stone in Large Numbers
Nearly 1000 Swedish-Americans
assembled at Gladstone park on Sun
day to celebrate the annual Swedish
Midsummer festival. Resolutions of
loyalty to the United States were
adopted at the gathering and copies
were forwarded to President Wilson,
as well as to the Swedish-born citi
zens of this country who have gained
prominence in the land of their adop
tion. The midsummer festival was the
occasion for a gay celebration by the
Swedes from all section of North
western Oregon. An interesting pro
gram of music and speeches was ren
dered during the day. The Rev. John
Ovall was chairman of the celebration
and under his direction the occasion
was decidedly successful. One of the
features of the musical program was
the singing of the Scandinavian and
the American national anthems.
The "loyalty" resolutions adopted
and signed by P. J. Erickson, Prank
Gronlund and A. J. Anderson, a com
mittee appointed for that purpose,
read, in part, as follows:
"Be it resolved by this gathering
of American citizens of Swedish de
scent in mass meeting, that we as pa
triotic Christians and citizens of the
United States of America hereby re
affirm our loyalty to the country, and
hereby raise our voice against all
manner of oppression of the weak by
the strong. That we oppose war for
conquest or otherwise than in the
high interest of humanity itself. That
we sympathize with the unfortunate
and down-trodden and inndcent suf
ferers the world over regardless of
race or color. That we here now
pledge our uttermost support to every
effort undertaken for the upbuilding
and enlightenment of mankind in the
world."
Obituaries
Mrs. Theresa Marx
Mrs. Theresa Marx, wife of John
Marx, died yesterday at the family
home at Parkplace, of paralysis. De
ceased was born in California, and
was 58 years of age. She is sur
vived by the husband and two sons,
one aged 17 years being in eastern
Oregon, and the other, 14 years old,
at home.
Mrs. Jennie Andrews
Mrs. Jennie Andrews passed-away
at her home in Mount Pleasant on
Friday evening at the age of 73 years.
Mrs. Andrews had been ill for two
weeks as a result of a sudden stroke
of paralysis. She was born in the
state of Indiana on May 27, 1813 and
had been a resident of this state since
1905. Mr. Andrews died last Febru
ary. The fuperal service was held at
the family home on Sunday after
noon with the Kev. J. ii. Landsbor
ough of the Presbyterian church offici
ating and interment was made in
Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. An
drews was the stepmother of Frank
R. Andrews of this city.
EXPERT SUGGESTION
Land Can Be Freed of Canada This
tle in Several Ways
Probably no plant bears such a bad
reputation as does the so-called Can
ada thistle. This marvelously prickly
plant abounds in grain fields, pastures,
and meadows, and of late years has
been increasingly troublesome in the
grain-growing sections of the north
west, v
The point that must be kept in mind
in fighting the Canada thistle is that
it is the roots rather than the tops
that must be killed. Simply cutting
off the tops a few times has much the
same effect as pruning an apple tree.
But if the tops are cut off deep and
frequently, the root must eventually
suffocate through lack of leaves.
Bearing this in mind, any of the fol
lowing methods will be found effec
tive: Most suitable for one-alf acre or
more of thoroughly infested land,
from wich little revenue could be ex
pected anyway. Plow deep in the
fall, exposing the roots to the frost.
Harrow in the spring to kill seedlings
of annual weeds. Let the thistle
grow until the first blossoms appear
(about June 1), or until there is dan
ger of other weeds going to seed.
Plow shallow and from then until
frost use disk harrow often enough
to prevent thistle leaves from mak
ing over four inches of growth. If
the thistles get over six inches high
at any time, all tho previous work
will be undone. This applies to all
methods. Follow during second year
with a cultivated crop, giving it a
little extra cultivation and hoeing out
individual thistles.
For grain fields or old meadows.
Cuf the crop early for hay, if neces
sary, to prevent thistles from seed
ing. Allow thistles to grow for four
to six days, then plow, and proceed as
in above for remainder of season.
For cultivated ground. Allow
thistles to grow until first blossoms
appear. Plow shallow. When this
tles are about three inches high, disk
thoroughly and plant late smother
crops, as below.
Combination of above. A good
method on rich ground. Cut grass or
grain early for hay as above. Plow
shallow four to six days later. Leave
for four to six days more and disk
thoroughly. Then sow smother crop
of buckwheat (415 peck), rape (broad
cast 6-8 pounds), millet ( peck), or
fodder corn in check rows. After the
crop is off, keep thistles down by
disking until frost. Hemp and alfalfa
are excellent smother crops in sec
tions where they 'are grown. Alfalfa
may be either spring or fall sown,
according to custom, but the surface
of the ground must be clean and
well prepared before planting.
Most generally useful method.
Corn in check rows best crop. ' Have
CHAMPION
Positive Force Feed
Elevator insures a positive and
continuous flow of grain to the,
packer arms. Eliminates bunch
ing at the Binding Attachment -by
forcing the grain clear into the
attachment. Works accurately on
all weights of grain and under,
all condition. This is an exclu-
sive CHAMPION feature.
The Force Feed Elevator and the Relief Rake Make the
Champion Binder the Best Machine You Can Buy
These two features alone should be sufficient to convince any care
ful buyer that the Champion Binder is the most serviceable machine
in the field, but when you consider, the many other advantages
found on the Improved Champion Binder, among them the balanc
ing Sectors which keep the machine perfectly balanced in all heights
of grain, the ball and roller bearings which make it light running
and easy pulling and the simple, efficient driving mechanism, there
remains no room for doubt of the superiority of the Champion. It
represents the greatest possible Binder value for the money.
Drop us a card for our big free Champion Catalog and testi
monial circulars or pay the nearest Champion Agent a visit. It
will be to your advantage.
HIGH GRADE
IMPLEMENTS &
VEHICLES
( Reward
This association offers a reward
of fifty dollars for the cap-
1 J ! i! 1
lure una conviction ui any
une person stealing poultry
from a member of this Associa
tion. If more than one person
is concerned in the stealing, an
additional reward of ten dollars
shall be paid for each conviction
after the first.
Anti-POULTRY THIEF Assn.
of Clackamas County
ground clean before planting. Equip
cultivator with nine-inch sweeps in
stead of ordinary shoes. Keep sweeps
sharp and cultivate frequently. Hoe
the corn after laying by, and culti
vate the ground after harvest with a
disk harrow until frost. Repeat sec
ond year.
. Best for small patches. Stake out
the patch and visit regularly with a
sharp hoe or scythe at least twice a
week.
There is no chemical that in reas
onable quantities will kill Canada this
tles with one application, until ap
plied directly to the cut root. For
spraying use sodium arsenite (a vio
lent poison), two pounds in 10 gal
lons of water; common salt, one
pound in 1 quarts of water; or
crude carbolic acid, diluted one-half.
If animals are salted on a small patch
of thistles it will finally disappear.
Frequent spraying of the thistle with
the above chemicals may be used in
stead of cutting in rocky or other in
convenient places.
Sheep will sometimes graze this
tles to death if forced to do so. Small
patches of thistles may be smothered
by covering with overlapping strips
of tar paper or building paper, weigh
ing the laps down with earth and
leaving the paper on for eight to 10
weeks during the summer. A coat
ing of straw or manure one foot or
more in depth will answer the same
purpose.
Untreated pellagra ends in insanity.
Forced Sale
I am forced to sell my home to
prevent mortgage foreclosure. Will
sell at great sacrifice 2 good lots with
5-room house, in Gladstone. See my
agents
DILLMAN & HOWLANf),
Oregon City, Ore.
To Help Soldier Members
The Oregon City camp of Wood
men of the World took a hand in the
war game late last week when an
unanimous vote decided that the mem
bers of the order here who were
members of the national guard and
in service with that organization
would be kept in good standing with
The Relief Rake prevents the grain from
bunching between platform and elevator keeps
all grain, particularly short stuff, from gathering at
the inner end of cutter bar and insures a steady:
flow of-grain to the elevator. A Invaluable .when in
tangled or badly lodged grain.
An exclusive CHAMPION feature.
-ms'
PORTLAND,
ORE.
Branches at Spokane Boise
the lodge 'during the time of their
service with the troops. Ten Wood
men are at Clackamas with Company
G and had expressed anxiety regard
ing their lodge insurance.
"BUY IT IN
(jpje Jffimi fctttmutt gmtk
OREGON CITY
"Member ot
Federal Reserve Bank
(Established 188 9)
Under GOVERNMENT Supervision
United States Depository
for Postal Savings Funds
Interest Paid on SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
and TIME CERTIFICATES
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
TRAVELERS' CHECKS AND LETTERS CREDIT ISSUED.
CHECK ACCOUNTS AND DEMAND CERTIFICATES ISSUED.
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS DONE.
OPEN 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
Office phones: Main 50, A50; Res. phones, M. 2524.1715
Home B251, D251
WILLIAMS BROS. TRANSFER & STORAGE
Office 612 Main Street
Safe, Piano, and Furniture Moving a Specialty
Sand, Gravel, Cement, Lime, Piaster, Common
Brick, Face Brick, Five Brick
GET OUR
PRICES
On
Twine
Bale
Ties
and Farm
Supplies
of all
Kinds
w. J. WILSON
& CO.
Oregon City, Ore.
GEO. BLATCH
FORD Molalla, Ore. .
Agents for
SANDWICH
HAY
PRESSES
Pneumonia i.ilis over 120,000 Amer
icans each year.
The well that drains the cesspool
is 'the cup of death.
OREGON CITY"