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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1916. 4 OREGON CITY COURIER C. W. ROBEY, Editor and Business Manager Published Thursdays from the Courier Building, Eighth Street, and entered in the Fostofflce at Oregon City, Ore., as 2nd class mail matter. Subscription Price $1.50. MEMBER OP WILLAMETTE VALLEY EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION MEMBER OF OREGON STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES THE STRIKE The threatened , railroad strike, which would involve before its settle ment, practically every railroad em ploye in the nation, is causing heaps of consternation in the official circles of the various transportation compan ies, and in more than one home a lov ing wife and tiie little folks are worry ing themselves into sleeplessness lest their wage earners be talked into striking by the agitators who are re sponsible chiefly for the higher wage demand. It is not our mission to dis cover the worth of the claims of the many thousands of railroad employes who are threatening their employers; it is not our mission to show the mo tive of the labor unions in pushing the strike1 and in depriving thousands of homes of the morsel of bread that comes in. It is a fact, however, that there is no necessity for a strike among the railroad ' employes and either hanging or banishment to Si beria is far too fair a fate for those who agitate the crippling of the rail road business. , In its place the labor union is a great and worthy institution. Too freely were the demands of petty agi tators granted in the past; too freely did employes sacrifice their places in the labor world in answer to the un ionists' demand and too frequently did the result take the form of aw ful starvation in the homes of strik ers, not to mention the riots and the pestilence that were incidental, Worked properly the plans of union ism would produce, a wonderful fruit in the United States, otherwise union ism is a crime and a corruption. If the unions are controlled by the com mon sense of present-day civilization in the present labor crisis there will be no strike and the demands of the employes will be given their just in ning and will accomplish their just re sult. Near home we have the case of the Pacific system of the Southern Pa cific company. Thirteen and one-half per cent of the total number of em ployes of this system, the enginemen, conductors, firemen, trainmen and switchmen, are being polled for the proposed strike. The Southern Pa cific company, in common with other roads, will suffer and the suffering will turn to public torture if the strike is finally brought about. The work men and the railroad company will be secondary sufferers. The public will bear the greater burden. President William Sproule of the Southern Pacific and other officials have taken a very fair attitude in the matter and their stand should appeal to the employes concerned. The plan outlined by Mr. Sproule will preserve the unbroken earning power of every man, will guaranteo to the public uninterrupted service and to the railroad company the continuunce of the earning power by means of which only it can expet to deal at all with its employes. Mr. Sproule and his colleagues favor the settlement by arbitration of all the questions in dispute. This is the only practical way today in the settlement of labor troubles. This is the only way in which Buffering and privation can be avoided. The representative agitators in con nection with the strike have refused to consider arbitration. . They con tinue to poll the employes of the rail ways throughout the nation, gathering sentiment meanwhile for the great est strike in the history of the railroad industry and one of the greatest of all crimes every committed by labor unionism. A crime, whii'h in com parison with the crime of capital stands as a towering monument to the insanity of some few lubor leaders, who have the heavy hand of control upon he shoulder of the laboring man and a heavier hand in his coin pocket. There should be some way to con trol the actions of labor union agita A Bank for the people- (J Lin coin s well known words concerning the gov ernment seems to apply also with peculiar force to this institution. fl It is "by the people" because it is chartered by the State and exercises its various functions under the strictest supervision of state authorities. (J It is "for the people" because its organization and equipment enable it to serve the people well in every matter of banking or finance. J Being "by the people" and "for the people" we give the same careful attention to the business of all customers whether their transactions be large or small German is Spoken Here THE BANK OF A Bank of Personal Sen-ice Telephones: Pacific 61; Home A-51. tors this applies equally to capital and those who guide it into criminal channels. There should be some way to curb the present activity and to FORCE labor to submit this question to arbitration. KAISER AND GREASER Wilson has tamed the kaiser and the greaser. When the Lusitania went down the nation was shocked and out raged. Like a mighty wave the im pulse for prompt and drastic action swept over this country. The ene mies of President Wilson were loud in their demands, not for diplomacy, but for instant action but, listen: If the advice of the jingo G. 0. P. had been heeded, Germany,, flushed with slaughter on land and sea, and boast ing of strength, would have risked an open rupture with us, and we would have been drawn into the maelstrom of war. . But President Wilson chose the course of wisdom. A year later, when Germany's strength had wan ed, Wilson's ultimatum tamed the kaiser. Submarining ceased. An open rupture, was averted. We were saved from war and all and more was gained for us and other neutrals than war could have gained. Wilson's wisdom and diplomacy saved us from national disaster, while they also se cured to us the kaiser's compliance with our demands. This is the states manship that will re-elect Wilson. Then came the overt act of war by Carranza, when our soldiers were massacred by treachery. True to his oath of office, President Wilson arose in defense fo the country. He order ed the mobilization of military forces on the Mexican borcer, and of the na val forces on the southern seas. This prompt naval and military demonstra tion has had a very salutary effect on the fiery Mexicans. Now they are ready to listen to reason. A better feeling is growing, and Carranza bids fair to cooperate with our forces in putting an end to banditry in Mexico, Wilson's administration is proposing moral and finacial, as well as mili tary aid to Carranza in pacifying Mexico and opening to that afflicted people the doors of p'eace and pro gress. This is not intervention and it is not war. It is far better than either, for it will result in the pacifi cation of that distracted nation with the minimum cost to us in treasure and blood. This is a measure devis ed by Woodrow Wilson, our democrat ic president, and the G. 0. P. leaders are throwing fits and tearing their hair because they never thought of it. Why didn't Taft, the jurist, and Roosevelt, the military statesman, propose such a plan for settling the Mexican problem? It is a plan that is bound to succeed here is another achievement of the statesmanship of Wilson and it will re-elect him next November. Geo. H. Bennett. A NEW CLUB As. far as a name is concerned the "chuck-hole" club might not prove as attractive to the possible candidate for membership as he might wish, but it is altogether probable that such a club is of vastly greater service than most others. It is not the social at traction, either, that some clubs are, but its members find a rare pleasure in being of service to their commun ities and sometimes, we are told, they are overburdened with hostage in the way of edibles, with their feet firmly planted beneath the table of a differ ent, farm house for every meal. The "chuck-hole" club is the con ception of a certain community in South Dakota. Its membership is usually limited to six or ten men among whom one is the owner of an automobile. The lutter advantage is incidental, and it seems that the "chuck-hole" idea could be successful- I Per Cent Paid on i-Time Certificates OREGON CITY ly worked out in a community that had never seen a motor car. Each member of the club, like all good residents of any rural or farm ing community, is provided with a shovel, a pick or a spade; perhaps sometimes even taking a plow along. The motor car is sent here and there about the countryside and the gang aboard carefully observes the road conditions. Where a chuck-hole, a bad bridge approach, muddy places or such other road defects as do not war rant the attention of a regular road crew, is found the members of the "chuck-hole" club repair the damage, and proceed about their business of improving the roads of South Dakota, and other places where such clubs exist. - The members pledge themselves to fill at least one chuck-hole each month and they perform a valuable mission in encouraging others to aid in road improvement work. The "chuck-hole" club is one that could well be transplanted into any community in the United States. It might never boast the largest mem bership, but there is little doubt that it could claim greater honors for it self than the majority of clubs. SINGLE TAX PLANK Although there is no direct refer ence to the matter, advocates of a national single tax amendment see in the new democratic party platform, a platform built rigidly of the strong est planks ever conceived by a political party and in line with that great tim ber that has resulted in such a sue cessful career for the party since the candidacy of President Wilson four years ago, a statement that brings strong hopes to their hearts and gives them courage for the fight with the party that would bring about better conditions. All people are not willing to see single tax nationally or locally estab lished. Some are avowed enemies to the single tax plan, for good reasons or otherwise. Still, in considering the plan that gives hope to many who do favor single tax, it is interesting to note the source of their delight. That the party had in mind a single tax statement when it adopted its platform is the interpretation by single taxers of the following declara tion for legislation regarding natural resources. "Which shall not withhold such re sources from development, but which, while permitting their use, shall pre vent both waste and monopoly in their exploitation, and we earnestly favor the.passage of acts which will accom plish these objects." According to one ardent single tax adyocate and worker, the only legis lation which can do this is the legis lation to make it possible to derive any profit from ownership of land without putting it to its most produc tive use. To accomplish this an end must be made of private appropriation of land values. "If that is what the democratic party intends to do," says this ardent single taxer, "then it deserves the sup port of all who are striving for bet ter economic conditions and a more just social system." A GOOD MOVE A step in the right direction has been taken by the board of regents of the state university and as a re sult military drill will be made com pulsory after next September for all underclassmen at that institution. Universal military training is prob ably a dream for accomplishment in the distant future if economic con ditions are not so changed in the meantime as to put Mars on a back seat where preparedness will be a lost theme. However, the preparation un der proper conditions of the young men of the nation is the move next best to universal preparation. The men who will benefit by the training at the university, like those at the state agricultural college, where mili tary training has been maintained for a score of years or more, are the men who will be most likely to answer a call to the colors. They are of the generation whose life blood flows throw patriotic veins and whose hearts know more of the ideal man hood than those of older men who are soured by political and other strife. The university and agricultural college youths, prepared in a military way, will be of double value to the nation and the state which is giving them educational advantages. There should bo no complaint from within because of the establishment of a com pulsory drill system, for the men who benefit thereby are paying an obli gation to their state and nation. This step is the first of a march toward the establishment of military drill in every institution of higher learning in the United States. It is a step for which the board of regents and the students themselves are to be praised. With all due respect to Mrs. Eddy and her loyal host of followers, is it not timely to ask if Christian Science cannot do something to curb the ter rible onslaught of infantile paralysis? Will the faith cure aid an innocent babe? And we continue to enjoy the privi lege, unknown in nthnr pnmmnnit.iaa of being forced to submit to having our main streets surinkled after nicht when good citizens are Soundly dream ing of the sweltering heat of four o'clock in the afternoon. George H. Bennett has written an editorial for the Courier setting forth only one of the many reasons for the re-election of Woodrow Wilson. Read it. Such statesmanship as that of President Wilson is worthy of your support and your vote next November. Legislators take up too much of their time with petty lawmaking. They should attend more closely to the construction of labor laws; stat utes to forbid firearms and a thou sand little things that they overlook in their haste toward the goal of money. Classified Business Directory Courier Readers will find this a handy ready reference. It contains the name and address of live, dependable professional men and business houses. BLACKSMITHS, HORSE SHOEING Scripture & May, Scientific Horse shoeing. Emery wheel for cast plow grinding. Pac. 297-J. COAL, WOOD, GRAVEL & SAND SEEE. A. HACKETT FOR FAM OUS BLACK HAWK COAL, DRY 4-FOOT WOOD, GRAVEL AND SAND, 17th and Wash. St. Phones 247-W and Home A-22. CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS Geo. A. Brown, Maple Lane. Phone Pac. 23 F-22. CLOTHIERS MEN & BOYS Miller & Obst, Clothiers to Men and Boys. Gents' Furnishings, Main, at Seventh. Price Bros. Where clothes fit. Est. 1895. 527 Main St. Phone 107. DOCTORS OSTEOPATHIC Dr. J. A. van Brakle, Osteopathic physician. Masonic Bldg)., Tel. 399 & A- 118. DRUG STORES Harding, Geo. A, Prescriptions, maga zines, toilet articles Deutsche Op atheke, Phone 297R B-34. 511 Main. jFIRE INSURANCE, Exclusively E. II. Cooper, the Insurance Man. Es tablished 1902. Enterprise Bldg. Phone Pac. 366. FLORIST - James Wilkinson, Greenhouse, Glad stone Tel. 304-J; town shop 612 Main St., phone 271. FURNITURE & HARDWARE Frank Busch, Store of Quality. Phones A-24, and 11. Hogg Bros We Save You Money. Phones A-83 and 412. FURNITURE AND HARDWARE New and Second-Hand W. W. Bradley Bargains in Furni ture and Furnishings. 607-Main Tel. 139. J. H. Mattley Saves You Money On Stoves, Ranges and Home Fur nishings. Corner 7th & Madison St on hill. FOUNDRY, MACHINE SHOP Axy-Acetylene Welding Oregon City Foundry 4th &. Water St. Founders, machinists, black smiths. Phones: A-199 & 373-J. J. A. Roake, Prop. GROCERY STORES Brightbill, H. P. Staple, Fancy and Green Groceries. 509 Main. Fhone 74. Mt Pleasant Grocery Plank Road. Groceries and Feed. Tel. Red-10; Pac. 163-J. GROCERIES, PRODUCE COM. Larsen & Co. Hay, Grain, Feed, Poultry supplies. Wholesale and re tail grocers. Phone 70. HARNESS DEALERS & MFGS. Cross, F. H. Harness and Shoe Store, 511-7th St. Phone, Home A-255. Stone, Wm., Harness Maker and Re pairing. 219-7th St. Tel. Home B-64. HOTELS Electric Hotel Best in Clackamas Co. European 50c-$1.50; American $1.00-$1.50. Popular priced restau rant. Bet. 4th & 5th, on Main. HOSPITALS Oregon City Hospital. Under new management, 11th at Wn. Private room -$21, wards $10 weekly. Miss Swales, Pres., Miss Thomas, Vice Pres., Miss Marrs, Sec.-Treas. Spec, case rates on application. Phones: 384 and A-78. ICE DEALERS Oregon City Good Coal. 12th St. Ice Works Pure Ice, Phones 56 & 14; 201 LAUNDER1ES WET WASH Gladstone Laundry Co., Family Wash, wagon calls and delivers. Phone 304-R. LIVERY, FEED & SALE STABLE Fashion Livery G. A. Bergren, Prop. Tel. A-95 & 65. Auto service. 4th and Main. Red Front Livery H. H. Hughes, Prop., 6th & Water St. Auto livery, phones: 116 B-9. LUMBER DEALERS Gladstone Lumber Co, wholesale & re tail H. E. Williams, Mgr. Phones: Frmrs. 81 1 and 292-J. Hood, C. J. Lumber, lath, shingles screens, wood, moulding. Main St, at 12th. Tel. 143, B-284. PIANO DEALERS F. F. Theroux Dealer in pianos and and Sewing Machines. 519 Main. PLUMBERS, HEATING & TINNING F. C. Gadke General jobbing shop & display rooms 914 Main St. Phone 265-R. REAL ESTATE, LOANS, INS. W. F. Schooley & Co. 612 Main St, Phone 50, Res. Phone 198-W. TAILORS LADIES & GENTS. Wm. McLarty Andresen Bldg. Phone Sl-J. First class work only. You like suggestive printing don't you something that has the "punch" to it? Try the Courier Job Depart- CHAMPION An Positive Force Feed Elevator insures a positive and continuous flow of grain to the packer arms. Elimioates 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. 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HIGH GRADE IMPLEMENTS & VEHICLES CHOIR RAFFLES FELT Donations to be Raffled to Increase Pipe Organ Fund for Church The ladies of the Roman Catholic church have received the donation of twenty felts from B. T. McBain of the Crown-Willamette mills and are engaged in raffling them to provide funds for the purchase of a pipe organ for the choir. The score of choristers are most interested in the sale and are disposing of many chances. The felts, which make excellent blankets, were donated by Mr. McBain for this purpose. The drawing will be held on July 25, after a spirited campaign for the sale of chances. By the River . The further shore grows dark against the sky, And the tall chimneys throw theit long-drawn veils Athwart the banded clouds, and the light fails; Slow, as the sleepy silver tide slips by Mainward, the inland storm-blown gray gulls hie, Follow the flow back to the salt sea pale They pass. The heavens are life less. Not a sail Creeps o'er the river as the moments fly. And friendships go as those lost gulls have gone; Visions of Youth fade as the daylight dies, Old loves are lost even as the sunsets flee. O! hurrying footsteps pause, if but for one Brief hour, before yon chilling mists arise Our tides of life are slipping to a sea. Charles Philip Krauth. Sent to Hospital William Shaw, son of Jeff Shaw of Bolton was sent to the state hospital at Salem on Wednesday evening for treatment The young man has been a sufferer for a long time from spinal meningitis and his physical condition is sadly run down. He is twenty three years of age and well-known in his home neighborhood. Forced Sale I am forced to sell my home to Drevent mortcatre foreclosure. ;Will sell at great sacrifice 2 good lots with 5-room house, in Gladstone. See my agents DILLMAN & HOWLAND, Oregon City, Ore. The Courier 11.00 per year. Dr. L. G. ICE DENTIST Beaver Building Oregon City Phones Pacific, 1221. Home, A-19. 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