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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1916
OREGON CITY COURIER
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RAINBOW HU(GH)ES, MEDICINE
MAN .
"Woof! woof!" snorted Rainbow
Hu(gh)es, the big medicine man of
the G. 0. P. "The war policies of
Wilson are un-American and coward
ly." Then Rainbow Hu(gh)es began
daubing himself with rainbow hues to
beguile the American people.
Un-American and cowardly, eh 7
And so the press, the political rabble,
and this hig-minded presidential can
didate of the G. 0. P. have been rail
ing with bitter vituperation against
President Wilson for his policy in
dealing with England and Germany in
their aggresions upon the rights of
America and other neutrals in the war
of nations.
There might be some justification
for this rabid censure if the president
and his policy had been cruelly unjust
to Germany or England; but no one
who is well-informed accuses the pres
ident of such injustice. Again, there
might be some excuse for this persis
tent vilification of our chief magis
trate if he had violated his oath of
office or the constitution, which re
quires he shall "establish justice, in
sure domestic tranquillity, provide for
the common defense, promote the gen
eral welfare and secure the blessings
of liberty to ourselves and our pos
terity." But Wilson ty his construct
ive legislation has fulfilled these de
mands. He has put a stop to lawless
submarine warfare. He has checked
alien interference with our domestic
affairs. He has effected settlement
of differences with England and com
mands respect in that quarter. And
he has accomplished for Mexico a de
liverance from her distressing chaotic
situation without war and without
American intervention a method
which never dawned upon the warlike
Teddy or-the judicial Willie.
When the fire of human pasion was
raging over the powder magazine of
war in Europe and just a little spark
of indiscretion would have involved
our country in the universal disaster
Wilson was discreet. He did not
speak the harsh word. He remem
bered " a soft answer turneth away
wrath." He did not strike the blow of
passion. He remembered "pride go
eth before destruction and a haughty
spirit before a fall."
Wilson's policies have been within
the Ten Commandments. They have
exhibited the spirit of the Golden Rule
and the divine law of conciliation. He
has constantly moved within the Thir
teenth chapter of First Corinthians.
The president's course lay between di
plomacy and war. Now Buppose he
had abandoned diplomacy. Suppose
he had broken off relations with Ger
many a year or two ago what then ?
Submarining would have lost all re
straint. But suppose that Germany, being
deeply incensed, had declared war
upon us, or we had declared war upon
Germany what then? Little is the
damage we could have done Germany.
But great damage would have been
done us. Her submarines would have
harassed our seaports and our com
merce. We would have been at war
with the foreign sympathizers among
us. They would have attacked our
public men, destroyed our railroads,
public buildings, warehouses, eleva
tors, bridges, schools and churches.
The dynamiter and assassin would
have worked havoc among us. We
have never been prepared to cope with
such a situation.
And yet "deeds" resulting in the
destruction of American institutions
are the insistent demand of G. 0. P.
patriots ( ? ) . Such counsel is un
American and diabolical. And the
people know it.
As a Christian statesman President
Wilson is honored by the nations at
war Ho is honored by his own coun
trymen. . But where is the Christian
ity of the horde of republican editors
and politicians and leaders like Roos
evelt, Taft and Hughes, who slur and
slander Christian principles and pol
icies and demand policies that are
devilish?
The peoplo perceive that Christian
diplomacy has aceompliuhcd the same
results that devilish war would have
gained us but without bloodshed, de
vastation and hate. The country will
judge between Wilson, the Christian
statesman, and his hypocritical accus
ers in November.
"Woof! woof!" sniffs the medicine
man in rainbow hu(gh)es.
THE CALAMITY HOWLER
The calamity howler is abroad in
the land. He is like the dismal coy
ote on the hilltop his voice is mul
titudinous but he is few. He wails
about the "times."
Not about the present time, when
lumbermen and fruitgrowers are wild
ly calling for cars to carry their pro
ducts to clamorous purchasers in dis
tant states. Not about the millions
in gold that are steadily pouring into
American pockets from our foreign
commerce. Not about wages of A
merican workmen, which the recenl
report of the U. S. department of la
bor shows have had an increase in the
industries of from five to twenty per
cent in the last four years. No, not
about present times.
But the calamity howler wails a
bout the times that are coming. He
tells us in doleful tones and woeful in
tonations of the dire times that will
fall upon us when the European war
comes to an end. Then a mighty
slump will sweep away all our pros
perity. Then our foreign markets
will be closed. -Then our furnaces and
factories will shut down. Then !?
But who is this calamity howler and
why does he howl ?
His name is G. 0. P. He belongs
to the old guard and the stand-pat
bunch of patriotic ( ? ) citizens. Why
does he howl calamity? Simply be
cause it is a part of the G. 0. P. tac
tics to create a psychological situa
tion. He is endeavoring to undermine
public confidence. - He is trying to
brew the storm of panic in the clear
sky of prosperity. He would make
the people believe business stagnation
and financial stringency are sure to
come. He figures that if the people
will but believe this, they will hoard
their earings and withhold their hV
vestments and so may precipitate a
business crash through lack of con
fidence. And there is method in this mad
ness. There is a subtle purpose here.
It is simply to discredit the Wilson
administration before the country. It
is a strategic move to restore the old-
guard and the stand-pat clique to pow
er. It is a move to reinstate the in
visible government, which so long, un-
dor republican administrations, has
dictated to congress and the supreme
court.
But the American citizen has cut
his wisdom teeth. He will not be
fooled by the dismal howlings of the
G. O. P. coyote.
Every intelligent citizen knows that
when the European war ends and the
rehabilitation of devastated France,
Belgium, Servia, Montenegro, Bulgar
ia and Turkey begins, an unprecedent
ed demand will be made for everything
turned out by American industries;
American forests will bo heavily
drawn upon for building materials;
mines and mills will find a pressing
market for metal work; cotton and
woolen mills will work to the limit to
clothe the millions and leather indus
tries to provide footwear; the farmer,
dairyman, fruitgrower and stock rais
er will find the best market in history
for everything he can produce to feed
those famished peoples for those
countries must look immediately to
foreign markets. It will be a long
time before they can enter the mar
kets of the world as anything but
purchasers.
Wilson's policy of economic and in
dustrial preparedness and the estab
lishment of a government merchant
marine will see the vast shipments of
munitions of war suddenly changed
into a commerce of peace- and those
awful times seen by the G. 0. P. ca
lamity howler will fail to materialize.
This is not the first time that ex
traordinary' conditions have necessi
tated a resort to extraordinary meas
ures, and that it has been necessary
for the government to serve private
interest in order to protect the public
interest. So says the New York
World.
In the year 1907 the United States
experienced one of the most disastrous
panics of its history. Years were re
quired to liquidate it.
In the midst of this panic President
Roosevelt placed the resources of the
Uuited States Treasury at the dispo
sition of J. Pierpont Morgan and a
coterie of New York bankers.
Some of tthese men were immedi
ately, responsible for the panic, in the
sense that it began in their determina
tion to crush Morse. They did not in
tend to have a panic, but they loosed
forces that they were unable to con
trol. When the panic became a fact, how
ever, there was no time to waste in
fixing responsibility. The thing to do
was stop it. The quickest way to stop
it was to turn the treasury over to
Mr. Morgan and his associates and let
them re-establish the market. This
was done.
In theory there could be no act of
government more reprehensible moral
ly, legally and politically than to put
a group of Wall street bankers into
physical possession of the United
States treasury. No sane man would
think of defending it as an established
policy of government. Nevertheless,
there was no other method immediate
ly available of meeting the crisis. The
United States had an antiquated bank
ing and currency law which encour
aged panics, and the situation had to
be met without an hour's delay.
The panic was stopped. Mr. Mor
gan and his associates are said to have
made fortunes out of their operations,
and probably they did. It could not
have been ottherwise, but their gains
were small in comparison with the
losses the country would have sus
tained if the panic had continued even
a week.
Out of this situation, however, came
the public sentiment that finally enab
led President Wilson to obtain the en
actment of the bankink and currency
law which has made the United States
panic-proof.
The country confronted a similar
situation of disaster in the threatened
railroad strike. The president and
congress took the swift and sure way
to avert it.
The president and congress saved
the country from a civil war and gave
it time for calm, dispassionate action
to prevent a similar crisis in the fu
ture. What would be the state of af-
airs in the United States today if less
prompt and effective measures had
been adopted by the government
That is the complete reply to all this
irresponsible criticism.
YOU and US
By an Inmate of the Oregon
State Penitentiarv in
"Lend a Hand."
THE BOY
T. R, is some political acrobat, but
he must yield the palm to Hughes,
who has talked across the continent
and back and nevor touched an issue.
New Business
J This bank, the oldest in Clackamas County is
gaining new business every day.
I New patrons are attracted by the size of the
institution, the conservative and safe policies of its
management, and its capacity for meeting the require
ments of the business public.
I Our depositors are always glad to recommend
us to those seeking banking accomodations; our off
icers are always pleased to confer with those who wish
to connect themselves with a progressive bank.
German is
Spoken Here
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Time Certificates
THE BANK OF OREGON CITY
Oldest Bank in Clackamas County
In the early stages of a child's life
the chief thought of the parents is to
keep the little one alive and healthy,
Every other member of the family
must give way to the baby. It is hu
mored in a thousand ways and it be
comes aware of this somewhere be
tween three and five years of age,
and develops a tendency to become a
petty tyrant. Then the second Gtage
of its life begins. The lessons of in
dulgence which the little one has
learned must be unlearned. It must
submit to family discipline; it must
have regard for others and give up the
thought that they all exist merely to
serve it. In the family the child finds
a small social system in which it is
prepared for the larger social system
of the community and the state, says
the knterprise Record-Chieftan.
The average boy has a disposition
not to submit to this family discipline,
There is something truculent and bel
ligerent in him, an element of assert-
iveness and insistence on having his
own way, and an inborn inclination to
settle every differece by giving battle
The boys kick over chairs, slam doors
and throw books at random when they
recognize that the person seeking to
correct them is stronger than thev.
This combativeness is seen in one boy,
or group of boys, wantonly attacking
others without sticks and stones, with
out any pretense of an excuse.
When the boy is going through this
stage it requires tact to modify his
wayward tendencies without aggra
vating them. Thus it is a common
thing for a boy to face a succession of
"don'ts" when he comes into the house
in the evening and starts letting off
steam. He is apt to think everybody
is against him and he says he "can't
have any fun." The consequence is
he develops a hostility in return and
transforms himself into a small out
law. Persistent scolding, followed by
physical punishment, has made many
a boy an oltuaw m fact, have driven
him from home and ruined his life.
Criminal reports from the cities
show young boys the greatest offend
ers, and for this the harsh, stupid and
unsympathetic treatment of parents
is chiefly to blame. A boy whose
home atmosphere alternates between
harsh repression and sheer neglect has
not a real show in life. The little
fellows want companionship and con
sideration from their elders and gen
erally are ready to do the right thing
it given half a chance. They will
cling to home and prefer it if it is
made attractive and if their rights
are recognized.
R. L. Holman, Leading Undertaker,
f ifth and Main St.; Telephones: Pa
cific 415-J; Home B-18.
Money to Loan
We can make any size loan
from 100.00 up to $10,000.00
AT 7i
Dillman & Howland
Eighth & Main St.
Oregon City ... Oregon
Enlightened people of the present
day are rapidly erasing the black line
which has for generations been drawn
by the selfish and arrogant between
themselves and those of their human
brothers and sisters who have been too
weak or misguided to live up to the
standard set up for them. The old
saws, "Once a thief, always a thief,"
and "Give a dog a bad name," etc.,
have been proven false time without
number, yet there are enough people
on the outside with skulls too thick or
who, for selfish interests, will not ac
cede to the appeals of those of our
class who are willing to show them
these claims as concrete facts, and to
them can be traced the efforts to
block or deride any movement which
spells danger to their purses or polit
ical power. "
Yet the humane, common-sense
element are increasing rapidly, as
may be seen by the radical changes
being made in states which for years
have supported the old brutal, pun
itive policies in prison administration
and the suspicious, side-stepping at
titude toward those who have had the
misfortune to be confined within pris
on walls. Those who have adhered
so tenaciously to the old system have
seen the writing on the wall and are
either swinging into line with the hu
manitarians or being shoved aside by
the swiftly-moving machine which is
clearing the road to opportunity for
the unfortunate.
You, on the outside, must see (if
you will take the trouble to look) that
there is little or no fundamental dif
ference between yourselves and us
that we should not be eternally con
demned because we have failed where
you have succeeded; that to be just
with yourselves you must of neces
sity be just to us. We have not chos
en deliberately to do wrong for the
love of evil acts we may have com
mitted in preference to doing what
would have been right, but rather were
victims of a disease (lack of will
power, if you prefer it), which, lack
ing proper attention, grew until
became too strong and opportunity or
circumstances brot it to the surface in
some overt act. This is not a hope
less condition, but will respond read
ily to proper treatment, and that is
what we want what we demand
from you. How do you know that
some day you may not fall a victim of
circumstances which will place you in
the position we now occupy? It is
not impossible. Men who have occu
pied high positions senators, con
gressmen, judges, ministers have
succumbed to temptation or been
caught thru accident and forced to
penal servitude.
. When you view matters in this
light the dividing line between us is
extremely faint, do you not think?
Then consider our needs from the
standpoint of personal sympathy; as
tho it were yourself or some one very
near and dear to you who was being
held back from his birthright of
equality by a careless or caloused so
cial custom.
If you have ever committed an in
discretion for which, had you been
apprehended, the grated doors would
have swung open for you, but which
you escaped thru influence financial
political or social , or not being-detected,
do you consider that you are
better than we who were caught and
have paid the penalty by servitude?
Is the fact that one has been in pris
on worn the uniform of degredation
the cause of the sharp line drawn
so long? I can t believe it, and yet I
know of many cases where the victim
was, (as Sir Gilbert Parker so aptly
remarks) "guilty as hell," and because
they escaped prosecution and impris
onment society did not hold against
them; and other cases where the vic
tims had later been proven innocent.
yet society in its blindness would not
accept them because they had been
in prison. Is this justice?
If the mere fact of imprisonment is
just cause for the condemnation of
society then I say that society should
condemn Jesus Christ; for was he not
in prison?
It is high time that you take a sen
sible view of things and if you are not
in favor of crime for personal reas
ons, get busy and help us to get back
to honesty and respectability by rub
bing out the line; when you look at it
in the proper light it is only in the
nature of a smoked glass anyway, and
distorts the view. . Clear away what
ever there is between us which has so
long been considered an unsurmount
able barrier and get a close look at
us. The sight will not blind you;
rather will open up to you vistas of
which you never dreamed. There is
no honor in condemning your fellow
man, but no one can be of help to an
other without bringing upon them
selves honor and esteem.
You and we are closer than mere
strangers; we are your servants, sub-
ect to your every command as to our
actions, and what those actions are to
be depends very largely upon your at
titude toward us now and after we
leave here to make new start with a
handicap far greater than mere pov
erty. With your help we have a good
chance to "come back" to respect
ability; without it the chances are
poor indeed.
By using good judgment properly
leavened with humanity and under
standing you can easily transform us
from liabilities to assets, but if we
are to be used as pawns upon the po
litical chess board there is little hope
that wo willver lighten your burden
by becoming producers instead of
the destructive parasites with which
you have so long been cursed.
Open your eyes and your hearts to '
these things which are really skele
tons in every family closet; co-operate I
with us in a work for your benefit as
well as ours. Helping us helps you.
Co abe a itore
of your confidence is the thought with which this store
started. It has been the ambjtion of all its years.
Encouraged by the progress we have made and the appre
ciation we have received through our efforts, we have busily
been making use of every facility we could command, to reach
a higher level of usefulness to the public, whose generous
patronage has made possible this announcement of a
Greater
purmefeter & gnbresen
We have just completed occupation of our enlarged store,
occupying 4,000 square feet of floor space, and in equipment
the equal of any similar establishment in the state. Our stock
has been added to until we have now on display almost every
thing imaginable in Jewely, Watches, Silverware, Kodaks,
Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs, Etc.
Our new establishment will in no way cause us to deviate
from our well-known reputation for modest charges.
Our guarantee-of-satisfaction selling plan has swept away
all skepticism and established us fully in the confidence of
the buying public. Our growth is the result of serving our
customers with a singleness of purpose giving a maximum
of value combined with our unlimited guarantee and we are
appreciative of the responsive support.
We always want our 'establishment to be known as the
"Honor" store. Its an intangible something can't be seen
can't put your finger on it but it's there its a very im
portant element in buying Jewelry.
There are some whose word you accept unchallenged.
Others careless in their statements do not stand so high in
your estimation. It is character and honor that distinguishes
stores as well as men. We want you to realize that here we
transact our business with you on the honor plan.
This store has always had the privilege of being consid
ered first in its line. This has not been a matter of chance,
but has come through sincere study and effort.
An invitation to you could not be more personal than the
one expressed in this announcement, for we are thinking of
everyone of our friends and patrons, asking that you favor
us with your presence and permit us to show you our new
establishment. You will surely enjoy the visit and we will
also.
purmefeter & gfabretfen
Oregon City, Oregon Suspension Bridge Corner
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MILL WORKS NICELY.
Judge Campbell Presented With Many
Matrimonial Knots.
There is little friction these days
in the operation of the divorce mill in
the local circuit court. Matrimonial
knots that have become sadly hard
ened by conjugal infelicity seem to
be growing more numerous with the
balmy days of harvest and Hymen's
harvest doesn't compare just at pres
ent with the harvest of that particu
lar and peculiar genius whose opera
tions on the broad highway of life re
sult in divorces.
Clara B. Maloney says in a com
plaint filed on Monday that Ralph E. to her private expense account after
Maloney was cruel to her. Kalph dissolution of their "for better or fnr
will suffer for his cruelty because the worse," partnership. According to
uivorce mm is sureiy going 10 cui nia
matrimonial relationship in twain.
There are no children and there is no
tells us that Paul is guilty of deser-I Frank Busch, Third
tion, and, therefore, a decree is just A nine pound baby boy was born to
and proper punishment for Mr. Ry- Mrs. Frank Busch, wife of Frank
der i Busch, Jr., on Monday morning.
S. Linton will pay his wife $25 each
month after he wins a divorce from ! The Courier and the Daily Jour
her. That is the inducement he pre- nal $4.75.
sents to Judge Campbell in his re
quest for a divorce. S. Linton says
that Zella. Linton is a "confirmed
scandal monger," and that she prys
into his private affairs too much.
Adline Baxter, whose husband is
employed in the local mills, asks for
a divorce from Charles E. Baxter on
A GOOD POSITION
The passage of the' eight
hour law by Congress has ere-
the grounds of cruelty, she further ;u d Dig uemana ior telegraph
requests that Charles e., who is weii operators, both in railway and
paid for his labors, remit $50 monthly commercial Service
property to enter into the action. The
couple was married at Stockton, Cal.,
on June 23, 1914, and the home is in
Portland.
Agnes Phillips has been hard to
please during the time she has been
married to Mr. Phillips, which joyous
event dates from September 4, 1912.
The marriage took place at Newport,
Ore. Phillips gave up many profit
able locations and traveled extensive
ly up and down the Pacific coast in
search of a place that would please
his spouse as a home. He gave up
the ghost of hope this week and wants
to pick out his own home hereafter.
Ettie A. Johnson doesn't want long
er to be the wife of Clifford D. John
son, to whom she was married in this
very city on May 26, 1910. Clifford
has been cruel to Ettie, says the com
plaint filed Tuesday, and Ettie would
bring such an unpleasant life to an
end.
Now comes one Fae B. Ryder, who
married Paul Ryder at Salem on Sep
tember 12, 1913, and asks the court
divorce mill to grind out a decree sep
arating her from Paul. Paul, it
seems, left home uncermoniously one
bright day in fact, the complaint
Young men and young wo-
al charges against his wife, and these P 5 $oO and $90 per month.
were the cause of much mental an
guish, to resort to the legal idiom.
A decree was signed this week sep
arating Mary A. Ainsworth and Tay
lor Ainsworth.
LAUNDRY SUED.
Write at once for full Dar-
, ticulars to the
Railway Telegraph Ins'f.
Panama Bldg., Portland, Ore.
M
L. Blakeslee Owes State for Fac-'
tory Inspection Service.
M. L. Blakeslee and the Oregon
City laundry are made defendants in
an action brougt yesterday by- the
state of Oregon through District At
torney Gilbert L. Hedges. The state
would collect from Blakeslee $65,
which represents the costs of several
inspections made of the laundry plant
by C. H. Gram of the state depart
ment of labor.
Licenses Issued.
Marriage licenses were issued on
Wednesday to Charles Bickner of Os
wego and Marie Estelle Jarisch; Leo
Updike of jjherryville and Katie Odell
and to Frederick William Marshal of
Mulino and Miss Emma Kleinsmith,
of Clarkes.
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