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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1916
OREGON CITY COURIER
C. W. ROBEY, Editor and Business Manager
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INITIATIVE DISCREDITED
Regardless of one's attitude tow
ard the initiative we must all agree
that its abuse can only result in its
abolishment. By the continual sub
mission of single tax under varying
ballot titles the friends of single tax
are bringing the initiative into disre
pute. In 1908 single tax was submitted
and defeated.
In 1912 single tax under the guise
of a sur-tax was submitted and de
feated. In 1914 single tax was submitted
under the ballot title of "the fifteen
hundred dollar exemption bill," and it
was again decisively defeated. Now
we have the same old single tax sub
mitted to us under the name of "the
full rental value land tax."
How long is this cluttering of the
ballot to continue? How many times
must the people of Oregon reject sin
gle tax before its friends will discon
tinue their agitation for it? How
many times must we reject single tax
before the Fels fund of Pennsylvania
will realize that we do not wish to be
the guinea pig upon which they are to
test out their theories through the in
jection of the single tax serum ?
There are a great many people in
Oregon who are very friendly to the
initiative. They consider it a means
of securing legislation for which there
is great demand when the legislature
fails in its pledges to the people.
Such persons are coming to realize
that the whole system is coming into
disrepute because of its improper use
by the friends of single tax. It must
be unanimously agreed that if a con
stitutional amendment were submitted
which would prevent the future sub
mission of single ax it would be over
whelmingly adopted. The people of
Oregon do not want single tax and
they are sick and tired of its contin
ual submission through the initiative.
Which shall we do, abolish the ini
tiative or abolish those who are abus
ing it? Wo must take our choice for
one or the other must happen and
that soon.
No well informed person supposes,
for a moment that the full rental!
value land tax amendment that will
be on the Oregon ballot this fall will
be approved by the voters. Its chief
purpose is to take the land of Oregon
away from those who own it now and
give it to others, and the people of
this state have no desire to Mexican
ize themselves in this way. The
amendment wll be defeated, of course.
But it is not enough merely to de
feat it. In order to preserve the good
name of Oregon and assure better
business conditions and greater de
velopment in the future it must be
snowed under so deeply as to leave
no doubt of the attitude of the people
of this state on such freak measures.
Prospective investors and homeseek
ers must be assured that they can
come to Oregon without danger of
having their investments confiscated.
Oregonians know that there is lit
tle possibility of confiscatory legisla
tion like this beng enacted. There
have been radically dangerous meas
ures on the ballot at every election
since the Oregon system was adopted
and they have been uniformly swamp
ed by the voters. But people living
elsewhere among them prospective
investors in Oregon do not know
this. They see grab schemes in the
ballot and jump to the conclusion that
it is unsafe to invest money in Oregon.
This is unforunate, but under the
initiative system of government there
is no way to prevent the appearance
of wild schemes on the ballot year af
ter year. All that can be done is to
snow them under so deeply as to con
vince the rest of the world that sanity
and common sense rule in Oregon and
that investments here are as sa'fe as
anywhere else..
SECTIONALISM
About the most un-American thing
done since Wilson became president
is the lugging into this campaign of
the forced issue of sectionalism. It is
regretted by all Americans who be
lieve that true Americanism consists
as much in being loyal to all of our
own country as in presenting a brist
ling front to foreign nations.'
Prom two high sources, one from
New England and one from the Gulf
states, come simultaneously strong
protests against the attempts to make
sectionalism an issue.
Harry A. Garfield, president of
Williams college and son of the man
who fought for the Union and later
was president until shot down by an
assassin, in a signed interview says:
"The attempt to rekindle old fires
of hatred between the north and south
is reprehensible in the extreme. The
south today is not the south of 1861.
Any attempt to confusS the old and
newi south is due to ignorance or to a
deliberate attempt to befog the minds
of voters."
Asserting that southern represent
atives are no more active and no more
blameworthy for seeking special fav
ors for their districts than northern
men doing the same thing, and that is
also a republican failing, and has been
a cardinal vice of the dominant party
since the very first congress, Mr. Gar
field says:
"The real question before the voter
is whether the great problems of the
day, international as well as national,
will be more wisely handled by con
tinuing Mr. Wilson and his party in
ower, or by turning the government
Aver to Mr. Hughes and his support
ers. The records of the past eight
yfcars, not those of fifty years ago, are
iignificant."
! Senator John Sharp Williams of
Mississippi, whose nationalism as dis
tinguished from sectionalism is thor
oughly known, and who evoked much
criticism from some quarters when as
minority leader in the lower house of
congress he repeatedly broke the rule
of seniority in order to give northern
and western men places on important
committees, says:
"There is no ground for this charge
of sectionalism either against Presi
dent Wilson or the democratic con
gress. Two vacancies caused by the
deaths of southern men have occeured
in the supreme court and neither suc
cessor was appointed from the south.
Nor did the president appoint any
member from the south on the farm
loan board, although the south is pe
culiarly interested in farm loans.
"Neither in the house nor in the
senate do the southern members con
trol a single committee. The chair
manships they received under the re
publican rule and custom of seniority.
This rule has been broken only in fav
or of northern and western members.
The elected speaker of the house is a
westerner and the elected senate lead
er a middle westerner. Also on the
caucus-elected or assigned commit
tees, the ways and means in the house,
the steering committee in the senate,
the south does not control.
"The south s not sectional," said
Senator Williams. "Ask any Union
veteran who has been to the Vicks
burg national cemetery to dedicate
monuments. Ask any Union veteran
living now in the south, and marching
on memorial day with Confederate
veterans to decorate the graves of
both the blue and gray. Some of
them are actually honorary members
of Confederate camps.
"There is a great deal more sec
tionalism in making this charge than
there is evidence to support it. It is
not supported by a single instance. of
a law passed or an executive order
made." .
NASTY POLITICS
HOW TO DRAW
A CHECK
The first thing a depositor in
a bank should leairn is how to
draw a check, for if a check is
improperly drawn it may lead
to confusion and might bring a
loss to the bank and annoyance
to the depositor. In the first
place the figures should be plain
ly made, so that no question
should arise as to the amount."
If a figure is carelessly made, so
that it confuses those who han
dle the check, numberless hours
of work may follow. For in
stance, if a bank receives a
check for $1.88 with a poor "8"
and a clerk lists it at $1.08, it
may take many hours' time to
find the difference, and the en
tire day's work may have to be
gono over. The rule should be:
never make a figure that may
be mistaken and never pass one
that is in doubt correct it by
crossing out the bad and mak
ing a good one alongside.
Second, the words and figures
Bhould agree. The law says
that if the two are different, the
written words govern, but make
both carefully and get them
alike.
Third. Begin tho writing
well to the left of the writing
space and fill tn the unused
space with a wavy line. Begin
the figures well up against the
$ sign and make the character
0000 after, but close up against
the figures. Usa a good black
ink and write firmly, so that
plenty of ink gets into the fibre
of the paper.
Fourth. Always write your
name exactly as you wrote it on
the bank's signature card.
"Mrs. William Smith" may be
the same person as "Mary V.
Smith," but the bank account
doesn't stand that way.
Adopt one . signature and
stick to it. Do not flourish, nor
make a fancy signature. Hand
writing experts will tell you
that a plain, distinctive signa
ture, with no furbelows, is the
most difficult to forge.,
The law of forgery is that
the bank is bound to know
your signature, and pays a
forged instrument at its peril.
The risk is all theirs, but that
is not to say that you should
not help eliminate the chance
of forgery by taking care that
your checks are properly drawn.
If you are grossly negligent,
you might have to stand the
Iors yourself. Better be safe
than sorry. There are numer
ous protecting devices on the
market, some better than oth
ers, and these may be used as
added safeguards; but there is
no rule of law that compels you
to do so. You are safe if you
follow the above suggestions.
Do not make it easy to work a
fraud through your account.
Do not give checks to strang
ers. Do not leave your check
book lying around. Do not
leave a signed check where it
may be filled in and used. Your
banker will bless you if you fol
low the above suggestions.
We BANK sf OREGON CITY
Oldest, Largest and Strongest Bank in Clackamas County
Without all the dirt that cheap of
fice seekers can rake up in 'their fren
zied searches for some little thing
upon which to base their vile efforts
to discredit a worthy opponent and to
turn the mind of a voter, politics
seemingly could not be politic.
The present campaign, although
there are more educated voters today
than there ever were, is characterized
by the nasty work of these cheap of
fice seekers, whose gifts of gab are
hundred times greater than their
characters or their abilities for the of
fices they would occupy.
As far as the Courier is concerned
it sincerely tries to keep out of the
uncreditable phase of politics. It
tries to show in plainest facts and fig
ures the reasons it has for supporting
an issue or a candidate. But it is
sometimes almost beyond the power
of human forbearance to remain above
the mud as we watch the work of
some men. With the motive usual
ly, though not frequently admitted,
the salary some men will stoop to
any level and we have before us in
the present campaign some of the
cheapest, dirtiest work that was ever
attempted in Clackamas county poli
tics. It is difficult to remain absolutely
steadfast in a purpose when we see
and hear one of these office-seeking,
mud-throwing numbskulls lieing,
back-biting and engendering fear of
calamity in the hearts and untruthful
foolishness in the minds of the voters.
Ordinarily a man is' a fearless brute,
but when some of them attempt poli
tics they become the veriest cowards.
We seldom hear one of this class on
the same platform with the opponent
whom he decries and derides saying
the things that he says when he is
alone before an audience. That is be
cause he knows he lies and he knows
he would be shown up in his true col
ors if he dared attempt such state
ments before his opponent as he
makes when his opponent's back is
turned.
The work of these self-satisfied
and totally worthless individuals is
stamped all over them. The most
unstudied voter can pick out such men
from the crowd, for they are labelled
undeniably with the brand of their
lies. Too often, though, this class of
politician puts over his untruths and
his tommy-rot in a garb of miscon
struction that throws the voter off his
guard until he believes what he hears.
There are, invariably, two sides to
even the least question. It is the
honorable duty of every individual
who exercises the franchise to know
both sides and the voter who does not
inform himself as to the methods and
the men seeking their vote is not do
ing the duty his citizenship and his
voting power should demand of him,
Party politics are secondary, in the
present day scheme of affairs, to the
general welfare of nation, state, coun
ty and city. We can no more think
of tolerating an office seeker whose
platform is based on dishonesty and
untruth, sumply because he is repub
lican, democrat or what-not, than we
could think of turning the United
States over to King George or the
kaiser.
These men, deep down in their
hearts, think the voter is an ignor
amus and that they can work upon
that terrible state of ignorance to ac
complish their ends the annexation
of the salary and glory that office
holding brings. Voters are hardly so
ignorant as these men would believe.
Usually they know what and whom
they are voting for as well as do the
politicians, and for one, the Courier is
of the opinion that such men as are
throwing their muddied and dishon
orable untruths into the present coun
ty campaign will be counted out long
before the polls open for the election
on November 7.
usually rolling up a 200,000 republi
can majority.
From every state reports backed by
solid facts and reasoning come in
showing a tide of faith and loyalty
toward the president moving steadily
over the land.
It may lack sound and fury and
spectacularity; there are none of the
"flaying" or "scourging" or "the "skin
ing them alive" features in the move
ment such as characterize tho repub
lican campaign. It is too deep for
sound or foam. But it moves forward
and onward with inevitable impetus,
having behind it as its source and
force the growing belief that Presi
dent Wilson has preserved us from
war and more than maintained,, has in
faot increased the national honor; that
he has served the farming, interests
and the laboring interests as well as
the financial 'and business interests of
the nation with wisdom and courage;
that he has emancipated the children
of the country, served the cause of
humanity abroad and kept faith with
the American people and with the
world.
THE LIQUOR BILL
Cold figures from an unprejudiced
source are what really furnish an au
thentic verdict as to whether increase
of dry territory decreases the con
sumption of alcoholic drinks. The
last government fiscal report, includ
ing the first half of 1916 , shows that
there were 2.7 gallons less of intoxi
cants per capita consumed than in the
preceding year. One hundred million
dollars less was paid out for drink in
twelve months by the American peo
people than during the previous year.
In the consumption of beer there
was a decrease of ten gallons for each
family. Even with this reduction,
Uncle Sam's records show there was a
total expenditure for intoxicants in
twelve months of over a billion and
a half dollars seventy-five dollars
for each family.
A comparison of the money going
into the building of churches and liquor-making
plants is an interesting
side light on the question. In 1905,
for every dollar expended for new
church buildings there were $2.80 put
into new breweries and distilleries.
In 1915, for every dollar put into new
liquor-making plants there were $38.
20 put into building new churches in
this country. There were $14,000,000
less invested in the construction of
breweries and distilleries in the past
ten years than in the decade preced
ing 1905.
It is now evident that John Barley
corn is mortally hit, but he is working
his publicity bureau as never before,
to show he is still in the game and
that when a state goes dry it becomes
wetter.
republican councils. It is the official
representative in this country of the
allies and in that capacity is acting
largely as the instrument and adjunct
of Lombard street, London. This is
the' third powerful if not dominating
influence which must be overcome by
the "German-American influence."
Patriotism, justice and good sense
show no good reason for "German
American" support of the republican
party.
WILSON AND THE FARMER
"The present is the first adminis
tration that has made a determined
effort to show the farmer how to get
satisfactory prices for his harvests.
Former administrations have shown
the farmer how to fight the boll weev
vil, the chinch bug, the army worm
and other insect pests. But this is
the first administration that has dared
to make common cause with the farm-
NO FIGS FROM THISTLES
The Germans are a hard-headed,
sound-thinking race of people. It' is
not believable that the "German
Americans," and by "German-Americans"
we mean American citizens of
German blood who are first for their
country, America, but have a very
great sympathy (and it is right that
they should have it) for the Father
land, can be deluded into the idea that
they are serving either their own
country or the Fatherland by their
support of the republican candidate.
Every thinking man knows that if
Mr. Hughes is elected president, Mr.
Roosevelt is going to exercise a very
great influence over him, and that
through his dominating influence over
a large portion of the Hughes sup
porters Roosevelt will have a com
manding influence in a republican ad
ministration at Washington.
The undisguised and almost official
relationship that Senator Lodge and
Congressman Gardner of Massachu
setts and some other leaders and man
agers of the republican party have
with Great Britain certainly gives the
German-Americans no hope of favor
ing influence from this powerful re
publican group.
The house of Morgan with its deep
and wide ramifications in Wall street,
the very head and front of Big Busi
ness, is sure of an influential voice in
HELP FOR
WORKING WOMEN
Some Have to Keep on Until
They Almost Drop. How
Mrs. Conley Got Help.
Here is a letter from a woman who
had to work, but was too weak and suf
fered too much to continue. How she
regained health :
Frankfort, Ky. "I suffered so much
with female weakness that I could not
do my own work,
had to hire it done.
I heard so much
about Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable
Compound that I
tried it. I took three
bottles and I found
it to be all you
claim. Now I feel as
well as ever I did and
am able to do all my
own work again. I
recommend it to any woman suffering
from female weakness. You may pub
lish my letter if you wish. "Mrs. James
Conley,B16 St. Clair St.,Frankfort,Ky.
No woman suffering from any form of
female troubles should lose hope until
she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound a fair trial.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
ingredients of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for forty
years proved to be a most valuable tonic
and invigoratorof the female organism.
All women are invited to write
to the Lydia E. PinkhamfVIedi
cine Co., Lynn, Mass., for special
advice, it will be confidential.
er against the usurer, the transpor
tation shark, the fake middle man,
and other human pests who in the
past have grown rich on the produce
of the farmer's toil.
"With these things accomplished in
little more than three years, after
twenty years of weary waiting, the
road to greater freedom is not back
ward to the old order but forward,
holding steadfast to these friends
who have proved true." The .Farm
er's Forum.
A patent has been granted for an
"electrically illuminated keyhole."
Too late. Oregon has gone dry. m
In the newspapers a few days after
election we may read something be
sides politics. Thank goodness!
Disttrict Attorney
GILBERT L.
HEDGES
Candidate for Second
Term as
District Attorney
for Clackamas County
Voters, I ask your support solely up
on my record of accomplishments
I am proud of my record!
Hear It Is:
I have tried damage cases against Clackamas County amounting
to $31,434.10 AND WON EVERY SINGLE CASE FOR YOU TAX
PAYERS! I have tried fifteen liquor cases and secured fourteen convictions,
a record probably unequalled by any district attorney in the State of
Oregon.
I have tried five important county and state cases in the Supreme
Court of Oregon and have won EVERY CASE!
I have prepored over 700 criminal complaints and indictments,
and no court, high or low, has ever declared a single one of them
faulty or defective. ' . ,
Last December at the budget meeting $3000 was appropriated
to enforce the dry law. Six months' record to July 1st, as shown by
the county clerk's semi-annual statement, shows that after paying all
expenses of enforcing the law, including deputy's salary, the fund
was absolutely intact and the county was $194.53 ahead. Since that
date $50.00 in additional fines has been added to the fund.
I have assisted hundreds of boys and girls in the juvenile de
partment. The district attorneys of the State of Oregon have chosen me
as their vice-president and have honored me with membership on
the committee on revision of criminal laws of Oregon.
GILBERT L. HEDGES
(Paid Adv. by Gilbert L. Hedges, Oregon City, Ore.)
WE
SPECIALIZE
IN
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SOME GOOD NEWS
With such a candidate as President
Wilson and such a record of party
achievement there has been from the
start of the campaign the most solid
ground for hope of democratic suc
coss. Now the evidences' of victory
begin to appear.
The Chicago Tribune, the leading
republican paper of the middle west.
admits that the hitherto rockribbed
republican state of Illinois is very
doubtful a fact some time ago
known to those familiar with the situation.
Francis J. Heney states that Cali
fornia is sure for Wilson, the pro
gressives there not being sheep that
follow blindly, but people whose poli
tics are based on principles.
David Lawrence, of the New York
Evening Post, after a tour of the state
of Minnesota, puts that state in the
Wilson column, and Michiimn is
placed beside it by many political
judgos. Strong corroboration is giv
en this by the fact that Michigan is
being given ten times the amount of
attention usually given it by the re
publicans. From the big guns thev
are firing there one would think it a
democratic Verdun instead of a state
A Hurry- up - for- S chool Breakfast
For the Children
"Get up, sleepy heads ! .
Time to get up!"
Mother's voice rings cheerily out and floods the room with a radiance as exhil
arating as the morning sun streaming in tho windows.
In a trice there is a riotous scramble from cozy bods, laughing faces scrubbed
until they fairly shine, school clothes do ned, and then breakfast!
Mother Must Have Them Off to School on Time,
and in the "ELECTRIC HOME" the Task is Easy.
Grape fruit and puffed rice with cream are ou the table in a jiffy, and while the
little ones are eating, mother is at the table with them frying pancakes of just the
right brownness on her ELECTRIC TOASTER STOVE.
USE PREPARED PANCAKE FLOUR OR THE FOLLOWING RECIPE :
Two cups wheat flour,
Three tablespoonfuls baking powder,
One and one-half cups of milk,
Two eggs,
One-quarter of a cup of melted butter.
One-quarter of a teaspoonful of salt.
Mix and sift the dry ingredients; add milk and beaten eggs; beat well and add
butter; beat again and take to the table in a pitcher. When griddle of toaster is
thoroughly heated, pour batter ou and bake without grease.
And coffee, made in an ELECTRIC PERCOLATOR, always rivals her pancakes.
She puts into the percolator the required amount of cold water, and to each pint
of water adds three rounding teaspoonfuls of coffee ground fine, but not pulver
ized. She puts the cover on the percolator, turns ou the current and lets it perco
late for fifteen minutes. Then she servesit mellow and hot and wonderfully ap-etizing.
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