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CONFUSION POSSIBLE.
Land and Loan Measure Would Bank
rupt State and Its People
The measure on, the November bal
lot generally known as the single tax
bill is a unique piece of legislation.
Signatures for the petition which ob
tained a place for it on the ballot
were solicited under the name of the
"people's land and loan bill." It ap
pears on the ballot, however, under
the name of "Full Rental Value Land
Tax and Homemakers' Loan Fund
Amendment" to the state constitu
tion. Some persons are confusing it
with the rural credits amendment,
which comes later on the ballot.
First of all, it turns over the con
trol of all privately owned land to the
State Land board.
Land, and land only of all forms of J
property, is to be taxed for state pur
poses. The sole exception to this
bill's strict adherence to the single
tax principle is that local taxes may
be levied upon land improvements and
personal property, the levy to be pro
posed through the initiative.
The present owners of land will
rent their land, which today is their
own property, from the State Land
board, making five-year leases for its
use. The rent shall be "appraised and
re-adjusted every fifth year."
Land alone will not only be re
quired to supply all the tax money;
but an additional one-third of the
present tax collection is to be levied
to create the so-called "Homemakers'
Loan Fund." The bill specifically
provides that loans, as high as $1500,
shall be made only to persons who
have not acquired property worth
more than $2250, they paying no in
terest for five years. The loan is to
be secured by a first mortgage on the
land then owned or to be bought by
the recipient of the loan. These loans
are to be administered by the State
Land board.
Land leased, upon receipt of this
loan will, however, revert to the state
upon failure to pay the full rental
value land tax for two years.
This bill is deliberately drawn to
force all land out of private hands
and into state ownership. W. S.
U'Ren, sponsor of the bill, declares
it is a crime for land to be owned out
right by any person. He has cleverly
framed this measure to bring about
this ideal condition. Operation of its
provisions will lead to state ownership
as surely as the sun rises and sets.
Within two years the state would
hold title to all land in Oregon as well
as control it by leases.
And there would be no money in
the state treasury for schols, univer
sities, highways, asylums, irrigation
development or anything else.
It would be a bankrupt state and
a bankrupt people!
MANY MARRIAGE LICENSES
Divorces Run Second for First Time
in Many Months
A record almost unique in Clack
amas county was established during
the past month, when the number of
marriage licensed issued approached
the number of divorce suits filed. Al
though divorces have the best of it by
three, it is the first time such a state
of affairs has occured in many months,
if not in years. Twenty-one mar
riage licenses were issued as against
twenty-four divorce complaints filed.
Within' the same period thirteen di
vorce decrees were signed by Circuit
Judge J. U. Campbell, which is also
somewhat lower than the average of
other months.
Judgment for Junker.
A judgment of $3000, with inter
est at 8 per cent since May 18 last,
attorneys' fees of $200 and additional
interest in the sum of $180, was found
in favor of Casper Junker in his ac
tion against Erwin L. Garver et al.
The case went by default.
THE NEW TRUST
It Is all over but the voting and then, Wilson for Four Tears More'
Four years more of peace and prosperity while the wheels of the nation
drive on toward our destined goal World leadership!
That is to be our destiny.
Nothing can stop It but a return to the reactionary party which for
forty years saved Its bosses' bacon while the people, the great American
people, struggled onward toward Individual and collective freedom.
' Yes, the nation came Into Its own not because but In spite of the Re
publican Party. It was the American people who cleared the forests, drained
the swamps, blazed the trails, opened t lie mines, dug the coal nnd the gold, inadf
the prairies Into wheat and com fields, and fenced In the ureal plains for cattle
Tbe American people, sprung from the loins of men wbo dared and wo
men who tolled, have laid the foundation of the greatest Republic known to
history, and raised thereon the fairest flower of civilization lu all the world
All this has been done despite the handicap of Political Bosses and the
usurious toll of Predatory Interests.
While the Pioneer grew into tho Settler and the Settler became the
Farmer and yellowed the vast plains with the bearded grain and browned
them with the russet corn
While barefooted children trudged down the shady lane or over the long
bill to the little red school house to read Of the wisdom of their Benjamin
Franklin, tho patriotism of their Patrick Henry, the Ingenuity of their Robert
Fulton, Ell Whitney, and Robert Hoe, the democracy of their Jefferson, of
the only Washington who Fathered his country, of the immortal Lincoln who
laved, and whose spirit will forever unite the nation
While these little children around the old stove sang "My Country, 'tis of
Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty"
While these same little children at night at their mother's knee learned
to bow their heads to their God who bad given them birth In the Land of
the Free and the Home of the Brave
While simple men sweated and tolled on and loved their work and their
home and their country
While sweet faced mothers delved in toll and span strong men to do the
nation's work:
Greed crept forth clad In frock coats and a well distended skin and an
oily tongue, aud slowly, surely, Insidiously gathered up the fruits of the
swent and the harvest of the fields, orchards and mines, and by special
privilege, by fraud, by bribe, by graft, by trickery, by knavery, by treachery,
yes, and by treason caused themselves to become tbe richest clique known
In the world's history.
The core of this clique Is the permanent Inner ring, the Invisible Govern
ment of the Republican Party.
This clique, disagreeing on a candidate four years ago, fell out, and the
American People came buck Into their own under the leadership of Woodrow
Wilson, who hns held Inviolably sacred that trust thus put Into his hands
by Fate. And by the grace of God the American People propose to go on with
that tried, true, great man who trusts them because lie knows they trust him,
Woodrow Wilson Is a new Trust In American life greater than all oth
ers greater because he stands for no Trust, Is backed by no Trust, and Is
the candidate of no Trust but Is tbe trust of the whole American people,
who lovo hlin because he has kept them out of war, honor him for his
courageous Christian humanity, and thank him for big broad statesmanship
and his fearless, Intelligent leadership.
lly his deeds and by bis acts as well as by the enemies he has made, his
place In the roll of American honor Is secure Washington, Lincoln, Wilson.
Woodrow Wilson deserves the vote of every man and every woman in
every state in the Union.
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DEMOCRATIC LAWS
THAT HELP FARMERS
Federal Employment Bureau One
of Many Wilson Achievements.
MONEY FOR CROP MOVING.
Rural Credit!, Federal Reserve Act,
Good Roada, Warehouse Law, New
Grain Standarde and Improved Mar
keting System.
By FRANK O. ODELL,
Editor of the Nebraska Farm Magazine.
Do you know that your postofflce Is
uow an employment bureau? That Is
one of the new things Uncle Sam has
started during the present administra
tion. Secretary Wilson of the depart
ment of labor has tackled the task of
bringing the Jobless man and the man
less Job together, and now every poet
office ie an agency of the United States
employment service. The postmaster
Is equipped with blanks for listing ap
plications for labor or for employment
and Is Instructed to help get the worker
and the Job lu contact.
While this may appear to be princi
pally In the Interest of the worker, tl
Is really one of the numerous far
reaching things started for the benefit
of the farmer by the administration
of President Wilson. The Increasing
scarcity of farm labor has become a
problem to the farmer, especially in
the wheat growing and fruit growing
sections. This labor, which Is of u
seasonal character, necessarily must
be performed largely by Itinerant
workers. Some agency which will meet
this demand and relieve the laborer of
the graft of employment agencies la
necessary. Uncle Sum has started It.
A single Illustration will show how
the system works:
In the Willamette valley of Oregon
thousands of temporary workers are
needed In hop picking time. On Aug.
20 the Oregon Journal of Portland
printed a news article about tbe new
government employment agency, stat
ing that 000 families could obtain Im
mediate employment In the hop yards
by applying at the Portland division of
the federal employment service.
This Is another Item added to the
mass of accumulating evidence which
shows that the Wilson administration
has tried to give both labor and the
farmer a square deal. For the first
time In history this administration has
placed the needs of rural districts
squarely before congress as of equal
Importance with the Interests of the
financial centers.
And why not? Financial centers
would not amount to much without the
nine billion dollar crop of the Ameri
can farmer. But the interests of the
farmer have not always been so prom
inently and favorably considered by
congress as they have during the last
three years. The record of Democratic
claims for farmer support Is a record
of accomplishment. It reads like this
In the passage of laws and adminis
trative acts:
What Has Been Done For the Farmer.
CURRENCY REFORM. - The fed
eral reserve act, under which the farm
er's paper is given special consideration,
Including permission to national banks
to loan on the security of farm lands.
RURAL CREDITS. An epoch mak
Ing legislative measure which will re
lieve the farmer of the Incubus of the
short time loan at extortionate Interest
This measure alone, When in full force,
will save the farmers of the United
States one hundred and fifty million
dollars annually in interest charges.
GOOD ROADS.-Seveuty-flve million
dollars made available for the develop
ment of roads from the farm to the
market, under conditions which will
prevent waslcful use of the money.
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION. -The
passage of the Smith-Lever act
brings to every American farm,
through the Joint co-operation of the
federal government and the states, the
help of these agencies In solving the
business problems of the farmer.
COTTON FUTURES ACT.-Deals a
death blow to gambling lu this great
staple.
UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE
ACT. Enables owners of stored prod
ucts to obtain loans on warehouse re
ceipts more nearly approximating the
full value of the product.
GRAIN STANDARDS. A law en
acted last August authorizes the sec
retary of agriculture to establish offi
cial grain standards. This law Is work
Ing. The farmer who has been robbed
through juggled grain grades for years
will appreciate its value.
CROP MOVING. The surplus funds
of the treasury department have been
placed directly In tho banks of the
south and west to aid lu moving crops
during the customary seuson of money
shortage.
INTEREST ON GOVERNMENT
PEr'OSITS. - Banks holding govern
ment deposits are now required to pay
2 per cent interest This cuts off a big
graft which formerly came from the
free use of huge sums of the people's
money. More than a million dollars
revenue annually Is uow derived from
this source alone.
IMPROVED MARKETING SYS
TEM. The farmer has for years felt
the power of the market combine,
with Its waste, Inefficiency and dis
honesty. The otlice of markets and the
rural organization service, established
lu tho department of agriculture dur
ing this administration, are working
on scientific lines to promote better
marketing and co-operative business
organization among fanners
These beneficent measures, with many
others, show why the farmer is satis
fled with the Wilson administration.
Men Feel Tired, Too
While much is said about tired
women it must be remembered that
men also pay the penalty of over
work. When the kidneys are weak.
inactive or sluggish, when one feels
tired out and miserable, lacks energy
and ambition, Foley Kidney Fills are
tonic and strengthening. Wm. H.
Clark, Springfield, Ohio, writes:: "I
found no relief from kidney trouble
until I discovered Foley Kidney Pills
Now I am in A 1 shape." They act
quickly and surely. Jones Drug Co,
PERSIAN DIPLOMACY.
Not Much Waa Said, but the Prince
Understood the 8hah
There were great variety and charm
In the society of Klsslngen, writes
Princess Lazarovlch In her account of
a holiday on the continent. There
were people from the four corners of
Europe, America and the orient, each
having a distinct personality that
brought vivid suggestions of bis ori
gin. Prince Malkolm was the diplomatic
representative of Fersla for all Eu
rope, being accredited at tbe same
time to London, Petrograd and Rome.
His wife, a beautiful Armenian prlu
cess, a Christian, was one of my dear
ly prized friends In London. Prince
Malkolm told us one day of how he
came to be a Persian diplomatic rep
resentative. He was a relative of the
shah, had been educated In several
countries in Europe aud had become
Interested lu the Christian religion as
the root force of western civilization.
Prince Malkolm told us how be stud-
led and pondered long to bit upon
some means of bringing Christian prin
ciples to Persians In forms that they
would understand, making Christian
ity the fulfillment of old Mithralc and
Zoroastrian conceptions. Having form
ed a plan, he returned to Terslu and
began to talk to his countrymen and
put before them tbe ideas that he be
lieved would raise up the fallen na
tion. The people everywhere listened
to him eagerly and followed him
about In throngs. Some of tbem be
gan to proclaim him a prophet and al
most worshiped his person. He tried
In every way to combat that tendency,
In which he saw the speedy and com
plete wreck of his dearest hopes.
One day the shah sent for him and
said:
"My cousin, you are much followed
about here. You are exertliig yourself
too much. You need rest. Would you
like to go as my ambassador to Eu
ropeand Btay there many years?"
Then Prince Malkolm added:
"I knew wba. be meant. So with
my heart falling like a stone I auswer-
ed, 'Yes, your majesty, 1 accept' . On
that day I started on my journey
westward. And all these years I have
been virtually a European."
'But what did the shah really
mean?" I asked.
Prince Malkolm grinned, showing
his white teeth, and with a queer gur
gle made the sign of a kulfe drawn
across his throat.
MEANINGS OF DREAMS.
What Scientific Analysis of Slumber
Visions May Disclose.
Scientific dream Interpretation helps
us to see ourselves as we really are,
gives us Intimate glimpses of the sub
conscious as well as conscious desires,
fears and modes of thinking that enter
Into the making of our character nnd
the shaping of our conduct, according
to H. Addlngton Bruce In the Mothers'
Magazine.
The compilers of the gaudy little pa
per covered dream books once so much
lu vogue went rightly enough on the
theory that dreams ore symbolic. But
they erred by assuming tlint they are
always symbolic of future events and
that any particular dream element can
always be Interpreted us symbolic of
the same kind of future event.
Those who expect modern science to
provide them with a dream manual
akin to the old dream books, so that
every one may become his own Inter
preter at a glance, are consequently
doomed to disappointment. Accurate
dream interpretation almost always
means time and effort. But it is well
worth the trouble It costs. All who
would discover unsuspected weakness
es and defects In themselves, who
would gain a maximum of health, hap
plness and efficiency through right liv
ing, will do well to seek to have their
dreams analyzed.
And It Is not only for the light it
throws on oue's nature and character
that scientific dream interpretation Is
worth while. There are dreams which
rightly Interpreted throw light on the
stute of the dreamer's physical health,
sometimes enabling action to be taken
that will avert serious disease.
Spoken With Feeling.
"There are all sorts of synonyms for
money in thls'country," said the talka
tive man. "We call it 'tin,' 'mnzuma,'
'kale,' 'dough,' and a dozen other names
I don't recall just now."
A solemn looking man seated in ono
corner opened his mouth as if to say
something and then closed it without
uttering a word.
"What Is your favorite synonym for
money?" asked the talkative person.
" 'The unattainable,' " tho solemn
man replied, and then fell once more
into deep thought. Birmingham Age-Herald.
No Use For It.
"nave you n five dollar bill that you
don't know what to do with?"
"Yes; here Is one."
"Oh, thank yon. But I say, this Is
counterfeit." - '
"Well, you asked me for one 1 dldu't
know what to do with." -Chicago
Herald.
When Women Meet.
"That woman pretended to be glad to
see mo. What nn actress she Is!"
"But you were a match for her?"
"Yes. 1 pretended to be Just ns glad
to see her." Exchange.
His Turn to Ask.
"Am 1 the first girl you ever kissed?"
"Am I the first man to whom you
ever put that question?" St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
The best part of our knowledge is
Hint which tenches us where knowl
dgo leaves off and ignorance begins.
Ilolmcs.
GRAHAM SUES TENANT.
Alleges Sittser Did Not Divide Crops
and Sold Livestock From Farm.
Orton A. Graham has secured an
injunction against B. J. Sittser and
filed suit against Mr. Sittser asking
an accounting of the disposition of
one half the crop on a 29-acre farm at
Butteville leased to Sittser. Mr.
Graham asks that the lease be de
clared broken and charges that Sittser
did not live up to the terms of the
lease by which he was to give to the
Cost is going down
Though it has been said times with
out number, it is always worth retell
ing that the cost of electric service
keeps coming down while everything
else is going up. Food, shelter, cloth
ing, luxuries - all cost more than they
did a few years ago and none of them
have bettered in quality. Today the
public utility companies are giving
much better service and are charging
less for it than a few years ago. To
day you can ride to your heart's con
tent in a trolley car for a nickel. The
new EDISON MAZDA LAMPS give
you THREE TIMES THE LIGHT for
the same amount of electric current
consumption as the old lamps.
USE EDISON MAZDA LAMPS. We Carry a Full Assortment.
Portland Railway
Light ($b Power
Company
The Electric
Store
Phones Home A-229
Pacific Main 115
Andresen Bldg. 619 Main St.
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owner half the crop. Graham charges
that Sittser has disposed of livestock
valued at $60.
The firm of Slyter & Eckerson asks
for a judgment of $646.92, the bal
ance of a cash advance of $2427.78,
in a suit filed Friday against C. C. Ed
wards. The charge is that Edwards
received an advance of money on lum
ber that he was to deliver to the firm
and failed to deliver the full amount.
Crookedest Railroad In the World.
Up California's Tumnlpals runs the
crookedest railroad In the world. Of
the eight miles of tru'-k the longest
tangent Is but 413 feet. In one notable
Instance the road makes five complete
loops and ties two complete bowkuots
to attain an elevation of ninety feet
The end of the line is about half a mile
higher than the starting point, and
there Is uot one particularly steep
grade in the entire system. -Wall Street
Journal.
Painfully Frank.
Hostess (to departing guest) Must
you go so early. Mr Dlnnk ? Blank I'm
very sorry that I must leave, Mrs.
Tark. The fac t is. nut expecting to
have such a pleasant time this eve
ning, 1 made another engagement."
Boston Transcript.
Worse Still.
"Did Mr. Jobbless pay his hill?"
"Yes, sir," answered the collector,
"but he mnde a lot of fuss about it"
"Uiu! Don't let that trouble you, son.
It's the fellow who bellows and doesn't
pay that we should worry about."
Birnilnglinm Age-Herald.
Hint That Failed.
Visitor (waiting an Invitation to
lunchi Two o'clock! 1 fear I'm keep
ing you from your dinner. Uostess
No, but I fear we are keeping you from
yours. Meggendoi'fer Rlaetter.
Thrift
Without me no man has ever
achieved success, nor has any nation
ever become great.
I have been the bed rock of every
successful career, and the cornerstone
of every fortune.
, All the world knows me and most
of the world heeds my warning. '
The poor have me as well as the
rich.
My power is limitless, my applica
tion boundless.
He who possesses me has content
ment for the present and surety for
the future.
I am greater value than pearls, ru
bies and diamonds.
I make a man well dressed, well
housed and well fed.
How to Mark Your Ballot
315 x NO
316xYES
Pass These Numbers Along.
Against the Brewers' Amend
ment which Legalizes Original
Package Saloons and Selling
Liquor to Minors.
To Keep Oregon Money in
Oregon and stop California's
Mail Order Liquor Selling in
Oregon.
Keep Me For Reference.
Author: Anti-Saloon League, 611 Stock Exchange Bldg., Portland, Oregon
Paid Adv. by Committee, of 100 of Clackamas County
Is Your Grocery Bill
Getting Too High?
Are you complaining of the high cost of
necssities? Would you lower your grocery
bill if you could?
We buy the best grades of Groceries and sell them
at a small margin of profit.
If we could convince you that your grocery bill
would be less or that we could give you more for the
money would you trade with us?
TRY US FOR ONE MONTH
Larsen & Company
LEADING, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCERS GENERAL MERCHANTS
Corner 10th and Main Sts. Oregon City, Oregon
Old Campaign Wager
If Charles Evans Hughes is elected
president, William Folger and J. Dun
mire of this city will be carted
through Main street in wheelbarows,
as a result of their support of the re
publican candidate, by J. E. Chinn and
Walter Young. Folger and Dunmire,
of course, must wheel the others if
Hughes is defeated. This is the first
sign of the old style of campaign
betting in this city. Large sums of
money have been wagered on the re
sults of the election.
R. L. Holman, Leading Undertaker,
Fifth and Main St; Telephones: Pa
cific 415-J; Home B-18.
Office phones: Main 50, A50; Res. phones, M. 2524,1715
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Arrival and Departure of TrainB at Oregon City
Leave Southbound Arrive Northbound
7:50 A.M. 8:20 A.M.
10:00 A.M. 10:65 A.M.
2:50 P.M. 2:20 P.M.
7:20 P.M. 5:40 P.M.
Daily Freight Service (except Sunday).
The American Express Co. operates over this line.