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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1916
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OREGON CITY COURIER
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WILSON'S VICTORY
The victory of the democratic par
ty and President Wilson at the na
tional election on Tuesday was one of
. those peculiar results of vthe Ameri
can political system that is difficult
to compute with figures and difficult
to discuss with facts.' But Presi
dent Wilson's election served as one
of the most important political les
sons so far recorded in the history of
the nation, for it upset precedent on
all sides and revealed many things
heretofore unthought of in politics.
Perhaps the most; startling dis
closure of the election was the suc
cess of President Wilson's campaign
without the vote of the eastern states.
Until 1916 those whe interest them
selves in politics would have sworn
that the election of a president with
out such important states as New
York, Illinois, Indiana and others was
the "most ridiculous impossibility
imaginable. But President Wilson
was elected without any of the very
important pivotal states.
Of course, his election might have
been impossible without these states
had he been denied the support of the
solid south. The condition is one that
could effect only a democratic presi
. .dent, for the southern states hold the
balance of power. It would have
been impossible to elect a republican
to the presidency without the eastern
pivotal Btates.
Another wonderful thing about the
re-election of Mr. Wilson is the fact
that a democrat, representing a party
that is only one third as strong as is
the republican party, received a larg
er popular vote than was ever cast
in this nation for a presidential can
didate. The republican party and its
loud press has said repeatedly that"
the republican split in 1912 elected
. Woodrow Wilson and that, consider
ing the normal strength of democra
cy, he could not hope for re-election.
Tuesday's result proved the fallacy of
the republican argument. Without a
republican party split the minority
party elected its candidate with more
popular votes' than were ever cast be
fore. That shows, it would seem, that
the average voter is, contrary to the
frequently expressed opinion, a per
son of considerable intelligence. The
result-is, in fact, a tribute to the in
telligence of the common people of
America. It shows that the man is
replacing the party-"-the day of non
partisanship in politics is fast coming
upon us. It shows that the common
people can distinguish between con
structive facts and destructive lies,
and it would also seem to show that
tTie old political ring master, whose
activities have scented American poli
tics for many generations, is rapidly
losing his hold.
The defeated party is contenting
itself now With threats to contest the
vote in the close states, and refusing
to concede as honest citizens the elec-
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tion of Woodrow Wilson. It does now
just as it has always done in the face
of defeat. In trying to point out the
cause of the defeat of its candidate,
the republican party says that' senti
mentalism, the women's vote, and a
dozen other minor things re-elected
Mr. Wilson. All of which is foolish
ness and fiction. The women's vote
did not elect Mr. Wilson. It helped,
and democracy is proud of the women
who supported its worthy candidate,
but it did not elect. Illinois, with en
franchised women, went strongly
against President Wilson, as did Ore
gon and South Dakota. President
Wilson's record of constructive
achievement re-elected him and he re
ceived the votes of thinking men and
women of all parties.
Sentimentalism did not elect Mr.
Wilson. Because the majority be
lieves that able statesmanship and
the production of results is sufficient
ground upon which to re-elect a pres
ident it does not necessarily follow
that, voters are so sickly sentimental
as to elect a man whose ability might
not be sufficient in a .crisis. But
Woodrow Wilson has faced many dif
ficult situations, and he has won
handily each one of them.
It was not sentimentalism that in
spired men and women throughout
the nation to vote for Wilson because
ho had preserved the life and limb of
the citizens of his country. "He kept
us out of war" was nots sentimental
ism it was pure truth and upon the
truth of his platform Mr. Wilson
stood solidly and successfully.
But the republican party and its
lost cause, although they both have
the sympathy of the Courier, can on
ly blame themselves for their defeat.
Their method was a super-construction
of lies and misconception. Their
campaign was a foul display of every
evil of partisanship and in their rabid
attempts to carry their fight to suc
cess they brought it -to the family
fireside, and with that as a wedge it
entered even the sacred institutions
of the land. Even did the party lead
ers stoop to character defamation in
frantic efforts to pollute the mind of
the voter. But the attemps, collect
ively, were most miserable failures.
And the only reason that Clacka
mas county and all Oregon did not
poll a good big majority for Wood
row Wilson was that the leaders of
the democratic party in this county
and state, neglected the campaign and
let their best efforts go to waste while
they depended upon a few newspa
pers to carry the burden of the battle
that was such a nation-wide success.
FARM-TO-TABLE PLAN
The University of Wisconsin, after
investigating the. . workings of the
farm-to-table system of trading hy
parcel post in that state, issues a bul
letin declaring it a failure. Out of
two hundred farmers who had adver
tised to sell direct to consumers by
mail, only sixty-two had made any
shipments in the last six months, and
many of these have since given it up.
The reasons for the failure in Wis
consin are thus summarized: Diffi
culty in obtaining containers which
will keep the articles intact, prevent
the mingling of objectionable flavors
and at the same time give the pack
age a favorable appearance; reluc
tance of housewives in the city to go
to the time and trouble to make up
their orders and then wait until they
arrive a matter ordinarily of sev
eral days; lack of standardization;
difficulty in establishing an under
standing between farmer and custom
er about payment; failure to ship
regularly and dependably.
This has been the experience al
most everywhere in this country, as
well as in Wisconsin; but it does not
follow that the farm-to-table plan is
not feasible because of this. No bus-
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ducted ink such a slipshod, inefficient
way, says the Eugene Guard.
I The fact is that the farm-to-table
pian is nigmy successiui in an coun
tries of Europe, or was before the
war. It did not work well there at
first. It took time to develop. So it
will here. ', The system has been in
operation only a short time. The
newspapers of New Orleans report
that the plan is beginning to work
well there in cases where men with
business sense are at the farm end of
it. It is wqrking well in many cases
in the East'
It is too soon yet to condemn the
farm-to-table system. It hasn't had
a fair chance to work yet. '
TBCHNICAL FARMING
A striking example of the benefits
of academic agricultural training is
set forth by the case of Alfred Carl
stead, graduate of the University of
Minnesota. Carlstead's father was a
farmer of the old type who in a life
time of hard work was able' to ac
cumulate only a farm paying a very
modest living, a few long-used im
plements and several debts. When he
died bequeathing this estate to his
three sons, Alfred, the eldest, was
just about finishing his agricultural
course at the university. Alfred was
nineteen.
The boy's friends advised him to
sell the farm and go to the city to
make a living. They laughed at his
idea that his technical education
would avail against the handicap of
youth, inexperience and inherited
debt.
Alfred Carlstead.. set his teeth and
went to work. The first year was
not marked by success. More friend
ly advice to give up was forthcoming.
Last year was the fourth year of his
experiment. Alfred Carlstead, 23
years old, with two younger broth
ers, owns the farm clear and well
equipped, every debt has been paid
and the boys have more than $20,000
in the bank.
The education alone could not have
done this. Pluck and grit and self-
control ana stick-to-it-iveness were
needed also. But not all the pluck
and persistence in the world could
have turned the trick without the
technical knowledge the boy had ac
quired at the univtrsity. The Dalles
Chronicle.
GLEN ECHO
(Too late for regular page)
The election proved too absorbing
last week and correspondence was
neglected. We were glad the results
were favorable to our president and
are sure that the people will all feel
the benefit of his re-election.
Miss Jencie Dillman of Oregon
City was a recent visitor at the Moran
home.
Mrs. George Howell of Oregon City
was a guest last Tuesday of Mrs. M,
E. Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy McAlpin and
son, Robert, have moved to Portland.
The Ladies' Aid of the First M. E,
church of Oregon City has formed an
auxiliary aid in this neighborhood
The first meeting was held at Mrs.
Smith's on the Pacific highway. A
large number of ladies joined and a
good meeting was held. Refreshments
were served by the hostess. The
next meeting will be held at Mrs
Seeley's on the fifteenth.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Ta"ber and Mrs,
M. E. Walker motored to Portland in
Mr. Taber's machine on Monday.
An election bet between Mr. Walk
er and Mrs. Gray will be carried out
on Saturday. A wheelbarrow ride
with Mr. Gray pushing is a penalty
for voting the Hughes ticket.
We were glad to see Mr. Hedges
again elected as district attorney, but
sorry Mr. Rislcy could not have won
as commissioner.
Mrs. Dave Bond, who, with Mr.
Bond, is here visiting their son, Har
ry, on Meldrum avenue, has been
spending the week with Mrs. R. H
Taber. Mrs. Bond and Mrs. Taber
were friends in Iowa.
Miss Blanche Gardener of Meldrum
is working in Portland.
The Gladstone Parent-Teachers'
meeting was held last Friday. A
very enjoyable meeting was held.
Much interest is manifested in these
meetings. The hot lunch which has
been installed in the school is proving
a decided success. Mrs. Patterson of
Portland gave an interesting talk on
hot lunches at the last meeting. Mr.
Finley will show his wonderful bird
pictures under the auspices of the
Parent-Teachers' association on No
vember 24.
Mrs. Harry Paddock and Mrs. Dix
on, of Gladstone, and Mrs. M. E.
Walker of Glen Echo, were delegates
attending the meeting of the Port
land council of Parent-Teachers at the
Central Library building November 3
The cold weather is proving quite
a menace, several people reporting
broken waterpipes.
A crowd of Glen Echo people were
in Oregon City last Saturday night
to witness the celebration in honor
of Woodrow Wilson's re-election.
LOGAN
(Too late for regular page)
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The great battle, is over and the
shadows from Shadow Lawn are so
dense as to cause a total eclipse of
the sun, visible at Oyster Bay and
some other places.
It certainly is better to feel blue
at the start and then have the blues
chased away by the lasting thrills of
happiness than to be a victim of the
contrary process. Well we know the
pangs of defeat by much experience,
and it must be much worse when you
are not used to it, so we should not
irritate the sore; but then sudden
joy after' long periods of gloom is
sometimes fatal and the patient
should have an opportunity to work
off the exuberance of feeling. So,
allow me to remark that this is one
time when a democratic president
succeeded a democrat; the charm is
broken, and we predict that the man
ufacturers will give up their hopes
of high protection and necessarily
get busy.
The Telegram says the beer men
voted for the beer measure and.-Iso
for the absolute prohibition. If so,
maybe the thing will not work out as
they expect, and maybe they were
consistent and thought if beer should
not be made here it should not be con
sumed here.
Mrs. Lottie Kirchem has gone for
a visit with her sister.
The road work is being pushed
during the good weather and 140
yards of gravel were applied in one
day.
Another, carload of potatoes has
been sold at $1.50 a hundred.
Those were two remarkable editor
ials in the. last Courier. We are not
quite so optimistic about the disap
pearance of partisanship, but there
certainly has been a change and the
party spirit that remains is not so
much team work to get the offices and
spoils. The only thing that would
ultimately eliminate partisanship, in
our humble opinion, would be direct
legislation in national affairs, so that
each individual question could be
settled on its own merits.
The Courier's stand on single tax
reminds us of the course of the Ore
Ionian on the tariff question under
e .control of the late H. W. Scott
Between elections the Oregonian was
for free trade but when a campaign
was on it was for protection. We
doubted the wisdom of proposing the
radical land and loan measure but
considered it all right and sound
single tax in principle. We suppose
single tax promoters had become tired
of being accused of deception and con
cluded to offer once the full and com
plete article, that any voter might
know without being labelled in big
letters.
It was quite-a respectable number
of voters that supported the measure,
considering the lack of a campaign
for it and the big scare campaign
against it.
Perhaps the Courier will take a
lead in formulating and promulgating
a "rational" single tax measure and
then take its share of the abuse and
misrepresentation that has been the
lot of W. S. U'Ren and other single
tax leaders.
Obituaries
James Albert Tufts
James Albert Tufts, former Clack
amas county treasurer and well
known resident of Gladstone, died at
his horoe there yesterday morning
after a long period of suffering from
heart trouble and Bright's disease.
Mr. Tufts, who was past 70, was a
G. A. R. veteran and a prominent
lodge worker. He was county treas
urer for four years ending 1914. He
is survived by his widow and three
daughters Mrs. Gladys Hannaford,
Oregon City, and Mrs. Bernice War
ren and Mrs. Alice Dwiggins, of Glad
stone. Funeral services will bo held
tomorrow afternoon from the Hol
man parlors, The Rev. W. T. Milliken
officiating. The Artisan and I. O. O.
F. lodges and Meade Post G. A. R.
will have charge of the services.
About the State
Resume of - the News of the
Week from All Parts
of Oregon
A corn show will be held at Dayton
Novmber 17 and 18. Many peopl
feared that the early frost had made
the corn show impossible, but such is
not the case, although the frost has
undoubtedly cut down the number of
exhibits and reduced the quality of
many of them. The frost may also
have made it more difficult to select
fodder corn for decoration purposes
but there is an abundance of ear corn
that is fairly well matured and a good
show is expected. -
Electrification of the Southern Pa
cific's west side line, from Whiteson
to Corvallis, will be complete within
the next 60 days, according to train
men. However, the actual operation
of electric trains into Corvallis will
be delayed until April or May because
the machinery for the transformer
plants will not be forthcoming from
the General Electric company at
Schenectady, N. Y., until early spring,
That company was the only one to
submit bids for the machinery and it
is delayed in filling the order.
Scotts Mills has four school teach
ers, all of whom are red headed. But
this is not to be considered a calam-
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weather or compelled to be out In
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The J. I. Case High-Foot Lift
Plow to Buy
A GENUINE HIGH FOOT
LIFT
One operation of foot lever
raises the bottom from
plowing position to six in
ches above ground and
automatically levels the
frame.
Let us tell yout
why this is the
most pract
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Draft Sulky
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ity, for people of the auburn type'
frequently make mighty good instruc
tors. Donald Record.
What promises to be an attractive
trip for farmers, fruit growers and
businessmen of McMinnville is to take
place Tuesday when a special excur
sion is to be run to Eugene to study
and investigate certain features of
the co-operative cannery at that place
which has. achieved such distinctive
success.
The employment of a smaller num
ber of teachers in the staff of the Eu
gene public schools makes it possible
to reduce the amount needed for the
schools for next year, and the fact
that all new construction has been
completed makes still further reduc
tions possible, cutting the total asked
by about $4000. Even at that, how
ever, the rate of levy will have to be
larger than it was last year, since the
assessed valuation of all land in the
county has been reduced by 20 per
cent below the assessments of last
year. The levy for the current year
is 7.4 mills, and the one asked is 8.2
mills.
A citizen of the United States for
88 years, Mrs. Alira Harris of Leba
non, in taking advantage- of her first
opportunity to vote, was accompanied
to the polls by her daughter, Mrs.
Knepper; granddaughter, Mrs. Ing
ram; and great granddaughter, El
eanore Ingram.
McMinnville citizens went on rec
ord last week at the city elections as
favoring a more adequate water sup
ply, in fact the vote in favor of the
$90,000 bond issue was larger than
had been expected. The total- vote
was 573 for and 283 against. The
nominees of the Citizens ticket were
all elected by substantial majorities.
The compensation for firemen car
ried by a good vote.
Saturday, November 11, was Sug'
ar Beet growers' day in Grants Pass.
The people of the district celebrated
the coming of the great industry
that means a revolution in farming
conditions and will bring a new era
of industrial development. The cel
ebration was not of the red fire sort,
however, but the effort and energy of
the community was put forward to
bringing the beet growers and those
who ought to be beet growers and
other interested citizens of southern
Oregon to Grants Pass that they
could inspect - the mammoth factory
and see Oregon beets made into the
best sugar manufactured anywhere
in the United States.
Hog raisers in the upper end of
the upper Rogue river valley are be
coming alarmed over a disease which
is attacking the hogs and concern
ing the exact nature of which, opin
ions differ. One raiser is reported
to have lost 50 hogs, and others one
or more animals. It is thought by
some to be cholera, but lacks some of
the symptoms of cholera.
The stea'mer Relief was success
fully floated last Tuesday night after
a week's submersion off Coos bay.
Aside from the filth which had ac-
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Portland, Ore.
Spokane, Wash.
Boise, Idaho
Our line of Vulcan Chilled Plows Case
and Roderick Lean Harrows -7 Drills
Manure Spreaders Etc. is the most
complete in the county.
GEO. BLATCHFORD, molalla, Oregon
OREGON CITY
Successor to Wm. A. Schilling "
cumulated on the boat and the rail
which was partly knocked off by the
May when the two boats sank, the
Relief was little the worse for wear.
The St. Helens Co-operative cream
ery will hold its first annual meeting
Saturday, December 2, at the St. Hel
ens city hall. President Tarbell
states the meeting will be in the na
ture of a get-together meeting of the
stockholders. He has arranged for
several prominent men of the state
to be present and make addresses.
Invitations are being mailed to the
many stockholders, urging them to be
present.
By leaps and bounds the estimates
of the Hood River apple crop for 1916
have jumped from 900,000 boxes, pre-
harvest figures, to a present total of
more than 1,200,000 boxes. In num
erous instances growers on picking
their fruit found that they had failed
to order, by 50 per cent, enough boxes
to contain the heavy yield. On the
east side A. Paasch, before he began
picking, estimated his crop at 15,000
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ooxes. ne win pucti nearer u,vuu
boxes of fruit, and so the increase of
estimates has been advanced over the
greater portion of the east side dis
trict A $20,00 order for Pendleton In
dian blanket cloth was placed Monday
with the Pendleton Woolen mills by
the Northern Pacific company, which
will, make suits from the cloth for
members of its marching club .which
will be in the big parades of the an
nual carnival of winter sports in St.
Paul. The order was placed person
ally by C. C. Kyle of St.' Paul, super
intendent of the general office build
ing. A train load of pontoons for use of
the army when in the field passed
through Oregon City over the
Southern Pacific railway Saturday,
destined for the Mexican border. They
were shipped from Vancouver Bar-
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Note the simple straight line
construction Frame and beam
are special grade high carbon
steel Nothing better" Frame
is strongly reinforced where
front and rear furrow wheels
attach Bottom is built up on a
solid steel
frog and
the mould
board is
double
breasted
at points of wear.
Share point also
heavily reinforced
insuring longer life
and strength at point where
most shares break Wheels
are dust proof easily
lubricated-
The Leader of
the Glass
Is the child with the least handi
caps. Your child's eyes are the
greatest handicap in school if they
are not perfect.
We have exceptional .facilities
for telling you if glasses will
improve your child's eyesight.
We Grind oar Glasses in Oregon City
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racks. There were 20 of the pon
toons, besides a number of wagons
and other trappings, each of the pon
toons being mounted on four wheels
to be easily transported from stream
to stream.
The creek which brings the water
supply to The Dalles was'frozen solid
early in the week from the Meadow's
source on Mount Hood to Wick's res
ervoir. One of the city's reservoirs
was entirely empty and two otfiers
were almost drained. City Water
Superintendent John Chambers issued
a warning to all consumers to use
water sparingly. City Fire Chief
Curran said the city was practically
unprotected in case of a fire.
Clarence L. Reames, United States
Continued on page 5)
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