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OBEUON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1916
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GREAT PICTURE COMING
"Birth of a Nation" Will Show at
Shively Opera House Next Week
Many a town has gotten the con
temptuous title of a "bad show town"
simply because its people were not
easily gulled into taking for granted
every Jim Crow attraction that took
a notion to play there. Such places
usually prove to be the very best
show towns when you offer them the
goods, say those behind the famous
Griffith's "Birth of a Nation."
It is one of the "ironies of fate"
that this superb and widely discussed
attraction proves every town it
strikes a first class show town. The
city of Milwaukie, for instance, has
just lately been considered a "weak
stand" for the customary dramatic
and musical organizations traveling,
yet Griffith's production played there
at the leading opera house to capa
city business, night and day, for two
solid months, and in the heated "off"
summer season, too.
In the course of time it was not
able that the poorest week's business
of the entire engagement was the
first week, which proves that, while
people were slow to take hold until
they were convinced it was all it was
expected to be, they flocked there
after they heard of its merits.
Watch the marvel prove Oregon
City a great show town on the occa
sion of its coming engagement at the
Shively Opera house, December 14
15. Every town is willing to patronize
the genuine article, but many do not
"fall easily for the snide.
From coast to coast it is a national
holiday when this production appears
and the people turn out as if Abra
ham Lincoln himself were scheduled
to speak at the theatre. Accompany
ing this great spectacle is the cele
brated symphony orchestra, which
renders a special three hour sco"re--a
veritable treat in itself. Seats may
be reserved at Jones' drug store on
Saturday, December 9. Matinee daily
at 2:45, prices 25 and 50 cents.
Nights at 8:15, prices 50c, 75c and
?1.00.
Obituaries
Fred Bullard .
i Fred Bullard, for 34 years a resi
dent of Oregon City and a native of
Germany, where he was born 80 years
ago, died at his home at Mountain
View Monday morning. The funeral
was held Wednesday morning at 11,
and interment ' was in Mountain
View cemetery. Those who survive
Mr. Bullard are his widow, Mrs. Char
lotte Bullard; two daughters, Mrs.
Richard Schoenborn and Mrs. J. D.
Baker, of Oregon City, and three sons,
Frank and Chris, of this city, and
Robert, of Schuebel.
Tirst national Bank
-of-ORBGOJV
GITY
Capital Stock
Surplus ' '
$50,000.00
$25,000.00
Member FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
Member OREGON STATE BANKERS ASSOCIATION
Member AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION
Under Government Supervision
U. S. Depository for Postal Savings Funds
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT
, INTEREST PAID on Savings Accounts or Time Certificates
We Solicit Your
Banking Business
Our Banking Room has been remodeled to meet the
requirements of our patrons
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tllf :$ Juifl
Have installed a MODERN and up-to-date
VAULT which is mob and
burgular proof.
OFFICERS
D. C. LATOURETTE, President
M. D. LATOURETTE, Vice-Pres.
F. J. MEYER, Cashier
(Established 1889)
OPEN 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Josph L. Mumpower v
- Joseph L. Mumpower, who had
been a well-known and popular resi
dent of Stone for 34 years, died at a
Salem hospital on Sunday, aged 80
years. Interment was in the Logan
cemetery, following funeral services
conducted at the Stone church on
Tuesday. Mr.. Mumpower was a na
tive of Virginia and had been living
at Stone since he came to Oregon in
1882. He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. John Hattan of Redland, and
three sons, W. E. Mumpower of
Stone, L. D. Mumpower of Gladstone
and Grant Mumpower of Stone.
Teachers' Examination
J. A. Churchill, state superintend
ent of public instruction, has set De
cember 20 to 23 inclusive as the
dates for the annual examination of
applicants for state teachers' certifi
cates. The tests will be conducted
under the direction of J. E. Calavan,
county school superintendent, and will
be held at the Masonic building.
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CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE BEGINS
RAILWAY INQUIRY
Proposed by President to Bet
ter Condition of Carriers.
MAY CHANGE PRESENT SYSTEM
Offioiali of Roads Prepared to Advocate
Federal Incorporation, Supervision of
Securities and Extension of Authority
of Interstate Commerce Commission.
Washington, Nov. 20.-Teu members
of Congress, five Senators and five
members of the House of Representa
tives, begun here today an inquiry Into
the subject of public control and su
pervision of railroads that may lead to
the revolutionizing of the whole scheme
of governmental regulation of the coun
try's transportation lines. Incidentally
the committee Is to look into the- ques
tion of government ownership of rail
ways, telephone and telegraph lines
and express companies.
The members of the committee
which will conduct this important In
vestigation are Senator Newlands of
Nevada, chairihan; Senators Robinson
of Arkansas. Underwood of Alabama,
Cummins of Iowa and Brandegee of
Connecticut, and Representatives Ad
amson of Georgia, Sims of Tennessee,
Cullop of Indiana, Eseh of Wisconsin
and Hamilton of Michigan. The in
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Wilson in his message to Congress in
December of last year. He described
as Its purpose to determine what could
be done "for bettering the conditions
under which the railroads are operated
and for making them more useful serv
ants of the country as a whole."
Prominent Men as Witnesses.
In order to obtain the views of all
interests affected by the operations of
the transportation lines the committee
has invited prominent shippers, bank
ers, representatives of commercial or
ganizations, railway executives, econo
mists and others to appear before them.
The first to be heard are railroad
commissioners of various states who
began their evidence today. Their
testimony Is directed chiefly to oppos
ing any enlargement of the federal
authority over commerce that would
detract from the powers now exercised
by state bodies. They will be followed
shortly by officials of railway labor
organizations who are expected to reg
ister their opposition to the Increase
of governmental authority over wages
and conditions of labor.
Chief Interest in the hearings cen
ters in the proposals that will be put
forward by representatives of the rail
roads, for It Is reported that they will
advocate an extension of federal au
thority over rates and securities to the
practical exclusion of state control of
these matters. It Is understood also that
they will go on record in favor of fed-'
eral incorporation of all railroad lines
Legislative Program of Railroads.
From an authoritative source Is ob
tained the following outline of the leg
islative program which the railroads
will ask the committee to consider in
Its investigation: They will endeavor
to demonstrate to the commission that
one of the principal defects In the pres
ent system of railroad regulation is
the lack of coordination resulting from
the simultaneous and conflicting regu
lation by the federal government and
by the 48 states. They will, therefore,
ask that entire governmental control
of the rates and practices of Interstate
carriers, except purely local matters,
be placed in the hands of a federal
body so that Interstate traffic may be
regulated without reference to state
lines, leaving to the state commissions
Jurisdiction only over local matters and
local public utilities. As a part of this
plan, a compulsory system of federal
Incorporation is to be recommended,
accompanied by federal supervision of
railroad stock and bond issues.
A reorganization of the Interstate
Commerce Commission will be asked,
In order to enable the commission prop
erly to exercise its increased powers.
It is also proposed that the preparation
and prosecution of cases against the
railroads shall be delegated to some
other agency of the government, possi
bly the Department of Justice, so that
the commission may devote Its ener
gies to Its administrative functions.
With the commission thus relieved
of some of its present duties and equip
ped to handle its business more prompt
ly, the railroads will urge that the pe
riod during which the commission may
now suspend proposed increases In
rates be reduced from ten months to
00 days, with provision for reparation
to 1)6 paid to the shippers If the ad
vance shall be declared unreasonable.
They will also ask that the commis
sion be given the power to prescribe
minimum as well as maximum rates
so that iu meeting complaints of dis
crimination the commission may order
the advance of a rate which it consid
ers too low.
One of the most Important recom
mendations for which the railroads
will ask favorable consideration is
that the commission be specifically
authorized to take Into account in
rate regulation the effect of rates
upon total earnings in the light of ex
penses. While the Newlands Committee Is
required, under the resolution creat
ing it, to submit a report by January,
2 next. It is not anticipated that the
Committee will hove come anywhere
near completing its labors then.
May Change Postal Rates
The ways are now being greased
for the launching of the movement
for the readjustment of postal rates
in the next session of congress. This
problem was to have been taken up
in the last session but had to be de
ferred on account of the consideration
required by railway mail pay. Since
this has been disposed of the commit
tees are prepared to take up the mat
ter of placing the various postal
rates on a more equitable basis.
A zone system of rates for second
class matter is being prominently
urged to take the place of the pre.
SCHOOLS VERSUS ROADS
Writer Praises Courier Thought and
Decries Neglect'of Rural Schools
Mulino, Oregon. Nov. 27, 1916.
Editor Courier:
An article which appeared in a
recent edition of your paper, regard
ing the .school funds, brings up be
fore the people a question which is
certainly worthy of our considera
tion. In every community we find the
people discussing the betterment of
their roads, donating labor and voting
special taxes that they may have the
best of roads. This is all very well,
but in how many of these commun
ities do we hear these same people
discussing the betterment of their
schools, donating labor and voting
special taxes that they may have the
best school? No, so long as Johnny
and Mary hike off to school some
time before noon and get back in time
to get in the wood, etc., everything
is all right with the school. It mat
ters not whether they are spending
their days in a poorly lighted, heated
and ventilated school room with no
desks or blackboards, in fact half of
them do not even go down to the
school to see them trying to play
One Old Cat in a yard filled with
stumps. Why don't they donate a
few days clearing the stumps out of
their school yard?
We have a good example of such
men right here in Clackamas county.
He happens to be the possessor of a
few dollars, which he has hoarded to
gether, and, unfortunately, he ' has
now arrived to that state where he
cannot see beyond the almighty dol
lar. He has not taken any interest
in school meetings in his district for
several years, but this year when- he
learned that his neighbors were doing
their best to get a three-mill tax
passed for the purpose of securing a
new stove, etc., removing a few of the
stumps from the yard and continuing
the six-month term two months, he
woke up and became the greatest
school enthusiast in the district. With
his family and employes he was
"Johnny-on-the-spot," and through
his influence the tax was killed.
Mr. Tight Waddo's children are
now educated, that is, they do not go
to school any more, consequently he
does not "feel like educating his
neighbors' children," not liking to
break away from a few of his pick'
led eagles, but he was all smiles when
the county gave $180 and these
same neighbors donated work to cut
down a hill above his mill so that
the teamsters could get access to his
mill. Oh! yes! this was all very nice
because it was going to add a few
more dollars to his pile, but when it
came to helping these same neighbors
better the condition of their
children's school, Mr. Tight Waddo
could not be seen for the smoke.
Build the roads we need them
but let's not forget that our boys and
girls must go to school. And the
next .time there are any hills to be
cut down we will all be there with our
teams and hired men.
Truly yours,
One Who Knows,
K. E. D. CLUB LOSES
St. Helens High School Team Blights
Hopes of Local Youths
-The K. E. D. club football team of
this city met the fast St. Helens high
school-eleven there on Thursday and
was defeated by a score of 28 tol2.
At the end of the first half the score
stood 12 to 0 in favor of the K. E. D.
boys, but the forward passing ability
of the opponent was too much for
them in the second period. The K.
E. D.'s were handicapped by the loss
of their star end, Gordon Fauley.
Prof. John Mason and Coach Hard
ing aocompanied the team, which
lined up as follows for the fray
Rankins, right end; Russell Fauley,
right guard; L. Vierhus, center; Bur
ley, left guard; Sturgis, left tackle;
Barry, left end; Art King, right half;
MacDonald, fullback; Steincamp, left
half, and C. Vierhus, quarter.
The Courier $1.00 per year.
ent flat rate which was adopted near
ly forty years ago. The present rate
has for. some time been regarded as
a discrimination against the news
papers in favor of the. great national
magazines. Like the parcel post the
proposed zone rates would be based on
the length of the haul.
The postal committees have been
besieged by petitions bearing mil
lions of names and several hundred
thousand letters from individuals
urging a readjustment of postal rates
with a view of making possible one
cent letter postage. A survey of the
situation indicates that sufficient
changes will be made in the various
rates to permit the granting of a one
cent rate on local delivery letters in
the next session of congress.
Congressman McArthur of Oregon
takes the stand that . "the cost of
transporting a letter should have
something to do with the postage
rate, and there is no valid reason why
more than one cent should be charged
for local deliveries. If my bill be
comes a law it will have a great tend
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