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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1916
THE EDISON THE PRINCE OF GIFTS
The EDISON truly brings' tidings of joy at Christmastide. There is no gift quite like it, no gift so welcome,
no gift that could bring a more lasting joy. It is the gift supreme. A gift which brings more pleasure day after
day than any other gift you may give or receive and it is a gift within the means of all. Terms to suit your
exact conditions. .
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A wonderful instrument priced
at $100.00; $5.00 down; $5.00 a
month.
THE NEW EDISON
is positively the only sound producing device which has successfully sustained in public, the acid test of direct comparison with
living artists. To the best of our belief no other talking machine manufacturer has ever attempted such a comparison in public.
Talking machine manufacturers may use fine phrases but there is none who will claim his talking machine cannot be distin
guished from the living artists. We do make this claim for the "Edison," which is not a talking machine. '
Three hundred of America's leading papers agree with us
BURMEISTER & ANDRESEN
Oregon City Jewelers
Suspension Bridge Corner
This exceptionally handsome
"Edison" priced at $150.00; $7.
50 down and $7.50 per month.
COUNTY AND
CITY LOCALS
Mrs. Bertha Mellien has been vis
iting with her daughters, Wanda and
Thelma, at the home of her mother,
Mrs. N. L. McKune, in this city. She
will also be a guest of her sister, Mrs.
George Brown, before returning to
her home in California. Mrs. Mel
lien was formerly a resident of Ore
gon City.
Two births were reported late last
week. A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. George Kelly of Mount Pleasant
and a daughter to Rev. and Mrs." Otto
Froese of Oregon City.
E. L. Davidson of Oswego was a
business visitor in Oregon City- late
last week. He is postmaster at Os
wego. Miss Lillian Anderson, daughter of
County Judge and Mrs. H. S. Ander-.
son, sang several delightful numbers
at the meeting of the Oregon City
Woman's club on Thursday. j
Miss Lexy Graham of Oregon City,
who has been teaching near Macks
burg, has returned here to spend the
holidays. Incidentally Miss Graham
is taking the state teacher's examina-1
tion being held this week under di-
rection of- Superintendent J. E. Cal-
avan.
Neal & McClatchie make a special
ty of repairing watches, clocks or
anything pertaining to the jewelry
business. tf
Miss Norma Holman, daughter of
R. L. Holman of Oregon City, is
spending the Christmas holidays at
home. Miss Holman. is a student at
the University of Washington.
Miss Alene Phillips, a student at
the University of Oregon, is spending
the Christmas holidays at home with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Phil
lips. Earl Burk, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.
C. Burk, who was injured some time
ago while attempting to board a
freight train to return to the 0. A. C.
with several other young fellows who
had. attended a game in Portland, is
about town on crutches. The young
man's injured toes will probably keep
him out of school until next fall.
Mrs. Fred Wieman of Eldorado and
her sister, Mrs. John Helvey of Mo
lalla, were Oregon City visitors Sat
urday. Miss Becky Sharp of Vancouver,
Wash., was a guest in Oregon City on
Tuesday.
R. L. Badger, prominent Beaver
Creek farmer and owner of much fine
stock, was a business visitor in Ore
gon City on Wednesday.
If Santa Claus Knew
How Comfortable ;
. and Efficient
TORIC GLASSES
really are he'd be sure to put a pair
in your stocking
Help Santa Claus make some other
person happy with a pair of
these stylish glasses
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DEVEREAUX
Clarence Butt, Newberg attorney,
transacted business in Oregon City
Saturday.
Joseph Gerber of Portland, presi
dent of the Arcady Press, was in Ore
gon City yesterday.
Mrs. H. G. Thompson of Seattle is
a guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
David Caufield, at the Beattie farm at
Beaver Creek, where the Caufields
are spending the winter. Mrs.
Thompson will remain until after the
holidays and will attend the family
reunion at the farm at Christmas
time. Mrs. Thompson also is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Livy Stipp.
Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Gillett, former
ly of Oregon City, are spending the
Christmas holidays in Oregon City
and at Glen Echo, where Mrs. Gillett's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moran,
reside. The Gillett home is at Se
attle. Optometry means eye service.
Andrew Simpson has departed for
the eastern states, where he will visit
for some time. Mr. Simpson is mak
ing the trip by way of California,
and will visit friends in that state.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Pierce of Sal
em were Oregon City visitors this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Mosier of Dundee
visited friends in this city over the
week-end.
Mrs. Claude Perry of Oswego was
a visitor in this city, where she for-,
merly made her home.
Richard Davis of Beaver Creek was
in the county seat on Monday.
W. P. Kirchem of Logan spent
Monday transacting business in Ore
gon City.
Miss Dorothy Byron and Miss Hel
en Ely spent Sunday at Tualatin,
where they visited Miss Byron's par
ent.
Truman Cross has returned to his
home here from eastern Oregon after
spending the summer and fall 'there.
Harry G. Smith, president of the
Oregon City Athletic association, and
a resident of Gladstone, has returned
from Corvallis. where' he transacted
business for several days.
Optometry means eye service.
M. J. Lee, editor of the Canby Her
ald and former owner of the water
system of that town, was a guest at
the Live Wire meeting on Tuesday
and also transacted business here on
Wednesday.
Dr. and Mrs. R. I. Garrett of Can
by were visitors in Oregon City on
Tuesday.
Neal & McClatchie Jewelry store is
five doors west of elevator. tf
Miss Ruth Gregory, who is teach
ing school in Washington, is a guest
over the holidays at the home of her
sister, Mrs. H. B. Cartlidge.
' D. McHenry of Molalla transacted
business in the county seat Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lewis of Maple
Lane were Oregon City visitors on
Tuesday.
Daniel Lyons, Jr., a student at
Mount Angel college, is spending the
holidays at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lyons.
UNITY IS A TOOL
Mr. Baldwin Proposes a Curb on Ac
tivities of Tax Eaters
Macksburg, Ore., Dec. 19, 1916.
To the Editor:
Another column of this paper con
tains the notice of the forming of a
taxpayers' association in the Eby
school district. Several other dis
tricts are already forming similar
organizations and it is hoped that
every school district will soon have
such an association.
I believe everyone will agree that
our taxes are already unbearably
heavy. And they are bound to be
higher still next year.
The amendment which was adopted
at the last election, limiting the in
crease in taxes each year to six per
cent on the preceding year, applies
to the gross amount of taxes raised
but not to the individual levy.
As the assessments of the paper
mills, the rail roads and the large
timber holdings have been lowered
over two million dollars in Clackamas
county in the past two years, this
loss will have to be met by an in
creased rate, and the small land hold
ers will have to bear the burden. In
addition to this the legislature meets
this winter, and we know by long
and bitter experience that this means
a carnival of extravagant appropria
tions. I have seen by the daily papers
that our high officials are not eriibar
assed by the tax limitation. Says
one, "We can raise the fees of all of
fices and we can run the state In
debt." That is, while they cannot
raise the tax beyond a certain
amount, they can charge you five dol
lars (or more) for assessing your
property, another five (or more) for
taking your money and another five
(or more) for issuing your receipt.
How do you like that, Mr. Taxpayer?
There is only one remedy, to so or
ganize that the taxpayers can pre
sent a united front to the appropria
tion pirates.
The tax eaters are beautifully or
ganized. They are drilled like a
crack regiment. They make their
assaults on the treasury with the pre
cision of a well oiled machine. The
protests of scattered and unorganized
voters do not bother them in the
least. Unless we find a way to check
this extraxagance, every farm in the
county will be sold to pay the taxes
in a few years.
I believe these school district tax
payers' associations offer the best
possible starting point for an organi
zation that shall be first county wide
and later state wide.
And the time to start is now. Let
every taxpayer feel himself a commit
tee of one to tall a meeting in the
schoolhouse for next Friday night,
and we will have made a beginning
that will give us the tools to handle
this unbearable condition.
A. A. BALDWIN.
TEACHERS MEET
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shoeing and have made the price as
formerly, four new shoes $2 to and
including No. 6; No. 7, $2.25; No. 8,
$2.50, resetting $1, to and including
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tf 108 Fifth St.
Debaters .Selected
The Oregon City high school has
selected its forensic representatives
for the series of debates to be held
by the Oregon State league, and John
F. Mason of the high school faculty
will coach the team. Those selected
after competitive tryouts are Fred
J. Tooze, Jr., Audrey Tuor, Leslie
Wievesiek, Earl Paddock, Lulu Mil
ler and John Rankins. The first of
the series of debates will be held in
January.
Courier and Daily Journal $4.75.
More Mail Than President
In the January American Magazine
a writer says:
"Spillman is the chief of the office
of farm management in the bureau of
plant industry at the department of
agriculture. It all sounds inconspic
uous enough. But Spillman gets
more mail than the president of the
United States. His province is to
answer questions. He knows more
than any other man in jthe country
about How to Make the Farm Pay.
And so he doesn't run a farm, but
tells others how. There may be oth
ers who know just as much as Spill
man about how to run a farm m a
given locality, but Spillman knows
just what to do in any part of the
whole United States. Take a map of
the whole country, shut your eyes,
and jab' a pin into any place on the
map at random. If you happen to
stick it into farm land, Spillman
could go there, take charge of the
place and make it pay a profit."
Interesting Program Ready for State
Session at Portland
What Superintendent J. E. Calavan
of the Clackamas county schools says
will be the most important education
al meeting ever held in this state will
be the State Teachers' association
convention at Portland on December
27, 28 and 29. Two of the most noted
educators of the United States will
attend the meeting and address the
teachers. They are President Hen
ry Suzzalo of the University of Wash
ington1, formerly of Columbia Uni
versity, New York; and President
Carroll G. Pearse of the State Nqrmal
school of Wisconsin, at Milwaukie.
A majority of the school teachers of
Clackamas county will attend the
meetings.
The business of the association will
be transacted by a representative
council composed of delegates repre
senting every teachers' organization
in the state. The entire first day will
be given up to the work of this coun
cil. Besides the regular business
which will come before the associa
tion there will be the reports of three
permanent committees which have
been at work during the past year.
The first report will be on a retire
ment fund for teachers. This com
mittee has been at work during the
past year under the direction of the
chairman, President W. T. Foster of
Reed college. The report will be sub
mitted by J. A. Churchill, Superin
tendent of, public instruction. The
second repbrt will be on a code of
ethics for teachers which will be pre
sented by the chairman, President
J. H. Ackerman of Monmouth. The
third will be on the retardation prob
lem, which will be presented by C. W.
Boetticher, city superintendent of the
schools of Albany.
On Thursday morning and Friday
afternoon there will be a general as
semblages of all teachers. Only
speakers from abroad will appear on
this part of the program.
Thursday afternoon and Friday
morning will be given up to depart
ment work. Leading educators from
all part3 of Oregon will meet in con
ference at this time. Following are
the departments which will be in ses
sioi as a part of the state association :
City superintendents; higher educa
tion; secondary schools; history;
modern languages; foreign languag
es; council of English teachers; ele
mentary schools; rural schools; man
ual training; home economics; com
mercial; art; music; librarians; phys
ical culture.
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A new complaint has been filed in
the case of the A. H. Averill Machin
ery company against H. H. Deetz for
the revocery of rental and damages
on a traction engine. A previous
case was nonsuited. The company
alleges that Deetz, who lives near
Aurora, ordered a traction engine and
when it was delivered refused to ac
cept it. The company wants $389.60
damages, $55 rental and $55.48 for
freight from Portland to Aurora and
return. Deetz' objection to the cost
bill was overruled by Judge Camp
bell yesterday.
R. L. Holman, Leading Undertaker,
Fifth and Main St.; Telephones: Pa
cific 415-J; Home B-18.'
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Sunday School to Help
Tomorrow evening at the Method
ist church of Oak Grove the Sunday
school children, teachers, parents and
friends are expected to come and
bring something for the needy in the
community to be presented on the
following day. There will be an ad
mission charged one appel or pota
to. At this time there will be a
Christmas tree and the scholars will
be given a treat. Sunday evening
will be given the Christmas program,
and on Sunday morning the Christ
mas sermon by the pastor, Rev. Dow
DeLong.
Derthick Club Meets
The Derthick club meeting at the
home of Mrs, R. C. Ganong at Cane-
mah on Friday was interesting be
cause of a program of music given by
Prof. A. Wihtol and others, and for
readings that were given by the mem
bers. Mrs. Ganong and Mrs. Hiram
Straight were hostesses.
SCHOOL TEACHER
Wards Off Nervous Break Down
Alburtis, Va. "I am a teacher in the
public schools, and I got into a very ner
vous, run-down condition. I could sot
sleep and had no appetite. I was tired
all the time. Hy sister asked me to try
Vinol. I did So, and within a week my
appetite improved and I could sleep all
night and now I feci well and strong."
Rosa M. Keller, Alburtis, Pa.
We guarantee Vinol, which contains
beef and cod liver peptones, iron and
manganese peptonaten, and glycero
phosphates for run-down conditions.
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With us are :
James A. Brady J. F. Hode W. C. Mangum
J. A. Stoee W. H. Curtis
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