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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1917
OREGON CITY COURIER
C. W. ROBEY, Editor and Business Manager
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THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Thirty-five years old. And we feel
the gray hairs about our temples.
Next week we will celebrate, quiet
ly, and without any display of our
real bigness, the 35th birthday of the
Oregon City Courier. We'll swell
our chests in pride and count each
year in our long history as a golden
bead of success a jewel in the age
of progress, but we'll do it after the
day's work is done and we are peace
fully meditate the flight of time be
fore the fireplace at home.
The Courier has been a factor in
the ' journalism of Oregon and of
Clackamas county. We feel grown
up.
Yet, among us are men and women
who knew us in our infancy. Men
and women who knew us when we
wore our first white dresses smeared
over with the black ink of our first
editorial.
Among these many people .we have
a multitude of friends. There are
those who have never missed a copy
of the Courier. We would like to hear
from these people. Some of them
have visited the office recently to tell
us of the Courier's infancy of the
days which they know more about
than we do to tell us of the early
editors and of their trials and tribl
lations. To those of our readers who knew
the Courier when it was young we
address a respectful request for help.
They can help us in our meditation by
writing to us. Tell us what they
know of the earlier days of the Cour
ier; of the work it did and of the men
who produced it. We reverence the
past of the Courier, though our brief
year in its management has not
opened to us much of the history of
its early days. Therefore, we must
depend upon those of our readers who
will be good enough, for old time's
sake, to write to us upon our birth
day. Tell us what you can remember
about the Courier's past lifetime, be
it good or bad. We want to know on
our birthday inniversary what kind
of a life we have lived. Will those
who know tell us these things by next
Tuesday morning? Write a letter
Sunday, mail it Monday and we will
read it Tuesday.
the filthy condition of the city
streets. The council has talked and
talked about the matter but the
talk has utterly failed to clean the
streets. The Courier could not force
itself to express surprise if an indig
nant public demanded recall meas
ures. It would be only justice to the
city and its people.
Main street is little better than an
open sewer. Its surface is filthy.
A muddy lane is in immensely more
sanitary conditions than Main street.
The council knows that. It knows
that prevention is better than cure
but it makes no effort toward pre
venting an epidemic of disease that
must come from these unclean con
ditions. There is a street committee
in the council which approves a street
cleaning budget every year. Yet the
thing drops at that. The committee
has made no effort to force the con
tractors to do the work they are paid
to do. They talk about it but they
don t do the work. .
Meanwhile we sou our shoes, our
clothes and our dispositions wading
through the slime and dirt on Mam
street. Some day perhaps about the
time a regular city election . or so
comes into view we can hope for
definite action from the Oregon City
council. Until then it seems prob
able that we will have to put up with
whatever boon that magnanimous
body of elected gentlemen sees fit to
give us.
BUYING JUSTICE
A TALKATIVE COUNCIL
The Courier has said very little
'about the trivial quarrels, the per
sonal feuds and the religious dis
courses, that have been hampering
the work of the Oregon City council
within the past year. We have kept
above these cheap things simply be
cause we have cherished a fervent
hope that the councilmen would short
ly get down to a business program
and transact the work they were
elected to undertake.
When the recall movement was at
its height our sympathy was, in a
large measure, upon both sides of the
fence, because of the fact that the
majority of the council members are
. not even attempting to do their duty
by the city. And just as sure as
shooting there's going to be a suc
cesful recall election in this man's
town if this child's piny in the coun
cil is not stopped. In the name of
civic decency we'll shortly be forced
to throw a few worthless councilmen
out of their warm seats or force them
to action at the end of a spur.
There is the most idle, useless lot
of palaver cast upon the smoky air
of the council chamber that one can
imagine. It is all talk and no work.
There is no centralization of energy,
no evident desire on the part of the
honorable aldermen to do any con
structive thing. True enough, many
important matters are projected and
find one or two ardent workers about
the table, but the motif is lost in ban
ter every time.
The council bids fair to debate for
another year the question of acquir
ing the water board's property for a
park site. The matter has been in
debate at least a year. It also looks
like Oregon City might expect a lit
tle street improvement work when
the pigs begin to fly.
The attention of the council has
been called time and time again to
With the commitment of Harry
Thaw, slayer of Stanford White and
plaything of American justice for a
decade, to an asylum in Pennsylva
nia, those who have followed the dra
matic career of the insane murdered
may be pardoned their pause for re
flection.
Many thinking people believe
Thaw has been trifled with. The ef
forts of money, in whose name a mil
lion crimes have been committed, to
secure justice for the man were the
cause of .his long incarceration and
finally are the cause of his mental
state. We were once fond of saying
that justice was measured by the
girth of one's purse. To a certain
point that is still true.
Unfortunately, Harry Thaw's mon
ey was discovered by a public which
demanded justice. It believed that
Thaw's money was trying to prevent
the measurement of justice in his
case, with the result that the just
ice money tried to buy was denied the
young criminal. He was not insane
when he was committed to the asy
lum following his rash act in New
York. But insanity was forced upon
him. .
Had Thaw been an obscure and
penniless young rounder in place of
a rich one, with a loving mother as
treasurer, he would never have gone
to the asylum. He would have paid
for his crime in prison if justice de
banded that he pay the penalty.
Many men have committed crimes of
the same nature and the unwritten
law has been responsible for, their
freedom. But Thaw's money put him
in the insane asylum where every
mental environment was conducive of
insanity. The result ic that he has
now been rightly declared mad.
Thaw committed a crime against
justice and justice retaliated with a
crime against Thaw. The crime of
justice against Thaw was the great
er of the two, if there is any dis
tinction. Thaw killed a man less
worthy of life than he was of the
murderer's bullet. Mentally and
morally the law killed Thaw by con
fining him as insane for so many
years. And if there is any human
way to judge between Thaw and
White, the former was the better
man, though that is saying little in
his praise.
There is a moral in this case that
could well be made a part of Ameri
can justice. The tribunal that tries
a man for his crimes against society
should be honest. Money should not
be recognized by the bench. Every
man deserves to be tried upon the
merits of his case not upon the size
or nis purse, tioughten justice isn't
justico at all.
COUNT ZEPPELIN
Upon th6 death of the famous Ger
man inventor, Count Zeppelin, the
San Francisco Chronicle has the fol
lowing to say:
Count Zeppelin well deserved the
world-wide reputation he achieved a9
inventor of the first really successful
type of dirigible airship. In a sense,
he was a man of one idea, or rather
one specific purpose, but the infinite
variety of complications involved in
the solution of his problem precluded
the possibility of his being looked up
on as a crank.
For a time he was so regarded, and,
indeed, had he died ten or twelve
years ago, at the age of, say, 69, in
stead of 79, he would have gone down
in the history of aeronautics as one of
the pioneers who failed.
It was not until nine years ago
that he made the demonstration which
set the seal of success upon a long
lifetime of devotion to his specific
purpose. Greater feats have been
performed since by dirigibles con
structed by the distinguished invent
or, but it was the sailing in a straight
course from point to point a distance
of nearly nine hundred miles, which
was covered in thirty-seven hours, by
the 1908 Zeppelin which set the laurel
wreath of fame upon the brow of the
illustrious German aristocrat.
In these days of warfare, when
many things capable of being used in
the service of mankind are diverted
to purposes ot destruction, there is
apt to be less of the all-around inter
national tribute to the genius who
has just passed away. The use to
which Zeppelins have been put does
not appeal to the people of those
countries against which the airships
have been directed, but it should be
remembered that the advent of peace
will make it possible to experiment
with dirigibles as common commer
cial carriers.
Even as the submarine seemed to
be only an instrument of destruction
until the Deutschland arrived with a
large cargo and suggested new possi
bilities for commercially constructed
divers, so may the Zeppelins, which
have shown such accuracy in direction
over long distances and at exception
ally high safety altitudes, do much as
rapid carriers in times of peace.
In any case, the name of Zeppelin
will be entered upori the scroll of
fame, and if his type of craft be sub
sequently developed into one of inter
national use, its recent military ex
ploits will be forgotten, and its in
ventor honored in all the lands.
A SOURCE OF PROSPERITY
It is a fact that western , Oregon
cannot afford to overlook that every
state that has gone into dairying on
an extensive scale has experienced a
great increase in prosperity. Wiscon
sin, perhaps the leading dairy state
of the Union, is noted for the pros
perous condition of its people par
ticularly its rural population. Minne
sota's industrial development has
grown by leaps and bounds since
dairying was taken up on a large
scale. Missouri has reached new lev
els of comfort and plenty by paying
close attention to the dairy cow and
even Iowa's splendid combination of
corn and hogs was incomplete until
the dairy industry was added. Many
other eastern and middle western
states have had the same experience.
Yet western Oregon possesses ad
vantages that are possessed by. none
of these states that have won success
by the aid of the dairy cow. It "has a
mild and pleasant climate in which
green feed can be produced through
out a large part of the year and which
makes possible production of butter
and cheese of the highest possible
quality. It is near the seaboard and
in normal times has ac?ess to ships
that will deliver its products cheap
ly, by way of the canal, in all the
great markets of the world. The corn
crop and the silo, added to these other
resources, have opened. up great new
possibilities to the Oregon dairyman.
The step that must first be taken is
to secure god stock, and this cannot
be done in a day. Good dairy stock
is scarce and hard to find, but dili
gence and determination will over
come greater problems than this. If
the people of Oregon make up their
minds that the dairy industry means
greater prosperity for them and set
out to build up dairy herds now, a
way will be found to get the stock.
Eugene Register.
PHYSICAL TRAINING
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It is significant of the marked
change in public opinion that the su
perintendency division of the National
Educational association, which held
its anuual convention at Kansas City,
went on record for compulsory physi
cal training for school pupils, with
universal military service (training)
throughout the nation for men 20 to
21 years old.
A stand of that nature would have
been impossible two years ago, and
if it had been taken by a body of edu
cators would have aroused a whirl
wind of protest.
The plan now recommended by
these educators is basically sound.
Military training, as such, should be
kept out of the schools, but physical
training, for girls as well as the boys,
should begin in the grades and be car
ried up through high school anil col
lege. With this physical training should
go thorough medicinal and dent
al inspection of our boys and girls,
with systematic reports and counsel
to parents, and in all cases where the
parents are financially unable to give
the needed correcting treatment, it
should be provided by the school dis
trict, says the Spokesman Review.
This great and wealthy nation
could not spend a portion of its wealth
in a better or nobler undertaking than
that of starting the rising generation
in life with an endowment of health
and physical vigor. Systematic phys
ical instruction, and systematic rem
edying of physical defects uncovered
in such training, would save countless
millions from death or suffering and
set the nation on a high plane of
physical and intellectual vigor.
KEEP THE BROOD SOW
are sounding warning to the hog
raisers of the northwest to kep their
brood sows. Several loads were on
the Portland market last week. ' The
present industry, which was built up
through much effort on the part of
the breeders, stock yard and packing
companies of the northwest, is being
threatened with disaster. It will not
be long before many of these same
men who are sending their sows to
market will be trying to buy, seeing
the grave mistake they are making.
And when this will be done prices
for brood sows will go soaring and
will be hard to obtain at any price.
This condition applies not alone to
the northwest but to the entire Unit
ed States and especially in Oregon.
Usually it is the low prices that force
the marketing of these sows, but this
time it is the extreme high prices
prevailing. Hog raisers think they
are taking advantage of the high
prices by shipping every head of
swine they possess, but as has been
said before, they will soon awaken.
The high prices farmers are obtaining
for their stock are allright as far
as they go, but the fact remains that
if the movement of brood sows to
market continues, there will be no
thing left to again rebuild the industry.
THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT
When the Utah prohibition law be
comes effective one can go from ocean
to ocean, 3,500 miles, fithout seeing
a saloon. Starting from Wilmington,
N. C, the traveller on this boozeless
highway could traverse North Caro
lino, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Okla
homa, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Idaho
and Oregon. American Issue.
A SONG OF ROADS
Miss Anderson Sings Parody on Dixie
to Live Wires and Grangers
Miss Lillian Anderson, daughter
of County Judge H. S. Anderson, par
aphrased a parody on Dixie Land, the
famous southern melody, and sang it
delightfully at the meeting of the
Live Wires at Harding grange at Lo
gan on Tuesday evening. Employ
ing her own words in many of the
lines, Miss Anderson sang "Look at
Home!"
"We wish we lived in a land of good
roads;
Small teams then could pull their big
loads,
Look at home! Look at home!
Look at home! Oregon!
Our Oregon is a land of mudholes,
Swimming lanes with teams' of tad
poles; Look at home!
Look at home! Oregon!
Chorus
"Don't we hope to die in Oregon?
O say? O say?
For Oregon let's take our stand,
To live and work for Oregon.
At home! At home!
At home out west in Oregon!
"In Oregon that we were born in,
Land of mud we now are stuck in,
Look at home! Look at home!
Look at home, Oregon!
In ruts and cuts and splash and spat
ter
Make us sad and a little sadder.
Look at home! Look at home!
Look at home, Oregon!
"Now don't we want to end this sor
row?
Why not build good roads tomorrow?
Look at home! Look at home!
Look at home! Oregon!
gravel;
In Oregon we're bound to travel.
Look at home! Look at home!
Look at home, Oregon!"
POSITIVE PROOF
Should Convince the Greatest Skep
tic in Oregon City
Because it's the evidence of an Or
egon Uity citizen.
Testimony easily investigated.
The strongest endorsement of mer
it.
The best proof. Read it:
Chas. E. Burns, ex-marshal, 25
Seventeenth St., Oregon City, savs:
don't hesitate to endorse Doan's
Kidney Pills, for I know from per
sonal experience that they are a very
reliable kidney medicine. I have used
them on several occasions when I
have had kidney disorders and my
back has felt lame and stiff and in
every instance they have never failed
to remedy the trouble. A box or so
puts my kidneys in good working or
der and makes my back feel as strong
as ever."
Price 50c, at all dealers. 'Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr. Burns had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
BONDS OPPOSED
Again Portland livestock markets
Maple Lane Grange Says Attempt
Will be to Favor Millionaires
Maple Lane grange, in session on
Saturday, passed the following reso
lutions strongly condemning the pro
posed $G,()00,000 road bond issue:
Whereas, The legislature of Oregon,
which has just adjourned, passed a
bill proposing to bond the state for
the sum of ?6,000,000, with which to
build scenic highways with the pro
vision that said bill be referred to
the people at a special election to be
held the 4th of June, 1917, and
Whereas, We believe that the said
bonding bill is only the first issue of a
series to involve the further ssuance
cf some $40,000,000 more, and
Whereas, an effort is being made
through our new highway commis
sion to place our road problem and
money in the hands of a few million
aires, therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the members
of Maple Lane grange, P. of H., No.
2, in regular session assembled on
the 10th of March, 1917, are most
emphatically opposed to the issuance
of the said $6,000,000 bonds, and that
each and every one will do all pos
sible to defeat this measure at the
said election, and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of these
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GEO. BLATCHFORD
Molalla, Oregon
resolutions be sent to our local pa
pers and the Oregon Grange Bulletin.
ANNA G. LEWIS, ,
Secretary.
FARMERS
Sing a song of farmers,
Up at early morn,
With four-and-twenty chores to do
Before the breakfast Jiorn.
When the breakfast's over,
There's little to be done,
Except to plow the fodder,
And let the harrows run,
And mow the sheep and prune the
beets
And curry up the swine,
And shear the hens and dig the hay
And shoe the gentle kine,
And saw the wheat and rake the rye,
And wash and dress the land,
And things like that which city folks
Can never understand. Life,
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recommended. Wm. O. E. Bielke,
Hancock, Mich., writes: "I have given
Foley Cathartic Tablets a thorough
trial and I can honestly recommend
them as a mild but sure laxative.
They work without griping." Give
stout persons a free, light feeling.
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