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4 OREUON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY. OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1917 OREGON CITY COURIER C. W. ROBEY, Editor and Business Manager Published Thursdays from the Courier Building, Eighth Street, and entered in the Postofflce at Oregon City, Ore., as 2nd class mail matter. Subscription Price $1.60. Telephones: Pacific 51; Home A-51 MEMBER OF WILLAMETTE VALLEY EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION MEMBER OP OREGON STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES FACTS ABOUT THE BOND ISSUE Even if the bond bill fails, auto li censes have been doubled and balance in fund goes to the state fund and not to the counties. Even if the bond bill fails, the mill state tax remains and will ' go into the state fund. Multnomah county gets nothing under the bond act. She pays three eighths of state tax and half of auto license. If bond bill fails Multnomah can demand her interest in state fund. Clackamas county pays one-thirtieth of state tax, or about $7,500 per year. Clackamas county pays about one-thirtieth of auto licenses, or about $11,000 in 1918. For $18,500 per year Clackamas county will be get ting something under the bond act, but paying the same. sum under the present state laws may get nothing. Clackamas county now spends large sums annually on the Pacific highway. Under the bond bill, when the state once builds the road Clacka mas county will not need to spend money annually upon it, and will have this money for use on other roads not now getting aid. Autos wear out the roads. Auto ists want hard surface and are will ing to pay the bills. The rural district will become more attractive to the city dweller and the farm will be brought closer to the city, making farm life more interest ing and profitable. THE BACK COUNTRY Because of the large state program that is pending, the people of Oregon are devoting a great deal of attention at the present time to state roads. It is proper that they should, for the problem of state roads is an import ant one. But it is a mistake to per mit public interest to be monopolized by state road building, says the Eu gene Register. Through state roads are both de sirable and important, but the real problem in Oregon is to open up the back country to the markets. Devel opment is proceeding at a fairly rapid rate in the region that will be served by the state roads that will be built first if the present program is car ried out, but it is not proceeding so rapidly in the regions remote from these roads. There are many promis ing communities in Lane county that are practically shut off from com munication with market centers in the winter because of bottomless mud roads, and the condition that exists in Lane county undoubtedly exists in greater or less degrees in other coun ties. It is a condition that deserves attention. While we are spending time in dis cussing paved state roads, let us not forget the needs of these communi ties. Let us not forget that it is im portant that each county shall deter mine upon a system of market roads that will serve the needs of its entire area and then proceed as rapidly as possible with the improvement of these roads in such a way that it will be possible to travel them with rea sonable comfort in the winter season. On these roads pavement is out of the question at the present time, and attention must be centered on secur ing a good grade and a good surface of rock or gravel. Equally import ant is a system that will provide prop er maintenance. Oregon cannot afford to spend too much time on developing the cities and the territory immediately adja cent to the cities. It is the back country that really needs develop ment, and it will be a mistake to leave this back country out of consideration. and, if verified, ought to end the dis pute as to what the conditions really are. From London and other outside sources we have had assertions from time to time that Germany was weak ening fast under the stress of hun ger. Back from Berlin came prompt retorts that Germany had enough to eat and that Great Britain, with her blockade, could not starve the Ger mans, no matter to what lengths of time the war might run. In turn these denials were weakened by the Imperial government, which alleged the menace of starvation as the chief cause for carrying on ruthless sub- marine warfare on .the high seas against both belligerent and neutral ships of trade. , Dr. Michaels deplored that the reg ulations for the supervision and dis tribution of foods had been so much abused and uttered a solemn warning that if these abuses continued the country soon would be in an extreme ly serious plight. The minister of agriculture, de fending himself against criticism, said that "for the small bread ration one can only blame the Almighty, who has not given us the harvest we ex pected." Possbly we shall hear soon that diplomatic relations between Germany and Paradise have been severed. REAL CIVIL SERVICE The democratic administration seeking REAL civil service in post office administration, so real, in fact, that republican organs are already making light of the proposal, al though they were the supposed origin ators ot civil service reiorm. it is the old position so often taken if we don't do it it is no good. After April 1 the appointment of all postmasters of the first, second and third class will be subpect to competitive examina tions. Nominations will be sent to the senate as in the past, but in mak ing selections the president will be guided by the results of the examina tions and will send in the names at the head of the lists. Whether a civil service commis sion, under which fourth-class post masters are now named, will conduct the examinations, has not been deter mined. The president's forthcoming order will provide for a form of modi fied civil service classification under which all vacancies, whether caused by resignation, removal or death, will be filled by competitive examination Those already in the service will con tinue without examination until the expiration of a four years' term be ginning with their last appointment and will then, it is understood, have to undergo the competitive test. Tele phone-Register. FOOD STATUS IN GERMANY Dr. George Michaelis, Prussian controller of foods, who may be ac cepted as the highest authority on the question, is reported by way of Amsterdam to have said that the food situation in Germany is a serious one. His statement is represented as hav ing been made in the Prussian Diet, MAIL ORDER GOLD The directors of a large Chicago mail order house recently declared a quarterly dividend of $2 a share com pared with $1.75 the previous quar ter. This puts the stock on an 8 per cent basis. The stockholders have approved a proposition to increase the common stock capitalization from $00,00,000 to $75,000,000. The direc tors have also been authorized to di stribute as a stock dividend on April 2 the $15,000,000 new common stock on the basis of one new share for each four now owned. Thousands of dollars are thus go ing to this mail order house that should be spent with home merchants. There is only one effective method to employ in fighting the mail order pests that is publicity. The local merchants should advertise their prices and impress on the readers of the newspapers the fact that the same goods can be bought from local mer chants just as cheaply as from the mail order houses; that the transac tions will be far more satisfactory, and that the money will remain in the home town and continue in circu lation there. Once it goes to a mail order house it never returns. Dallas Itemize!'. The Courier $1.00 per year. "Oldest, Largest and Strongest Bank in Clackamas County." Community Development THE development of this community is due to the progress of its people and industries. With Resources of MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS, The Bank of Oregon City is prepared to care for all legitimate demands of its patrons so long as those demands are consistent with practical business and soft banking. That we so qualify our willingness to co-operate with Commerce and Farming is evidence of our efforts to safe-guard both Bank and Depositor. The opening of a Checking, Savings and Time Deposit account enables one to form a banking connection here. Kirkpatrick Service t THE BANK 0F0REG0N CITY SEEN FROM THE OPTIMIST'S TOWER GRENADES IN WAR The Optimist, like all the rest of the animal kingdom, has been hiber nating during the winter. He may have to hunt his hole some more times before summer, but he'll risk it anyway." Terrible Weapons When Charged With High Explosives. During his long sleep his beloved friend, the Morning Exaggerator, has developed a new outside, and an an tipathy for Canadian preachers. When he picked up the first number that fell into his hands, the Optimist had to look a second time to make sure that he had not by mistake fall en heir to a cross between a Hearst Journal and the Police Gazette. The fellow who writes the heads has astig matism in his sense of proportion. For instance, he picked up the story of some geek up country who was seeking a divorce because his wife had attempted to smooth out a few matri monial wrinkles with a flat iron. No one ever heard of the personage be fore, and no one ever expects to again. Yet the story of his woes occupied a two column space, with headlines larger than those describing the French cabinet crisis, and only a lit tle smaller than those heralding the Russian revolution. Optimist then turned to the editorial section. In Mac's day once in a while something worth while could be found there. But the editorial matter rivalled in quality the type in which it was set forth. Well it takes brains to write editorials. The Optimist thinks he will start a column of ethical advice, to profes sional men. He would like to start with the lawyers, but he is afraid to tackle a job unless he can see some foundation to work from. According ly he will begin with the preachers. Every preacher should advertise. In advertising he should never be bashful. He should always write his personal boosts and excerpts from his sermons in the third person. Every one will know that he wrote it him self, but it looks better. He should always remark that his "brilliant and scholarly address was given in the presence of a large and enthusiastic audience." This is sure to be true, for there will be at least one large man 6r woman present, and he can provide all the enthusiasm necessary himself. Such personal advertise ment of his natural abilities is really a necessity. He can't depend upon the newspapers to help him out by furnishing a reporter. When they do they always send the sporting editor, who knows as much about religion as the city council does about peace, and who usually mistakes the angels for a certain bunch of sporting fame, and gets Zion mixed with a Utah location that sometimes goes by the same name. He might run a paid ad, but that costs money, and his Board would sooner have him deadhead half a column or so with a description of his own oratorical attractiveness in the third person. Once in a while I meet a man who reminds me of the old Scotch story. A woman was chasing a runaway cow up the village street. Finally she saw a man ahead, and, not noticing who he was, she cried: "Mon, will ye nae stop ma coo? As the cow raced past him that in dividual threw up both hands and admonished: "Wumman, can ye no see that I'm not a mon. I'm a meenister." It would be well for every man of the cloth to adopt as his own the last article in the creed of the late Elbert Hubbard. It reads: "I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it from time to time as new light comes to me." A man is ready for the theological boneyard the moment he ceases to have a heart constantly open to the sunlight of God's truth, and a mind ready to accept what is good no mat ter where he may run across it. It is a genuine pleasure to go into store and watch the delight wfith which every clerk in the establish ment falls over himself to wait upon the preacher who feels it meet and fitting his divine right to claim a ten per cent discount. Reminds one ot the sweet young thing who looked over a pile of ginghams. Finally she selected one and asked: "Do you give a reduction to min isters' wives?" "Why, yes," said the clerk. "Are you a ministers wile.' "We-well, not exactly, she modest ly stammered, "but I'm engaged to a theological student." When a pastor boards a street car he should always make a rush for the best seat obtainable. He should oc cupy two seats, if possible, no matter how crowded the cars are. Then it is perfectly ethical for him to grum ble at every discomfort he meets, and to call down the conductor if chance affords. It will give people due regard for his importance. They'll mistake him for a Doctor of Divinity or a bishop if he asserts himself. I think the clergy will manage to subsist upon these few rules until I get around to them again. Maybe I'll have some good advice for the doctors next week. No, you don't owe me anything. Keep your change. THE OPTIMIST. Sues for Value of Dog L. O. Nightingale Monday brought suit in the circuit court here, charg ing C. H. Marsh with poisoning a trained shepherd dog valued at $150. The complaint says the poison was wilfully placed by Marsh, and Night- ngale seeks to recover the full value of the canine. The Oregon City Courier and the Oregon Daily Journal (except Sun day) for $4.75, MERCILESS DEATH SPREADERS They Are Made Now to Be Flung by Hand at Close Quarters, to Be Shot From a Howitzer or to Be Planted ae Mines and Fired by Electricity. The use of liuml grenades as an im plement of war dates back nearly four centuries, and tills deadly weapon re mains today, as in the sixteenth cen tury, one of the most effective weap ons of warfare, lu the United States Infantry Journal there is an article dealing with grenades which Is a trans lation from the Gorman military pub lication, Militar-Wochcnblatt. "Hand grenades," the article reads, "as an Implement of warfare date back many centuries. History records their use as far back as 1530 at the siege of Aries. Up to the close of the eight eenth century soldiers were trained lu the throwing of hand grenades. They were for that reason called grenadiers. "The grenades were hollow balls of Iron or other metal about two and a half Inches in diameter, filled with powder and provided with a fuse, which was lighted before being thrown. At first there were a few in each regi ment, later entire companies were formed, and still later every infantry battalion had Its own grenadier com pany, which in the different armies bad precedence over the other companies at parades and other formations. "During the war between Itussia and Japau band grenades were again used hi great quantities by both sides, espe cially In fighting at close quarters, and so deadly effective were they that it Is not surprising the Inventor's mind oc cupied Itself with this means of com bat and endeavored to adopt it to the requirements of modern warfare. "First of ail, it was very important to Invent a projectile that would unite deadly effectiveness with complete safety of the thrower. Mr. Asseu, the Danish inventor, constructed a number of band, rifle and mine grenades which are said to fulfill these requirements. "The hand grenades are carried by the man until required and then thrown by hand. The rifle or 'howitzer' grenades are fired from a firm rest such as a wooden stand made from a rifle placed on the ground and directed at various angles of elevation by means of stakes. The mine grenade is an chored in the ground and discharged by electricity upon approach of the en emy. In each case they are veritable death dealers. "The rifle grenade weighs about 550 grams. It contains seventy-two bullets weighing 2.5 grams and seventy-two grams of explosives. The seventy-two bullets cover a space of ut least forty to fifty square meters. The rifle gre nade may be fired from an ordinary army rifle at any range up to about Aff wv.r.t-wt rm,n rrfn.it rl no t oil rtl 1, A f feet of the grenade is due to the fact I tliiit tho pxnlnslnn tnkps nlnce lmmedi-' ately after the greuade strikes the'i ground before it has had time to burjf' itself, in the boII. I "The 'howitzer' grenade weighs on kilogram and contains 215 bullets and a bursting charge weighing 200 grams. It can be thrown with the hand forty meters or with a 'howitzer' 300 meters. The 'howitzer' is a contrivance made of a cylinder and weighs twelve kilo grams. It may be carried like a rifle. The bullets of this grenade cover a semicircular space of at lepst eighty square meters and spread only to the front and laterally, but not to the rear toward the thrower. They arc, there fore, of especial value for fighting at close quarters. They are constructed. so that they may be exploded only aft er they have traveled eight meters to ward the target. "The hand grenade weighs one kilo gram and contains 190 bullets weigh ing 2.4 grams and a bursting charge weighing 110 grams. In contrast to the above described 'howitzer' grenade the bullets fly In every direction, so that it Is only used for throwing from cover. "The last kind of these grenades Is the mine grenade. It weighs about four kilograms and contains 400 3.3- gram bullets and a 200 gram bursting charge. The 400 bullets will cover a space of at least 800 square meters. These grenades, together with their electrical connections, are placed about one-ha If meter under the surface of the ground, so that they are completely Invisible to the enemy. 'When It Is set off the grenadfi rises about three-fourths of a meter above tho ground, then explodes and throws tho bullets in all directions parallel with the ground. At a dlstaneo of ten meters the bullets will go through wood at least a hundred millimeters thick and retain deadly effectiveness for a distance of fifty meters. A de tachment of a hundred men can lay a lino of these mines over a front of 4,000 meters In less than two hours. "In a test three mine grenades were laid lu the corners of a triangle whose legs were thirty meters long among a group of 145 wooden double silhouettes that were scattered over a space of 2,700 square meters. The grenades were set off electrically one after the other. The result was that 120 sil houettes were hit 700 times." SPRING FARM MACHINERY Big stock carefully selected for this section and sold at Lowest Possible Prices J. I. Case Steel Plows Vulcan Chilled Plows Cotswan Disc Harrows The Famous Double Action Light Draft Harrow Finest Spring-Tooth Harrow Made Case and Lean Disc, Spike and Spring Tooth Harrows Evans Potatoe Planters Bloom Manure Spreaders In Short the Myers Power Sprayers and Pumps Garden Tools FULL LINE W. J. WILSON & CO. Oregon City GEO. BLATCHFORD Molalla, Oregon freed himself and discharged Grant, according to the latter's story. "I didn't like the tone of Erick son's remarks," Grant told Night Of ficer French, "but I hit him before I considered well." "I might have arrested you if you hud not hit the man, if your story is true," French told Grant, who had feared arrest for his assault. The matter was reported to W. P. Hawley and Grant was immediately employed in another part of the mill. Cut This Out It is Worth Money DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip, enclose with 5c and mail it to Foley & Co., 2835 Sheffield Ave., Chi cago, 111., writing your name and ad dress clearly. You will receive in re turn a trial package containing Fo ley's Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, colds and croup; Foley Kid ney Pills, for pain in sides and back, rheumatism, backache, kidney and bladder ailments; and Foley Cathar tic Tablets, a .wholesome and thor oughly cleansing cathartic, for consti pation, biliousness, headache and sluggish bowels. Jones Drug Co. Serious. "He takes life very seriously." "Yes, Indeed, lie enn't understand how the world ever got along before he was born."-Detroit Free I'ress. Wrong cannot afford defent, but right can. Tagore. DEFENDS THE FLAG O. Al- Grant Puts Boss in Tank for leged Unbecoming Talk When Otto Erickson, a foreman in the Hawley paper mills, Friday took it upon himself to tear from the walls a sketch of Uncle Sam protect ing the American flag and at the same time made insinuating remarks, O. Grant, a laborer, rebelled, accord ing to th story of Grant When a little fracas ended, Erickson was bot- ton end up in a china clay vat and he Will Become Citizen Friederich Heilman, a native of Germany and now a farmer living near this city, last week declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States. Mr. Heilman has been in America since 1866 and is 68 years old. 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The inner levers with turned in handles mi? ur J o ini in uujuuhwaxci ers show as broken ff are hand- IV V Nflf If II H B rj-4JMLIJtl II ffi llWf lVfl levers used to Put on pressure, or to . flit f m m v m k .mm i...n-i mat. imt mrm sum"! ah a. s it a lift discs when drill is standing. Made its own reputation in the field Double discs or shoes interchangeable with single discs WM. E. ESTES 7th & Taylor Streets "on the HILL" Oregon City, Ore. HUWOIIH I II I I m lilli-H" 5