OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1917
PROCLAMATION
Designates Saturday, May 12(as Ag-
ricultural Defense Day
Whereas, In this present war time
crisis, the vital importance of in
creased agricultural production is be
coming more and more important, and
Whereas, Oregon has already un
der way a state-wide movement for
the organized encouragement and
enlargement of our agricultural pro
duction, and the efficient mobilization
of farm labor, and
Whereas, it is especially desired
by those who are chiefly conducting
this admirable work that special at
tention and interest be focused on the
campaign for greater and better
crops by thedesignation of a special
day in which its problems and op
portunities shall be considered,
Now, Therefore, I, James Withy
combe, Governor of the State of Ore
gon, do hereby proclaim Saturday,
May 12, 1917, as Agricultural De
fense Day, and I ask that so far as
possible the organizations and indi
viduals cooperating in our agricul
tural preparedness campaign shall
devote that day to devising ways and
means for the most efficient admin
istration of the important work
which lies before them.
And it is further suggested that
on this day the citizens of all our
communities make a special effort to
render direct assistance to the farm
ers in their localities to the end that
the maximum acreage may be plant
ed and cared for.
In Testimony Whereof, I have
hereto set my hand and caused the
I Seal of the State of Oregon to be
hereunto affixed this fifth day ot
May, 1917.
JAMES WITHYCOMBE,
Governor.
NO SHEEP IN MARKET
Liberal Hog Supply. California
t Steers Are of Poor Quality
Receipts of cattle Monday were
about 1000 head, including some 400
head of California steers. They
were not of very good quality, al
though they were heavy and were
well wintered. The string was
weighed at $10.25 straight. About
300 head were on today's market that
are better cattle by 50 per cent.
There was a good demand and beef
steers were sold mostly on a steady
basis, while cows all brought 25 cents
higher prices. One load of light
steers brought $11.25 with another
load at $11. Prime heavy steers
sold from $10.75 to $11. , Medium
steers brought from $9.90 to $10.25,
while ordinary dairy , bred steers
ranged from $8 to $9.25. There
were no prime cows in the receipts,
good kinds bringing from $9.25 to
$9.50 with medium grades from $8
to $8.75. Ordinary stuff sold from
$7 to $7.50, while thin dairy cows
brought from $5 to $6.50. Bulls
were in good demand, selling from $5
to $8.25. Best light veal calves con
tinued to bring $10.
A liberal supply of hogs was,.here
yesterday. Demand from killers was
rather slack, although there was a
good speculation demand which
strengthened the market. Prices
were on a steady basis in all lines
except pigs, which were 25 cents
lower. Heavy pigs sold from $15.65
to $15.85, while lights brought $15.50
to $15.65. Pigs sold from $13.75. to
$14.25.
There were no sheep on the mar
ket and prices are all unchanged.
HardTWork for Women
It is a question if women doing
men's work deserve particular sym
pathy, for it is doubtful if there is
any work that is harder than every
day housework. .Overwork tells on
the kidneys, and when the kidneys
are affected one looks and feels older
than the actual years. Mrs. A. G.
Wells, R. R. 5, Rocky Mount, N. C,
writes: "I cannot praise Foley Kidney
Pills enough for the wonderful bene
fit I have derived from their use for
a short while." Jones Drug Co.
When the War is Going to End
A jingle that is going around in
London:
"Absolute confidence have I none,
But my aunt's charwoman's Bisters'
son
Heard a policeman on his beat
Say to a housemaid in Downing
street
That he had a brother who had a
friend'
Who knew when the war was going
to end." Chicago Tribune. '
THE FLY MENACE
IS SINGINGAL0ST ART?
For tha People at Largs It Cartainly It,
Says This Critic
Singing, as far as most people are
concerned, is a lost art, Thousands
attend operas, recitals and musical
comedies; tens of thousands wind up
phonographs. But, as for singing them
selves informally at their work or play,
they have forgotten how. In times
past people of all ranks sang together
as a mutter of course. Sailors sang
at their work; peasants, shepherds,
cowboy, i I had their favorite and ap
proprinte snugs. The songs of children
at games, the lullabies of mothers, are
In the collected ballads and folklore of
many peoples.
"Tho pastimes and labors of the hus
bandman and the shepherd," says An
drew Lang, "were long ago a kind of
natural opera. Each task had its own
song; plowing, seeding, harvest, burial,
all had their appropriate ballads or
dirges. The whole soul of the peasant
class breathes in its burdens as the
great sea resounds In the shell cast
up on the shore."
Nowadays the whirl of machinery
makes all the noise. The workers in
mills might find it unsatisfying to sing
at their work, but it is doubtful if they
would sing even if their voices could
be heard, while singing in an office or
store would pretty Burely be stopped
by the "boss" or the police. Thousands
congregate every night in the silence
of moving picture theaters, and even
In the churches where singing by the
congregation used to be customary the
attendants now usually listen in silence
to a paid singer.
Singing in this age is largely confined
to the professional performer, drunken
men and phonographs. Indianapolis
News.
BAD HABITS OF ? POSTURE.
Automatic
Protection
all the way
Columbia River Route
HSasii;
Parallels America's
Great Highway
Join West ami East with a Boulevard of Steel
PORTLAND CITY OFFICE
THIRD and WASHINGTON
Wm. McMnmr.G. P. A., Porting
They Lead to Deformity and Chronio
Disease if Not Corrected,
The significance of the postures habi
tually assumed by Individuals is the
subject of serious consideration by
physlolans at present Exhaustive in
vestigations seem to indicate pretty
conclusively that bad postures, such as
stooping shoulders, contracted chests
or protruded abdomens, are not merely
the result of careless habits in the
Individual, but are due to some slight
physical deformity which should be
corrected. Generally speaking, persons
wbo have bad pouture habits are not
very robust.
Every one has observed that persons
who are fatigued drop into bad pos
tures temporarily, and there are many
examples of unusually robust persons
with whom bad posture Is chronic.
Nevertheless, tendency to bad posture
undoubtedly adds to the trend toward
weakness aud chronic disease, partic
ularly in individuals who are not nat
urally rugged.
The robust child or the adult who
takes an adequate amount of recrea
tion from work does not usually fall
Into bad habits in sitting or standing;
In fact, he is able to combat the condi
tion of study and work which make
for bad posture. The less robust child
and the overworked or too sedentary
adult, on the other hand, are obliged
to make persistent efforts to avoid bad
posture habits. And, although these
habits may have no very detrimental
effect upon the general health during
childhood, they are likely to result in
chronic diseases later in life as a result
of the anatomical deformities pro
duced. Exchange.
Platinum In Coins.
The only instance in which platinum
has been used for coins was by the
Russian government between the
years 1828 and 1845, when they made
pieces of 3. 0 and 12 rubles. Coins
aud medals have been struck in this
metal by other governments simply for
commemorative or experimental pur
poses, but never for circulation, like
the case of the Russian government
Up to within fairly recent years coun
terfeits of gold coins have been made
of platinum and then gilded. That
was only when the price of platinum
was about half that of gold.
Nervous Systems. .
In man and all of the higher animals
the nervous system centers in the
brain, and life is dependent upon the
condition of the brain, so that the
slightest injury to it means death or
derangement of faculties. But in the
case of the worm and other creatures
of the lower kind the nervous tissues
are distributed over the body s,nd do
not center in the head, so that a worm
may be cut In half and still live.
Speak to the Horse.
The human voice has more or less
marked influence on all animals.' In
managing horses especially the voice
Is of the greatest use. It should be
quiet and, though confident and ma
terful, not loud and boisterous. No
one should ever tluch a horse without
at the same time speaking to it
Love and Strife.
Of a troth love and strife were
aforetime and shall be, nor ever, me
(hlnks, will boundless time be emptied
f that pair. And they prevail in turn
is the circle comes round and pass
4way before one another and increase
a their appointed time. Empedocles.
His Little Task.
"Very Rusplelous man, they say."
"Very. Bought a dictionary last
,veek, and now he's counting the words
to see If it contains as many as the
publishers claim."
John Adams.
John Adams, who died in his ninety
first year, was the oldest of our ox-presidents.
A Remedy Suggested for a Danger
ous Evil by Dr. Welsh
The following is submitted by Dr.
Orel A. Welsh, city health officer, at
the request of the Oregon City Wo
man's club committee, of which Mrs.
S. P. Davis is chairman:
The typhoid or common house fly
is a very dangerous pest and is rec
ognized as a carrier of typhoid, tu
berculosis and other dangerous diseases.
A little effort on the part of all in
the spring and summer months would
eventually eliminate the fly entirely.
It is estimated by reliable parties
that a female fly breeding in April
may produce a progeny of 5,598,720,
000,000 flies by September.
From these figures it will easily
be seen that it is much easier to kill
the one fly in April than to wait and
begin the crusade against the fly
when they are swarming thick at the
kitchen door trying to gain entrance
to get something to eat and inciden
tally leave myriads of disease germs
on all the food with which they come
in contact.
The breeding place of the fly is
every place where there is filth, such
as the garbage can, horse manure,
stables and other refuse. The fly is
attracted to those places and crawls
an inch or bo under the surface and
lays its many eggs. The eggs hatch
into maggots in one day and in a
short time the adult fly appears.
It is almost a hopeless task to try
and rid the community of flies aftei
they have gotten a good start, so the
U. S. department of agriculture has
been carrying on investigations to
find out what is the most efficient
method of preventing this common
enemy from propagating.
They have reported that borax is
by far the most effective, economical
and practical substance that they had
experimented with. The borax is
harmless and while it does not kill the
flies, it does prevent the eggs from
hatching if properly applied.
The directions are as follows: Ap
ply through a fine sieve or flour sifter
2 ounces of borax to the can of garb
age daily. Apply in the same way 10
ounces of borax to 8 bushels of fresh
manure, and sprinkle with water.
This will prevent the eggs from
hatching.
Borax should also be applied to
floors and crevices in barns, markets,
etc., as well as to street sweeDings.
Water should be added after apply
ing the. borax.
SCHOOL PATRONS MEET
Mrs. Nission Calls Parents' Attention
to Over-Entertainment
The Molalla Parent-Teacher asso
ciation was instructed at a meeting on
Saturday by the interesting talk of
Mrs. June Nission, Multnomah coun
ty juvenile court officer. Mrs. Niss
ion brought a large audience of wo
men to attention when she charged
that parents entertained their chil
dren too much. She said that this
was the cause,- directly and indirect
ly, of much of the waywardness that
the juvenile courts of the land have
to attempt to correct.
A picture study discussion was led
by Loreda Burkholder and Gladys
Dunton, and Lena Ulen spoke on tech
nical grammar. F. J. Tooze, Oregon
City school superintendent, discussed
the coming convention of the Nation
al Education association, and H. G.
Starkweather made the meeting an-
occasion for a talk on the proposed
bond issue. Others who spoke brief
ly were County Superintendent J. E,
Calavan and C. F. Romig, superin
tendent of the Willamette schools.
Profit in Veal
It has been suggested by the agri
cultural college that no action be
taken in the proposed boycott of
veal to assist in overcoming the beef
shortage, without first . considering
every phase of the situation. Beef
bred calves are seldom slaughtered
for veal except when there is a slump
in the beef market or when feed is
scarce and high. In 1910 over 6,000
calves were shipped from the ranges
to the Portland Union stock yards,
while since 1910, under improved beef
conditions, there is little tendency on
the part- of the beef men to veal their
calves. During the year just past
only 227 calves were received from
the country east of the mountains and
these were largely from the dairy
farms. The supply of veal in Port
land is being derived at this time
almost entirely from the dairy farms
of Oregon and Washington. These
calves, therefore, are of dairy breed
ing and unsuitable for growing into
mature beef. If a veal calf weighing
200 pounds is converted into a 1000
pound steer, it is ordinarily assumed
that there is an actual profit of 800
pounds of beef, but this does not ne
cessarily follow, owing to the fact
that the feed required to grow the
steer may have a greater money val
ue than the beef, and also the same
feed might be worth more in the food
production campaign if used in some
other way.
The average dairy bred steer not
only does not pay for the feed it takes
to make him into mature beef but
may fail to pay for the feed neces.
sary to market him into veal, espe
daily as veal must be fattened almost
entirely on whole milk. As a result
we find some of our most progressive
diarymen slaughtering their surplus
male calves at birth since their cost
accounts have shown that the milk
necessary to fatten the calf was
worth more than the ,veal produced.
E. L. Potter, Professor of Animal
Husbandry, O. A. C
The Courier, fl.00 per year.
Mrs. Castner is Here
Mrs. Charles H. Castner, president
of the Oregon Federation of Woman's
clubs, is in Oregon City today to ad
dress the local club. Mrs. J. W. Nor
ris, chairman of the civic improve
ment committee of the club, is host
ess for the meeting, and Mrs. C. G.
Miller has charge of the musical pro
gram. Mrs. Castner comes to Ore
gon City from her borne at Hood
River. .
ALL STATE ORGANIZED
Campaign for Food Preparedness Will
be Presented With Vigor j
All Oregon is now oorganized for '
vigorous prosecution of the United
States and Oregon cooperative tooa
preparedness campaign. When the
emergency call came the nucleus of
effective organization already existed
in the county agricultural agent pal
icy and the club work of the girls
and boys as conducted by the exten
sion service of the Agricultural col
lege. Fifteen counties were main
taining county agents, and t he coun
ty-agent plan has been extended as
districts until almost the entire state
is included. This county is organized
in the Washington-Clackamas group,
with headquarters at the cities of
Hillsboro and Oregon City.
The district leader for this terri
tory is E. B. Fitts, extension special
ist in dairying and animal husbandry.
For more than three years Prof.
Fitts has studied the dairy and farm
animal problems of the state, organ
ized various dairy associations, as
sisted in the organization of the Ore
gon dary exchange, issued bulletins
on the feeding and management of
the dairy herd, and has taken a lead
ing part in the recent revival of Or
esron dairy interests. He has served
in various agricultural capacities in
this and other states, working to in
crease and conserve the agricultural
output. He will be assisted by T. D.
Case, a senior in agriculture at the
Agricultural college, who has been
granted leave for the remainder of
the semester to take up special du
ties in connection with the emergency
measures for increasing the food sup
ply.
All of these counties, together with
the other district and county-agent
counties, are now integral parts ot
the state-wide, nation-wide organiza
tion to increase the food supply re
quisite to a successful campaign by
the navy and army. Food, and still
more food, is the plea of President
Wilson, transmitted to the people of
Oregon through Secretary Houston,
President Kerr and Director Hetzel.
This mighty mobilization for su
preme effort is the answer that Ore
gon makes, with its magnificent re
sources and intrepid spirit.
The club work, carried cooperat
ively by the government, the state
college and the state department of
education, is the basis of organization
for the work of the boys and girls.
This work is directed by H. G. Sey
mour, state club leader, and several
assstants in charge of special phases
of the work or acting as local lead
ers in different parts of the state.
In the present emergency it was
found necessary to extend the local
leader plan to include every county
of the state, which is now under or
ganization into districts of one or
more countes each, wth a local leader
in charge. One of the" first districts
thus organized is comprised of three
leading southern Oregon counties,
with J. Percy Wells of Jackson coun
ty in charge of the city garden, can
ning and food economy activities.
This work aims first of all to enlist
and direct the work of ( all the chil
dren of the towns in growing vege
tables of high food value and good
canning and drying qualities, and
later instruct girls in canning the
surplus for future use. The club or
ganizations are being rapidly formed
and when complete will be repoorted
to the press.
THRIFT IS MISGUIDED
Prepare
or Work
We have a large stock of Men's Work Clothes
bought before the raise in prices; all fast
colored dyes, and standard makes and quality
amirtJ fcrrAiTt:
Men's Blue Chambry
Work Shirts
Full Size
Good Values
50c
INDIGO DYE
OVERALLS
with bib
$1.00
HEAVY GRAY
$1.25
UNCLE SAM
Mi SHIRTS
Blue, Tan or Gray
Extra Heavy
65c
Black or Tan
$2.50 up
DOUGLAS SHOES
$3.50 up
ATHLETIC
UNION SUITS
Made of
White Nainsook
75c
GUT BALBRIGGAN
In
White or Ecru
$1.00 Each
ENGINEERS
and
. FIREMENS
HOSE, 2 Pr. for 25c
CLOTH HATS
To Work In
50c
ABC
NEW LINE OF
OF TIES
All colors
and Patterns
25c
KHAKI PANTS
Full Cut '
' Good Quality
y $1.25
The national bond issue means that
for some years to come this country
will be paying back the obligations
incurred today. America is still in
the midst of the greatest era of ma
terial prosperity the country has ever
known.
"In the matter of individual ex
penditures every man should be guid
ed by his own necessities and the
needs of his country. Let none of us
be a slacker in the business world.
This is no day for the coward or
weakling. Be brave and confident.
Remember the most acute need of our
nation today is intelligent, productive,
constructive thrift.
ASK FOR $60,000
Straus Suggests Constructive, Not
Destructive Thrift Practice
"One of the greatest dangers that
confront us at this moment is mis
guided thrift," declares a statement
issued by S. W. Straus, president of
the American society for Thrift
"In our efforts to be patriotically
economical, we find ourselves going
to extremes in the opposite direction,
which is just as great a menace as
wastefulness and extravagance," said
he. "One of the worst calamities that
could befall our nation at any time
would be to stop the wheels of indus
try, but more especially now.
"The point is to differentiate be
tween destructive and constructive
thrift. In times of peace or war,
waste is reprehensible, but indiscrim
inate tight-fistedness is worse, be
cause in such conditions the provi
dent are made to suffer with the inr
provident.
Because the whole nation sudden
ly has become conscious of the neces
sity of thrift, we as individuals
should take care not to deflect from
their normal courses the tides of the
nation's money that turn the wheels
of industry. America as a nation is
not in any danger of running short
of money, but we are threatened with
a food shortage because on us rests
the duty and responsibility of feed
ing our allies.
"Everyone can distinguish the dif
ference between prudent living and
wastefulness. If a man buys a suit
of clothes, a pair of shoes or a hat,
his money goes into legitimate circu
lation and furnishes uses for capital
and employment for labor.
"The American people have re
sponded in a grand way to the needs
of the hour. We are going to con
serve our resources and increase our
food supply in a way that will aston
ish the world, but in doing this we
stand face to face with economic
hardships unless each individual is
governed by common sense, prudence
and foresight.
"In brief, administer your expendi
tures in a clean, honest, legitimate
and patriotic manner. Eliminate
waste of food, bearing in mind that
every mouthful you save may be the
sustenance of some starving fellow
human being abroad. We should not
tear down on one hand while we are
trying to build up on the other.
Those in business should not hesitate
be courageous and keep on going.
America has everything to make her
self prosperous. The billions of dol
lars which are being raised for war
purposes will eventually return into
the pockets of the people. Even the
money which we loan to 6ur allies is
being spent immediately in America.
Oregon City Active in Work of Rais
ing Army Y. M. C. A. Money
Oregon and Idaho are asked to
contribute $60,000 of the $3,000,000
that is to be given by the people of
the nation for the work of the army
Y. M. C. A.
If possible the entire amount will
be raised within two weeks. In view
of the wonderful response in Oregon
and Idaho to the call for military en
listments, effort will be made to es
tablish another record of success for
the great Y. M. C. A- enterprises.
So impressed are Governor Withy
combe of Oregon and Governor Alex
ander of Idaho with the merit of the
movement that they are heading the
campaign and it was by their procla
mation that May 6 was designated at
"Army Y. M. C. A. Day," a day set
apart for the telling of what the
Young Men's Christian association
has achieved in service since war
broke out in Europe and what it now
proposes for the welfare of the boys
under the Stars and Stripes.
. With the money secured from the
campaign throughout the country
200 Y. M. C. A. buildings, costing
$4,000 each and measuring each 40
by 120 feet, will be constructed and
maintained with secretaries ' in at
tendance. "A building for each
brigade," is the slogan. Each' build
ing will be equipped for the letter
writing of the soldiers, with reading
tables, magazines, papers, phono
graph, movng1" pictures, checkers,
chess, dominoes and billiards. Sta
tionery is furnished free and the pres
ent record for army Y. M. C. A. build
ings is 1000 to 3000 letters a day to
"keep the home ties from breaking."
In a social way games, entertain
ments and musical programs are ar
ranged. Physical activities include
baseball, basket ball, field meets,
tugs-of-war, wrestling, boxing and
volley ball. There are gospel meet
ings, evangelistic addresses, song ser
vices, Bible classes, and, what is prob
ably the most important part of the
work, personal talks with men.
Trouble Entirely Disappeared
'Fathers and mothers' worry over a
child with a chronic cough. Knudt
Lee, Wannaska, Minn., writes: "For
several years my daughter had a bad
chronic cough. Every time she
caught a little cold, it aggravated the
trouble. We tried many medicines,
but not until we tried Foley's Honey
and .Tar did anything produce any
great relief. In a few days the trou
ble entirely disappeared and has
never returned." Foley's Honey and
Tar for coughs, colds, croup, whoop
ing cough. Jones Drug Co.
The Courier and the Daily Jour
nal $4.75.
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