ft OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1917 "MORE PERSONALITIES" Oregon City, Rt 3, May 9, 1917; To the editor: I want to thank you for the little sermon on "Personali ties" published in your paper of last week and for the good advice contain ed therein. But after reading it over a time or two I began to wonder whether it was not another sly at tempt to discredit me because I op pose the $6,000,000 bond issue or does the editor know who really started this fight and the use of personalities. I have noticed all along that asser tions made by the bond boosters are all right, whether personal or other wise, while similar statements by the opposition are illadvised and tend to discredit the authors of the state ments. For example: when the Oregon Voter states editorially that I am not reliable, that I am under the influ ence of the timber interests, that I am shifty, the writer is quoted in the "me too" press and referred to as a great editor. But when I show the falsity of his statements and answer his arguments, I lower the dignity of my position and am dealing in per sonalities. When the editor of the Lebanon Criterion states that I am alleged to be drawing a good big salary from the timber interests of the state to fight each and every movement that proposes the expenditure of state money, the editor of the Oregon Vot er copied the article in great glee and commended that paper and the editor by saying that the Criterion is an honest and able newspaper, the editor of which would do no man or cause an injustice. On the other hand, when a friend of mine defended me in the same pa per, and stated substantially the same things about Mr. Benson and Mr. Yeon, he was promptly arrested for libel and brought into court. The king can do no wrong. When Mr. McBain made the state ment at Mt. Pleasant that I was not a progressive man and for evidence to look at my farm, it was taken as evidence of his patriotism as a good roads booster. On the other hand, when I answered him to his face at Carus, stating that he was following the paving companies' tacticsi and that I was surprised that in this day and age they could get any tools to do their dirty work, the whole twelve apostles get up in arms because they claim that I said in effect that they were under the pay of the paving companies, and I am called a liar and a knocker. When Mr. McBain in an adjoining column in the same issue and on the same page of the Courier said in ef fect that J. D. Brown and myself wre either ignorant or crooks, the editor of the Courier never wrote a word in reproof. , When A. J. Lewis offered a word in opposition to the bonds he was per sonally ridiculed and practically ev ery Bmall land owner in the state was insulted by the writer for the "12 Apostles." Not a word in their de fense by the Courier. E. H. COOPER M. R. COOPER County Agent" OREGON FIRE REMEFASSOCIATION FARMERS MUTUAL FIRE RELIEF ASSOCIATION and number ol other good companies ALSO AUTOMOBILE, SICK and ACCIDENT INSURANCE Phonea: S66 - 2S7-J - A-ll Better Call Us Up The E. H. Cooper Insurance Agency EiUblUhed 1902 OREGON CITY, OREGON Boiling Points MentiineQuat oi uasoime "Then I might just as well throw my grav ity hydrometer away?" "You said it, Mr. Motorist." "Listen, the boiling points of gasoline ab solutely control its starting qualities, accel erating qualities, power giving qualities. Gravity has nothing to do with it. "To get the most out ot your motor, your gasoline must have the correct series of Soiling points in a gradually rising, un broken chain low boiling points for easy starting, medium boiling points for quick and smooth acceleration, high boiling points for power and mileage. "And only straight -distillation can give this. No mixture can embody all the nun dreds of intervening fractions necessary for a perfect motor fuel. "To be certain of straight distilled, un mixed gas, buy RED CROWN Tht Catolint of Quality STANDARD OIL MMifc.JiJj COMPANY WgTTftfe. J cufuim """if rr! 1 1 in iiniiii'itw ,.ii !!!! mIttT aTTmriiiil i '" r-r ', - ,'j Office phones: Main 50, A50; Res. phones, M. 2524,1715 Home B251, D251 WILLIAMS BROS. TRANSFER & STORAGE Office 612 Main Street Safe, Piano, and Furniture Moving a Specialty Sand, Gravel, Cement, Lime, Plaster, Common Brick, Face Brick, Fire Brick When I give facts and state proof of the actual condition of Mr. b. Ben son's mind in regards to the different types of paving, I am indulging in personalities and am suspicious of "successful business men who say that they will do the fair thing. When Mr. Benson wrote the Port land Realty Board last September, stating among other things that he did not think the state should enter into a paving program for two years, and now favors the paving bonds, he is considered a wise man. When Mr. Adams made the state ment at Salem during the session of the legislature that the auto license, one-fourth mill tax and the federal aid fund would be all that the High way commission could expend effi ciently for two years, till the com mission had its forces well organized and the necessary machinery provid ed, and now comes out in favor of the bonds, in fact lobbied for the bill at Salem, he is considered another wise man. When he said that he could not accept the position unless it had a "meal ticket" (a salary) with it, and now travels over the state campaigning for this bill, there is no question but that he is a compe tent business man. When Brother Starkweather op posed the measure to bond Clackamas county to build hard surface on most of the main roads of the county three years ago, and now supports this $6,000,000 bond issue for paving tourist roads, it is conclusive proof that he is a wise man, for wise men change their minds. While on the other hand, I favored a county bond ing bill in 1912 in order to defeat a bill that was intended to build tourist roads, and the bill which I favored would give the voters power to state on what roads the funds would be expended, would result in market roads being built, I am called incon sistent, and no one complains about personalities. Who began this personal fight? Not I, Mr. Editor, and if the other fellows have found that they live in glass houses, I would suggest that they quit slinging mud. Abe Lincoln was going through a pasture one day and a big bull chased him around a straw stack, but Abe ran so fast that he overtook the bull and taking a good hold on his tail delivered a number of well directed kicks and the bull soon bellowed with pain. Abe let him go and asked, "What are you bellowing about; who began this fight anyway?" Hoping that you will not consider this offering too personal for publica tion, I am Yours truly, C. E. SPENCE. He Almost Fell Down A. M. Hunsucker, Bogue Chitto, Miss., felt so grateful because of be ing freed from pain and distress that he wrote the following letter; "I was suffering from rheumatism, kidney nnd bladder trouble, also dizziness; would almost fall down at times. I started taking Foley Kidney Pills and two boxes gave me entire relief." Disordered kidneys give warning by pains in side and back, rheumatic aches, sore muscles, swollen joints, puffiness under eyes, tired and lan guid feeling. Jones Drug Co. Administrator's Notice In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Clackamas County, In the Matter of the Estate of Hans Fauske, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed Admin istratrix of the above entitled estate. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to pre sent the same at the office of John W. Loder, Stevens Building, Oregon City, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. ANNA C. FAUSKE, Administratrix of above entitled Es tate. Dated April 13th, 1917. Hbm BoiDnrf Points for fower&nweae Birtis smooth. w' A ttlwlz A Cbirtinucws BoiWfPoinis Iacceierirom IxwIkjilinOatak ibr eaj starting ?4 aJ OUR GOLD PIECES They Once Figured in an Odd Way in Jewelry Trade An old time manufacturing jeweler tells how the United States govern ment stopped some forty odd years ago the melting up of twenty dollar gold pieces by persons who wished to use the metal in the manufacture of gold Jewelry. In those days It was the custom of many of the Jewelry makers to use these coins Instead of buying fine gold, as a matter of convenience. So they went to a bank and got twenty dollar goldpieces enough, or ten dollar ones, for that matter, to supply sufficient metal for the work in hand. The gold pieces being 22 carats fine, 24 carats beiug absolutely pure gold, it was not difli cult for the Jewelers to melt them up and add the necessary alloys to pro duce the degree of Oneness desired for the Jewelry they were going to muke. "However." says the Jeweler, "It was not long after this practice be came more or less general that the government authorities began to won' der what was becoming of the twenty dollar gold coins. They began missing the ten dollar ones, too. but the dis appearance of the former was by far the more rapid. The officials did not think that tlfc people of the country were boarding the gold, because most of the smaller coins remained in cir culation. So a quiet Investigation was begun, and it was not long before It was discovered that the makers of gold Jewelry were melting them up for trade purposes. "Having found the cause. It was not difficult for the officials to effect a cure They did It by 'peppering' the twenty dollar coins with Iridium, which is not altogether unlike black emery in the crude state, requiring a heat of 3.W2 degrees P. to melt it. Gold, on the other hand, can be melted at 1.913 degrees F. From this It Is easy to see that the unsuspecting manufacturer, melting up gold pieces at the temper ature required, got a number of un melted specks of Iridium in his metal when he let It cool. This made trouble when the metal was worked up. "At the time this was being done there was a great vogue for fine Etrus can work In solid gold, which required a perfectly smooth surface In order to be produced properly. Imagine the Ms may of the jewelers, therefore, when they found the much needed smooth surface dotted here and there with lit tie nenner-like specks of Iridium. To leave them in meant that the decora- tlve work could not be done properly. and to take them out meant leaving the piece pockmarked with tiny holes. It was not long before the gold pieces. whether tbey contained Iridium or not were eyed with suspicion by the man ufacturers, who then secured their metal from other sources. "Another way In which Iridium caus ed some trouble for the gold jewelry trade had Its birth In the assay office, While it was not often the case, it was not a rare thing up until about ten years ago to find a sprinkling of iri dium In the fine gold purchased from the government assnyer. While this might possibly have been avoided by a little more core on the pnrt of the per sons who had charge of preparing the scrap metal for refining, It was gener ally regarded In the trade as acciden tal. It happened because the clips and filings that were turned In for refining by the makers of gold pens contained tiny bits of iridium, which because of its hardness Is used for tipping the pens. This does not happen any more. "Twenty dollar gold pieces figured In another Interesting way In the old days In the Jewelry trade, but In a way that affected the trade much more Indirect ly than directly. Knowing that a good price could be had for scrap gold from the refiners, the gold probably finding an ultimate purchaser in the jewelry trade, unscrupulous persons had sev eral ways of obtaining this scrap and still leaving enough of the coins to pass them on unsuspecting tradesmen and banks that were not careful enough to weigh them when they were tendered. "One way of doing this was to 'strip' a coin by putting It Into an electro chemical bath, getting thereby a slight residue of gold on a copper plate, which was afterward melted and the metals separated. This method was not very popular, as It had a tendency to dis color the coin. "One of the most successful schemes was the use of a specially prepared male and female die. Thu diameter of the die was uliout one one-thousandth of nn Inch smaller than the diunieter of the coin, and It whs so made that afler the resultant rim of metal was cut off the milled edges remained. The gold thus obtained from a single twt'ti ty dollar coin was probably worth uhoiit M) cents, and the coin itself, to all appearances, had not becu tarn pered with. When the practice was discovered the banks Installed scale on which i hey weighed gold coius before accepting thein."-New York Tlincs. An Unlucky Number Seven. Wife (during the spntl-I wasn't mix Ions lo inuiT.v you. I refused you sis times, Uii1)-Ypi, and then my hu'lt Save out. Itnstnu Transcript. When n man falls hack on oaths h:1 declines himself out of arguments. HAZELIA (Too late for regular page) ' Mrs. Cora U. Miley Boutz received a message Tuesday from Haxie, Kan., that her sister, Wa Nita Miley, was critically ill with a relapse of the measles. Alva Wanker made a flying trip to Portland Tuesday evening. Mrs. Cora U. Miley Boutz was a pleasant caller of Mrs. W. II. Zivney Tuesday. Mrs. Davis called on Mrs. John Wanker the first of the week. Mr. Zimmerman of Rock Bottom Farm was in the Tualatin Meadows vicinity Tuesday evening. Mrs. John Wanker and daughter, Miss Wanda, motored to Oregon City Tuesday. William Nagl and Miss Wanda Wanker motored to Willamette Tues day evening in the former's automo bile. W. II. Zivriey was bailing hay the first of the week. Several from Hazelia were in the county seat Monday. The Misses Shrober were visitors at Hazelia Monday evening. PARKPLACE (Too late for regular page) Mrs. Thomson of Clackamas spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Brayton, Mr. Kelly, a recruiting officer from Vancouver, spent Saturday and Sun day with the Hays.' Sunday after noon he took Misses Mary' and Viola Hays to the barracks at Vancouver. They saw many interesting things, The girls say that even the dogs wear flags in Vancouver. Our fishermen say they are having pretty good luck. We wonder if they have caught many suckers. The church Aid society met at the little church for quilting all day Tues day. They will meet again next week. The G. A. R. and W. R. C. are go ing to visit the Parkplace school the 22nd of this month, in the afternoon only. Everything begins to look like summer might come after awhile, Oh well, Oregonians, cheer up; while this weather lasts our gardens (that are planted) are coming up, and the moss don't have a chance to dry up and blow away. PROFIT BY THIS Don't Waste Another Day Whn you are worried by backache By lameness and urinary dis orders Don't experiment with an untried medicine. Follow Oregon City people's ample. ' Use Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's Oregon City testimony. Verify it if you wish: Mrs. J. B. Schatz, 213 Seventeenth St., Oregon City, says: "I know from personal experience that Doan s Kid ney Pills are a medicine of merit and whenever I can recommend them to others, I don't hesitate to do so. nave taKen uoan s Kidney rills on Beveral occasions for kidney trouble and backache and they have always done me good. Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs Schatz had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. DENNY AND CAT MIX Lone Prisoner Lands in Middle of Floor With a Scream Martin Denny, Clackamas county!s lone "prisoner" and former proprietor of the Friars' club at Milwaukie, got realism at a moving picture show Thursday night. During good be havior, Denny is allowed a reasonable freedom and was Thursday night permitted to see a moving picture. showing revolutionary activities in a South American republic. Tired from the evening of pleasure. Denny returned to jail and soon fell asleep on his cot beneath a barred window, which was wide open to ad mit air. No sooner had he dozed off than his own revolution started. Den ny hopped out of bed with a scream just in time to see a huge black cat that had jumped onto his reclining form, go through the window and disappear into the night air. Uncle Sam Not Slumbering As a Pennsylvania express train from New York came over the Schuylkill bridge the other morning a man looked out the car window and made a highly disrespectful com ment. He didn't notice that directly be hind him sat an unobtrusive indi vidual reading a newspaper. This second personage kept near the man who had made the remarks about the soldiers, and when the latter stepped from the car in Broad street station the other touched his arm and said: "You and I will take a little walk down to the postofflce." In amazement the man, "presuma bly a German sympathizer, protest ed until the other showed him the badge of a United States secret ser vice agent. And they took their walk, P. S. If you think Uncle Sam is asleep, you had better wake up your self. Public Ledger. PRUNES ARE SLOW W. I. Clark Usually Has Fine Crop. Trees Tave Not Flowered The usual calculations as to his extensive prune crop are omitted from the daily tasks of W. I. Clark of Mulino this year, because of the exceptional weather. Mr. Clarks' large orchard is sheltered in a natur al cove, but in spite of that the trees have not blossomed yet, whereas they are usually in flowers by the middle of April. Contractors have asked to buy the Clark crop on the trees this year at 6 Yi cents a pound, but no ar rangement has been made for the sale. Mr. Clark has never had a crop failure with his prunes., probably be cause his land is so sheltered that it gets no fog or frost. Attention Farmers We make a specialty of horse shoeing and give particular attention to the faulty and bad feet of horses. Also disc harrow sharpening. SCRIPTURE & MAY. Mrs. Schroeder Sues Lillie C. Schroeder and others Tuesday brought suit against M. T. Duffy to collect on a promissory note. The instrument is dated at Portland on May 25, 1914, and its face value is $1200, the unpaid balance of which the complaint would recover. Powers Wants to Vote Charles Fred Powers, born in Can ada in 1845 and a resident of the United States for 68 years, Friday filed a petition for his final certificate of his citizenship. Brown is a me chanical engineer and lives at Con cord station. Courier tnd Daily Journal $4.75. OREGON ALUMNI TO MEET U. of O. Quartette Will Star at Col legiate Gathering Friday Evening S 111 V V. O.VJf WA VTlbfWll HIWIUlll iv wv number of about thirty will gather at the Commercial club Friday evening at a "get-togther" party from which a permanent alumni organization will be formed. A feature of the even, ing will be the appearance of the University of Oregon quartette, which is considered one of the best organizations of its kind in the state. A program will be given, and talks will be made by Dr. Frank Mount, Thomas A. Burke, Earl Latourette, Mrs. Ed. Carter and other "old grads" of the institution. The ladies, under the direction of Miss Evelyn Harding, will provide refreshments and a big time is in store for all ex-University people who attend. The quartette will be on the job all evening. THE DAIRYMAN. Above all things let no one pester the bull. Nine out of ten cross bulls ore niudo so by wrong treatment on the part of some one who either does not thlnlc or who does not know any better. The sire which has brought you good calves Is worthy of the best care you can give him. Don't keep more cows than you can feed well. A few cows well cured for will make more mouey for you than a lot of half fed animals. - Feed the cows at the same time each day aud In the same order. Habits are formed quick ly, aud changes and disappoint ments cut the profits. Feed the cattle all you cun af ford to during the time they are at pasture, as that helps to keep the pastures iu good condition. TREATING OATS FOR SMUT. 8impla and Effective Method of De stroying Fungui on Seed. Treating oats for smut requires uo Implements or machinery more compli cated thun a scoop shovel or sprinkling can. The formaldehyde treatment has proved to be more reliable and much cheaper than any of the commercial preparations. Perhaps the easiest way to treat oats, says W. E. Hanger of the Ohio State university, Is to pour them out on a clean floor aud sprinkle them thorough ly with a solution consisting of a pound or pint of formaldehyde und forty gallons of water. It will usually require nearly a gallon of the solution per bushel of outs. After the oats are thoroughly moistened they should be heaped and covered with sacks or blan kets for three or four hours or over night. They may then be raked out into a thin layer und dried. In no case should they remain lu the pile more than fifteeu hours, as the germi nation of the seed is liable to be in jured. If they are sown the day after treat ing It will be necessary to set the drill to sow two more pecks to the acre than usual on account of the swollen condition of tbo outs. If they are re sacked the sacks should have been soaked In the same solution. Drills should also be thoroughly sprinkled with the solution. BAD FLAVORS IN MILK. Dairy Cattle Should Be Prevented From Grazing In Weedy Pasture. Don't let your dairy products taste of weeds or grass If you can ovoid it. ; Be cause butter fat absorbs flavors, par ticular care should be taken in han dling milk, cream and butter, nccording to N. E. Olson, instructor lu dairy hus bandry in the Kansas State Agricul tural college. The principal flavors derived from feeds are the weedy flavors. In the spring creameries have trouble with the wild onion flavor. This is some thing that the farmer cannot prevent and Is caused by early pasturing. Another common flavor is the half grass flavor, produced from green feed In the early spring. It can be tasted lu milk, cream, and also in ice cream. It is found In practically all dairy prod ucts in the spring. The method of preveutlug these flav ors is keeping the cows from eating weeds. Weedy patches in pastures should be feuced off so that the cows cannot get to them. Other flavors are produced through the feeding of alfalfa and silage. If silage is fed It is advis able to feed It after milking rather than before. The Pure Bred le Valuable. The pure bred is valuable because he has been bred for so many years with out the admixture of any other blood und because each malo representing a pure breed Is possessed of the power to transmit the breed characteristics of his kind; Pure bred also means that there is a continuous line of pure bred individuals back of him. It must be remembered that where grade stallions or grade bulls are used no progress is made. It Is the prepotency of the breeding that makes It possible for the Angus bull to sire a lurge proportion of black polled calves from different col ored or horned native cows. The puce bred Is valuable In grading up. The progress in grading ceases as soon as the pure bred sire Is discontinued. Aide to Corn Club Work. Educational moving picture films, illustrated posters and instruction sheets will be added as features to the corn club work which has just been transferred from the state board of agriculture to the Ohio State univer sity. In addition, visits by university representatives will be made to local club meetings of the boys. The clubs which are to be formed wll' consist of from eight to twelve boyn, who will meet regularly to study corn problems und talk over their experiences. Inas much as arrangements already have been made for offering the prize trips to Washington, they will be carried on this year In order to save disappoint ment, according to Clark S. Whoeler. director of the Agricultural college ct tension service. K Sole distributors of the Welworth the nationally favored $2.00 Blouse 4 S " Blouse New $2.00 Blouses that you will admire and be admired in THEY are not the common, ordinary, garden variety of $2.00 Blouses but Blouses of genuine worth and character. They're made different they're winsomely styled they're splendidly finished and they bear that delightful quality of charm which like in a charming girl we recognize instantly but can hardly define. Through our co-operation with the makers we are always able to place on sale the same new Styles in Blouses on the same day they first make their appear ance in the recognized style centers. Large savings can always be effected by buying Blouses here for our Blouses are made and sold in an unusual way that make possible the most unusual values. 5 m 2 Ma.nfrn?rl2rpfonafcOni T. . j" MARSHALS APPOINTED Sheriff Wilson Names Aids in Regis tering Men for Army Draft Precinct marshals for the registra tion of eligible men to supply the new American army under the terms of the draft bill were appointed here Tuesday by Sheriff W, J. Wilson. Many of the 80 men who will handle the work are volunteers who have given their names to the sheriff within the past week, and all will start as soon as it is authorized by federal authorities. Among those appointed in and near Oregon City are: J. S, Lageson, J. J. Tobin, R. L. Holman," F. C. Burke, F. H. Cross, A J. Wilson, S, S. Walk er, J. C. Bradley, George L. Story, George F. Everhart, Otto Purcell, L. L. Porter, George Hall, R. A. Junk in, Lee Bacon, C. L. Eason, William Hammond, Charles Moulton, F. Shute, J. F. Jennings, T, E, Anderson and Ward Lawton. FLAG TO BE RAISED Honor Guard May Have Hour of Rest Set by Mayor The foormal exercises in connec tion with raising the flag presented to the Girls' Honor Guard by the vet erans of the Spanish American war will probably take place next Wed nesday and the girls will petition Mayor Hackett to proclaim a public rest hour on that day. Patriotic or ganizations, including the Civil war veterans, Meade Relief corps, the Boy Scouts and others will take part in the ceremonies attending the flag raising. The banner is to be flown from the top of the municipal bell tower above the city. Mayor Hack ett will probably set the hour be tween four and five in the afternoon for the purposes of the Honor Guard. The girls will also present a flag to the Boy Scouts, Rev. Mulkey at Mountain View Rev. Mulkey will meet his usual appointment at Mountain View next Sunday at 3 o clock. It is also ex pected that Rev. G. K. Berry, author and lecturer, will accompany him and occupy the pulpit. Just Received! 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