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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1917
DIVORCE MILL GETS
MUCH GRIST IN DAY
Oregon City's divorce mill receiv.
ed more new work than usual yester
day when four complaints were riled,
Irena Brown, married to Nicholas
Brown at Vancouver, Wash., on Oc
tober 17, 1914, would divorce her hus
band on the strength of cruelty charg
es which she placed against him yes-
terday. She alleges that Brown
knocked her down at a picnic dance
at Milwaukie on August 12 when he
struck her with his fist. She asks $15
a month alimony for the support of
their son.
Harvey Burrow, married to Nanie
Burrow at Shelbyville, Tenn., on Aug
ust 25, 1889, alleges in his complaint
that his wife deserted him on Feb
ruary 15, 1916, and makes that the
basis of his complaint.
Andrew L. McCoy would divorce
Florence McCoy, to whom he was
married at Portland in May, 1904,
He charges cruelty and wants her to
have custody of their son, for whose
rearing he is willing to contribute
money.
The Boys' and Girls' Aid society
society, has charge of two of the four
children of Philip and Mary F. Balti
more because the mother is not at
home enough to take proper care of
them, according to allegations made
by the former in his divorce com
plaint. They were married at Salem
on October 2, 1894. The charge is
cruelty.
HARDING HONORED
Masons Follow Business Meeting
With Informal Banquet
Following a business meeting Mon
day night, Multnomah lodge A. F. S
A. M., spread an informal banquet in
honor of the 74th birthday anniver
sary of George A. Harding, one of
the lodge's oldest members. Judge
Grant B. Dimick was toastmaster and
brief addresses were made by sev
eral members of the lodge. At the
business session the master degree
was conferred upon Fred M. Wil
liams. George A. Harding and his
three sons are members of Multno
mah lodge No. 1, and his son, Lloyd
B. Harding, a lieutenant in the of
ficers' reserve corps, attended the
meeting.
MISSIONARY COMES
Son of Former Pastor Relieves Rev.
Mr. Stewart in County
The Rev. Herbert D. Rugg has
taken charge of the county mission
ary work for the Baptist church and
has relieved the Rev. W. B. Stewart
and the Rev. A. J. Ware in this field,
He was called to the charge from Chi
cago, where he was taking graduate
work in theology. He is a graduate
of the Colgate seminary in New York,
The Rev. Mr. Rugg is a son of the
Rev. H. L. Rugg, pastor of the Ore
gon City Baptist church in 1896. He
will work with John W. Loder and
D. C. Latourette, directors of the lo
cal missionary board.
SEA SLUG STORIES
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after the enemy, took it up where he
hud left off. It Is characteristic of the
Sea Slugs that nothing was said of the
danger two of the bouts hud run, and If
anybody felt proud of what we had ac
complished be made no mention of it.
"As I was saying," remarked the
subaltern, "Max Ilorton's experience
when be sank the Moltke was a good
deal like that of a friend of mine who
is in the service, and it goes to show
the truth of the statement that it's
mostly luck gets a submarine. This
chap I speak of bad been cruising
around for months and had never seen
a hostile periscope, much less a sub
marine. He hadn't even found one of
those spots of dirty oil that are becom
ing classic around the British isles.
"Then one day, about noon, with the
sun shining brightly, he was running
along at top speed wondering whether
there really was such a thing in the
world as a German U boat, when sud
denly, almost dead ahead, ho saw
something sort of wallowing iu the sea.
"The bow gun was loaded, and the
gunner saluted and said, 'Submarine
off the starboard bow, sir. Shall , I
Are?'
" 'No,' ordered my friend. 'It's prob
ably one of our own. No such luck as
for us to run into a German.'
"With that the U boat sent a shell
whistling past his car, and he decided
bis luck was better than be had
thought. His three lncher began to
spit, and the fire from the submarine
stopped. A couple more shots from the
chaser, and without any further sign
of life on the U boat there suddenly
was a big roar, a cloud of smoke, and
she disappeared. Tliey ran over to
where she had been lying, but could
not find a sign of her except for a few
bubbles. These told of her fate. The
last time I talked with that chap be
hadn't seen a U boat since."
"Well, if our pal, D., had been as
cautious as this fellow you tell about,"
said another subaltern, "be would have
saved himself a lot of trouble and a
bawling out. You boys all know D,
He's mighty keen after U boats. He
ADVOCATES FIGS FOR
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
Believing that the Turkish fig will
become a staple article in Oregon in
the future, August Rakel, of Cane
mah, has placed samples on exhibition
at the Huntley Drug store of this
city, grown from a fig tree on his
place at Canemah. The tree has
brought forth its first crop and the
second will come on in about 30 days,
The peculiarity of the fig tree is that
it does not blossom, but puts forth a
bud under each leaf. The fig samples
are attracting considerable attention,
MICKLE SOUNDS WARNING
INTIMATE TALES FROM A
MANTIC NORTHLAND
RO
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SWAFFORD IN FRANCE
Oregon City Boys with Engineers
Are Near Trenches
A cablegram, supposedly from
France, was received yesterday from
tiaroia bwaitord by his bride of
few weeks, announcing his safe ar
rival in Europe with the 18th engin
eer regiment which left American
Lake on August 1. Mrs. Swafford
can make nothing more from the
message than that her husband has
arrived safely and there is no infor
mation of his location. Several
other Oregon City young men are
with Mr. fawafford in the same regi
ment, bwaitord was formerly secre
tary of the Willamette Navigation
uo.
FIRE THREATENS HOME
lualatin Brush Blaze Cornea Near
Houses. Is Controlled.
Aid was called from Oregon City
on Saturday to light a brush and tim
ber fire near Tualatin thut threaten
, ed houses in that community, but
when county oillcials and others ar
rived at the scene they found no dam
age had been done and that there was
nothing Berious about the fire that
had been smouldering for several
days. A large tract of second growth
fir and brush was burned over and the
fire went to the edge of a clearing
about the home of A. Benson. It is
well under control.
CHILD TAKEN ILL
Judge and Mrs. Sicvers Return from
Outing with Their Baby
Judge and Mrs. John N. Sievers re
turned on Monday from their eastern
Oregon motor trip, which was center
ed upon Odell hike, where the party
spent some time in camp. A hurried
return was necessary due to the sud
den illness of Mary Elizabeth, the
little daughter. While at Odell lake
the little ludy suffered greaty and
Mrs. Sicvers came home with her on
the train while tho Judge piloted his
car back over the mountains. The
child is still ill and is under the con
stant attention of doctors.
Mrs. Epperson Sues
Cassie Epperson, widow of Henry
Epperson, brought action in Judge J.
U. Campbell's court Friday to re
cover on a promissory not for $4000
made out by W. E. Orrison. Mrs.
Epperson claims interest at 7 per
cent from January 26, 1915.
Administrator Is Named
Upon posting $300 as a bond
Thursday F. S. Bannister was named
as administrator of the estate of L. C.
Unger, who died on .August 1. The
estate, which will be divided among
four heirs, is valued at approximate
ly $1100.
The Courier and the Daily Jour
nal $4.75.
"Are you trying to knock us loose from
our steering post 7"
was cruising round off Peterhead last
autumn, when all of a sudden he sight
ed one, only a few yards ahead, Just
awash. She didn't seem to show any
signs of life. '
"D. is a nervy chap, and to save time
he decided to run full speed abend and
ram her instead of waiting to Die his
guns. He crowded on every ounce of
power he could and crashed down into
the hull of the submarine. ,
"The shock as be struck her just
abaft the conning tower knocked ev
ery one of his men off their feet and
dented bis own bow badly. When they
picked themselves up there was one
wild scramble to get forward with the
lance bombs."
The lance bombs, I might explain,
aro bombs fastened to instruments
somewhat like harpoons which stick to
the side of the submarine and explode.
Their chief characteristic is their lia
bility to go off before you can throw
them and blow the hiirler up.
"Well," the subaltern continued, "D.
himself had grabbed a bomb and was
just about to hurl It. when he turned
sick and his knees gave way under
him. A head bad stuck out of the
conning tower of the. submarine, und
an English voice yelled:
'What In h'a the matter with
you? Are you trylng to knock us loose
from our steering post? Do you want
a tow?'
"It was an E boat. Both the sub
marine and the chaser had to go In for
relit, and I), ciimo uncomfortably
near a court martial."
I have beard of many incidents like
this, und it explains why tho llrltlsb
submarine service hntos tho Sea Slugs.
Every time any kind of a submersible
shows itself above water somebody is
likely to take a put shot at It.
San got us another round.
Tho three remaining installments of
this romurkable personal narrative will
appear soon. They are as follows:
No. Z Life on the M. L.'s (Motor
Launches).
Cruising at night In ulter blackness, lia
ble to be shot to pli'i-es by friendly but
torles If Into In getting Into port. Mine
weeping nt Liiilllpoli nm1 fighting off
Turkish neropliuiea by rifle lire. The song
5f tho Boa SIuks.
No. 3. A Motor Launch Raid on the
Belgian Coast.
In which tho little submarine chasers
rossoil the mine fields by nlivht, tired on
io German Rimboiits mid land butteries
uul escaped across tile mine fields unce
more. How tno uruisii monitors, which
are named after American Keneruls, bom
barded the German coast until tho Ger
mans devised a method of looatliiK them.
No. 4. Experiences at Dover.
Aeroplanes bombard the barracks and
town. German submarines layinj? mines
in the harbor channel. What happened
on n destroyer tlio day after I had dlnnei
on ber with the otllcers whom later I saw
crushed and torn to death.
Opening Delayed
The school at Oak Grove, which
was to have opened for the year on
next Tuesday, will not open until Sep
tember 10, according to the announce
ment this morning of G. W. Guthrie,
principal. The delay is due to the fail
ure of workmen to complete improve
ments upon the school building.
ficial" uprising, and who probably
came from Philadelphia in 1907
points out the historic places of 20
years ago.
I started two days ahead of this
prescription train and finished two
days later, and I got a little of the
old mad day spirit that is fast getting
away from real history.
It's one hundred and ten miles over
the pass to Lake Bennett, to the head
waters of the Yukon, but 20 years
ago, what a pass. In two miles of it
men went up and over 2,500 feet of
the worst path on earth in the early
spring. Over this one divide men paid
one dollar per pound to have their out
fit packed over, because they were ex.
hausted to the point ef where the
weight of an ounce was a burden.
Today this famous trail is as de
fined as it was 20 years ago. It was
literally black with gold-stampeded
men in that rush. Along the river it
winds up and up to the summit, when
in the early spring the snow was
waist high, and where the fiercest
winds and snow storms of these moun
tain peaks cut down the men, who
were tramped over by the survivors.
There's White Horse City, what is
left of it and that is only the abso
lutely deserted ruins. The skeletons
of the log cabins have been heaved up
and caved in ruins that were once
the livest town in America.
Along the trail are the deserted, de,
molished, log cabins of the Amer
icans and Canadians, who, stranded in
Skagway (or who had not sufficient
capital to outfit over the pass), hack
ed out log cabin shacks and sold sand
wiches to the "line," bread they bak
ed themselves, and meat from the
salmon and bear. These sold up to
one dollar each to the mad horde
over the pass, and as fast as the boys
got sufficient coin for an outfit to let
them by the Canadian officials, then
they went back and "got in line.'1
The Dominion officials would not
permit a man to go over the pass un
less he had sufficient outfit to give
him a chance to live down the river.
It was sheer death to permit the men
with slender provisions to tackle the
600 miles down the Yukon to the
Klondike.
And up and down those mountain
trails today the road is as plain as
it was when 30,000 people crowded
each other from the path.
There are places where the horde
had to stop and make a road ahead of
them where they had to cut poles
and bridge the passes oh, but it's a
horrible old route in these days
when we can look up from the dim
trails below and see cars of observa
tion tourists looking down at the old,
old trail.
And Dead Horse Pass no doubt
this story will be brought to the
memory of the many who made this
part of the scarey trail a bit of a
foothold on the up-climb, just wide
enough for a sober American citizen
to wedge by, and over which horses
were used to pack over, for those
who could afford the traffic.
And they went over the gulch
how many is illustrated many years
after, when a real wise Yankee went
down below, picked up the hoofs with
the shoos yet on, and sold them for
souvenirs. And how the story goes
that the game is yet being worked on
the verdnnts at White Horse, where
horse SHOES are nailed to any old
dead hoof that can be procured and
sold to the "mamma's boys" and at
good profit over the original invest
ment.
. buch is the game north of 53. The
boys and girls expect it.
At Kctchican I went ashore for
three hours as chaperon for a pair
ot old maids from Wisconsin. With
them was a 16-year-old girl. I could-
n t figure out the connection, and did
n t try hard. At a curio store, I
assumed the part of a dutiful nephew
and protector and steered the old
girls beyond the nature fakirs at the
totem poles, past the one Ford stand,
inio a curio store.
In a display case at the entrance
were Indian baskets. I called the
attention of the older dame to these.
bhe had told my fortune the night
oerore, without charge, and in duty
I was bound to break even.
"How much ure those baskets?" I
asked of the soda fountain clerk,
pointing to one about a quart size in
a glass case.
The clerk sized me up (no doubt)
as the dutiful dependent of the old
line dames, and cracked back $135."
owe us about three and send them
down to the boat," I answered, with
out batting an eye. The fountain
youth was "hep" and he proceeded to
make out the usual sules order, with
a deposit and from then on I was
not troubled with old maids or school
girls. The salesman gave me the
wicked wink when I ordered them.
and explained to me that while these
baskets were supposed to have been
under water, and all of that earlv-
day stuff, when I came back he would
let me m on the "Friday bargains,"
if I "got shut" of the "old maid'1 con
tingent.
This letter is but a glance at the
gnteway into Alaska the gate swung
on the hinges of 1897. From here
on I will tell you a dozen and then
some, little bits of human interest
stories Frank Carpenter and his class
fall over without ever noting.
farmers can uaard Against Shipping
Meat at a Loss
Portland, Ore., Aug. 20, 1917.
To the Editor:
Would you kindly give me space
your valuable columns to sound
word of caution and advice to farm
ers who are preparing dressed meats
to be sold in Portland and other cities
within the state.
A great amount of this meat
condemned and ordered destroyed be
cause of reaching the market in such
a condition that it is unfit for food,
This is not only a direct loss to the
farmer who ships it, but in such times
when we are exercising every effort
in the line of food conservation, it
a loss to the consuming public, and
we feel a great deal of such loss could
be avoided if farmers and butchers
would properly prepare their meats,
taking necessary precaution to see
that it reaches the market in the best
possible condition.
Dr. E. E. Chase, chief meat inspect
or of the City Health Department of
Portland, informs me that during the
last lb months there has been con
demned 18,426 lbs., of meat that was
killed and dressed by farmers, and
this condemnation has not been on ac
count of a diseased condition of the
meat but simply on account of what
is termed "spoiled meat." We feel
that if farmers and butchers will ob
serve the following requirements.
much of this loss can be eliminated:
1st. The carcasses of veal and
hogs must be entirely free from ani
mal heat before being offered to the
transportation company for ship
ment.
2nd. All carcasses of veal should
have two sticks, one in the thoracic
cavity, the other in the abdominal
cavity, so as to spread the carcass and
hold it apart. In hogs weighing over
200 pounds it would be well to have
them split through the hips and shoul
ders, as hogs sour very quickly dur
ing hot weather. Thoroughly wash
the inside of the veal with hot water
and wipe with a clean cloth until all
slime and dampness is thoroughly re
muveu; me springing or cayenne
pepper on the inside of the carcass
tends to prevent the work of flies,
All carcasses, except veal, must be
wrapped in a clean cloth before be
ing offered for shipment.
J. D. MICKLE.
Dairy and Food Commissioner.
KELLAND FIRE OUT
Timber Owned by Hackett Goes
Blaze Near Twilight
A timber fire on the Thomas Kel-
land tract near Twilight, thought to
nave Deen started by careless camn
ers, has been extinguished.. The blaze
burned over many acres of second
growth fir owned by E. A. Hackett,
ui uicguu vny. rriaay tne men
fighting the fire stopped its progress
by trenching around it, and there is
no further danger from flames in that
section.
NOTE FROM MILLER
Youth Who Aspires for Aerial Honors
Sends Word to Courier
"Ted" Miller, popular young church
worker and former linotype operator
witn tne courier, sends greeting to
nis lormer employers and to his
local friends from San Francisco.
Ted says: "Texas or bust! I am go
ing io try outdoor life till the kaiser
gets canned. I will be at Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio, Texas, with
tne aviation section."
MR. WEST DECLINES
be
Ex-Governor Doesn't Care to
Commerce Commissioner
Ex-Governor Oswald West will not
be a member of the Interstate
merce commission. The Dosition was
. i
onerea to Mr. West by President
Wilson a few weeks ago, but was de
clined on account of his health.
Newspaper reports since stated Mr.
West was being considered for the
place. The ex-Governor declared pos
itively that he cannot accept the ap
pointment, even if it should again be
offered to him.
Oregon to Have 717 Men
Tho American Lake training camp,
where drafted men from the far west
will be made into soldiers, will be the
largest one of the 16 camps establish
ed by the War department. At this
camp will be assembled 46,159 men.
The complement as finally announced
by the War department will be made
up of men drawn from the Pacific
coast, as follows: Oregon, 717;
Washington, 2296; Idaho, 1051;
Alaska, 696; California, 23,060; Ne
vada 1051; Montana, 7872; Wyo
ming 810; Utah, 2370.
Howard Wants Divorce
Married at Corvallis on October 22,
1914, Howard Rose Friday brought
suit for divorce from Elsie Rose,
mother of their 1-year-old child.
Rose charges that Mrs. Rose deserted
him a year after they were married
and before the birth of the child. He
asks that she retain custody of the
child, for the support of which he
volunteers to contribute $5 a month.
THREE VOLUNTEERS TO
GO AMONG FIRST LOT
Clackamas county's five per cent of
the first draft quota to be sent to
American Lake has been selected by
the board from among the volunteers
who asked to be sent with the first
group. The first man to-ask that he
be sent at once was Philip Hammond,
popular young attorney. Hammond
passed all requirements and was cer
tified some time ago. He was an ap
plicant for admission to the first
training camp of the officers' reserve
corps. The second volunteer is
Charles Moulton, another prominent
young lawyer. Mr. Moulton is asso
ciated with W. M. Stone here and he
and Hammond are close friends. The
third man to make up the five per
cent is William Foster, an electric
ian living at Oswego. The second
group to be sent to American Lake
from this county will comprise 21
men, who will go forward on the 19th.
Sheriff Wilson is personally charged
with seeing that the men board the
train here at the proper time and says
he will be on duty September 5 as
much to do his duty as to act as a
committee on farewells when the
first three leave.
Rev. Griflin Comes
Following a reception to the Rev.
and Mrs. J. R. Landsborough of the
Presbyterian church, who are moving
to Portland this week, where Mr.
Landsborough has accepted a call to
the Vernon Presbyterian church, it
was announced last night that the
Rev. J. B. Griffin of McMinnville
would occupy the pulpit here on Sun
day. A successor to the Rev. Mr.
Landsborough has not been named as
yet.
NOTICE
The Adams Department Store
WILL BE CLOSED
MONDAY, SEPT. 3rd
LEGAL HOLIDAY
The Big Closing Out Sale will
continue on Tuesday until all of
our stock is closed out.
ADAMS DEPT. STORE
Three Licenses Issued
Marriage licenses were issued on
Saturday to Ellen Lamed and John
Burlinder of Woodburn; Nellie Bon-
ney and Henry H. Creason, Estacada,
route 3, and Mabel Childress and
James F. O'Conner, 12 East 24th
street, Portland.
McKinneys Have Son
A report has reached here that a
son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry
McKinney, at St. Francis hosDital.
Baker, Or., last week. Mrs. McKin
ney was formerly Miss Nieta Harding!
second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.
A. Harding, of this city.
TAKE CARE WITH FIRE
Cruelty Is Charge
Cruelty is the charge placed
against Andy Kohler by Edith Kohler
m a divorce suit filed on Saturdav.
ine couple was married in May, 1913
W AM M) To rent farm 30 to 60
acres improved, with plenty of
water and good road. M. O. Rose,
estacada, Kt. 3, Bx. 19.
WHY THEY FAILED.
Both Were Caretakers, and One Should
s Have Been a Promoter.
In the American Magazine is an arti.
cle entitled "Are You a Caretaker or n
Promoter?" in which a writer de
scribes how ho and a friend went into
partnership and fulled miserably.
As I look back on thut day," he
says, 'I wonder thut we did not see
the cud of our enterprise from the day
of its beginning, for there could be
only one possible end. To be sure,
Calkins und I worked for the Uni
versal company for years. We knew
all its methods, all its trade secrets,
all the possible pitfalls in the road of
such an enterprise. We had kindred
tastes and ubllities; we were hard
workers mid simple livers; wb were
both ambitious and both singularly
agreed In matters of business policy.
W e saw all these factors and count
ed them as great strength. Tho amaz
ing thing is that we failed to see in
them at the very outset a fatal weak
ness, for Calkins and I were too much
agreed. Our tnstes and abilities were
altogether too similar. What Calkins
could do well I could do equally well.
The things be was afraid of I was
afraid of too.
"At watching expenses and arrang
ing for prompt deliveries we were both
efficient beyond complaint. But nei
ther of us had any taste or ability for
umping out into the field and drag
ging business in by the hnlr. I bad
never completely recovered from the
setback to my confidence which my
youthful breakup had administered.
And, as for Calkins, he was completely
lost the minute he got ten feet away
oin his own desk."
Adjutant General's Office Warns All
Who Go Into Woods
All persons entering the forests
must be extremely careful at this
time about lighting fires. This is not
the Fire Marshal warning of the usu
al type. There is a very urgent rea
son for this warning. The woods
just now are filled with military pa
trols with rigid instructions to shoot
public enemies caught setting fire to
the forests.
Therefore, it is doubly necessary
to be careful as military pa
trols, while instructed to ex
ercise every precaution, might pos
sibly make a mistake.
These military patrols are operat
ing in every part of Oregon where
forests are to be found. Their loca
tion is not revealed for obvious rea
sons. They move from place to place
and keep to cover as much as possible.
Their task is that of hunting down
public enemies who have been firing
the Oregon forests, and they are un
der orders from the western depart
ment of the army to deal instantly
and vigorously with such public ene
mies. So if necessary for you to go into
the woods, be careful about lighting
fires. No doubt it would be better to j
Keep out oi tne woods unless you
have urgent business therein.
BIG SALE ATTRACTS
Thousands Enter Doors of Store Each
Day Sale Continues
Mob psychology was demonstrated
to hundreds in Oregon City during
the early days of this week while the
closing out sale at the L. Adams'
department store was in progress.
The sale continues to attract great
crowds of buyers and it is evident
that they come from every corner of
the county, to realize upon the bar
gains that they find.
Mr. Adams has been forced to add
to his sales force every experienced
clerk he could find and still there are
not too many to care for the shop
pers. Wares are displayed and sort
ed so that they can be sold and de
livered to buyers with the least pos
sible effort and delay and although it
is known that thousands enter the
store and buy at the sale each day it
is difficult to note where the holes are
being made in the big stock.
Mr. Adams said yesterday that he
would continue the sale until his
stock was exhausted.
The Courier, $1.00 per year.
Joehnke Goes South
Carl W. Joehnke left Saturdav for
Fort Worth, Tex., as a dele
the convention of the National Post
office Clerks' association. Joehnke has
been active in the work of the Ore
gon association for several years, and
was once president of that bodv. Hp
is employed in the local postoffice.
Suit on $500 Note
A promisory nbte for S500 is tho
basis of a suit brought Thursday by
H. Braun against E. C. Flr.br J
others. The note was issued at 6 per
cent. Braun asks $75 attorney fees.
Infinitesimal Webs.
Mexico, tho land of Montezuma,
prickly pears, sand, volcanoes, earth
quakes, wars, revolutions, intrigues,
etc., has many subtropical wonders
both In vegetable and animal life.
Among these latter is a species of spi
der so minute that Its legs cannot be
seeii without a glass. This little ara
nelda weaves a web so wonderfully
minute that It takes 40 of them to
equal a common hair in magnitude.
Home-Made Drier
Government officials and others
who have been studying the country's
food situation are firmly convinced
that if the present season's big sur
plus in vegetables is to be saved,
quantities of these products must be
dried, in accord with the govern
ments desire that means be provid
ed for saving as much food as pos
sible, a concern which makes a spec
ialty of food-drying machinery has
planned a drier suitable for large
scale community effort or for private
industry, which can be built in part
by those operating it and in part pur
chased from this firm. - This vege
table drier measures about 25 feet
long and contains six compartments,
3 feet square. The latter can be
built by any carpenter with the aid
of blueprints furnished by the com
pany. Each chamber contains a num
ber of trays, with galvanized-screen
bottoms. The equipment for heating
and circulating the air is situated at
one end. A fan forces air heated by
steam radiators among and through
the trays, which can be removed as
their contents are dried. The ma
chine is described and illustrated in
the September Popular Mechanics
magazine.
A Dollar a Head
Oregon's 1917 contribution to the
income tax is practically a dollar per
capita. Washington's is over $1.50
per person; California's over $4.00.
For the United States, the average is
$3.50 per capita. Except the South
ern states, Oregon has the smallest
incomes of any in the union. The
figures for the three Pacific states
and the total for the United States
are as follows:
Oregon $ 820,615.94
Washington .'. 2,079,637.10
California 10,108,451.97
U. S., total 360,006,141.70
No longer can Oregon be rated as
one of the wealthiest states of the
union, judged by the standard of in
dividual and corporation income.
Oregon Voter.
Suit on $1800 Loan
To recover on a loan of $1800,
Florence L. Lyon Thursday brought
suit against Nelson Hackett and R. J.
and Myrtle L. Jenks. The loan car
ried interest at 5 per cent from June
Near to Treason.
Miiprislon of treason is an expres
sion rarely heard in tills country, but
it has a very definite meaning in the
laws of the United States. It consists
In concealing the treasonable acts of
others and is classed us a crime not
much less than treason Itself. It may
be committed by citizens of the coun
try or aliens who enjoy the protection
of American law.
The Best Way.
"There's one sure way of getting
promoted."
"What is itr
"To do your work so well that the
firm can't afford to keep a man of
your ability in an biconsplcuous
plae." Detroit Free Press.
One Divorce Decree
A divorce decree was issued by
Judge J. U. Campbell Tuesday morn
ing divorcing Ida A. and Henry H.
Sappington. The latter is a resident
of Omaha, Neb.
Has Recovered Her Health
, So many women are suffering from
similar afflictions that this testimonial
letter from Mrs. Laura Beall, Platts
burg, Miss., will be read with interest:
"I got in bad health. My left side
hurt all the time. I took doctor's
medicine, but it did me no good. I
took two bottles of Foley Kidney Pills
and I feel all right now." Backache,
rheumatic twinges, pains in side,
swollen and sore muscles and kindred
symptoms are quickly relieved by
Foley Kidney Pills. Jones Drug Co.
Girls Make Bandages
With a bolt of material donated by
Mrs. C. D. Latourette, the Girl's
Honor guard met Monday evening at
the Masonic temple to continue its
work of making bandages and dress
ings for the Oregon National guard
regiments. The girls meet each
Monday evening with members of the
Red Cross and have already prepared
four bolts of gauze for the use of the
soldiers.
Parker to Go East
Ralph Parker, local automobile
man, will leave within a few days for
the east, where he is to spend some
time visiting the several factories
which his company represents in
Clackamas county. Because the com
pany cannot get machines fast enough
to supply the local demand Mr.
Parker will attempt to hasten deliv
eries from the factory.
Fire Injures Home
Fire started from a defective flue
Monday morning and burned the roof
off the home of Will Knoop, a city
employe, at Fifteenth and Washing
ton streets. Damage was confined to
the roof by prompt efforts of the vol
unteer fire department.
The Oregon City Courier and the
Oregon Daily Journal (except Sun
day) for $4.75.
In Honor of
Oregon City Unions of
Federated Labor
Our Store Will Be
Closed All Day Labor Day
MONDAY, SEPT. 3rd
BANNON & CO.