OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1917.
OREGON CITY COURIER
C. W. ROBEY, Editor and Business Manager
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There is no use to deny that as a
scenic territory Clackamas county
perhaps has not an equal on the
coast, if in the west or the nation.
But there are many of us who see the
commercial advantages of such scen
ic resources provided to our people
by a bountiful nature wasted as is
the sand of the desert. And with
' that waste apparent to us we see
thousands of dollars going elsewhere,
a population not growing as rapidly
as it could and should, and countless
tourists and residents avoiding our
county.
For all of which there are rea
sons. But chief among these as we
.see it is the lack of commercial in
telligence in the management of our
attractions that is evident in other
parts of the country. Oregon as a
whole is notably slow in the develop
ment of her scenic grandeur, and
Clackamas county, although many
wonder spots have been commercial
ized, is in line with the rest of the
state.
How long, do you think, California
would have a hot spring with a bunch
of shacks adorning its surrounding
landscape? How long would Califor
nia permit a plank road to lead
pleasure seekers to the most beauti
ful mountain in America? How
long would California tolerate a
mountain resort, surrounded by the
forest primeval and cut by beauti
ful mountain trout streams, to be
isolated on a stage coach line with
prohibitive charges for travel?
The exercise of a little common
sense and a knowledge of SERVICE
that tourists and our own people alike
demand has put California in a po
sition where she cannot help prov
ing attractive to tourists and tourists'
dollars and at the same time be a
garden spot of earthly joyousness for
her own people. The lack of service
spells one of the greatest failings of
Clackamas county's established re
sorts and the lack of commercial in
telligence is responsible for the fact
that more of our scenic resources are
not commercialized.
A transportation line of some sort
should be built into the Mount Hood
; country, leading to the natural beau
ties of that unequaled territory. If
an electric or steam line is not prac
tical commercial intelligence should
come to the rescue of the several re
sort owners and they should operate
a stage line to take visitors to their
resorts at cost. They should tear
down the shacks that disgrace the
landscape and build ' sightly
buildings even though they
behewn from the natural materials
on every hand. They should clean
up their premises and make them at
tractive with flowers and grass
where the land is cleared. They
should pay some attention and some
of their money to landscape garden
ing and they should know the mean
ing of SERVICE. Their dining
rooms should be known throughout
the country, their linens and their
help should be immaculate.
Government camp, which has made
wonderful improvements since Fox
and Pridemore took over its manage
ment, could make a fortune for its
owners with the proper sort of ser
vice and by commercializing and
that means advertising, among other
things the huckleberry pie that some
of us would go a hundred miles just
to look at. Every resort in Clacka
mas county, and not half of them
are in the Mount Hood country,
could take a tip from California and
capitalize some feuture of the natural
advantages all about it." And service,
attention to the wants of patrons, a
courteous, prompt and intelligent du
ty that tourists and our own vacation
ists demand would bring to them and
their county countless dollars and
thousands of tourists who are now
forced to avoid the county's wonders.
The question is as old as Job and
never has been answered. This com
munity is no different from any other
in that respect.
There is a general tendency on the
part of employes to let the mer
chants do it, when anything is to be
done for the town. Although they
do not seem to realize it, the man who
works for wages has just as much in
terest in making this a bigger and
more prosperous city as the mer
chant. The more the wage earner
does to make this a better place in
which to live the more contented he
and his family will be. If he works I
snouiaer to snouiaer wun me mer
chant to bring new industries here
it means that he is going to have
just that many more opportunities
to get a better job, to improve his
condition in life.
Only as the town grows can the
employe expect his opportunities and
his wages to grow, so it is just as
to get out and help make this a big
ger and better Oregon City.
You know the chap who is travel
ing a "fast" pace? He has to do it
he's going down hill!
geant Carlton F, Califf, of troop A,
Oregon cavalry, who was killed be
neath the wheels of a south-bound
train at Redding, Cal., last Wednes
day, were held from the Presbyterian
plmrrh in this citv at 3 o'clock Mon
day afternoon. Non - commissioned
oflicers from the 3d Oregon intantry
were pallbearers, and the body was
buried by the side of the young man's
mother. The military band of the
3d Oregon infantry attended the fu
neral, ' in addition to numbers of
friends from the regiment and the
Girls' Honor Guard. The body ar
rived here late Saturday from Redding.
Frank W. Campbell
Frank W. Campbell, Clackamas
county resident, who died at Salem
on Monduy, was buried from the
Holman parlors at 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon by the Christian Science
church.. Campbell was a son of
Frank W. Campbell, Sr., who was
drowned while working at the con
struction of the suspension bridge at
this city many years ago. His moth
er was the former Sarah Athey, mem
ber of one of the most prominent
early-day families here. Burial will
be in the I. 0. 0. F. cemetery. Mr.
Campbell leaves his mother and one
brother, B. A. Campbell of Portland.
He was born in Oregon City on Aug
ust 2, 1888.
The man who offered $5000 to be
allowed to go to France with a regi
ment of railroaders may have been
commercializing patriotism, but his
spirit is one that America is proud
to claim.
An argument against closing the
Willamette to local net fishermen is
the present cost of salmon. The fish
erman or dealer who aids and abets
the cause of salmon at 20 cents a
pound should be tried for treason.
Does it pay to advertise? In Col
orado there are 22 mountains higher
than the famous Pike's Peak, yet who
has not always believed that big hill
to be closer to the skies than any
other?
The senate took an hour off to eu
logize the late Senator Harry Lane
of Oregon. The least that can be
said of Oregon's member of the wil
ful twelve is that he had the cour
age of his convictions.
While Europe is considering com
pulsory marriage to solve the prob
lems of the war, to which thousands
of men go and never return, the
United States is discouraging marri
age and the bearing of children by
making it next to impossible even for
the married man to be exempted from
military service. The United States
has not learned the lessons that have
cost European nations many sleep
less nights.
EVERYONE MUST HELP
Why is it that you see very few
men employes working for the up
building of tho community, asked a
Courier subscriber tho other day.
We glory with the farmer who
gets $2.20 for his wheat until we have
to pay 10 cents a loaf for our bread.
France gets 35 ounces of -bread for
9 cents and England pays 11 cents for
32 ounces of bread. Another lesson
America must learn from the war is
that civilization does not include the
food speculator. England and France
are getting most of their wheat from
America, and America pays close to
three times as much for the bread
that is made from it.
Obituaries
Nora Calavan
Miss Nora Calavan, sister of J. E,
Calavan, county school superintend
ent here, died in the hospital at Har-
risburg last Wednesday night. Tho
young woman was reared in Oregon
City and had been a resident of Al
bany for the past five years. She
formerly lived near Scio in Linn coun
ty.
Her father, Madison Calavan, re
sides in Oregon City,. She leaves
three other brothers, John Calavan,
of Scio; Earl Calavan, of Stayton, and
Virgil L. Calavan, of Albany, and one
sister, Mrs. Frank Mitts, of Albany,
Carlton F. Califf
Funeral services for the lute Ser-
J&Ltf W fvf
"Oldest, Largest and Strongest Bank
in Clackamas County."
Mrs. Anne L. Drumm
Mrs. Annie L. Drumm, wife of the
retired Rev. John Drumm, died at her
home in this city Tuesday after
suffering for a week from hemorr
hage of the brain. Mrs. Drumm was
born in Kansas on November 7, 1869,
and had lived in Oregon City only
a little more than a year, coming
here from Forest Grove. The hus
band and five daughters .survive.
The children are Misses Fannie, Jen
nie. Lafayette, Dorothy and Lillie,
all living in this city. The funeral
will be held from the Congregation
al church here Thursday afternoon
at 1:30, with the Rev. J. W. Mac
Callum officiating. Burial will be at
Mountain View cemetery.
Nicholas H. Darnall
Nicholas H. Darnall, who died at
his home at Mulino last Friday and
was buried at Mountain View ceme
tery on Sunday, was a native of In
diana, where he was born on June 19,
1841. He was past 76 years of age
at the time of his death and since
18G5, when he crossed the plains with
his wife and an infant son, he had liv
ed at Munlino. In early manhood
Mr. Darnall moved from Indiana to
Illinois and on September 16, 1863
was married there to Miss Mary F.
Steers. Two sons were born to the
couple, Martin Bruce and John -H.
Mrs. Darnall died at Mulino on Feb
ruary 16, 1889 and the oldest son died
in 1902. One son) a grandson and
one sister survive to mourn the pass
ing of their father.
In 1861 Mr. Darnall enlisted in
Co. E 29th Illinois infantry and serv
ed during the Civil war. He was an
active member of Multnomah lodge
No. 1, A. F. & A. M., and had been
active in the work of the grange for
more than 40 years. He served one
term as assessor of Clackamas coun
ty and in his home district had been
school clerk and director several
times. ' The Rev. Mr. Snyder conduct
ed funeral services at Mountain
View, where Miss Lois Ashby sang
"Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and
other numbers were rendered by Mr.
and Mrs. Maple and Miss Ashby,
The Masons had charge of the ser
vices. Floral tributes were profuse.
OREGON CITY PROOF
Should Convince Every Oregon City
Reader
Tho frank statement of a neigh
bor, tolling the merits of a remedy,
Bids you pause and believe.
The same endocement
By somo stranger far away
Command no belief at all.
Here's an Oregon City case.
This Oregon City man testifies.
Read and be convinced.
M. G. Christensen, 119 Seventh St.,
says: "I don t hesitate to speak a
good word for Doan's Kidney Pills at
any time for I know from personal
experience that they can t be equal
ed for backache or other kidney dis
orders. I have been taking Doan's
Kidney Pills off and on for several
years whenever I have noticed my
kidneys have been out of hx or when
my back has felt stiff and lame.
They have never failed to overcome
the trouble."
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
JUr. Christensen uses. Foster-M
burn Co., Mfgrs.; Buffalo, N. Y.
DISCOUNTING
DISTANCE
YOU will find The Bank of Oregon City as
well prepared to take care of Checking and
Savings Accounts by Mail as when one is
able to call and personally transact his banking.
Let us write or tell you how to open
and maintain an account by Mail.
Resources More Than One Million Dollars
THE BANK OFOREGON CITY
About the State
Resume of the News of the
Week from All Parts
of Oregon
It won't be so very many days be
fore the dirt will begin to fly, and it
won t be so many months before
Wasco county will have some good
roads. Bids will be opened by the
county court September 25 for the
grading, ditching, draining and mac
adamizing of The Dalles-Dufur sec
tion and the Dufur-Kingsley section
of Tho Dalles-California highway
At the same time bids will be open
ed for the construction of the road
from Mosier to Chenowith bridge, a
distance of about 11 miles. The
court will within a few days adver
tise for bids for the construction of
the highway from Kingsley to the
Jefferson county line.
these and several traps on the Ore
gon side will be prosecuted. Warden
Larson arrested Tom Taylor for
operating a fish trap in closed sea
son. Fifteen tons of fish were lib
erated from the Taylor trap on
Grimm island. Upwards of 100 tons
of fish were released from traps
Sunday by the wardens.
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Arguments in the suit brought by
Douglas county to foreclose delin
quent tax liens against several thou
sand acres belong to the Southern
Oregon company have been set by
the supreme court for September 29.
The company refused to pay since
1911 on the ground that title revert
ed to the government. The status
of the Southern Oregon company suit
is similar to that involving the
grant lands of the Oregon & Cali
fornia railroad company, according
to District Attorney Neuner.
After visiting the Pacific highway
through the Siskiyous, State High
way Engineer Herbert Nunn announc
ed that he placed a double 10-hour
shift on the macadamizing of the
road over the crest, increasing the
tractor and roller equipment. Rains
which have already started, will not
interfere with the work and the pres
ent shift will be continued until
snow flies. Mr. Nunn also says the
Ashland hill cutoff will be completed
as soon as the Southern Pacific has
constructed its grade crossing.
Mills in Coos county engaged" in
sawing spruce lumber have been ad
vised their output has been comman
deered by the government, including
lumber on hand and future produc
tion. The North Bend Mill & Lum
ber company had two cars ready for
shipment for the Italian govern
ment when the order came and it
was changed in routing. The order
applies to airplane lumber, and it
is supposed contracts with foreign
nations are automatically cancelled.
The change affects several mills on
Coos bay and two on the Coquille
river.
In a land deal aggregating, it is
said, near $95,000, Mrs. W. E. Camp
bell last week sold a half section of
wheat land near Pendleton, to Elmer
Moore and H. W. Collins, and bought
the Than Omstead half section. Mr.
Moore and Mr. Collins also bought a
half section from Mrs. Sim Kilgore.
The property, a large part of which
is ranged among the best wheat land
in this district, is all in the Cold
Spring section. The deals were han
dled by W. H. Morrison of Helix.
Frank Crenshaw, a Lane county
farmer, has filed suit in the T.anp
county circuit court against his
neighbor, Jj. A. Conoley, asking
double damages for loss of property
through a brush fire. The plaintiff
and defendant reside near Donna, in
the Mohawk valley.
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Announcing its purpose to oppose
monopoly in the production and sale
of milk and to encourage competition
the Oregon Dairymen's association
hied articles of incorporation at Sa
lem Friday. The incorporators are
Alma D. Katz, Whitney Boise and
James G. Wilson of Portland. Cap
italization is $7500.
Attorney Clarence Butt, E. H.
Woodward, editor of the Graphic: S,
S. Dow, of the Enterprise, and George
L. Kelly were called to McMinnville
last week to meet with the state
highway commission, the county
judges of Polk and Yamhill counties
and representative business men
from Amity, Carlton, Sheridan, Bel
levue and Ballston to express their
sentiments at a roqd meeting regard
ing a change in the original plans of
the state highway. The change
would run the highway west from
McMinnville to include Bellevue and
Ballston on the route south, instead
of running south from McMinnville
by way of Amity, as first planned,
A similar meeting was held in Cor-
vallis.
A heavy rain storm passed over
Heppner last week effectually break
ing the 40-day drouth. The Hep
pner Light & Water company wires
were short-circuited, leaving the city
in darkness for a couple of hours,
The storm center passed a few miles
north of Heppner and in Black Horse
canyon and on Rhea creek assumed
the proportions of a cloudburst. Lex
ington streets were flooded, but no
particular damage was done.
During the month of August 251
NOTICE TO
SIGKWOMEN
Positive Proof That Lydia
L. Pinkham s Vegetable
Compound Relieves
Suffering.
F. A. Munson and S. Falangus
were fined $250 each last week for
illegal trap fishing. Falangus, who
did not plead guilty, said he would
appeal. Deputy fish wardens open
ed 15 traps on the Washington side
of the Columbia between Cathlamet
and Kalama Sunday, The owners of
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highly of Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegeta
ble Compound lor
inflammation and
other weaknesses. I
was very irregular
and would have ter
rible pains so that I
could hardly take a
step. Sometimes I
would be so misera
ble that I could not
sweep a room. I
doctored part of the
time but felt no
change. I later took Lydia E. Pink-
ham 8 vegetable Compound and soon
felt a change for the better. I took it
until I was in good healthy condition.
I recommend the Pinkham remedies to
all women as I have used them with such
good results." Mrs. Milford T. Cum
mings, 322 Harmony St, Penn's Grove,
N.J.
Such testimony should be accepted by
all women as convincing evidence of
the excellence of Lydia E. Pinkham 's
Vegetable Compound as a remedy for
the distressing ills of women such as
displacements, inflammation, ulceration,
backache, painful periods, nervousness
and kindred ailments.
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PERFECT SEPERATION because of larger
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LONG LASTING because all parts are made of
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OREGON CITY, OREGON
DISC HARROWS
DRAG HARROWS
CHILLED PLOWS
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cows were tested by Otto N. Hoppes
for the Lane county Cow Testing as
sociation. It was found that the to
tal average for all the cows in the
association was 555.1 pounds of milk
each, which contained 23.9 pounds of
butter fat. The average cost of feed
per cow for the month was $2.97.
Mrs. Laura Starcher, head of the
first city administration in the coun
try composed entirely of women, has
resigned as mayor of Umatilla and
gone to Parma, Idaho, to live. Her
successor is Mrs. Helen T. Duncan,
appointed by the council.
State Agent Paul V. Maris and
Whitney L. Boise met with the Polk
county court Wednesday, asking that
Polk county take advantage of fed
eral aid offered and give a county
agent a trial. Although no decision
was reached it is believed the court
will act favorably and that J. D.
Cooter will be appointed.
Late gardens in Baker were dam
aged Thursday night by a heavy
frost, the forerunner of the fall sea
son. The mercury dropped to 33 de
grees, the lowest since early in June.
Crops in general are said to be be
yond possibility of harm by frost, and
most gardens are also too far ad
vanced to suffer damage. Frosts
are expected to be frequent here
after until the end of winter.
Completion of a merger was an
nounced Saturday whereby the Lum
bermen's National bank and the Unit
ed States National bank of Portland
are consolidated under the name of
the latter institution with a capital
ization of $1,500,000. J. C. Ains
worth, president of the United States
National, will remain as president
and E. G. Crawford, heretofore pres
ident of the Lumbermen's National,
will be first vice president.
George A. White, adjutant gen
eral of Oregon, has received orders
assigning horn to active duty as a
major with the Forty-First infantry
division and will leave for Camp
Greene within a few days. He has
been adjutant general of Oregon since
February, 1914, except in an interim
during the Mexican trouble, when he
served on the border as captain of
troop A, Oregon cavalry.
L. J. Stanton, a young farmer .of
the Gopher Valley, six miles north
of Sheridan, was gored by a bull he
was leading Tuesday morning, the
horns ripping open his abdomen for
seven inches. The bull rushed him
when being led into the stall. Med
ical aid was summoned and several
stitches were taken. He will recover.
J, H, Stroam, of Hermiston, Sec
retary of the Westlund irrigation
district, Tuesday interviewed State
Engineer Lewis relative to a new pro
ject under way near Hermiston.
There are 12,000 acres in the pro
ject, 8000 of which are under culti
vation. It is planned to take water
under the partial water right of the
Wesern Land & Irrigation company
and construct two reservoirs to store
about 15,500 acre feet The cost is
estimated at $55 per acre, and the
district plans to issue bonds.
Thirty convicts working in the flax
mill saved the mill from probable de
struction Tuesday when fire broke
out in the flax and was rapidly
spreading. The convicts succeeded
in putting out the fire before the
Salem fire department arrived. War
den Murphy said that the fire was
caused by spontaneous combustion.
I ceive passes to the State Fair this
year, as the fair board has ruled tnat
only newspaper men, exhibitors and
employes shall have passes. This
will save approximately $800. In
previous years, passes were issued to
all state officials, but the board holds
that state officials are no more en
titled to passes than any other citi
zens of the state.
No Passes This Year
Oregon state officials will not re-
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