OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1917.
OREGON CITY COURIER
C. W. ROBEY, Editor and Business Manager
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FOR AMERICA'S VICTORY
These God-given liberties we have
been preaching about over the wide
and turbulent world for a hundred
years are due to be trampled on if.
Oregon and the rest of this mighty
nation does not get more powerfully
behind the Liberty loan bond issue
than it has been during the first two
weeks of the campaign.
The United States government has
asked Clackamas county to subscribe
a minimum of $768,125 to the Liberty
loan and as much as $1,110,000, if our
finances will permit. If we raise the
larger figure in this county it means
that $30 must be invested for every
man and woman in the county. If
every man and woman could buy a
$50 Liberty bond Clackamas county s
minimum share of the loan would be
sucribed considerably more than twice
over. That would be fine I
But brought down to plain terms,
we have to turn on more of the steam
of patriotism in this county. We are
up against a two-sided proposition in
America. If our people are loyal our
war shall be recorded as democracy s
greatest victory. If we fail to pro
vide our government with funds to
prosecute the war and prostitute the
kaiser, our armies and our navies
shall suffer the inevitable defeat of
unprepared forces.
Shall Betty Ross' Star Spangled
Banner that carried America's ideals
through all the wars of our history
be allowed to droop in shame over the
heads of a wealthy mass of prosper
ous people, indolent, unattentive to
the dire needs of a nation facing the
greatest crisis of its life? Shall the
banner that waved over Valley Forge,
the same flag that mounted San Juan
hill and guided General Scott into
Mexico in 1878 be blackened with the
evil hand of prussianism? Shall the
principles of democracy and world
freedom, the principles that have
made of America the chief modern
exponent of Christ's civilization, be
allowed to perish from the earth un
der the withering winds of inatten
tion? We face a grave situation. We
must grapple with a monster that
will sap our very life blood if we do
not awaken to the call of our coun
try. We can save our nation from
disgrace and from the awful sin of
unpreparedness with our dollars.
Uncle, Sam, dear old top, Clacka
mas county's dollars are ' ready for
you. We must and we will buy Lib
erty bonds, for America .must and
will be triumphant in its war for
right over might. Buy YOUR bond
NOW.
SOME HOPE LEFT
The decision handed down last
week in the Clackamas county circuit
court by Judge Bugley, who occupied
the bench for Judge Campbell, is im
portant and of widespread interest.
The decision involves the jurisdiction
of county highways within the boun
daries of incorporated communities
and it may prove an effective bar
against the diversion of municipal
funds.
On the other hand it may prove a
disaster to some small cities in this
and other parts of the state, where
the municipal government has taken
over the county road and called it a
street. Such a state of affairs may
call for solution at the hands of the
state legislature, which, in fact, is re
sponsible for the law that brought
Judge Bagley's decision forth.
Where the little city may get out
of the mess is through the paragraph
in the decision which says that the
county court may delegate municipal
officers with the right to improve
county roads and to such officers the
county could turn over funds appor
tioned to the city as a road district.
The 1917 legislature passed a law
designating incorporated communi
ties as separate road districts.
When the county has no funds or
desire to improve its roads through
a certain incorporated district, that
district Will, perforce, suffer the mis
eries of bad roads, even though the
rnnd mnv ha thfl main street, as it is
in Oswego. That appears to be the
tangle into which Judge Bagley's de
cision has put the thing. Perhaps
incorporated towns can get a little
meat from the bono of the paragraph
that provides a power by which the
county court can "delegate" the right
to make improvements.
MAKE THE ROAD HOG PAY
What is the disease in the brain
of a man who will cause suffering
and never lend a hand to relieve it?
It must be a disease rooted in the
mind and the heart alike. The fel
low who dashed past Frank King and
family after their machine had roll
ed over an embankment last Sunday
was a scallawag and the utmost pen
alty at law would be none too much
for him. A sound thrashing might
also help to teach him a few of the
rules of human decency and the
rights of man.
Going over an embankment in an
automobile usually means death and
The Courier, whose publisher was at
the scene of the King accident Sun
day, cannot see why the road hog
who causes such disasters should es
cape all the penalties of murder. The
man or woman who will deliberately
pass by such a scene as this was, or
when he is the cause of it will speed
out of sight of the result of his folly
and the reach of the law, lending nei
ther sympathy nor aid, is little bet
ter than the snake that crawls in the
grass. We do not like the shape of
the faces of such people. They
should be kneaded with the fists of
some husky blacksmith.
The badge of honor for those of
us who stay at home is the Liberty
bond that abides in the safety vault.
"Over there" we have bur boys in
khaki. They are in camp and can
tonment. They have responded to
the call. "Over here," what are'you
going to do? News Letter.
Newspaper story says paymaster
at Camp Lewis, American Lake, finds
silver dollars are scarce. Some folks
don't have to go as far as American
Lake to make such a finding.
Some of the soldiers we have had
in Oregon City seem to think that
their uniforms are a license for the
unmolested violation of all our laws
of order and decency. Their actions
reflect upon the upright young men
in the service.
While the Hon. H. ' Hoover and
other conservationists ask that we do
not eat beef on certain days, The
Courier assumes the preacher's role
and asks that congress set an ex
ample and declare a "porkless" ses
sion. It looks like good business on the
part of the automobile owner to sub
scribe for Liberty bonds. If the gov
ernment cannot raise funds through
bond issues it is apt to slap a tax on
luxuries. Then where would the gay
motorist get off?
We would have a nice pot of por
ridge on our hands if Governor
Withycombe undertook to retire 13
county clerks in Oregon because they
had not complied with a certain late
law. County Clerk Harrington was
one of the 13.
- With the Oregon City water board
earning some $6,000 a year from the
operation of the South Fork water
system we -wonder if it is not about
time that its owners, the public, be
gin to share in its profits through a
reduction in rates.
Iowa has joined that large group
of states whose people figure that
John Barleycorn is a bum citizen.
Some Iowans will suffer terribly
from the want of liquor, but the next
generation, not educated to the taste
of the suff, will reap the harvest of
benefits from prohibition.
Uncle Sam has asked Oregon to
raise a minimum of $16,500,000 in
Liberty loan subscriptions. Uncle
Sam wants Oregon to raise as much
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"Oldest, Largest and Strongest Bank
In Clackamas Countu."
RESOURCES
OVER ONE MILLION
T?ROM the above you will understand that
our ABILITY to look after your banking
affairs is consistent with our WILLINGNESS
to do so.
$5.00 DOWN AND $5.00 A MONTH
buys a $50.00 Liberty Bond on our
SPECIAL PAYMENT PLAN. Ask
or write us about details.
Resources More Than One Million Dollars
as $24,000,000. That means that
Clackamas county is asked to sub
scribe at least $768,125 and $1,110,000
if possible. Will Clackamas county
do it?
Is subscription to the Liberty bond
issue a good investment? During
the war with Spain the United States
government sold $200,000,000 worth
of bonds at 100 cents on the dollar.
They were oversubscribed seven
times and were quoted immediately at
a premium. Two years after the war
the price of $100 bonds went to $111
bringing a profit to the holder of 11
per cent in addition to the regular in
terest on the issue.
Church people in Oregon feel that
a crime has been committed in tear
ing down the old Taylor street church
in Portland. How fondly we cherish
the memories of another day that
are brought to mind by such struc
tures as the McLoughlin home. Is
there no sentiment left in Oregon
Methodism? Is there no tug at the
heart string as the old church crum
bles away under the hammer blows
that batter into oblivion the tradi
tions and the histories of this shrine
of Oregon's pioneer worship?
LETTER FROM LINCOLN
PRIZED BY THORNTON
A personal letter, which his father
had received from Abraham Lincoln,
America's martyred president, was
one of the highly treasured memen
toes left by the late John W. Thorn
ton, whose death occurred Monday
last at his home at Wilsonville.
It 'Was while John W. Thornton,
was a boy of 10 years that his father
wrote to Abraham Lincoln, who was
at the time practicing law at Spring
field, 111., in regard to his serving as
a law instructor for a friend of Mr.
Thornton.
This letter, mellowed, with age, but
apparently in as good condition as the
day it was written, December 2,
1858, reads an follows:
"James F. Thornton, Esq.:
"Dear Sir Yours of the 29th
written in behalf of Mr. John H.
Widmer, is received. I am absent
altogether too much to be a suitable
instructor for a law student. When
a man has reached the age that Mr.
Widmer has and has already been do
ing for himself, my judgment is that
he read the books for himself with
out an instructor. That is precisely
the way I came to the law. Let Mr.
Widmer read . Blackstone's Com
mentaries, Chitty's Pleadings, Green
leaf's Evidence, Story's Equity and
Story's Equity Pleadings, get a li
cense and go to the practice, and still
keep reading.
"That ' is my judgment of the
cheapest, quickest and best way for
Mr. Widmer to make a lawyer of
himself.
"Yours truly, . A. LINCOLN."
The elder Thornton treasured the
letter during the later years of his
life, and passed it down to his son,
John W. Thornton.
Mr. Thornton's death last week
lost to the state a business man of
wide experience. Coming to Oregon
in 1904, after having been a railroad
official in the middle west for years,
he settled first at Independence. He
was right-of-way man during the lo
cation and construction of the Oregon
Electric railway, and after its com
pletion organized the Farmers' Bank
of Wilsonville, anil served as its pres
ident until his death.
Although he was but 13 years old
when the Civil war broke out, Mr.
Thornton enlicted in the spring of
1864 and was made a corporal when
only 15 years of age. On the expera
tion of his enlistment he was asked
by President Lincoln to re-enlist and
because of his continued bravery in
action he received a parchment roll of
honor signed by President Lincoln
and Secretary of War Stanton.
Mr. Thornton was born near Des
Moines, la., June 8, 1848. He was
married to Kate Lincoln in 1877.
Two sons, Joseph and Robert, sur
vive him.
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0. & C. GRANT LAND TAX
WOULD BUY LUXURIES
Sheriff W. J. Wilson yesterday re
ceived from Washington a treas
ury warrant for $100,255.18, which
is within about $8000 of the ap
proximate . amount coming to Clack
amas county for tax, interest
and penalty on the Oregon-California
railroad grant lands- Approximate
ly a million and a half dol
lars being apportioned to the
counties of western Oregon and the
amounts in most cases, if properly
expended, will accomplish great good
in the state, it is said
With its share of the tax moneys
Clackamas county could put down
more than 125,319 square yards of
hard surface on the roads of the
county or it could build a new sus
pension bridge over the Willamette
at Oregon City - The money would
buy a properly located county fair
site and pay for the erection of build
ings that would rival those on the
state fair grounds, or it could give
every married couple in the county
a $50 Liberty bond and have money
enough left over to buy lots of candy
for the children.
The general sentiment in the coun
ties which will profit from the pay
ment of the 0. & C. taxes, however,
seems to be that it should be expend
ed on .road improvement, for, in ad
dition to the back taxes the counties
are to receive a percentage for roads
and bridges from the sale of lands
and timber. It has been suggested
that those counties through which
the Pacific highway runs apply the
accumulation of back taxes to bring
the grade up to the standard requir
ed by the state road bond law.
In Clackamas county the road be
tween Oswego and the county seat
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DIGS YOUR POTATOES CLEAN
Gets Them ALL
LIGHT DRAFT because high wheeled '
PERFECT SEPERA TION because of larger
and wider elevators than others of like size
LONG LASTING because all parts are made of
the most enduring material
Investigate the operation of
the Dowden and you will
buy no other
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will have to be improved before it
will be taken over and paved by the
state highway commission and there
have been suggestions for putting
the railroad grant tax money on this
job. But the county court has said
that it will distribute the money
about the county as it should be, as.
nearly as possible.
The approximate amounts coming
to the western Oregon counties in
tax, interest and penalty are:
Benton, $72,988; Clackamas, $108,
530; Columbia, $50,374; Coos, $151,
060; Curry, $7896; Douglas, $316,182;
Jackson, $241,879; Josephine, $129,
229; Klamath, $38,756; Lane, $277,
560; Lincoln, $7799; Linn, $44,002;
Marion, $28,749; Multnomah, $10,905;
Polk, $51,079; Tillamook, $10,905;
Washington, $15,871; Yamhill; $15,-847.
Scandinavian Service
There will be Scandinavian servic
es in the Methodistc hurch in Oregon
City," next Sunday, October 21 at
3 o'clock. Sermon by Rev. John
Ovall and good songs and music.
LOST Airdale t Dog head yellow.
Finder please notify Brady Mer
.' cantile Co., Oregon City. .
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"The Second Liberty Loan of 1917"
Buy a Liberty Bond and Help Win the War
BONDS will be dated November 15th, 1917.
BONDS will rim to 1942, but may be redeemed any time after 1927.
BONDS will be issued in denominations of $50, $100, $500, $1,000 and up.
BONDS will pay 4 per cent interest, beginning November 15th, 1917.
Subscriptions for bonds opened October 1, 1917 and will close October, 1917
Payments for bonds can be made as follows:
Initial payment 2 per cent upon application
First Installment 18 per cent November 15th, 1917
Second Installment 40 per cent December 15 th, 1917
Third Installment 40 per cent January 15th, 1918
Make Your Application TODAY with your local banker
LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE RECEIVED
BY US FOR UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WAR
BONDS. No charge for our services.
A UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BOND IS A SANE AND SAFE INVESTMENT
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Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
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