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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1917.
TELEGRAM ENTERS GANG
THAT SLAMS CLACKAMAS
Now see what's broken loose!
The esteemed Telegram, which
seems to vie with the two other
metropolitan sheets to put Clacka
mas county in a bad light with the
, other counties of the state, contain'
ed the following effusion in an edi
tion of last week. For more than a
year the Portland papers have car
ried on a concerted campaign of de
preciation of Clackamas county road
work. First, they took out their
spite on this county's plan of hard
surfacing its own roads. When
these roads were proved to be as
lasting as any put down by the cor
porations fondled by the metropoli
tan sheets thoy had to find some
other method for detracting from
Clackamas county efforts. Simon
Benson, chairman of the state high
way commission, has entered hear
tily into an attack upon Clackamas
county's methods and his statements
in the matter have been proved un
reliable, even though published in
such a medium as the Oregonian.
The Telegram's latest outburst, re
flecting an uncalled for light upon
the entire county, says:
With Clackamas county virtually
the key to the Pacific highway, in
stead of following the course of
other counties, Clackamas county is
asking the highway commission to
prepare the grade. It will require
approximately $35,000 to prepare
the grade south of Oregon City for
a distance of several miles to avoid
the steep, circuitous and dangerous
old road. Clackamas county offic
ials informed the highway commis
sion that there was no money avail
able, but it is believed that $25,000
will be set aside out of the first tax
es in April and $10,000 out of the
October taxes. If the county does
this, the grade can be prepared and
the road paved and finished in 1918.
It develops that there is little en
thusiasm for the Pacific highway in
Clackamas county because there is
a belief that the traffic will pass
through to Portland. Clackamas
voters opposed the paving bond is
sue and the only roads they are in
terested in are local and neighbor
hood roads. A through road from
one end of the state to the other
does not appeal to them, judging
from reports presented to the high
way commissioners from residents
of that county. Possibly because
Clackamas county holds the key po-
sition the county is under the im
pression that the commission might
be forced into preparing the grade,
for the Pacific highway must be
pushed through that stretch.
There will be something like
$300,000 raised for roads in Clacka
mas for 1918, but about one-third of
this will be in special road levies for
neighborhood roads, and the regular
levy must go to the districts where
raised instead of into a general fund
to be used at the discretion of the
county court.
The Clackamas county people
back from the Willamette river will
not use the Pacific highway and
don't care for it. Those in the
south of the county, of course, need
it,
"In our county," announced a
member of the county court to the
highway commission, "some believe
that the paving should start at the
Multnomah county line and continue
, until the money is exhausted."
"That would be nice," replied
Chairman Benson, "but would the
counties which thus got what they
wanted first, help the others get
paving later?"
"Probably not," confessed the
Clackamas county representative.
"And," inquired Commissioner
Thompson, "do the people entertain
ing such ideas think the commission
would be giving a square deal to the
other counties?"
Here is, succinctly, the policy of
the state highway commission. The
commission is willing and anxious to
help those counties which are will
ing to help themselves. Any coun
ty which displays a disposition to
help build trunk roads through its
territory and submits a proposition
to the state highway commission
finds the commission ready to cooperate.
"ME SISTER'S GOT IT"
"Gimme two o' them things.
Me sister's got it."
A wee toddler, newspapers under
his arm, slipped two pennies over
the counter at a booth where Red
Cross seals were on sale. He was a
ragged little chap the kind of an
urchin we imagine James Whit
combe Riley would have taken right
into his noble big heart and he
was thin. Pennies were at a prem
ium in that lad's home, I'll bet.
"Me sister's got it." And maybe
that little sister won't be around
next Christmas. She will be, of
course, if the Red Cross can get to
her with the aid that her brother's
pennies will make possible. The
pennies count in fighting tuberculo
sis but the Red Cross must have
many pennies.
When that ragged little chap
said: "Me sister's got it," I could
see a frail little flower, withering
away in the awful winds of a dread
ful plague. I could see her shunk
en little hands reaching out for the
tonic that was not there for her. I
could see a dear woman, worn al
most into a grave by the labors and
trials of keeping body and soul to
gether. And I could see that little
sister who "had it," stretching out
her thin, white arms to greet the
little brother, whose two pennies
went to one of the finest causes
America's big heart can give tribute
to this Christmas.
Two tiny pennies will help to
save a suffering child, or a dying
mother, perhaps. Two pennies will
give something to the fight of the
terrible plague and it will give some
thing toward helping the soldiers
who have put their life-blood at the
service of the flag of our country,
that a world may be made free from
the plague of Prussianism that is
cutting down the young men of our
own and other lands like the scythe
cuts the wheat. '
"Me sister's got it." Can you
wonder that the good woman who
gathered in those two pennies count
ed them as her greatest prize for
the day and can you wonder that I
saw a tear drop from her eye?
Christmas
Gifts From
The Woods
Old Soldier Gives Recommendation
Gustav Wangelin, Commander of
G. A. R. Post, Pinckneyville, 111.,
writes: "I highly recommend Foley
Kidney Pills, give quick relief from
backache, rheumatic pains, stiff,
swollen joints, languidness, pains in
groin and muscles, all other symp
toms of kidney trouble "and sleep
disturbing bladder ailments. They'
assist nature in restoring strength
and vitality. Jones Drug Co.
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HE paper birch Is an especial
treasure, but we never cut tue
bark from a living Iree, even
when deep in the woods, unless
we know tlmt the wood Is
doomed to be cut at once. Too
mntiy Ignorant or thoughtless
people do not hesitate to strip
the beautiful papery burk
from the living tree, not re
alizing probably that the bark
Is needed to protect the run
ning of the sup and that the
outer bark, so smooth and sil
very, will never renew itself.
So, even If death does not Im
mediately follow, the beauty
of the tree is gone, suld Orra
Parker Phelps In the House
keeper. Once I found a dead tree
from which I was able to slip
several feet of bark In rings.
This only needed to be sep
arated into convenient sixes,
fitted with tight bottoms, sew
ed In place by riifHa or sweet
grass, and lifting lids attach
ed, to make boxes ready to
fill with Christmas sweets.
In making laurel wreathing
or garlanding we have found
that by taking small twigs
and winding one on to anoth
er, using light picture wire as
binding, the wreathing makes
very rapidly and easily.
When the white pine cones
fall we gather bushels " of
them. And such treasures as
the cones are! In the open
Are they make a glorious
blaze fit background for won
derful fire castles and as for
kindlings they are absolutely
unsurpassed.
Remembering that the two
little cousins living on the Pa
cific coast once sent a barrel
of the western cones to a
much loved poet, greatly to
his delight, we tried sending a
sack of cones, gayly decked
with laurel, to a city friend
who loves an open fire. In
the very bottom was a small
"chunk" with a paper bearing
these words: "N. B. This Is a
Yule Log." At another time
a great armful of the cone
bearing branches of the red
pine were sent to a friend.
But our especial Christmas
gifts, the ones we send to the
nearest and dearest, are our
little Chrlstmus trees. We
take a day and go up to the
mountain swump where grew
the cranberries, and there we
choose wee, little shapely
trees, getting them, so far as
we can, from the deep shade
of other trees, for these are
doomed to an early death any.
way. We fit each little spruce
securely to a board, covering
It with moss aud trailing
vines. Then we deck the tree.
Of course the gifts must be
very tiny und varied to suit
those to whom they go.
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MERRY AND
CHRISTMAS
and at the same time call your attention to the fact that our stock of
WOMEN'S, CHILDREN'S and MISSES' SHOES was never so
complete. We have a beautiful line this year-Drop , In
Men's House
Slippers
LEATHER OR FELT
Very attractively
priced
No other paper in Clackamas coun
ty publishes as much Clackamas
county news as The Courier.
All the latest
shades in
Women's Lace
or Button
Shoes
It stands to reason that we can sell you better shoes at a lower price
than any other firm in Clackamas County, as we are the only ex
clutive shoe store in Oregon City
OREGON CITY SHOE STORE
Oregon City's Exclusive Shoe Store
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THE COLONEL AND ROSE
TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT
Colonel Eduardo De Raymonte,
gentleman of many lands, world
traveler, doctor of medicine of Car
negie university, and suspected Aus
trian spy, came within an ace of
spending a perfectly good Christ
mas holiday behind the cheery bars
of the city jail. But the United
States government reclaimed our
friend, the colonel, from" such an un
seemly fate, and will perhaps con
fine him to an internment camp for
the duration of the war.
De Raymonte and Otto Rose were
taken to Portland by federal agents
on Saturday morning. But not un
til Rose and De Raymonte had suf
fered a disagreement as they Ian
guished in jail. Friday this all hap.
pened, and it so flustered Otto Rose
that he "peeched" on the colonel
Rose said that De Raymonte had
Walk Right In and Look Around
Our regular stock was never more complete and our XMAS
wares were never so beautiful and assorted
WATCHES
CLOCKS
JEWELRY
SILVERWARE
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
FLAT WARE
CUT GLASS
TOILET ARTICLES
UMBRELLAS
OPTICAL GOODS
RIGHT PRICES RIGHT QUALITY PROMPT SERVICE
oAll oMade-to-Order Work Guaranteed for Quality
Finish and Workmanship
REMEMBER THIS STORE WHEN DOING XMAS BUYING
WM. GARDNER
Watchmaker and Jeweler
OREGON CITY, OREGON
Repairing A Specialty
proved himself to be an Austrian
spy.
That might be altogether true,
and if it is, federal authorities will
leave nothing undpne to make the
colonel secure for the remainder of
the war period. De Raymonte car.
ried with him a saber- which he
claimed indicated his rank in the
British army and, furthermore, he
carried around right in his head
mighty good speaking vocabulary
in seven foreign languages. He had
passports from every country from
the tropics to Labrador, seemingly.
These he will have to explain to the
government. If the war ends be
fore De Raymonte dies in an alien
enemy camp, there will be a strictly
private little war between he and
Otto Rose, who admits he is a Ger
man citizen.
Joe Fine and Jose Floris went
back to Seattle on Saturday when
Special United States Attorney
Latourette received telegrams stat
ing that the pair had been properly
registered for the draft at their re
spective homes.
COMMUNITY COOPERATION
NOT FULLY APPRECIATED
How many farm folks and small
town residents fully appreciate
what a spirit of community cooper
ation may be made to mean to
them? Not alone can this be
weighed in the scales of sentiment
and civic pride. There is also
something of a dollars and cents
value in boosting one's, home town
if we study the matter from the
mercenary side.
In a community that is "financial
ly sick" it is a very uncommon
thing to find the individual prosper
ous. This is because the individu
als who make up a community shape
SELF DEFENSE
DEFEAT BACKACHE AND KIDNEY
TROUBLE WITH ANURIC.
Many noonle In this section have
suffered from rheumatism and kidney
trouble and have found Anuric to be
the most successful remedy to ovoroome
these painful aud dangerous ailments.
The lucky oeoole are those who have
suffered, but who are now well because
tnoy neoaed Mature s warn lie s gnal n
time to correct their trouble with that
wonderful new discovery of Dr. Pierce's
culled An-u-rlc. You should promptly
heed these warnings, some of which are
dizzy spells, backache, irregularity of the
nrino or the painful twinges of rheuma
tism, sciatica or lumbago. To delay may
ninke possible the dangerous forms of
kidney disease, such as JJright s disease,
diabetes or stone in the bladder.
To overcomo tlioso distressing condi
tions you should take plenty of exercise
! in the open air, avoid a heavy meat diet.
drink freely of water and at each meal
I take Dr. Pieree's Anuric Tablets (double
strength). You will, in a short time, find
I that you are one of the lirm Indorsers of
: An-u-ric, as are many of your neighbors.
I Send Dr. V. M. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.,
lu coma ior vnai pacKage.
Rktsii,, Wash. "I was troubled getting
up at night for two years. Finally I took
a trip tn Florida, and while there I sent
to Dr. Pierce for some Anuric Tablets
and two dollars; worth of the Golden
Medical Discovery Tablets. I took them
as he directed and have not been troubled
with my water for some time. I have
been well now five months. 1 think the
Anuric Tablets are all O. K." W. J.
Goodb, Washington Vet. Home.
Portland, Oregon. " Doctor Pierce's
Anuric Tablets gave me great relief after
eight years of suffering with kidney
trouble and dropsy of limbs and feet .
Anuric is certainly good." Mrs. J. Cas
well, 447 Stephens Street.
the trend of a community up or
down.
All of you have heard people liv
ing in or near a smaller town say:
"Our little town can't grow; it is too
near the city." So, with this belief
planted in the mind, one goes on
spending a lot of the money that is
produced locally in the stores of
nearby larger towns and cities.
You go on failing to patronize
your home town merchants. They
can't make a "go of it" and as a
trading center the home town falls
lower and lower in the scale.
Local merchants become afraid to
stock up with high grade merchan
dise after a time and it isn't long
before your home town stores car
ry only the lower grades of goods.
, Don't pay your local dealer two
prices for a good article; but do give
him a chance ' to buy in sufficient
quantities so that he can supply you
at the same price as the same ar
ticle can be bought for elsewhere.
Encourage him with your trade so
that he is not afraid to carry well
known brands of goods with a stan
dardized quality. A standard ar
ticle represents the same value no
matter where you buy it.
Once the merchant of your home
town knows the trade of their com
munity is back of them, they will
not hesitate to carry standard pro.
ducts of known quality for you to
select from. You have the oppor
tunity to help make your commun
lty improve. For, with better
stores comes a better town and
good town means enhanced values
for any property you own in it
near it. Oregon Farmer.
ANOTHER KIND OF SPIRIT
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Light all the barren,
brooding ways,
And every bell, it sounds
noel,
A paean in the Master's praise.
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Doctor Pierce's Pel'ets are the original
little Liver fins, une little Pellet for a
laxative tnree for a cathartic
druggists for nearly 50 years.
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Now is the time when ivies
gleam
Like beryl in the morning
beam,
And every bell, it sounds
noel,
& And makes the Master's praise (JA
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to 010 is the time when mistle
toe
11 olossy in the noonday glow,
And every bell, it sounds
noel,
if To praise upon his name be- (4;
' stow. ''
-Vow is the time of ingle mirth,
The blessed day of Christ
his birth,
And every bell, it sounds
noel,
To ring his praise throughout
the earth.
Clinton Scollard in Ains-lee's.
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County Treasurer's Notice
I now have funds to call in Road
Warrants endorsed prior to July 16,
1917. Interest ceases on date of
this notice, December 6, 1917.
M. E. DUNN,
County Treasurer.
Courier and Daily Journal $4.75.
Don't fool yourself for a moment
with the belief that Christmas spirit
in Clackamas county is confined to
that variety that comes wih the ar
rival of Santa Claus, because if you
do you will be off your base, so to
speak.
There is another brand of spirit
it was a sacred ointment before
the W. C. T. U. got in its good licks
and passed the prohibition laws
and it comes in brown bottles and
has a kick like Si. Perkins' old white
mule.
Just a few nights ago a well
known Clackamas county citizen,
harboring a strong desire .to make
Christmas as merry as possible, for
the friends who were to come to his
house, went down to Wobdburn and
boarded a late train coming this
way. He walked into the smoking
car and cast his eyes at the bag
gage in the several seats in most
approved fashion. To the newsboy
he said:
"Are these your suitcases?" The
newsboy had a dollar in his pocket
for keeping a watchful eye on those
bags. He answered:
"No, they are not mine, but you
leave them alone."
Thereupon the well-known Clack
amas county citizen said:
"Well, young man, if they are not
yours don't let them worry you. If
they are yours, just put on your
overcoat and get off at Oregon City
with me." You may believe that
those words took all the shine off the
newsboy's dollar, and he let the
aforementioned citizen get off the
train at the county seat with two
suitcases in hand.
And in one house in this county
there are 20 well-filled bottles of
Christmas spirit to furnish joy for
the holidays and up until next year's
Fourth of July celebration. The citi
zen who pulled this trick is just an
ordinary mortal who never in all
his life wore either a sheriff's badge
or any other authority for the 'con
fiscation of liquid refreshment. But
he "got by" with his stunt.
SUES FOR CROP LOSS
Says Tenant Was Not Removed Ac
cording to Owner's Agreement
W. C. Buckner bought property
in section 17, township 10 south,
range 13 east, from John S. and
Georgia Dillon, upon their promise
to have a tenant vacate the place at
bnce. The tenant failed to release
the property until last October, a
year after the purchase, and Mr.
Buckner has sued to recover $5520
to cover the damages he claims to
have suffered because of his enforc
ed idleness when he could have been
improving his place. One of the
items, for which Mr. Buckner seeks
to recover $100, is the loss of the
company and help of his wife during
the year. He claims $4820 damaees
for the loss in crops from the place.
BETWEEN THE TRENCHES
The birds between the trenches
Look down on death, and sine
As blithely as they might have done
in western fields, in Spring.
They lavish all their treasure,
Nor save a single tune;
They know that some who listen
will hear no bird notes soon.
Mary Carolyn Davies,