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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21,' 1918.
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OREGON CITY COURIER
C. W. ROBEY, Editor
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GERMANY AND RUSSIA
There is a strong possibility that
Germany's conquests in the east may
lead to her voluntary withdrawal
from France and Belgium, and even,
possibjy, the bribe of Alsace-Lorraine
to the Allies as the price of
peace. Of course this would be a
German peace. She would dicker for
a free hand in Russia, from which
the kaiser would select such portions
as suited his purpose. The remainder
he would patch up into petty prin
cipalities under kaiserling princes
over which he would exercise abso
lute control. How long such domina
tion would last is uncertain, but it
would be a way in which war would
be made a paying proposition with
out the terrific loss of man power
and the possibility of ultimate de
feat which faces him at present.
If Russia should prove docile and
consent to Prussian domination the
future Hohenzollern empire would be
the strongest ever known in the
world. The wildest ' pipe-dreams of
the Junkers would be realized. The
militarism of Berlin would dominate
and ultimately rule the globe. The
empire of the kaiser would stretch
from the North sea to the Pacific, and
the black vulture would flap his wings
across the straits from our Alaskan
possessions. The world will never
, be caught napping again, and every
nation under heaven would begin
arming for the future1 world war
when the Hun would become weary
with peace and would look abroad for
new fields of domination.
Three things may arise to shatter
the dreams of the kaiser. The Ger
mans . themselves may become dis
gusted with the brutality of their1
overlords, and may hold a little
' seance with royalty which will cast
the French revolution intothe shade.
The Frenchman, even in his blood
lust, was never guilty of enormities
like the raping of the women of Bel
gium, the massacring of non-combat-,
ants, and the butchering of babies.
This is the least probable. Then the
war-lord may bite off more than he
can assimilate. Austria has intern
al digestive troubles which will ul
timately carry her to the boneyard.
The Slavs are people which do not
readily 'assimilate. In this new ar
rangement Slavic peoples will out
number Teutonic four to one. Let
Germany try to Teutonize these Slav
ic lands by following her favorite
plan of suppression of the tongues of
tributary peoples, and her vision will
fall to ruin of its own weight. The
only other alternative is for the Al
lies to continue the war until Ger
many is soundly beaten, and the
world delivered from the nightmare
of Hohenzollcrnism.
Russians three years ago were un
der domination, but it was the dom
ination of those of their own race,
with a semi-paternal interest in their
people. Then came the light of free
dom, and the patriots of Russia
caught the vision. They seized the
reins, and men thought Russia would
be free. But an I. W. W. group of
fool-revolutionists seized the power,
and sought to put their wild theories,
of peace into execution by laying
down their arms in the face of the
cruelest enemy the world has known
since the days of Attila the Hun.
They could not see that they were
selling their country to a foreign
foe, and were exchanging the dom
ination of a tyrant of their own blood
for the cruel yoke of a merciless for
eigner. Unless she can cast off the
Prussian yoke, Russia's case is ten
CSS
i rour m
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WAR TAX Income Tax and Excess
' Profit Tax returns, covering every item
of personal income and business profit for
the year of 1917, must be filed soon after
January 1st.
The law and its interpretations are complicated and many
citizens are likely to fail to take advantage of the various
exemptions and deductions which Congress intended for
their benefit.
On the other hand delays, errors, concealments even
unintentional will cause heavy penalties; to forestall such
occurrences we have had prepared for free distribution to
those affected by the law, a complete analysis and explanation
of it. including sixteen page's of properly ruled record forms
for keeping account of your income and deductions.
This service is but one of many ivays this institution 1
strives to assist those -who learn to. use its facilities.
The Bank of Oregon City
Uuim
and Business Manager
Building, Eighth Street, and entered
Ore., as 2nd class mail matter.
Telephones: Pacific 61; Home A-51.
FOR FOREIGfl'
?HE
fold more hopeless than it was under
the paternalism of the Czars.
"Is it possible that Oregon City
must again submit to a school fight,
after the trouble makers have been
eliminated, and the schools in better
condition than ever before?" Clack
amas County Banner.
THere sure will be a school fight
if the main trouble maker is not
eliminated for the next year, and we
are inclined to believe that this will
come to pass. .
Market Letter March 18, 1918
Cattle receipts, 1500. Receipts to
day were marked in quality shown.
There was an upward tendency for
the best offerings and in some in
stances a material advance was re
corded, $il.70 being realized from
some very good "toppy" steers; Not
only the best stuff but also the poor
er quality of. cattle went over the
scales at good strong prices. To
day's receipts were larger than for
some weeks past and would indicate
somewhat a desire on the part of the
country to liquidate common and
medium cattle as fast as possible.
The receipts met with very good re
ception on the part of the buyers.
Quotations are: Medium to choice
steers, $10.50 to $11.70; good to med
ium steers, $9.50 to $10.50; common
to good steers, $9.00 to $10.00;
choke cows and heifers, $8.00, to
$9.50; canners $4.25 to $6.25; bulls,
$5.00 to $9.00; calves, $7.50 to $12.00;
stockers and feeders, $6.50 to $9.50.
Hog receipts were only ordinary
and amounted to only 2000. The
trade was not active but there was
no decline. .This in contrast with thei
eastern market conditions today.
Best hogs sold as high as $17.10 and
in some instances the market was
quoted higher. Generally speaking,
however, quotations prevailing at the
end of last week are in evidence, and
are as follows K Prime lights, $16.85
to $17.10; prime heavies, $16.50 to
$16.85; pigs, $14.00 to $15.25; bulk,
$J6.85 to $16.90.
The sheepvmarket opened with 300
head. There was no change in prices
Demand for everything of the bovine
species is strong and met with a very
good reception from buyers. Quo
tations are: Western lambs, $15.00
to $15.50; valley lambs, $14.50 to
$15.00; yearlings, $13.00 to $13.50
wethers, $12;50 to $13.00; ewes $9.00
to $12.00. '
The American Lumberjack Now In
English Forests
England's ancestral forests, jeal
ously guarded by many generations
of Englishmen, are rapidly being cut
down by American brawn.
Word of this latest sacrifice of
sentiment to necessity, came to this
country recently in reports of the
progress of J;he ten saw mill units
which New England contributed to
the common warfare against autoc
racy. .
These units, numbering over 300
sturdy lumberjacks, recruited by the
Boston Committee on Public Safety
from the backwoods of Maine, New
Hampshire, and Vermont, have been
busily engaged for some time in the
forests around which much of the
best of English literature has been
written.
History in the making rather than
that of centuries past, however, leav
es its impression upon the north
woods representatives of America as
they turn out in hundreds of thou
sands, of feet the lumber so neces-
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shy, in:" v it, n: r am
sary to army progress in construct
ing billets, bridges, trenches, dug
outs, and the other requirements of
Mars. 1
As they level the forests which
are the last strongholds of the Old
England many of their forefathers
knew, the men are umnoved by imag
ination, except when some lumber
jack conjures up a mental picture of
the forces responsible for Belgium
and the Lusitania, and swings an ex
tra vigorous and vicious stroke in
consequence.
The units are scattered along the
banks of a river for ten miles and
each is a small community in itself,
gathered around a central hut pre
sided over by a Young, Men's Chris
tian Association secretary, where the
men assemble for amusement in
their leisure hours.
To illustrate the inexhaustible en
ergy of the men the statement that
basket-ball is, the most popular
amusement after hours of vigorous
work means much to those vyho know
the strenuous possibilities of the
game.
During their Christmas holidays
over half the men paid a visit to Lon
don where they were accommodated
at the Eagle Hut of the. American
Young Men's Christian Association.
Several days were spent acquiring
experiences which will be retold in
American lumbering camps for many
years to come.
NOVEL METHODS ARE USED
TO MAKE CHECKER BOARDS
Because of the shortage of checker
boards, formerly imported from Ger
many, hundreds of yards of old-fashioned
checked linoleum has been con
verted into this game and sent to
the, American soldiers in France by
the national war work council of the
Young Men's Christian Association
in New York City.
Ten thousand of these linoleum
checker boards and 300,000 checkers,
cut from the waste linoleum, were
packed by pretty New York girls at
a checker board party given by P. F.
Jerome, director of equipment and
supplies.
The fad spread to Michigan, where
the extension division of elub work
ers of the Michigan Agricultural col
lege took up the' work. ' Then the
school children of Boston entered the
ranks of checker board manufactur
ers and at last reports linoleum was
disappearing from the kitchen floors
in that city to be sent across the
ocean that the soldiers "over there"
might not want for their game of
checkers. ...
OREGON, AS USUAL. TRAIL
ING BEHIND, SAYS HARLEY
(By F. C. Harley, Mayor of Astoria)
Editor Courier: If I were playing
a 'social game and "anteed ten red
chips, but in the final show-down quit
the game with four chips in my mitt,
I'd consider myself a bum artist; but,
if I anteed one chip and pulled out
with seventeen,' I'd punch my breast
and say, "Harley, you're a regular
devil at poker."
This illustrates the fascinating
national game, of Reclamation, as
played in the national capital by the
irrigation states. Oregon put $10,
976.232 into the reclamation nnt tmH
she drew down S4.355.372 leavinor her
net loser $6,620,860. Some players,
the Oregon delegation, eh?
But watch Arizona's smoke. She
anteed $1,486,879- and cashed in for
$17,782,704. You got to hand it to
those Apaches.
The Nevada bunch is a close
ond. They bet $685,625 and pulled
out $5,85,li73. Hut they always did
Dreed "real sports " in Nevada.
Idaho didn't do so bad either. Her
risk was $5,904,463; her winnings,
$16,718,086. I'm sorry Jim Brady
died. He was a clean sport, but
Idaho has a good bunch of players
left.
Some of the other states at the
table broke as follows: Wvomino-
anteed $5,242,233; won $7,003,934;
Washington, Montana and Colorado
broke even. But Oregon, one of the
greatest natural irrigation states in
the union, was the only "tenderfoot"
in the game. Even what she saved
from the wreck was not all plenr
fish, for part of it properly goes to
California through the Klamath pro
ject, which is interstate.
IRRITABLE
NERVOUS
i
Was Condition of Indiana Lady
Before Beginning to Take
Card-u-i, the Woman's
Tonic.
Kokomo, Ind. Mrs. H. , Hankemeier,
of this town, says: "1 look so well, and
am so well, that it does not seem as if I
ever needed Cardui. . But I was not al
ways this way ... I think I have taken a
dozen bottles . . . before my little girl
came.
1 was feeling dreadfully bad, had head
ache, backache, sick at my stomach, no
energy ... I was very irritable, too, and
nervous.
I began taking Cardui about 6 months
before my baby came. As a result all
those bad feelings left me, 'and I just felt
grand, just as if nothing at all was the
matter, and when the end came I was
hardly sick at all. ; '
Since that 1 have never taken Cardui
at all ... It has done me good, and I
know it will help others, if they will only
try it."
Many women have written grateful let
ters like the above, telling of the good
that Cardui has done them. Why should
it not help you, too? If you suffer from
any of the ailments so common to women,
and feel the need of a safe, reliable,
strengthening tonic, we urge you to be
gin today and give Cardui a fair trial.
Your dealer sells Card-u-i. EB-10 J
Do the people of Oregon wonder
that a man on the "lookout" here in
Washington gets fidgety as he watch
es the curves of the Oregon congres
sional delegation? Our state seems
to be hitting just one dang thing
after another. , Failure in securing
wood shipbuilding contracts; failure
in securing recognition of the ports
of the Columbia as shipping centers;
failure in securing appropriations for
a naval base in the face of a favor
able report by a naval board; failure
in securing adequate river and har
bor improvement; and now failure in
reclamation disbursements. I con
fess they've got me guessing. I
can't just decide whether our delega
tion is fast asleep or plain "no
'count." I think it's a tossup.
I think I ought to dwell a little
longer on this reclamation question.
The figures I have given above are
taken from the last annual report of
the reclamation service and are there
fore official. This report shows that
the money set aside for Oregon was
expended as follows: .
Umatilla nroiect S2.232.3S7
Klamath project. 1,931,217
central uregon (surveys).. 40,346
Columbia river (surveys.... 17,008
Malheur (surveys) 83,490
Oregon cooperative (sur
veys) 50,008
Preliminary investigations 943
There is no question about the val
ue of many of the Oregon projects.
Everybody will rejoice that Umatilla
and Klamath got the money; but
there are other projects in central
Oregon, which government "surveys"
show to be good, that have never
been adopted. The Malheur project
has been pronounced "feasible and de
sirable," but so far it has only had
"surveys" and "re-surveys," whatever
they are. The same is true of Co
lumbia river projects and the Ore
gon cooperative. This last deserves a
special word. '
In the case of the Oregon cooper
ative project the secretary of the in
terior promised, in writing, to put
up dollar for dollar with the sfcate for
construction. Oregon did its part,
but the interior Hermrtmnnt:
ed" after spending $50,000 for "sur
veys." The interior department got
away with this,- because there wasn't
a man among the Oregon players
who had a congressional "six-shooter"
and the nerve to use it. I don't
think that old Roman, John H. Mit
chell in hisday, would have "stood
on his foot" like that. T think tio'H
have made the interior department
"come across."
What would have been the result if
Oregon had even been given all the
money she put into the reclamation
fund, wheh nobody will deny was
rightfully hers? I'll tell you. The
Malheur project would have been
completed: the Orecron
project would have been built, and at
least one or the central Oregon pro
jects would have been constructed.
So, when you bring the case down to
brass tacks, it will be seen that it
really means something to have a
live-wire congressional delegation on
tne jod.
The secretary of the interior now
puts up a poor face and says there
is no money in the reclamation fund
to start new projects in Oregon or
anywhere else. Ffne "dope." But I
notice there is abundance' of money
to carry on work on a big scale in
Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexi
co, Utah, Washington and Wyoming,
and nothing is being retarded in
these states either.
Oregon unquestionably needs busi
ness men in its congressional dele
gation. Men who will make a study
of the state's needs and put the punch
into their work. This reclamation
question is purely a business propo
sition, and the interior department
should be made to see it. Rut tVio
man or men presenting the case
must Know as much or more about it
as the secretary of the interior;
otherwise the Oregon kid will con
tinue to have his candy taken from
him.
.Additional...
...Locals...
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tucker enter
tained the men's choir on Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Blinestone, Mrs.
Fades and Miss Elva Eades were ad
ditional guests. Messrs. Woodham,
Blinestone, Sanders and Tucker are
the members of the men's quartet.
Dr. Grover has purchased the Wear
property and is making many decid
ed improvements.
Mrs. Tillman, Jr., is enjoying a
week's visit at Mountaindale, Oregon.
Miss Joyce spoke at. the Red Cross
weekly meeting., her topic being
"Gardening." Miss 1
Corvallis, was also present. At the
next meeting the unit will sew for
the Belgians and Armenians. Cloth
ing and shoes are hrina smliVifoM and
may be sent to the church on Thurs
day.
Mrs. Wieson. of ChirttfM Til i3 an.
joying her first trip to this coast and
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Albert
Tucker.
Mr. Elwell.
has purchased a new car for delivery
purposes.
Much disaDDointm
was felt by the church folks when
Catarrh,
and Cold
in the
Head
Recommend
PE-RU-NA
Those who object to liquid medl
ln can socuro Peruna tablets.
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Swift & Company
Publicity
.At a recent hearing of the Federal Trade Commission there
was introduced "correspondence taken from the private files of :
Swift & Company,which showed that the Company had been con-
sidering for some time an educational advertising campaign.
The need for .this publicity has been apparent to us for sevk
eral years. The gross misrepresentation to which we have ,
recently-been subjected has convinced us that we should no longer
delay in putting before the public the basic facts of our business,
relying on. the fair-mindedness of the American people.
The feeling against the American packer 'is based largely on :
the belief that the income and well-being of the producer and
consumer are adversely affected by the packers' operations,
resulting in unreasonably large profits.
Swift & Company's net profit is reasonable, and represents
an insignificant factor in the cost of living. :
For the fiscal year 1917 the total sales and net profit of Swift "
& Company were as follows:
Profits
).
This is equivalent
If
would
cattle,
pound
A NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable -Compound
Restored
Her Health.
Newark, N. J. "For about three
years I suffered from nervous break
down and got so
weak I could hardly
stand, and had head
aches every day. I
tried everything I
could think of and
was under a phy
sician's care for two
years. A girl friend
had used Lydia E.
Pinkham'a Vege
table Compound and
she told me about
it. From the first
day I took it I began
to feel better and
now I am well and
able to do most any
kind of work. I
have been recom
mending the Com
pound ever since and give you my per
mission to publish this letter." Miss
Flo Kelly, 476 So. 14th St., Newark,
N.J.
The reason this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, was so successful in Miss
Kelly's case was because it went to the
root of her trouble, restored her to a
normal healthy condition and as a result
ner nervousness disappeared.
Rev. A. B. Hotchkiss resigned his call
to this church owing to the serious
illness of his wife.
The S. H. Dill family removed to
Portland this week.
The Joe Peterson family has de
cided to try ranching for the next
year and will move to Hood River
on February 1st.
Among the new families coming in
are Mr. and Mrs. Madden, who are
pleasantly located at the river; Mr.
and Mrs. Patterson, of Salem, who
will occupy the William Jennings
homestead, and Mr. and Mrs. Jen
nings, who are prettily situated at
Lyswin on the banks of the Willa
mette. Mrs. Clara LaCure is re
turning from Beaverton and will re
side in the Boardman cottage.
Mrs. Knoll, of West Timber, Ore.,
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lott last
week.
Mrs. Adeline Ingalls has returned
from Nebraska, where she spent the
winter. She was accompanied west
by her granddaughter, Miss Edith
Ingalls.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Babcock, and
daughter, Harriette, were visitors
here on Sunday, at the home of Mr.
Babcock's parents. .
Mrs. Kate Newton, of this city, re
ceived notice Monday that her son, l
Captain Frank Newton, had arrived
safely "on the other side."
Hearing Will Be April 30th
The Public Service commission will
hold a hearing in this city on April
and Bronchitis
Mrs. Rosa A. Kiss, 318 Clinton
Place, Kansas City, Missouri, writes:
"I was very sick with Catarrh
and Bronchitis. I also had a cold
In the head. I used Peruna and am
well pleased with the results. It
has done me a great deal of good.
I do not need any other medicine. I
can cheerfully recommend it to any
one who is troubled with catching
cold frequently or any one who has i
a chronic cough or chronic catarrh. !
Those wishing further particulars
concerning my case may write me.
Be sure to enclose a stamp and I
will answer."
to a $3,465. profit on a business
Swift & Company had made no profit at all, the cattle raiser
have received only one-eighth of a cent per pound more for hi9,
or the consumer would have saved only one-quarter of a cent per
on dressed beef.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
30th, to take evidence on the matter
of granting a franchise to the Clack
amas t County Driving and Rafting
company. The company seeks the
privilege of operating on certain
waterways of the county, under the
boom law of the -last legislature.
"It Sure Does the Work" .
Changeable weather and .wet feet
make March a dangerous month for
coughs, colds, croup and whooping
cough. Be prepared to get prompt
relief. Don't let a cold run into ser
ious sickness. Mrs. W. H. Thornton,
3523 W. 10th St., Little Rock, Ark.,
writes: "My little boy had, a severe
attack of croup and I honestly be
lieve he would have died if it had not
been for Foley's Honey and Tar.
Two doses relieved him'. I would not
be without it at any price." Jones
Drug Co.
A Just and Lasting Peace
The essential principles that must
We Pay You More
for Your Produce
than you will receive anywhere else. Bring
in your Eggs and Produce to us we give you
the Cash. If you have no produce, come in
and visit our store anyway. We have just
opened up in Oregon City at the Old Morgan
' Stand on Seventh Street, foot of elevator, and
we assure that you can buy your
Groceries Cheaper
than from any store in Clackamas county for
the reason that we make no deliveries and
deduct tne cost of this big item from our
goods. Below we give you a few prices on
different articles:
E. C. Corn Flakes -
Toilet Paper
40c Coffee
35c Coffee, pound
30c Coffee, pound
Louisannia Head Rice
Solid Pack Tomatoes
GARDEN SEEDS
A FRESH STOCK JUST IN
W
Seventh Street THE OLD
Foot of Elevator
1
of $87,500.
underlie peace, as stated by Presi
dent Wilson, should be constantly
kept in mind. They show the great
ness and unselfishness and justice of
America's war aims. Briefly they
are:'
(1) The final settlement of this
war must be based upon 'essential
justice and each particular case so
adjusted as will most likely bring a
permanent peace. , .
(2) Peoples and provinces are not
to be bartered about as if they were
mere chattels and pawns in a game.
, (3) Every territorial settlement
must be made in the interest of and
for the benefit, of '- the populations
concerned and not by way. of com
promising claims of rival states.
(4), National aspirations must be
accorded all the satisfaction possible,
without introducing new or perpetu
ating old elements of discord.
I The Courier and Oregon Farmer,
both for $1.00.
3 pkgs. 25c
7 rolls 25c
1 lb. 35c; 3 lbs. $1.00
- - - 30c
- - 25c
lb. 12c; 3 lbs. 35c
-
15c
MORGAN STAND
OREGON CITY