OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1918.
FROM THE PEOPLE
Communications to the Editor for Zhis Column Should not be Over 200
Words and Must he Signed by the Writer
Sandy, Ore.
The Editor of the Oregon City Cour
ier: Since some erroneous reports
concerning the Lutheran Parochial
school at Sandy have recently been
widely spread, the undersigned, the
teacher of said school, kindly asks
you to publish the following remarks
in your paper:
Our school has never been running
in opposition to the public schools,
but is upheld for religious purposes.
The German has been taught partly
in the forenoon but again for relig
ious purposes only. Since March 22,
the German language, however, has
been discontinued altogether. Our
children at all times nave Deen taugiit
to be true and loyal citizens of the
United States, and they always have
proved their loyalty and true patri
otism. Our school has joined as a
100 auxiliary of the Junior Red
Cross. Upon the receipt of our first
sending of Red Cross work the sec
retary of the Junior Red Cross com
mittee wrote: "I am in receipt of
your finished work, which was very
satisfactory. We are very much
pleased with the good result from
your school, this being the largest
amount of work returned in this
county."
Our children have been, and still
are, buying Thrift and War Saving
stamps. The undersigned is a mem
ber of the Sandy district committee of
the Third Liberty Loan Drive. Most
of his members, who uphold said
school in their midst, have bought a
Liberty bond. This in no small de
gree aided the Sandy district in far
exceeding its quota, at present out
standing is over 329.
Very respectfully yours,
P. DOBBERFUHL.
Hoff, Ore.
Editor of the Courier:
It is altogether fitting and proper
in times like these, when to a con
siderable extent every man's patri
otism is measured by the number of
dollars he contributes to the various
necessities of the war, to make a
frank and public statement of one's
general financial condition and pri
vate affairs, insofar as they are di
rectly or indirectly connected with
rthe public welfare. In fact, I believe
the U. S. government should in some
way compel every man and woman
in this land to show up what they've
got, and by the right inherent in
all governments, take for the publk
use all that is not needed for the
bare necessities of life. If I under
stand my government correctly it
does not desire to take from me that
which I have not; it does not intend
to break up my home, and put my
children upon charity. My govern
ment would rather give me assistance
I believe, if ever it should become
necessary, than do this. I don't be
lieve that the government itself de
sires that the standard of patriotism
shall be measured by the dollar
mark alone. Now here is my help
less condition:
I own twenty acres of land, Which
last year yielded seventy bushels of
wheat, eighty bushels of oats, thirty
sacks of potatoes, and about three
tons of hay. Just about one-half
enough to feed two horses and a cow.
I have a family of ten children to
feed, clothe and educate. Twelve-of
us together. I teach school eight
months in the year, for which I re
ceive $80 per month. Figuring the
produce of the farm all told to $350,
of which all the oats and more must
be fed to the horses and -cow, includ
ing the hay and saving seed for next
year's seeding, I must purchase about
fifty to seventy-five dollars' worth of
feed, extra. In other words, my in
come, when everything is balanced,
leaves about, possibly fifty to seventy-five
dollars clear from the farm
from the wheat and potatoes, making
n o-rand total of about seven hun
dred to possibly seven fifty on which
I am struggling against late to teea,
clothe, shelter, and educate my ten
children. It is plain to anyone that
I am doing an uphill work. I am
supporting twelve or us tnen, on
about seven hundred fifty to ?800 a
year. Or each of us is trying to pull
through on less than ?b per montn
T phnllfince vou. mv fellow citizen, to
try it. I am slowly going behind and
can't help it. Last year l nad to
mortgage my little place to help out
temnorarilv. Then we have the mis
fortune of doctor bills, and dentist
bills on the side. Now 1 ask you,
mv fair-minded fellow-citizen, how
can I bo expected to buy Liberty
bonds? I wish I had ten thousand
dollars. I would spend it all in Lib
orfv hnnds. As it is. I am dointr all
I can to induce my pupils to purchase
W. S. S. and we are doing consider
able as a school. I am a poor man,
indeed, but in spite of that misfor
tune, I am nevertheless as sincerely
devoted to our country's welfare in
this trying hour as the man who has
the dollars to give. The difference is
only that he who is able to loan our
common government gets fame, while
I in my helpless situation, am looked
down upon with suspicion. But I
have this consolation: I know that my
government is just and does not in
tend to oppress, and only desires to
receive from those who are able to
give.
I only wish to say in conclusion
that I have spent twenty-four years
consecutively in my county in the
school-room, and the boys and girls,
some of them now grown to manhood
and womanhood, have always received
as their fundamental, first and daily
lesson, sincere love of country. This
while it was my duty, I did with pride
and I now feel that, although I have
not the dollars, I can say I have al
ways done that which cannot be
measured by dollars and cents, and I
am content.
DESK IS NEEDED
American Loyalty League Call on
Public for Slight Request
The American Loyalty .League
needs a desk. They want a place to
keen their papers and documents.
They ask the patriotic citizens of the
community to aid them in securing
something suitable. The League has
been provided with desk room in the
Publicity building of the Commercial
club, and as soon as the required fur
niture is installed will keep the
place as an information booth and
headquarters office. Anyone who
will be patriotic and kind enough to
loan the league a desk of any sort,
can get in touch with them hy call
ing up Dr. Milliken or F. R. Andrews.
Thirty chapters of the .Loyalty
league are now organized in this
county, and a number of other cities
are taking it up. Speakers will be
sent soon to McMinnville, Corvallis,
Bend, Hillsboro, Silverton, and other
towns over the state. Where fully
organized, the membership runs even
with the voting strength of the com
munity, as they all sign up.
NEW LAW FOR THEFT
Federal Authorities Will Have Hand
in R. R. Thievery Cases
Word has just been received from
Washington that Wm. G. McAdoo,
Director General of Railroads, has es
tablished a bureau in the Division of
Law to enforce rigidly the federal
law against theft of property being
transported by the railroads. Philip
J. Doherty has been appointed man
ager and will have his headquarters
in Washington D. C. x
This means that hereafter anyone
caught stealing from a car, station,
siding or other railroad property will
be indicted under the federal law
which carries a maximum penalty of
10 years imprisonment.
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PATRIOTS
WAS WELL STOCKED
Visitor from Golden State Arrives in
Town with Heavy Baggage
Sheriff Wilson and Night Officer
Burk Monday night apprehended a
man giving the name of E. Jones, as
he dropped from the Californian
train with a suit-case full of prime
whiskey. Mr. Jones was inquiring
the way to the golf links when tak
en in, and was taxed the sum of $50
to guarantee his appearance in
court. Jones said, when questioned,
that his suit case contained hardware,
but the officers were suspicious of
just what quality the "hard" ware
might be. Fifteen quarts were dis
closed when the cases were opened.
CANADA THISTLE IS FARMERS'
ENEMY
(Continued from Page 1)
ROBERT GINTHER.
Woman Mill Worker Injured
Mrs. A. J. Cotta was brought to
the Oregon City hospital from her
home near Estacada for treatment of
her hand, which was badly lacerated
in a recent accident. Mrs. Cotta had
been assisting her husband in operat
ing their shingle mill, due to scarcity
of labor, and on coming in contact
with the machinery, two fingers of
her right hand were severed, and
several others were badly mangled.
It was but a short time ago that her
husband, Bert Cotta, suffered from a
similar accident, nearly losing a fin
ger from his left hand.
Sunday Baseball Attracts
In a fast, but muddy, baseball game
Sunday at Gladstone, the home team
defeated the Clackamas contingent
by the score of 15 to 2. Warren, Ser-
vais, and King did the best work for
Gladstone, and Johnson and Nelson
were the Clackamas stars. The bat
teries for the game were Warren and
King, for Gladstone, and Nelson,
Johnson and Ruiner, for Clackamas.
A large and enthusiastic crowd wit
nessed the fruy.
Smallpox at Gladstone
Clyde Brayton, recently arrived at
Gladstone from Nowberg, is suffer
ing from a severe case of smallpox,
according to Dr. G. E. Stuart, of this
city who is attending the case. Be
sides the father, a son is also affect
ed with the disease. It is stated that
the case is one of the most aggravat
ed ever called to the attention of lo
cal medical men.
Virginia Myram Kammler
Virginia Myrnm Kammler, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F.
Kammler, of West Linn, died at their
home there Friday morning. The
funeral services were conducted from
the residence at one o'clock Saturday
afternoon. The Kammlers formerly
resided at Mulino.
Mungers Locate in California
Mrs. W. W. Munger has returned
to Corcoran, California, after being
in the city a short time to pack her
household belongings. She has join
ed her husband in California, who
has been working there since last Oc
tober. The couple will be greatly
rv-tl1. rain, winds, find diminnwii
bring out the rheumatic aches. An
application of Sloan's Liniment brings
auick relief. No rubbing. It penetrates.
missed in fraternal circles here, hav
ing belonged to several popular
orders.
Artisans Will Celebrate
Plans for the big Mardi Gras, to
be given by the local order of Ar
tisans on April 20th, are well formu
lated, and a big time is expected. The
affair will be staged at the Moose
hall, and the proceeds will go to the
fund for maintaining the dues of
lodge members who are with the sol
ors. Fourteen men of the lodge have
enlisted.
Literary and Social Entertainment
An entertainment will be held in
the W. O. W. hall, corner Seventh and
Main streets, next Saturday, April 20,
at 8 p. m., under the auspices of the
Scandinavian Ladies' Aid society
"Dorcas." A program of high order
wil be rendered. Sale of valuable
articles; refreshments served. All
are welcome.
Armenian Relief Successful
The Armenian Relief committee,
which has been working under the
leadership of Dr. Roy Prudden, chair
man of the Live Wires committee, has
announced that they have exceeded
their quota of $3500 by $525. The
amount was raised in the local dis
trict, the eastern Clackamas division
being handled under separate mn-gement.
"Dorcas" Meeting Friday
Rev. John Ovall, of Salem, an
nounces that there will be a meeting
of the Twilight Ladies' Aid society,
"Dorcas," next Friday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Paul Ellings. A
good program will be rendered and
refreshments will be served. He ex
tends an invitation to all to attend
this meeting. There will be no ad
mission charged.
IMPRESSIVE RITES MARK DED
' ICATION
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Two Divorces Granted
, Divorces were granted Saturday to
Sarah McMillian from David McMil
lian, and to Charles D. Slaughter
from Anna Slaughter. Mrs. McMil
lian was granted the custody of a
minor child, and Mr. Slaughter se
cures the custody of his child, with
the provision that the mother be al
lowed to visit with it at reasonable
times.
Wants Will Probated
Maude E. Marte, of Canby, has fil
ed a petition to probate the will of
her mother, Emily P. Wingfield, late
deceased. The property involved in
the proceedings consists of 17 acres
near Canby, valued at $2000, a home
worth $800; $2850 in notes and mort
gages, and the sum of $4000 in cash.
The will provides the sum of $50 for
each of several children, the balance
of the .estate going to the petitioner.
SUFFERING FROM COLD
Suffers Accident to Hand
Antone Gabriel, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Gabriel, was taken to
the hospital here for treatment when
he caught his hand in the mechanism
of an automobile, and suffered severe
lacerations. The tendons were com
pletely severed. The young man was
endeavoring to rennir some mrt nt
the machine, while the motor was
running, and caught his hand m a
cog wheel.
If you shiver in frosty
weather, if vou have cold hands
and feet, if colds are stubborn
and frequent, then your blood
may be thin and impoverished.
scoro
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nas oeen correcting this condi
tion for nearly fifty years. It
possesses rare powers for
creating natural body warmth,
for charging summer blood
with winter richness and
strengtnemng doui inroat
aiiu mugs.
Coos Bay Judge Here
Judge John S. Coke, of the Circuit
court at Marshfleld, was in the city
recently in the interest of his can
didacy for Justice of the Supreme
court. Judge Coke is a Republican.
and has strong endorsements from
the home folks down around Coos
Bay. He was appointed judge by
Governor Chamberlain, and at the
election of 1910 and 1916 the voters
ran him away ahead of the ticket.
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Til? Norwptrinn rrA llvr nil In
Scott's Emuliion ii now refined in our
own American laboratories which
makes it pure and palatable.
Scott & Bowne. Bloomfield.N.J. 17-12
New Member of Ambler Family
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Ambler during the week,
at their home on south High street.
Dr. Meissner, who attended the case,
reports the principals as doing well.'
Licensed to Marry
A license to wed has been issued to
Frank Hochfield, a librarian, of the
Clavpoole apartments of Portland.
and Clara Friedman, of this city.
N. H. MORSS
Auctioneer
I cry sales anywhere, any time
in Clackamas county. Live
stock Sales, Auctions, Commun
ity Sales, in fact any Sale that
an auctioneer is needed.
12 YEARS EXPERIENCE
Call Courier or Electric Hotel
Where the thistles are scattered
generally over a large field but as
yet have not become firmly estab
lished, the above methods would not
apply. In this case, after the crop
has been removed from the field the
land should be plowed in the fall and
then thoroughly cultivated with the
springtooth harrow, which will turn
out the roots and bring them to the
surface where they will dry out and
die. The following spring the ground
should be plowed every four week.3
and between times thoroughly culti
vated with the springtooth up until
July, when it may be seeded to a
smother crop of oats and vetch thick
ly sown. Follow this crop with fall
plowing and cultivation again. Con
tinue the next spring, and then put
the ground into a thoroughly culti
vated row crop such as corn, pota
toes, roots, etc., using the hoe to
get any stray thistles that may appear.
Where the thistle is growing tnick
ly in large areas and has obtained a
good hold, the best method is to use
a thoroughly cultivated bare fallow.
If the land has been in pasture so
that the roots of the thistle are
close to the surface, the ground may
first be plowed shallowly, then thor
oughly cultivated with the spring
tooth harrow. If large quantities of
the roots are dragged out in this way,
it would probably be preferable to
take them off to one side and burn
them. A piece of the root of this
weed one inch long will start a new
plant if the root remains in moist
soil where it will not dry out. This
first shallow plowing should be in
the spring when the plants are just
coming into bloom. Then after three
or four weeks, duying which cultiva
tion has been given, the1 ground
should be plowed again more deeply
to bring up the deeper "roots. Three
and even four plowings may be giv
en before fall if the soil is thick with
roots and the young . plants continue
to spring up from time to time. The
whole success of this bare fallow me
thod depends on never allowing the
plants to go to seed or even to pro
duce any growth at all above ground,
in this way starving out the roots,
which have great vitality but which
must die if not supplied with food
I from growng leaves. Following this
I thoroughly cultivated bare fallow, the
i land may be seeded heavily in the
fall to 2 bushels of rye per acre,
which may be cut early in the spring
for soiling purposes, or thoroughly
disked and plowed under deeply as
a green manure. The ground should
then be kept thoroughly cultivated
until seeding time, and then put in
to some .row crop such as corn or po
tatoes and kept thoroughly cultivat
ed throughout the summer, using a
hand hoe where any stray plants ap
pear. This method has proved suc
cessful in many cases, but never un
less carried out. Of course, it is ex
pensive because of the large amount
of cultivation required, but where the
thistle has obtained a good hold of a
large area, it is the only method that
will do the work. Further, such a
thoroughly cultivated fallow puts the
ground in splendid shape for suc
ceeding crops. r
Kerosene, sulphuric acid and car
bolic acid have all been used, but
while on individual plants they are
fairly successful, they are very much
more expensive than any of the other
methods named, and in the case of
the acids are dangerous to handle.
All of the methods described above
for the eradication of the Canada
thistle have been thoroughly tried out
and have been proved successful
scores of times, but unless they are
carefully and thoroughly carried out
as described, none of them are of
any value and no farmer will suc
ceed with them. Further, the meth
ods described above give you, I be
lieve, everything known at the pres
ent time regarding the eradication of
this weed.
For further information see the
county agent. Call at his office for
a government bulletin on the con
trol of this pest.
Now get after your thistle patch.
The Courlar and Tha Draffon
J j Farmer both for $1.00.
kin, Wallace Ray, Rev. Herbert D.
Rugg.
Sergeant R. S. Robinson, Howard
Rowlee, John W. Rayl, Harry G.
Smith, Otis Smith, Irving Stearns,
Charles Wallace, Charles Wells, Lieu
tenant Dr. Orel A. Welsh, James L.
Vierhus, Albert V. Vierhus, Paul
Whitcomb, Walter Whitcomb, Myron
Wishart, Charles M. Kavanaugh, and
Dale D. Draper.
Mothers of the soldiers sat on the
platform, completely filling it from
end to end. The ushers for the
evening were wives and sisters of
the young men who have answered
the call to the colors.
CANDIDATES FILE FOR VAR
IOUS COUNTY OFFICES
(Continued from page 1)
Parkplace; J. W. Hobart, Marquam;
Wm. Lucke, Canby No. 3.
For the Legislature, there are six
Republicans for the House, G. J..
Taylor, Molalla; Dr. Dedman, Canby;
H. C. Stephens, Estacada; H. E.
Cross, Chris Schuebel, and John Lew
ellen, of Oregon City. For the sen
ate the issue is between Walter A.
Dimick, incumbent, and George C.
Brownell, a member of the 1917 low
er house.
DR. WELSH GOES EAST
Local Medical Man Joins Sanitation
Corps at Fort Riley, Kansas
Dr. Orel Welsh, former county
health officer, has departed for Fort
Riley, Kansas, where he was called
to serve in the army medical division.
Dr. Welsh, who holds the commission
of Lieutenant in the army, is' a na
tive of Clackamas county, and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Welsh,
reside here. He graduated from the
local high school, and later gradu
ated from McMinnville college. After
his course there he attended the Uni
versity of Oregon, took a course at
the Rush Medical college in Chicago,
went through Stanford university, in
California, and had two years at the
Ann Arbor university, in Michigan
from which he is a graduate.
His wife and baby are remaining
here while Lieutenant Welsh is with
the army.
The Courier and Farmer $1.00.
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OUR DEFENSE
In the spring we may be attacked at
any moment. Toxic poisons pile up
within us after a hard winter, and we feel
"run-down," tired out, blue and dis
couraged. This is the time to put our
bouse in order cleanse the system and
put freBh blood into our arteries. You
can obtain an alterative extract from
Blood root, Golden Seal, Stone and
Queen's root, Cherry bark, rolled into
a sugar-coated tablet and sold by
most druggists, in sixty cent vials, as
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
This blood tonic, in tablet or liquid form,
is just what you need for " Spring Fever,"
for that lack of ambition. It will fill
you full of vim, vigor and vitality.
Chilliness, when other people feel warm
enough, is a sign of biliousness, or of
mamnai poisons so is a
furred or coated tongue,
loss of appetite, head
aches or gldcjiness, and a
dull, drowsy, debilitated
feeling. It's your liver
that's at fault. Yu
want to stlmulat" It and
Invigorate it with Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
With every trouble of the
kind, theso tiny little
things act like a mlraclo,
You can break up sudden
attacks of Colds, Fovers,
and Inflammations, with
them. They'll give you permanent bene
fit for Indigestion. Constipation, Sour
Stomach, Sick Headache, and Dizziness.
They are small and pleasant to take, and
the mot thoroughly mtUmd remedy.
Tweuty-tive cents at "most drug stores.
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E KEEP OUR
GROCERIES
IN FRESH
EVERY DAY GOING
OUT EVERY HOUR.
OUR GROCERY BUSINESS IS A SUCCESS, THANK YOU.
WE ARE ON THE JOB TAKING CARE OF OUR CUSTOM
ERS ORDERS, FOR THEY KNOW WE HAVE BEEN BUSY
GETTING IN NEW FRSH. GROCERIES FOR THEM.
OUR STORE IS A ONE-PRICE STORE. THAT IS: ' WE
MARK OUR GOODS WHEN. WE FIRST GET THEM AT AS
LOW A PRICE AS OUR HIGH QUALITY CAN BE SOLD FOR
AND WE SELL TO EVERYONE AT THIS SAME LOW
PRICE.
GIVE US YOUR GROCERY ORDER TODAY.
Carnation, Pioneer, Yeloban, Armours Milk, 2 for 25c
Matches, box : .'.....5c
Crisco
1 pound ..." 35c .
l'i pound 49c
3 pounds -v 98c
6 pounds -v. $1.90
9 pounds - ...$2.80
Gold West, Royal Club, Schilling's Coffee, 40c grade 35c
Puree Tomatoes, 2 cans 25c
Solid Pack Tomatoes : .....15c
We Sell Butter on Saturday for 85c a Roll
W. B. STOKES
Foot of Elevator The Old Morgan Stand Oregon City
Adams Won Fame
as a Financier
JOHN ADAMS, second president
of the United States, won fame
as a financier when he borrowed
$2,000,000 from Holland.
He was a firm believer in bank-
ing.
Every man who hopes to be a
success in life has a bank
account.
Make up your mind to place a
certain amount of your business
profits or income in this bank.
We invite an inspection of our
banking methods.
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