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i.mni fflftV' "alr'--"-'-- OREGON CITY COURIER,' OREGON 1 CITY; OREGON, OCTOBER 10, 1918 ) OREGON CITY COURIER C. W. ROBEY, Editor and Business Manager " ' Published Thursdays from the qourier Building, Eighth Street, and entered .-' ln the Postofflce at Oregon City, Ore., as 2nd class mail matter?'1" Subscription Price $1.60, iii' Telephones: Pacific 61 j Home A-61. MEMBER OF WILLAMETTE VALLEY J EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION .,,...,!:, mcjuBCK wkjsuon STATE! EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION, THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN -M ; ADVERTISING B"HS ,.ri.! ii. JT ws pms. flKNSKAL OmCBS ..o' i NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN MX THE PRINCIPAL CITIEf uniim! ;,Ji 1 1() ill (TV, AUSTRIA'S PEACE MOVE At 0:20 p.:' iri.J; on 'Tuesday, "Sep tember Kith, the President received a copy of a joint note sent by Aus tria to the various Allied powers, proposing a confidential and 'j;un-; Dinamg discussion on the basic prin ciples for the conclusion of peace", in a place in a neutral country and at a near date." 1 ' """.',';,"'''' ,''''' The President's, reply to this most extraordinary ' proposal was made' immediately and was announced 1 to the public ' at ' 6:45 p. m., or about" twenty-five minutes after the receipt of -the note': ' ' ' The' reply, 'which con tains less than one hundred1 ' words, is probably the shortest and most re markable communication of its' kind in the history of the world.' Its full text, together with Secretary Lan sings announcement of the same, lollows: . ......... ',..;; . - . .!.;: n !. Washington)' Sept 16. " " "I am authorized by the Pres- '' ident to state that' the follow- ,' 'ing will be the reply of this " government to the Austro-Hun- ' 1 gariah ' note proposing an1' un-':' ofTiciul conference' of belliger-"' ents: ' " "" ' ' "" '"".'- "" i! ;'" ' " 'The Government of the Unit-, ; ,'ed States feels that" fhere is'' ' only one reply which it can"' make to the suggestion ' of the' ':' Imperial Austro-Hungarian Gov'-1'1 'eminent.'" It hag repeatedly and :" with entire candor stated 11 the '" terms upon' which 1 the United," States would consider peace and'" can and will entertain' no pro-'' posal for a conference ' upon a matter concerning which it, has " made its position and purpose so & ' " plain.' "' " " : "I 'UV The. President's statement is clear, firm and final, and it was made with-1 out ' the' ! slightest '' hesitation, v-Moreover, it is not only the President's reply, but it' is the reply of the whole American people. The Germanic al liance is in precisely the position of a burglar who-after having broken into a dwelling,1 ravished and killed the mother, kidnapped the "children and turned them over to his confed erates, in and Btolen or " 1 destriyed everything of value-when " finally knocked down by the head of the house, looks up at him as he is about to phone the police' and suggests ' a quiet confidential talk regarding the matter' in order to ' determine Just what part of the loot he should sur-1 render in consideration of his agree ment to stop depredations and leave the 1 premises. y'Manifestly: the reply or America, having in mind.the Lusi tania murders and other outrages; of England,, remembering the despicable airplane raids on her unfortified cit ies: of devastated Belgium. Serbia Roumania, and France; and also of all of .the other allied peoples, must be. exactly the reply of this agonized parent another and a harder blow and a demand for unconditional sur render ii to the . forces of i law rand order. .-. iy.. miii,-; . i SPANISH INFLUENZA Is this new disease which has al ready killed hundreds and stricken thousands of our eoldiers and civil ians a hew German 1 war offensive? If not, how did it happen that this epidemic ' appeared so suddenly and extensively in such wide scattered cities : and army, camps throughout the country T.;i;, .i-..i . ,uui VH Smitten. as :' from a bolt ,,from 1 clear sky ; thousands , of ,,, Americans have , been suddenly , , , prostrated . in many widely, .separated parts of, the country,' during t.he, past ten days, by mom l)ll( hl:l H and Columbia Records ., " What ought I to pay ' ".':' for-a i Grafonoiai There is only one way to decide wisely.' Come in and judge '.' the Grafonola for yourself. ' You will, be welcome any time,' and we will do our best to see that you get the right Grafonola at the price you ought to pay. U' l .qmi I" ! mu-.-ft o? tg'rxu'J Uii?. ', -. , ,, 10 Tl'il K 'llii, Oil.' ')'.';, M Our , Special Outfit Plan, enables you to purchase a Grafanola and Records & f on term to tuit your conotnienct . ift v 1A 'Sutpouhn BrtJit Com rQj OngonJCity Jewelers ::M'-:V's.r,vki hi 1 'K'.T.H-IS 1 A tfey I'M Ml h - " i v A 3 c Oldest, Largest and Strongest Bank ... in Clackamas County." Hi'! ' The Trail of the Bank Depositor leads to The Bank of ' Oregon City-through, the ,:. well beaten tracks ; of more ; , than F I'VE; THOUSAND t.'' people tand;biisinesses;f ! J" Adopt' IT as YOUR road to ; r PROSPERITY :.-i 1 a disease which is called,' apparently for want of a better name, -"Spanish Influenza." Naturally, under all the circumstances there' is ' much 1 sbedu lation regarding the matter, Per haps' because there Seems to' be ; f3 rather natural disposition to ascribe about everything ; that 1 ! is perfidious irt the world today . to Germany, some have ventured torguess' that the dis: ease may have been introduced and spread by . .'German agenU.it This theory,: however, is generally ; consid ered as -being not only entirely groundless but really, absurd,- for . it seems hardly n conceivable': that, ' if Germany undertook an offensive" of this kind, she would'' choose such! a mild and humane sort of disease. !A much more, plausible'': explanation would seem - to be the- simple fact that the recent cold snap caught the country entirely unprepared for such Bevere weather'" and, as1 arresultof our unheated dwellines and other buildings i and the, Inadequate cloth ing that was being worm large num bers, of people in:- different sections of the, country ' contracted , colds, which developed , in ma,ny cases Jntp pneumonia and, resulted in 'an unus- uaj nuraper ot ocatns. , Almost always , at this, season ' of the year, colds are frequent and they often result fatally; and it, may. be well that, but for , tjje , high pension ot. these strenuous, war ,times,, this epidemic would not have , attracted unusual attention.,, .In,, .any event, there seems,t0, be no, , occasion for special alarm , or ,. panic ,, about the matter, ' for , the 'disease , 'ipevidently one which , the fi American 1 medical profession is perfectly,,, able ;to handle and, moreover, .effective, meas ures are being taken, wherever it appears,-to check it and destroy its power.'1 It ; is important,' however; at an Times ana certainly no less -im. portalit now--for each Individual to secure prompt medical attention for all " cases" of so-called "cold" ' or "grippe," ! This is necessary for the conservation1 of the health of the community as well as the welfare of the individual. "" 'u'"-' "' """"i " in the apple orchard. Mrs. Spencer has become quite an expert in pick ing the apples, and as there is an un usual shortage of help at the present time the.women are coming to the front and giving their assistance. VMrs.1 Edward Stuart, of Bull Run, is a guest 01 ner parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Warner of Eighth and Madison streets. ' W. W. Everhart, county assessor, is taking' his vacation this week, ; and has gone to southern Orecron with a party of friends, where he hopes to nna. gooa minting. Mrs. M. Bollack, of Portland, was in Oregon City Monday visiting her mother,, Mrs. .A,. Goldsmith, and sis ters, the Misses Goldsmith.; Miss , May Kelly, teacher in the Portland,.,; schools, spent Saturday and Sunday, in this city as a guest of her mother, Mrs,, H. L. Kelly. y Miss Stella Cross, of this city, is attending Reed College, where she is taking up , reconstruction work. .. ,,4Jorn, bunuay; Uctober 7, at 10:30 p., m.( to the wife of R. H., Warthen, of Gladstone, a son. , .Charles Hosey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hosey,: of Green Point, who recently enlisted in the navy, has been one of the, victims of Spanish influenza, ac cording to word received here bv his ! ... . - parents. 1 tie is stationed at Seattle, and is.. now improving. , , 1 . WOUNDED AUSTRALIAN ' WRITES POEM ON LOAN '.This' poem, .was written bv R. Mill Oliver, a late lieutenant in the Aus tralian . Imperial Forces, who was wounded at Passchendaele in October 1917, and has just been dischareed by. reason of his wounds. He is now in, San, Francisco en route to his i home .in Australia. .,. , COUNTY AND CITY LOCALS Mr. and , Mrs,(i.E? E.'l' Brodie,ieft Sunday for Salem, where they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Burghardt until Monday.' ."''" t.t k" ' Ben Grossenbacher,' who ' has beenl attending i the' Benson Polytechnic School in '1 Portland,!,and who will leave 'for ' an ' officers' training ' camp this' week; was visiting relatives and friends: in 'this city Saturday;' '" 'Mrs. ! J. 1 R.' Hanny, ' who has been spending the past month at Ocean Falls, B. C, where she has been visit ing her son,1 ' John Hartny,' Jr., ' and family,' and also her daughter, Miss Wynne Hanny, has returned to Ore gon City." ''. " ''.''! . !'-'' " Miss;,; Roma'1" Stafford ' spent the week-end with her' parents,' Mr.' and Mrs.' WJ B, Stafford;' of Mount Pleas-' ant. She is an instructor in the Tort-; land schools. .tio-i.(ti ,- i-mj Miss 'Harriet Cochran spent1' Sun day in Portland 'with her sister. Mrs. J. P. Keating. . :W'V Frank Sullivan', who has' been' at Ocean Falls, B. C, is in Oregon City, where- he ,: is , visiting his .t brother, George. Sullivan, and wife.n ;, 1 Cj v Mr. and , Mrs.,. Wilf red ; White, ,of Portland,, were, Sunday visitors at the home of Mr.,and;Mrs. W. A, White, of this. city. i, -.nu-Ji, v,ir,u,. r. Mr. and Mrs. Dorrance Amrine and daughter, Laura, of Eatonville, Wash., arrived in this city. recently to at tend the funeral., ,of .Mr.,; Amrine's brother, Alya P, Amrine, who died at Fort, Sherman, near , Columbus, Ohio, October.-, 2, from, pneumonia.,., y. t -.,,, Mr, and Mrs. , Fred Simmons and daughter,,Margaret who.- have been residing on Seventh and John Adams streets,, have gone to Ocean Falls, B. C., where thev are , to make their home. mlu'iM n:iii A. Wilkins.l. of... Portland, was among, , those to transact, ,busi.;3ss ..in Oregon City Monday. ', , ,,V. s' Mrs. can Moore, or Boise, Idaho. accompanied by her son,' David, were in Oregon City Tuesday." While here they visited with Mrs. Moore's sis ter, Mrs.' Gilbert Morris.", ' "" MrS. E. Northup, of McMinnville. arrived in this city Monday evening, wnere she is visiting; With Mr: and Mrs. James" Johnson. '"'' ' 1 Robert ' Kimbretori. "' of Mill "' Citv. Oregon, was, a' Sunday 'and Monday visitor in Oregon City. J''' '":" ' Arthur Howard,, of Estacada. was in' this 'city . Monday and Tuesday.'';; Lieutenant 'John, Halestrom. a former Oregon City young mart, who has been at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and who recently visited in Oregon, City, has arrived here for a brief visit, and a guest s of Mr. and i.Mrs. E. T. Mass. - Lieutenant - Halestrom and Wallace Mass have been stationed at Fort Sill, Mass ! still being j located there. Lieutenant Halestrom ; will now: have t headquarters at : Camij Lewis. Ji'UiU- -it'i 'ii1),li;i T(! '.:;; j Mrs., Charles Spencer, who return ed a few days ago from Hood River, where she had , been the . guest f friends,- left for that place Monday THE CREDITORS Each mother's son, who has given his In Freedom's fight over there, Each wooden cross, that points to the -Sky. : I- , I , ;' ' Demands t that you do your share. ,f Each Belgian babe, that has lost its home, 1 , The fatherless, motherless, too, Cry for succor, but not in vain , For their cries are heard by you. Each' tender nurse, jvho mothers us", Back to health and strengtji again, Can't work alone, she needs your help Though; far .from' the field of pain. , Each , dawn, that rises, sees on the tape, 1 " . '; ;; , Your sons, waiting the word to go, And when, , the barrage thunders, , down, . 'f .' , ; ( They have never faltered or gone too slow. ,: '"' ' '" ' ' So each over here can do a share, ' Though not in an active way, Just buy a bond, and help to drive 1 To his den, the world's beast of prey. Drive him to his den and across the '' doov,; '. .;" ,;. '.''''' The stone of Liberty roll, ' ' And blot out the name that has blood ' stained, ' Civilization's sacred scroll. ; , " v THE PEACE WAR MOTHERS p AND OUR SOLDIERS WANT "' The Stars and Stripes, the official newspaper published by the ' soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forc es in' France, says editorially about the-enemy peace Offensive: 11 ''' ' "Let : the weak hearted Who are dreaming of a compromise; let the pacifists Who are talking a peace by agreement; ' let the ' sideliners ; who have had eneugh of war; 1 let the Secretly 1 inclined pro-Germans who think-this War should end without a decision let them one and all know once and for all that for the Ameri can' Expeditionary Force there is no such' word as 'Peace' with the Huns unbeaten. The man ' who talks of peace today, except through victory, is a traitor." 1 . - j : -, v . -1 - - The enemy peace offensive is liken ed to the action of German machine gun crews in 'the'" Vesta fighting, when 'they fought and killed 'Ameri cans; until they were surrounded, then shouted "Kamerad." ,n.;,, i .,,! t , The mothers of. the American s6l diers in France want the same peace their sons demand.-, All the, courage of the ancient . Spartan mother is in the hearts of the women of America. ,,, The object of the fourth , Liberty loan , is to bring, that peace a just peace,, a righteous peace, an Ameri can, peace. !.;,. .,: ,.;'. ., ' i' ! INCREASE OF ASKED IN "" WINTER WHEAT ACREAGE .- Every Oregon farmer is asked to add at least one-fourth to his winter wheat acreage, if he farms in winter wheat districts. Since it is evident that some of them may not be able to do this : those , who can : go '.still higher, are urged by. the government and the Agricultural College to do so. "Cultivated ., fields Buch as (iorn, beans, potatoes offer a splendit, op- (cgon Normal School War' Emergency Course and Certificate ' Owing to the scarcity of teachers the Oregon Normal School ' will offer a War Emergency Course of twenty weeks outlined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The course will begin with each of the terms commencing November 16, 1918; February 1 8, 1919; and April 12, 1919. The Superintendent of Public In struction will consider it equivalent to the Teachers Training , Course and issue a certificate upon its completion valid to teach in the elementary, grades for one year. , ( . (. , ' , , This course will be open to those who have had two years or , more of high school work or its equivalent. No age limit is re , quired for .entrance, but. before, a certificate can be issued appli cant must be at least eighteen years of age. ,: ,,, AH regular courses will be offered as usual. :, ' i )!(! ii'tl' h Hid ' For detailed information address11, ' ;' ' ' ' '.' istrair Oregon Normal School 1 -VWt'jr ''.' f 1 I. J . til ifl'M-'ini-.S'-ri '' v' will be found on hundreds of farms and subarban places : in Oregon and theNorthwest. They; have been sold here by us for years. They give satisfaction. WHY? Because they are made up of good units such as '-; fitMov- 1.- .. ''-HnV :EH6iMtris:i... ...Rqon ma F. sSyS S ''ii ntt ;i si. hr- ' .' 0rtAHt. out con ."".'.'' uasui ne i Engines Myers Pumps and Cylinders and Tanks that are v made right fr-l and '"' -."UmuM thorougly r tested :' ill v! , .1 1,1 ',..1 --'livlli'i ,l'i:v ..(i and we make proper, installation, fusing menf , for this purpose who have had years of;.' experience. "Besides all this, if anything isn't right we. try to make it right. ' When ; ' you install a water system you put in something that is to serve you for many years. Better get a good system made up of good: units, put in by a responsible concern., 1 with experienced men and lnjhe'righit way.'.i;,:'.i,,,,,!-:';j'' V .1"). iii'tw 't vv '; stu'i i,, I .-!:. , :n0 .-i "!, : r.nKl,-,,;, , J' J':..,in:;, ,ii v nii y..m 1.1, r ; ,'l,,-: ,.:l.,:u i;r,'j mI ) .' Uik i'ill' Ull! .ojid '1,'Ui Kitniuu VCi ,.':,. , -: hi ; ,11..: ., ,? , ,1 '.ii : -..ni ,! .,;.'!,,!' if .. n'.' IK 10 -t,,!;p ' '!,' 11,!.'.' 1 11J -.:; .1. .1111 !:'.'. Ui !l ,-1,,.i-,fJ V 1 U.-i-j I! ,.;, !., ! llitj .l;!G't!l-V ' ' v'l'M'1 ,VMJ -H.,s.,;i: ;M.;:irt ?w. ." ii In short ,i r w-. : ,i it-.i,v.v v,.f . ,-, a -h v"nj'tM'i vl'ivii t. rti ,iJ ".. lull:,', .-M-M i l MiriiMio'i h.i v.'.ini v.U'nS'! ioM,()IJil,i!i'l !li llnnl toil ;,'i!,.l,- ', '' 1 ' t , ; - j ',111 "i,s vl'A ' .X. el' if" 'I; Ui i'n-;., ' l-i.v.ii.u - 1", 1 . ; : i r ,,'(t: ,'tH.i .9 11 I I It g fl r ..I,..., f ,,!. fl. fl Huilii-in,, "-:'. ,. II II I I I I 111 .: .:. ft '. ' " ;.,i : I.. I I I All III JL. v I II WW 1 1.1 II 1 1 l u IT! II ' ii:;n,i.. :ir:U-i U 1 ( ' '; 1... .1 Mm OREGON: CITY, OREGON 'tiin.-ii -;i!J .i Mill' .1 jj ! i I'tj v.i.-.-hmT t-.'i" .'j!'i 1 i; '.j,' ,i-i..-t! ..iii: i-i i-;i. i. i hi i.ii i l : . m Hi i . . 1 , i portunity for making up a large J&rt of the increased acreage," says Prof. G. R.. Hyslop, the college farm crops specialist. "In many parts of ,,' the Willamette ; valley and. western Ore gon the beans have been harvested, the corn gathered and the , potatoes are being dug. The ground is general ly in good condition for seeding right , i -, .., ,, ..Mi i,; . "Many farmers lose , 5. to 15 bu shels per acre : by planting ,! in' the spring instead of fall.. This possible addition to the wheat supply in 1919 is needed to form a reserve if the crops are good, and to insure a suf ficient supply if the crop is poor. In either event it will be profitable to. the farmer. "Owing to the shortage of vetch seed, thousands of acres ' normally planted, to, ' vetch can be" seeded to winter wheat. , ,"" ,"-i"";'; " "Much land 1 normally1 " seeded' 'to oats may be planted with white winter' wheat." J""'""''""'"'" Roughed So He ! Cot ii Bronchial coughs, tickling in throat and asthmatic spasms break , , one's rest and. weaken one so jthat the sys tem is run down and serious sickness may. result, ii Enos Halbert, Paoli, Ind., writes: "1 bad a severe cold this fall and coughed continually at night; could hardly sleep. ,The first bottle of Foley's Honey and' Tar relieved me, entirely .curing my cough." It covers irritated membranes with a healing and soothing coating, loosens phlegm, and clears air passages. Jones Drug Co. V"..- -'.ii!:' .' ' i .... ....:,:; A ; ; .... ,.,i,i. In Probate. ...j. i(;,ii The, will of the late August Fori berg was filed yesterday leaving all of the property of the estate to his wife, and after her death to his son, to receive $1000, and the balance to be divided among his other children equally. .,!.! n-, .(ii--i ;:! ,,,, ,i-). i i , , i ji, ii;,,. , , ..,,) ,.'ii; Store Opens Daily . t 8:30 A. M. Saturday! -i at 9 A.M. ,' ..,,'" Pacific Phone: ,'.' 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They are de veloped in lustrous silks and soft woolen fabrics. There are styles suitable for formal and informal affairs. In a word, there is such a variety that they meet every requirement of women of all walks of life. .. . -r" -' ''X-'. y, j 'Xl.fl V Every model is distinctive; every yard of material used is of excellent quality. Never have we offered better garments or more comprehensive selections and yet, they're most moder- i p i ..fii 1 ' iitely priced. $14;95 to $42.50 ;r All Sizes From 14 to 50, , -.(it V f'.' J "' i i TH E BANIi OIORKON CITY Monqiouth, Oregon " !! '; ":; -f , Jill ,i:;i,n;',l