THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1922. Page Four THE BANNER COURIER The Clackamas County Banner and the Oregon City Courier, Consolidated July 8th, 1919, and Published by the Clackamas County Banner Publishing Company, Incorporated. F. J. TOOZE. Editor Published Thursdays from the Banner Building at Ninth and Main Streets and Entered in the Postotfice at Oregon City, Oregon as Second Class Mail Matter. . Subscription Price, $1.50 per year in advance. Telephone 417 MEMBER OF WILLAMETTE VALLEY EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION MEMBER OF OREGON STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Official Paper of City of Oregon City "Flag of the free heatrs' hope and home! By Angels' hands to valor given; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in Heaven. Forever float that standard shet! Where breathes the foe but falls be fore us. With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us." JOSEPH DRAKE. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES The Secretary of the United States treasury advo cates a constitutional amendment which will prohibit fur ther issuance of tax exempt securities. Such an amendment would have a tendency to cur tail extravagance in states and municipalities. For with the non-taxable securities offered at a low rate of inter est, it looks easy to plunge into debt and pay out. The Plunge Is easy the Pay-out Is Different. The rate of interest on bonds and other general mu nicipal and state forms of indebtedness would probably go higher and thus offer additional restraint on incurring debts. And again with less government securities making a bid for investment free from taxes money now put into these securities might go into channels of trade and in dustry. As it now is the man who takes no more interest in his community than to get what he can from it, and who wants no responsibility, and wants to escape taxes invests in non-taxable securities. This creates no labor, builds up no community and gives no man a job. Away with non-taxable securities, and make is as impossible for any man to escape taxation on his accumu lation as it is impossible upon the invested capital of the industries. The man or men who invest their money in industrial enterprises are taxed in every conceivable man 'ner on their investment. And it is this investment taxed oftimes to the limit, which makes it possible for those who put their money into non-taxblsle bonds and securities to accumulate this very money on which they manage to pay no taxes. Hundreds of thousands of dollars of money which should be in industrial and business enterprises in Clack amas county are invested in non-assessable bonds and oth .rsecurities thus escaping taxation needed in community dvelbpTiieritr'MeanWhiie the'larms 'and the industries are taxed to point of confiscation to replenish the prod4 igal public purse. In emergency, only should securities be encouraged. It is a reassurance that wrong doing is not yet entirely safe for the wrong doer no matter what his wealth or so cial standing. And with such progress toward conviction as was shown by this jury over the first, it may be weh for the defense to not press for a third trial. A FORWARD STEP The only permanent solution for the railroad prob lems now confronting the public is to include a 'fair rate of profit on investment. '1 his is the ratio principle which must be applied to every industrial subject if it is to en dure and lurnsh service and employment to others. This same principle applies to the farm ana the- fac tory. There is enough profit that is fair and equitable made, but selfishness and power piles it up in iavored places while some industries toil and starve while this process is going on. With all our boards, commissions, inspectors, super visors, organizations and directors we see some funda mental, helpful enterprises as agriculture for examples struggle on at a loss while the brotherhoods, the rail of ficials and others still demand war time wages. And in consequence exorbitant freight rates which help to hold back the produce of the country from the markets of the world where there is imperative need for these essen tials of life still holds. Hence the farm suffers, the farm er is discouraged, production is halted, the consumer is hard hit and prosperity generally hindered. The public should insist on the labor board and the interstate commerce commission adjusting wages and its complement rates on the country's great steel thorough fares. This is the first forward step on the way to better business and industrial conditions. Trials Come Thick - And Fast To W. Bennet W. Bennett, of Bennet Barber shop fame, .was given the liberty of the city jail Sunday night after being ar rested by Policeman Hemmingway and Titus, for being drunk. The action of the officers was not to his liking and the whole affair was over his vigorous protest. He celebrated the event by yells of der cided calibre by tearing down the stove.and by disfiguring the dainty walls of the city bastile. The next day he was presented to the city recorder wtih whom he post ed $75 to alure him back to his trial set for Wednesday. But no sooner had he been set free than Constable Fortune re-arrested him, charging him with possessing intoxicating liquor and Judge Noble set his trial for Thursday. Two trials in one day would have been too much and then some more. Subsequently the said W. Bennett plead guilty and paid to the city $75. Judge Noble assessed him $25 and 90 days in the county jail Wow, Wow-ee Wow! ! ! He was then paroled with the in formation that if again found drunk into the county bastile he will go. And some folks say that prohibition does not prohibit. OF commerces A local contemporary boasts of a Little Want Ad which carried in its classified columns brought assurance of a "basket full of replies, etc., etc., etc." Congratulations, brother, but why continue the same ad in the same place after the1 basket full The rest o 'em will spill over and the patrons sustain the loss. Lincoln's Perseverance and Economy helped him to acquire a liberal knowl edge of law, and steadily rose in public esteem. An account with the Bank of Com merce will help you persevere and prac tice prudent economy. Four Per Cent Interest Paid on Sav ing,0, Accounts. M ''members-sot CTfederal reserve BkftkSYSTEMata Bank of Commerce Oregon City, Ore . THOS FRYAN Patsioem DnHUGH S MOUNTvice pres JOHN R HUMPH RYS cashier K E.BAUERSFELD. Asst Cashes Owned, managed and controlled by clackamas county people REALTY TRANSFERS j! Weekly Record of Property Changes Compiled From County Recorder's Office. List Includes Transfers up to Each Wednesday REASSURING Arbuckle is due for another trial. The jury on the second trial disagreed, 10 for conviction and 2 for acquit tal. The first trial jury stood 2 for conviction and 10 for acquittal. The jury no doubt sensed the wavering of witnesses, the lavish use of money, and the consummate bluff of the defendant as indicative of an attmpt to subvert justice. Their verdict is encouraging. It indicates condemnation of the vulgar law defying setting in which Virginia Rappe was injured and from which injury the state claims she died. The drunken debauch, defying law and decency ought to brand the accused as loathsome to society while the dead girl haunts the public mind with the attendant circumstances of her fatal injuries. The jury could not escape the psychological effect of it all. And the verdict increases respect for the jury system, the law and courts. When cJMaking A Lifelong Friend YOU LOOK FOR CERTAIN QUALITIES OF CHARACTER AND STABILITY In selecting a bank that can help your busi ness development it is equally important to use the same good judgment. The Bank of Oregon City possesses to a marked degree characteristics that are well worth considering. Whether you intend to open a Savings or Checking Account, this bank's friendly attitude toward its patrons, its modern facilities and ability to serve you effectively are factors which should influence your final choice. Estacada State Bank to Thomas Yocum, Estacada State Bank to Lloyd M. Yocum, lots 13, 14, 15, 16, block 5, Estacada. Aurie M.and J. W. Draper to J. W. Draper, Jr., lot 6, block 17, Bolton. Edward J. and Lottie J. Warnick, to James A. and Julia A. Grady, blk. 3, Lake View Villas. Alma C. Brownell to M. M. and Pearl K. Chandler: Lots 7 and 8, block 5, Miiwaukie Park, Oregon. Jay A. and Edna Smith to E. M. Magan : Lots 6 and 7, block 106, Ore gon City. Gladstone Real Estate Assn. to Joe and Echo L. McMahone: Lot 16, Blk. 74, Gladstone. S. Augusta to L. Adams: Lot 3, Blk. 28, County Add. to Oregon City. Annie Bogdan to Frank Bagdan: Lot 18, Blk. 13, Pleasafi,f Hill Add. -t Oregon-ity. E. M. and H. J. Fagan to Sophia Evans Phillips: Lots 6 and 7, Bik. 106, Oregon City. T. R. A. and J. M. B. Sellwood to John and Gertrude Simpson: Lot 20, Blk. 1, Quihcy Add. to Miiwaukie. John and Gertrude Simpson to Wm. H. Carroll: Lot 20, Blk. 1, Quincy Add. to Miiwaukie. Geo. J. and Reva B. Case to Frank and Bertha Dickens: Lot 1, Blk. 13, Metzler and Hart's Add. to Molalla. First National Bank of Miiwaukie to Mina Carpenter: Lot 33 and 34, Blk. 44. Minthorn. Calvin P. and Louis D. Morse to C. D. and Marie Atchley: Blk. 3, First Add. to Jennings Lodge. T. R. G. and J. M. B. Sellwood to Fred C. and Myrtle E. Wendland: Blk. 23, Quincy Add. to Miiwaukie. W. R. and Mary A. Douglas to Claire G. and Nelson S. Morris: Lots 11 and 12-, Blk. 23, Miiwaukie Park. G. E. and Halo N. Miller to Ber tha. C. and Gertrude E. King: Lot 14, Blk. 38. Gladstone, Ore. Oregon Iron & Steel Co. to Mrs. A. E. Gardner, Oregon Iron & Steel Co. to Miss B. Gardner: Blk. 78, Lake View Villas. W. E. Waterbury to Mildred E. Wat erbury: Lots 9 and 10, Blk. 33 .O C. Land Co.'s Add. to Oswego. iThe Hub Grocery! ON THE HILL You will soon want to start House Cleaning 1 this nice weather, and you will take a loo kat the old broom and find that it looks rather shabby after the wint er's use. Our Brooms made by are The Bank of Oregon City Oldest Bank in Clackamas County ZAN BROTHERS Portland, Ore., and are the Best Obtainable. The Hub Grocery Values Unsuroassed. 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