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- THE BANNER-COURIER,
JON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1922.
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"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 torn in
Heaven.
Forever float that standard sheet!
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.
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Oh! say, can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watcned, were so gallantly streamingT
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, -Gave
proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land o the free and the home of the brave?
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On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep.
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes;
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitiuiiy blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's lirst beam,
In fully glory retiected now shines in the stream
'Tis the star-spangled banner; oh! long may it wave
O'er the land o the free and the home of the brave.
III.
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore t
That the havoc of war and the battle's contusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their biood has washed out their foul footstep's pollution.
No reiuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave.
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
IV.
Oh! thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their loved ones and war's desolation;
Blest with victory and 'peace, may the Heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must when our cause it is just.
And this be our motto, "In God Is Our Trust,"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land or the free and the home of the brave.
Francis Scott Key, the poet, was born in Maryland in 1779, and
died in 1843. During the war of 1812-15 between the United States
and Great Britain the English fleet bombarded Fort McHenry, near
-Baltimore, on September 13, 1914. During the whole of that day Jffld..
night "EeTVitSSSS Sa tirg'British bOEu3Tlmeut of the fort; and" on toe
following morning he and his American friends saw with delight that
the fort was still ours; and that the American flag, torn with shot and
shell, was still waving in its place. The story is told in the poem.
The flag that flew at Fort McHenry still exists, and was exhibited at
the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 full of rents made
by the enemy's cannonade. A statue to Francis Scott Key stands in
Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
J;?' , a young man of wealth and influence, rendered
onrv bervice to community and country as woodsman,
SI leyor and notary scout where he braved dangers and
xfered the hardships of early frontier life.
I Wealth appealed to him as an obligation to work and
teerve in the interests of his fellowmen. Thnncrh in n
, position to live in luxury at Trenton and Valley Forge he
luluw umciai pomp ana splendor to warm and
succor the privates sick and discouraged from cold and
hunger.
As a mere politician he was not a success. Dignified
even to the point of austerity, with an honesty and pur
pose that nothing could swerve he was ill fitted by per
sonality and by nature for the appeals for votes in this
present day. He believed that leadership should be for
those qualified as leaders and that education, experience
and good character in private life essential to success in
official service. And nis strongest bursts of passion,
usually under control of an iron will were hurled against
cowardice, demogoguery or cowarciice.
Washington Deneved that every man owed a debt to
his fellow men. Ana it was service born of this conviction
of his great soul tnat made him first in the Ke volution,
first in the Presidency and first in the Love of his coun
trymen. ,
He carried into the public service a fortitude which
no disaster could break, a sense of duty no opposition
could swerve and a faith in his Creator upon wmch he
willingly risked fortune and hie itself for the cause in
which ne enlisted. For the self seeker and the time serv
er he had only stern contempt.
Yesterday was the anniversary of his birth. The
public press, the plattorm and the pulpit recounted his
service and oilerea praise. All the good whether learned
or unlearned, hign or low, ricn or poor, leel tnat this day
Dungs oacK to tnem a common treasure the lue of Wash
ington. Let us recount his deeds, ponaer o'er his prin
ciples and teachings, and resolve to make them more and
more our ideals lor the future.
WASHINGTON
Yesterday the nation celebrated the birthday of her
first president who answers to the soubriquet "First in
war, v irst in peace, First in the hearts of his countrymen.
As the years go by America honors the lives and deeds
of her heroes. In the life and service of Washington is
recorded that rare judgment, high endeavor and consist
ent leadership without which there might today be no
United States of America.
And on this natal day, we should always in justice to
his unselfish devotion to the cause of truth, justice and
freedom remind ourselves of the great price paid for the
heritage we now enjoy a government by the people's
choice and rule.
Though cavalier in birth, wealthy through inheritance
and dignified by nature his heart beat with sympathy for
the lowly, the humble and oppressed. While other sons
of nobility basked in ease and luxury at the parental fire
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He Banked Even Car Fare
A STORY is told of a man of much
money who once had to borrow a nickel
to ride to his office. No ready money
but he could have given a certified
check at any time for $100,000.00. Men
of large means do not carry needless
cash. You can, as a matter of fact,
"live practically from one month's end
to another, with very little cash, pay
ing everything by check. You can open
a check account at this bank with most
any amount.
The Bank of Oregon City
OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
4
PER CENT ON
SAVINGS
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Boxes for Rent,
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INCOME TAX
A WAY TO GET ACTION
The National Fertilizer Association is sending out
tons of illustrated literature discouragmg the operation
of Muscles Shoals by Henry Ford.
The Association declares "Abnormal war demand
compelled over-expansion of our capacity to produce this
material by the cheaper by-product coKe oven process.
Without operating iviuscle snoais this country can pro
duce more than it can use."
It is evident that the fertilizer companies do not want
Ford to obtain possession of Muscles Shoals. The prob
abilities are that he would lower tne price of this agricul
tural commodity and maKe it more accessible than now
to the farms of the country. It is likely too that the in
dustrial wizard who can so orgamze business that he re
duces the selling price at the same time that he raises
wages might develop electrical energy at a less cost to
the consumer than now and thus prove himself a real
competitor if allowed to .purchase tne government plant.
All of this looks good to the public but bad to the .National
Fertilizer -Association and to other organizatifj who
want to retain monopolies for private gain.
The government is doing nothing profitable or even
helpful to agriculture or to any other industry by holding
on to Muscles Shoals. And yet a bunch of political hire
lings who are blind to every interest except their masters
and their own are "considering", "investiffatine-". "eva-
luting", "sidestepping", and "delaying" while waiting for
ov"U6 icgcu ui ccunuimi; i reason wily it W OUld Joe Det-
ter for the plant to remain idle.
Congress procrastinates, the opposing interests keep
up their propaganda, the public is the duDe. Everv farm
er should write a letter or send a telegram to his senator
and representative demanding action or political decapit
ation at the- earliest opportunity. If everv farmer will
do this, action on the Muscles Shoals will be forthcoming
wiui wunaeriui speed.
WHERE PART OF YOUR TAXES GO
t Where your taxes go is a question which everybody
is trying to answer these days. . That they go in great
large chunks somewhere is a dead certainty. Here's
wnere tne biggest portion of what you pay to the United
States government goes:
For the fiscal year 1920, the huge sum of $2,878,000,
000 was spent on the war. naw and shinning hoard de
partments. In addition to this sum, $430,000,000 was paid
xii yviuuvua aim war risK insurance while interest on the
public debt amounted to $1,020,000,000. And these sums
amounting to over four and a half billions of dollars does
not include the millions of other dollars nairl for rehabil
itation service to overseas veterans nor the sums paid bv
the state in bonus.
All these vast expenditures are the direct results of
war and yet we see the disgusting efforts to defeat the
results of the Disarmament Coni'erenrp
patriotism is no bigger than their shriveled and shrunken
political souls.
Even the President of the United States is subject to
insult by a bunch of political parasites who would stifle
piugress and prevent the ratification of the Peace Treat
ies by requiring him to produce the details of the peace
parley. ,
Those who cannot or will not see the need to forestall
xuxuier war witn its attendant tax burdens, general de
pression, suffering or slaughtered men are a menace to
this country.
Then further efforts should be cut short by recall or
by other means of political death.
Cut down on aDDronriax.i (HIS TOT WO T mivmAOQO on1
federal taxes will go down. ' ,
PEACE GAINS
The doubting Thomases who consigned the Arms
Conference to failure e're it reached the Far Eastern
problems have to guess and prophesy again. The Shan
tung question the tender spot affecting Old World diplo
macy, has yielded to the better sentiment of China and
Japan and will no longer be the 'basis of threatened strife
deadly warfare. In this solution, of this vexatious and
dangerous political problem, there is the encouragement
tnat the world is coming nearer and nearer the goal of
peace. &
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Failure to file anindividual income
tax return on or before March. 15
makes the taxpayer liable to a penal
ty of 25 per cent of the amount of
his .tax and a specific fine of not more
than 31000. This is a statutory pro
vision and cannot be waived by the
collector or any other authority. Clyde
G. Huntley, collector of internal reve
nue, announces that returns for the
year 1921 must be filed by the follow
ing persons without any exception: -
Every individual who had a.net in
come of $1000 or more, if single, or
if married and not living with hus
band or wife.
Every individual who had a net in
come of ?2000 or more, if married and
living with husband or wife, and every
individual who had a gross income of
J5000 or more, regardless of whether
or not that sum netted him a cent of
profit.
Every married person living with
husbandr wife, in order to claim the
exemption of $2500 and $400 for each
dependent, must make a return, al
though his actual net income for 1921
may have, been only $2000.
The time for filing partnership and
judiciary returns of income for the
year 1921 has been extended from
March 15 to May 15, according to Col
lector Huntley. However, the ex
tension in time which has been grant
ed for filing partnership returns in
no way affects the filing of individu
al ncome tax returns by the members
of a partnership. Each member of
every partnership is required to file
a return of his individual income not
later than March 15, regardless of the
fact that the return for the partner
ship need not be filed until May 15.
All federal officers and employees,
whether elected or appointed, are re
quired to pay an income tax on their
salaries. However, salaries paid of
ficers and employees of the state or
any political subdivision thereof, such
as a city, town, county, or school dis
trict, are exempt from taxation under
the federal income tax law.
In making out his income tax re
turn, the farmer is required to report
gross income receipts derived from
the sale or exchange of farm products, 1
including crops and livestock, wheth-!
er produced on the farm or purchased
and resold. Where farm produce is
exchanged for groceries, merchandise 1
or other articles, the fair m'arket val-;
ue of the articles received must be 1
reported as income. A farmer who :
rents his farm on the crop-share ba
sis miret report such income for the
year in which the crops are sold. Pro
fits derived from the sale or rental
of farm lands must be reported.
Every person whose gross income i
for 1921 was $5000 or over must file i
a return, regardless of the amount of
the net income. If a hftsband and !
wife living together have an aggregate
gros3-income of $5000 or tnore, sep
arate returns or a joint return may be
filed.
Regardless of the amount of the
gross income, Clyde G-. Huntley, cjJec j
tor of internal revenue, reminds tax-;
payers that returns are required of
every married person living with hus
band or wife whose net income for
1921 was $2000 or over, and of every,
single person or married person not
living with husband or wife, whose
net income was $1000 or over. "Net in
come," upon which the tax is based,
is "gross income" less certain speci
fied deductions. Gross income in
cludes gains, profits and income de
rived from salaries, wages, or compen
sation for personal service, of what
ever kind and in whatever form paid,
or from professions, vocations, trades,
businesses, commerce or sales or deal
ings in property, whether rel or 'per
sonal, growing out of the ownership
or use of or interest in such proper
ty; also from interest, rent, dividends,
securities, or transaction of any bus
iness carried on for gain or profit, or
gains and profits and income derived
from any source whatever.
In computing his income tax, the
farmer may deduct all amounts paid
in the production, harvesting and the
marketing of crops, including labor,
cost of seed and fetilizer used, cost
of minor repairs to farm buildings
(other than the dwelling) cost of re
pairs to fences and machinery and
the cost of small tools used up in iht
course of the year, such as pitchforks
handrakes, hoes, axes. etc.
All the ordinary and necessary ex
penses paid or incurred in carrying
on any trade, business, profession or
vocation are allowable deductions in
preparing income tax returns, accord
ing to Clyde G. Huntley, collector ot
internal revenue. ' Typical expenses
of a mercantile establishment are the
amounts paid for advertising, hire of
clerks and other employees, rent, light
heat and water, telephone, insurance,
delivery expenses, the cost of operat
ing delivery wagons and motor trucks
and incidental repairs to such vehicles
but not the original cost of such ve
hicles. The expenses of a manufac
turing business include labor, raw ma
terials, supplies, repairs, light and
heat, power, selling cost, administra
tion and similar charges.
JR
commerce Washington's
Example
inspired the people of his day to be cour
ageous, resourceful and securely build the
foundation of a great Nation.
You are building well for .the future when
you deposit regularly with the Bank of t
Commerce.- ,
4 per cent Interest Paid on Savings
Accounts
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Bankof Commerce
Oregon City, Ore .
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BV CLACKAMAS COUNTY PEOPLE
Rules Given On
Avoiding Influenza
(Clackamas County Public Health As
sociation, Oregon City, Oregon.) -Help
check, influenza and pneu
monia. Influenza and pneumonia are infec
tious diseases which are caused by
certain germs.
If a person is not in good health,
he usually is unable to resist the at
tack of the germs.
In order to be able to resist the at
tacks of the germs which cause influ
enza and pneumonia, we must careful
ly follow these instructions.
Avoid contact with matter which is
spit, sneezed or coughed up. Per
sons should spit, sneeze or cough into
a handkerchief. - " '
Do not use a cup, spoon, or knife
and fork or dishes which have been
used by others, unless they are thor
oughly washed.
Do not use a towel, napkin, or oth-
en's Work Pants
Real Service At Low Prices
N the making of J. C. Penney Co. Men's Work Pants
strong durable materials and careful workmanship
. .is used that we may offer our customers the best
possible values obtainable. Large quantity buying for
our 312 stores enables us to quote prices that assure
you substantial savings.
Men's Cottonade Work Pants, dark gray mixtures,
mad a with heavy drill pocke.tings and trimmings, all
taped seams to prevent ripping.
$1.49, $1.69, $1.89, $1.98
Men's Heavy Weight Cassimere and Kersey Work
Pants, brown and gray mktuis, made with heavy
drill pocketings and trimmings, all taped seams to pre
vent ripping.
$2.98, $3.49, $3.98
Men's Corduroy Tnts, made of dark or light drab
corduroy, two hip pockets, belt loops, cuffs or plav
bottoms, taped seams to prevent ripping, cut full sizr
$2.9? S3.98, &L98
524 - 526 Main St
Oregon City
er kind of table or bed linen which
have been used by another person,
unless they are thoroughly washed.
Keep the home as well as the of
f jce and workroom well ventilated. All
cars, halls and other places where
numbers of persons assemble, should
be freely ventilated. Particularly
those who are not in good health, as
well as the very young and elderly
should be protected from being chill
ed or wet. All persons should avoid
overheating.
One should avoid overeating,, espec
ially if after doing so one may be ex
posed to cold, chill or raia. Proper
selection of food and exercise in the
open air, are helpful in making one's
power of resistance to disease much
stronger. -
So far as possible, avoid becoming
overf atigued.
One's hands should be washed be
fore eating. Patronize only such res
taurants as are clean.
Those who feel ill and whose symp
tons suggest an attack of influenza,
pneumonia or other infectious disease,
should go promptly "to bed. - This pre
caution alone frequently will shorten
tSe attack and prevent dangerous complications.
A person suffering from these dis--
eases should have - a separate room,
if possible, and should sleep alone.
Handkerchiefs, pillow cases, bed
sheets, bed covers and gowns should
be disinfected by boiling.
In all cases, a physician should be
called in and no patent medicines or
general prescriptions which are adver
tised should be employed. One never
knows at the beginning which case
will turn out to be a mild one and
which a very serious one.
(Permission of Health Dept. of City
of New York.)
HILDA MORRIS,
County Health Nurse.
Oregon City, Oregon.
with Miss Moser our new teacher.
We are pleased to know that the
children are progressing nicely.
Mrs. Prank Shute is very ill at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ray
Welch, of Oregon City.
Misses Florence and May Hoffman,
Thelma and Mildred Sims spent the
week end with their parents.
Mr. F. A. Cornwell was an Oregon
City visitor Saturday.
Mrs. Ora Trotter of Buckner Creek
is visiting at the McVay home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bim McVay and chil
dren and Miss Belle McVay were
week-end visitors of Egtacada.
Alex Nelson is leaving for Sprague,
Wash., Wednesday.
Lawrence Mudgett and Frank
Nicholas were Oregon City visitors
Saturday.
HIGHLAND
The Literary Society of this vicin
ity met at the school house Friday
evening. A good program was render
ed and the reading of the Highland
Bugle by Ed Hoffman was of special
interest. Every other Friday evening
will find the Highland people enjoy
ing their meetings and debates.
The decision of our debate "Resolv
ed that Prohibition has proven a suc
cess" was the pleasure of the affirma
tive side. We wera favored by some
especially good debates and both sides
had their proofs worked out careful
ly. Those on the affirmative side
were Mr. M. E. Kandle. Mrs. L. Skid
more and Will Schmidt. On the neg
ative were Mr. B.-McVay, O. A. Effen
berger, Lawrence Mudgett. The decis
ion was given to the afirmative side.
On February 24th we want every
body to be present when our next
debate will be given. The question
will be "Resolved that Country Life
is preferable to City Life."
Our school started on Feb. 6th again
D. F. Skene of Oregon
City R. F. D. No. 1, In
sured his registered
Jersey "Golden Lina
2nd". The cow died Dec.
3, 1921, the Hartford
Live Stock Insurance
Co. paid the loss Dec.
15th. .
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other head of live-stock.
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It fixes Indemnity for you equiv
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t
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