THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1922.
Page Nine
cautomobile
Gossip
The ParkShepherd Motor Co. re
ports the sale of three new Fords on
Wednesday and Thursday, a sedan to I
Mr. Adrian of West Linn, a touring
car to Mr. Smith of Oregon City and '
a coupe to Mr. Smith of Canby.
Henry Ford's new five day week is i
causing a great deal of comment and '
conjecture as to whether the plan will J
work. Some say it can't be done, oth-,
ers say no self respecting son of toil
would wish to work but five days out
of the seven. Be that as it may, Ford ;
may have competition if Durant does j
what he says he'll do with his new j
car. Whether the five day week will j
stand the test of competition will re
main to be seen.
New Welding Shop Opened
On Seventh Street
Harry Oakley and Geo. C. Parberry
have recently opened a welding and
brazing shop on upper seventh street
near the Cross Harness shop.
Mr. Oakley has had nine years prac
tical experience in the U. S. Navy,
embracing all lines of metal work,
brazing, and repairing and feels well
able to tackle anything in this line.
Ship by Truck
Idea Is Growing Fast
The Automobile Chamber of Com
merce states that last year 1,200,000,
000 tons of freight were handled by
motor trucks. About 1,000,000 trucks
were employed averaging about 12,000
tons each per year which means
about four tons a day per truck.
. The statement has been made that
the truck industry has grown faster
in proportion during the last few
years than the passenger car industry.
This indicates great possibilities for
the future of the motor truck world
for the field of operators is growing
with every mile of road which is built.
In some cases they compete to a large
extent with the railroad, however, the
figures given cannot be taken as a
given amount taken from the regular j
railroad business, for much of it has
been created whece business would
not have been obtained under the old
order.
Both the truck and the railroad
have their distinct realm in the trans
portation world but just where the
boundary lies is by no means certain.
There is another problem which
presents itself in this connection and
that is the highway and street ques
tion. Heavy motor vehicles must bear
their share of the expense of upkeep
both on the highway and the city
street as they play no smajf part in
the wearing of our hard surface
roads. . IjS'.
Where Your
Taxes Go
How Uncle Sam Spends
Your Money in Conduct"
ing Your Business
By EDWARD G. LOWRY
Author "Washington Close-Upa," "Banks and
Financial Systems," etc. Contributor Political
and Economic Articles to Leading Periodicals
and a Writer of Recognized Authority on the
National Government's Business Methods.
Copyright. Waf tern Newspaper Union
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WHY YOU'RE INTERESTED
I wish you would take what is
written here as a personal report ad
dressed directly to you from me about
your business. Don't think of It or
read It as an article about "politics,"
or remote public affairs at Washing
ton. It Is not that at all. It is what
I ask you to think it, a personal
business report to you relating to your
individual concerns, your pocketbook
and your welfare. I have no other
interest than to tell you the exact
truth.
Assume that you have sent me to
Washington to find out for you what
your agents are doing, how they are
managing your affairs and spending
your money. I call them your agents
for that is all they are the President,
the members of the cabinet, the
senators and all the members of the
house of representatives. You hire
them, you pay them, and you can fire
them.
You may think of them In deference
and awe as a group of eminent states
men, or you may call them In flippancy
and too hasty contempt "a lot of
politicians." But whatever you call
them, they are your hired men. They
attend to your collective business,
which Is called the public business.
Query : Are they doing It efficiently
and with a single-minded devotion to
your Interests?
Perhaps the largest Item In the high
cost of living Is the high cost of
government. And far and away the
largest Item In the high cost of govern
ment is the high cost of armament;
preparation for war. About 90 per
cent of all government revenues, and
that means the money taken from you
as taxes, goes to pay for wars, past,
present and future.
Before I have concluded this series
of articles I expect to show you con
clusively that the Impelling motive
that Induced President Harding to call
the present conference In Washington
to consider limitation of armaments
was financial. The pressing need of
considering a proposal for a reduc
tion or limitation by agreement of war
expenditure was not made entirely on
the ground of morality or righteous
ness, but as a plan for cutting down
the operating expenses of the govern
ment. If the United States government
were an Individual we would say that
It was broke, for its expenses exceed
its Income.
Your interest is simply this: that
whatever decision Is made you will
have to pay the bill. If today we
didn't have these army and navy ex
penses you would have to pay In taxes
less than $1,000,000,000 a year instead
of $5,000,000,000. That means we
would have about $4,000,000,000 more
a year to spend on our private needs
and pleasures. I frankly confess that
I would enjoy having four-fifths of my
taxes knocked off. Wouldn't you?
Secretary Weeks of the War de
partment gave public warning a little
while ago that the government "would
require of us about $17,000,000 in
the next thirty months to meet cur
rent expenses and other obligations.
Persons who have given close study to
that possibility say that the need will
be nearer $20,000,000, than $17,000,
000. The great bulk of that Is for
past and prospective war expenditures.
For this, you and congress and the
Executive departments at Washington
are responsible. You more than any
body else, for it Is your money that Is
being spent and you can stop It. In Its
simplest terms the procedure Is this :
You earn the money, congress takes It
away from you In the form of taxes,
and then congress and the Executive'
departments spend it.
A great part of it Is wasted. This Is
established, conceded, confessed, and
acknowledged by congress, which
authorizes the expenditures, and by
the executive officers of the govern
ment, who do the actual spending. It
Is your money that you have earned
In your business, on your farm, or by
the labor of your hands, that is being
expended and wasted at Washington.
Every cent that Is extravagantly or
needlessly expended by the govern
ment you could have in your pocket to
meet the increased cost of food, lodg
ing and clothing, doctors' bills and
amusements, or to put away and save
against a rainy day, if you only de
manded determinedly and unitedly
that governmental extravagance should
cease.
I can cell you some of the conditions
of governmental spending and how
your money is chucked about, and I
can tell you how you can stop it. The
power is yours, and until you exer
cise it waste and extravagance will
not stop.
EL
UNCLE SAM AS EMPLOYER
The United States government is the
largest single employer of men and
women in this country. At the present
time in the executive civil service of
the Federal government, and exclusive
of the army and navy, there are em
ployed approximately 650,000 workers,
or one in 73 of all residents on Ameri
can soil, ten years of age or over, en
gaged in gainful occupations. A little
while ago, when the number of federal
employees was even larger than it Is
now, one person out of every 68 In the
United States who had any sort of a
job at all was working for the govern
ment. These calculations are based
on recent estimates of the bureau of
the census In anticipation of the re
sults of the fourteenth general census.
Prior to the outbreak of the war,
in 1914, the number of men and women
in civil positions in the executive
service was approximately 385,630. In
1916 it had grown to 398,832. In 1917,
after our entry Into the war, It was
459,798, On June 30, 1919, the number
THE UNI
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F.O.B. DETROIT
NEW PRICE
You have never before had the
opportunity of securing as much
motor car value at so low a
price. Take advantage of this
opportunity and place your order
now when you can obtain
prompt delivery.
Terms if desired.
Park-Shepherd Motor Co.
Incorporated
4th and Main Sts., Oregon City, Ore.
was 707,448. The number on July 31,
1920, was 691,116.
These figures are confessedly ap
proximations. Since the signing of the
armistice the number of federal em
ployees has been decreasing. Un
doubtedly the decrease in force will
continue to be made for months to
come, but the growth of the govern
ment business in the past few years
has been such as to make it a larger
employer in the post-war period than
It had ever been In the pre-war period.
These thousands of men and women
working for the government comprise
every type of ability and Intelligence.
Their duties cover a range of activities
that far exceeds that exercised for
other public or private employers ; for,
besides its task of lawmaking and law
enforcing, of national defense and
national finance, the government Is
charged with promoting the health and
welfare of Its people, of promoting
their home interests, their agricultural,
mining, manufacturing, shipping, fish
ing and transportation Interests.
To do this it must Investigate, con
trol and eradicate diseases that attack
persons, plants and animals. It must
Inspect livestock, foods and drugs. It
must study conditions and progress In
education, labor and commerce. It
must prevent individual men or groups
of men from using unfair business
methods, whether In banking, trans
portation, trade or manufacture.
The government must administer
public lands and the affairs of the
Indians, and educate children In
Alaska. It grants patents of Inven
tion, It sets the clocks of the country,
forecasts the weather, and makes
observations of the stars and heavenly
bodies. It constructs buildings, docks,
roads, bridges, irrigation works, builds
canals and aeroplanes, makes
ordnance and ammunition, clothing
and other supplies for its soldiers and
sailors. It makes all Its own money
and does all its own printing. It dis
tributes all mail and many packages.
The government does everything
that any employer in the United States
does, in addition to a great many
things that no other employer does.
How does It treat its people? Is it
a good employer or a bad employer?
Are Its employees contented? These
are questions that I should advise the
railroad men, the miners and other
workers who seek nationalization of
Industry, to look into before they com
mit themselves.
Let them find out for themselves
what government ownership would
mean to them.
The first thing they will discover, as
I discovered when I began the present
Inquiry, is that nobody knows, and
nobody in the government service is
charged with knowing, the exact
number of employees In the service
from day to day. Even more astound
ing, nobody knows, or is charged with
knowing, even approximately, the sum
of the payroll of the United States.
It is not possible to find out within
hundreds of thousands of dollars how
much the United States pays yearly
or monthly in salaries and wages. I
went to the Treasury department, to
the appropriations committee of con
gress, and elsewhere where I thought
the information might be lodged, but
nobody knew. I was told vaguely that
the government was not run on an
asset and liability basis, and therefore
it was not necessary to know the exact
number of employees on the payroll.
If the average compensation Is $1,-
CAR
100. the federal civil service payroll
now amounts to more than seven
hundred million dollars annually. The
largest single branch Is the Post Office
department, with nearly 300,000 em
ployees. The War department has
more than 125,000 civilian employees,
the Navy department about 90,000, and
the Treasury department about 60,000.
No other branch has as many as 25,000
employees. Any institution that em
ploys one In seventy-thrge of all this
country's workers and calls for the
expenditure of such a large part of
our annual revenues Is entitled to
your serious consideration. You and
you alone put up the money.
VAST TREASURE WAITS FINDER
Hidden Somewhere In the Sudan
Desert Is Osman Digna's Store
of Gold and Ivory.
In my travels, when a young girl
in Egypt and later In the Sudan, in
Ismallia, I met with a woman who
had fled from the Sudan during the
war with the British. She was related
to the once famous Osman Dlgna, the
mahdl's general and most trusted
friend. She related the following,
which I translate:
Every year Osman Dlgna used to
take 50 Sudanese men and load them
up with ivory, gold and precious stones j
which the mahdi obtained from traders
from the Congo. He led these men in
a march which lasted three days Into
the wilds of Khartoum, to a moun
tain where was his cache. When every
thing was put In safely, they started
off to return, but halfway another
trusted man, named Mahomoud, met
Osman Dlgna with a hundred men,
who killed everyone of the men used
to carry the valuables. When that
deed was done they returned to the
mahdi, waiting for the next year's
caravan.
Osman Dlgna consequently was the
only man who knew the cache. When
taken prisoner he was offered a large
sum of money to conduct a party to the
place but he absolutely refused to
speak. The last I heard of him he was
still lingering in prison In Cairo nearly
blind and Insane. Montreal Family
Herald.
For Twenty-Seven Cents.
An unforeseen interruption of travel
occurred on the West side elevated
railroad one morning last week. A
short, somewhat stout, middle-aged
woman ambling her way to the down
town platform at Ninety-third street
dropped her purse, as well as her
ticket, In the box.
The son of Erin whose special duty
it is to see that tickets are dropped
in the box tried to extricate the
purse with a wire. He failed and
then the woman wanted to try. The
ticket seller was called out
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We carry a large stock of Goodrich tires in all
sizes of cords and fabrics. Priced to suit the times.
Come in and look them over.
From $9.90 up
We can also sell you a tire for $9.00
HALL Sb SON
12th and Main
AUTOMOBILE PAINTING
A shabby looking car advertises neglect.
do your Re-Finishing.
WITH
O. C. AUTO PAINT SHOP
MILLER-PARKER CO.
AT THE FOOT
Off)
ltPays to
When choosing
mm
Unless you know automobiles you are at his
mercy. Much depends on his integrity as weU
as on his technical knowledge.
We hold cureslves personally accountable for every car entrust
ed to pur care.
Capital Garage
Less Crawford, Prop.
Potential passengers were held up.
A crowd collected. Variegated re
marks enlivened the occasion. Final
ly a mechanic was summoned. He
took the top off the box and recov
ered the purse. It contained 27 cents.
Travel had been delayed almost, an
hour. New York Sun.
Church Treasure Recovered.
An Italian ice cream dealer in at
tempting to dispose of a solid silver
cross for $60,000 in Glasgow disclosed
the whereabouts of a Thirteenth cen
tury church ornament worth $500,000
which disappeared several years ago
from the Church of Borgo Collefa
gato, near Aqulla, Italy. The evi
dence presented in court was to the
effect that the cross was one of the
most valuable antiquities of Italy, and
was thought to have been smuggled
out of the country by an art collector.
The ice cream vendor's effort to sell
it at a $60,000 figure aroused the suspi
cions of an antiquarian because of
Its greater Intrinsic worth. The Ital
ian contended that it has been in the
possession of his family for genera
tions, that it had been lost in the
earthquake at Messina and had been
recovered by him from the ruins.
"Perfect 36" is No More.
The perfect 36 bust is no more, writes
a sartorial correspondent. In the days
of her prime, before flappers owned
their own cigarettes, she flourished.
Now she is gone, forever. In her place
is the willowy creature with ("figure
like a twelve-year-old boy and dresses
that are suspended from sharp shoul
ders. The fashionable figure now, ig
smaller than the 36, more undeveloped.
The stylish girl accentuates this thin,
wispy appearance.
LYCURGUS DID NOT "BELONG"
Old Gent'eman Wrong in Classing Him
as One of Seven Wise Men
of Greece.
The seven wise men of Greece,
whose names and sayings have come
down to us from antiquity, have been
distinctly secondary In renown re
cently to the several score wise men
of the nations gathered here in the
conference on the limitation of arma
ments. But the ancient wise men are not
forgotten. Here and there are men
who treasure the sayings which those
worthies handed down to us. They
are keen on the proper pronunciation
of their names, and know to a de
gree In which Grecian state they lived.
One of these scholars came In last
week to settle a dispute, says the
Washington Star. Several of his
friends, in whom the fine flower of
learning had not withered any more
than it had In him, were disputing
about those seven wise men of Greece.
"They could only think of six," de
clared the gentleman, nodding his
Oregon City
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be Careful
your repair man
white head. "I said the seventh was
Lycurgus. Am I right?"
The seven wise men of Greece, not
having figured in the news for a few
years, It was no easy task to locate
them. But a fat volume finally gave
them up and Lycurgus was not In the
list.
Bias, Chilo, Cleobulos, Plttacos, So
lon, Thales and Periander were the
seven wise men. Everybody remem
bers Solon as the man who got off
that really tremendous saying "Know
thyself." Cleobulos is credited with a
good one too. "Avoid extremes." This
latter is the famous "golden mean" of
Epicurus.
"And to think I would have put
Lycurgus In that list!" exclaimed the
old gentleman.
A LITTLE PLANNING
Sometimes a very little planning
will change things about a chicken
house so the hens will begin to lay.
Proper egg-producing feed is neces
sary, of course, but if hens are allow
ed to run out in the damp and cold
weather they are not likely to produce
many eggs.
It is not necesasry to have a very
fancy house for hens, but a scratching
shed light and dry, adjoining the
roosting and laying room is very prof
itable and can be nailed up in a little
while out of almost any lumber one
happens to have. It should have a
sunny exposure if possible and be en
closed on three sides with boards.
The fourth can have glass if you
happen to have some old window sash.
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Tires Storage
Oregon City, Oregon
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I method of welding and
1 repairing any metal
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Our complete eqiupment and
skilled workers in this line en
jj ables us to repair practically
i every kind of a break in or on
your car, especially such mls
X haps as bursted water jackets,
f cylinder heads, cracked cylin
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like. And we can do It at a
nominal eost.
ON THE HILL
Oregon ity Welding
& Brazing Shop
615 - 7th Street
Tires
INC.
We have a large stock of U. S. Tires on hand in
all sizes. Cords and Fabrics priced to suit the
times. Come in and look them ovei
From $9.90 up
We can also sell you a tire fo $9.00
HALL & SON
12th and Main
Garage Opportunity
On account of the death of the late Mr. L. W.
Reed, of Estacada, I am offering for sale the garage
business, consisting of all equipment, accessory
stock, tractors and used cars.
To any one considering entering the General Garage business,
this is an excellent opportunity to step into an old established busi
ness, less the expense of pioneering a new business which is a large
asset.
In addition to the above we are the Studebaker, Dort and Velie
Dealers for this territory. These are money making agencis.
For terms
Address all communications to
MRS. L. W. REED,
In care of Reed's Garage, Estacada, Oregon
Many times old sash can be picked up
cheap at a place where material from
wrecked buildings Is sold. If one
can't get window sash wire will do
very well.
The roof should be water-tight so
as to keep the ground dry and straw
should be kept on the ground and the
grain scattered in it so the hens must
scratch for it It is surprising how
fine they will work up the straw in a
week. The straw should be taken out
when it becomes very fine, as by that
time it is foul and will make" a splen
did top dressing for the garden.
Always send your hens to bed with
full crops, but make them work for
their grain in the morning.
Like
Store
We
Give
Service
There isn't any kind
of store that can suc
ceed if it fails in cour
tesy, truthfulness or
service to the cus
tomer. In that we're like the
butcher, the baker and
all the rest, who have
to apply common sense
principles of business
over and over again
every day.
We're glad to be able to
tell you that your battery
is in A-l shape, even if it
doesn't happen to be a
Willard. But here at Bat
tery Headquarters we don't
hesitate about breaking the
news if it isn't in condition
or to recommend repairs
or the purchase of a new
battery if that's the eco
nomical thing for you to do.
CON HILGERS
Battery Rebuilding and Repairing.
Twelfth and Main Oregon City, Ore.
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Representing
Willard Storage
Batteries
Tires
Oregon City