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THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1922.
THE BANNER COURIER
Ths Clackamas County Banner and the Oregon City Courier, Consolidated
July 8th, 1919, and Published by the Clackamas County Banner Publishing
Company, Incorporated.
F.J.T00ZE
P. J. TOOZE, Editor
H. A. KIRK, Advertising
Published Thursdays from the Banner Building at Ninth and Main Streets
and Entered in the Postoffice at Oregon City, Oregon as Second Class Mail
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Official Paper of City of Oregon City
"Fiag 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 shget!
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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RURAL CREDITS LAW
Under the provisions of .the Rural Credits Law en
acted in November, 1916, loans were to be made by the
state to farmers for the purpose of helping to finance
them with long time loans at a low rate of interestN
The money was to be raised by the state by issuing
bonds in series of $50,000 each and up to 2 per cent of
the valuation of the state or up to approximately $20,
000,000. The Ronds were to draw 4 per cent and the loan
rate was to cover the rate paid and costs of operation. The
privilege of selling below par. could have been taken ad
vantage of and the money loaned at not to exceed five or
five and one-half per cent.
This rate together with the long time feature made
these loans a boon to the farmers who needed money and
have been entitled to it to improve their 'farms and herds,
to pay off the pressing mortgages or to clear land.
And for months the demand for bonds has been ac
tive at five or five and one-half per cent but the state
has for the past three years made little or no effort to
sell these bonds and relieve the farmers.
Men who are nominated and elected to the offices of
State should make it their first business to make this law
operative.
A PROBLEM SOLVED
The Banner-Courier first suggested the site selected
for the new citv hall on the Sinerer Hill nrorjertv. The
council has decided on this location and the live wire or
ganisation has endorsed the council's action.
This decision should result satisfactorily in many
jvays. , It should eliminate the continued ill feeling which
has for many months divided the city into two distinct
sections. The location here saves, after the cost of the
wall and the attendant value of the basement space is
considered, the price of a lot costing several thousand
dollars. Its location provides for convenient access to
the city jail and a central location for the fire truck as
well. The amount of money stated as required is within
the bond itself. And furthermore, this site from a civic
standpoint is well taken. The results should be a beauty
spot in landscape and architecture where there is now
waste and unattractiveness.
The council and citizens should keep these ideals in
view and insist that they be realized.
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
This is the time of the year especially, to beautify
not only the home surroundings but the city itself. Many
are the parkings made attractive the whole summer and
autumn through by hedges of roses and other flowering
plants of various types and hues. The lawns with well
arranged shrubs and flowers banked attractively about
the edges and around the buildings are an asset of real
value to every community.
The homes thus beautified and providing a municipal
asset have a right to the same conditions maintained by
the city itself. The city should clean up its waste places.
L .!'! ir I ' i:' f
4 per cent
Interest Paid
On Savings '
Deposits
Life's Pleasures
are bestowed by destiny upon those
who have the judgment" to practice fru
gality and foresight. Don't spend all
you earn on the passing show. Good
things come
To Those Who Save Now
J oin the growing number of young men
who have a savings account in our care.
First National Bank
512 Main St.
OF OREGON CITY
Oregon City
Republican Candidate for Nomination
for
SENATOR
Twelfth Senatorial District,
Comprising Clackamas County
REASONS WHY
He Should be Elected to the Senate
F. J. TOOZE FOR THE SENATE
F. J. Tooze applies progressive economy to whatever
he undertakes. He has made a success of farming, edu
cational work and business. He offers as a candidate
for the Senate, a' Constructive plan for economy and ef
ficiency in the state's business and encouragement to in
dustry. 4
He challenges comparison of his record for genuine
four-square Americanism. He will fight public appropri
ations which are for the benefit of private concerns and
those which are not essential to the real needs of the state.
He will insist upon the operation of the State rural
credits law providing long-time loans at Reasonable rates
of interest to farmers and stockmen.
Will oppose Oriental ownership or control of proper
ty in Oregon.
Has always insisted and still insists that both nation
al and state government shall aid Ex-service men in a way
commensurate with their service ancj financial losses at a
time when those who remained at home in comfort and
safety were employed by the government at record wages.
He will strive to put the Penitentiary and the"reform
atories on a self supporting basis.
He will work for the abolition and consolidation of
boards and commissions and the adoption of the depart
mental plan of state government in order to place respon
sibility and to obtain economy and progress. '
Will continue to support the millage tax for the state
educational institutions.
Will insist on vigorous and impartial enforcement of
the laws, for free and open expression on matters of pub
lic interest and suppression of the narcotic evil.
If you want this kind of Service
Vote for F. J. TOOZE for Senator
Ballot
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BIOGRAPHY
F. J. Tooze was born and raised on a farm. Educated
in the public schools. Worked for and paid own expenses
through Normal College and University from wihch grad
uated. Have been teacher in rural schools and superin
tendent of village and city schools. Was for nine years
head of Oregon City educational system. Engaged inT.
M. C. A. work during the war. Now editor and manager
of the Banner-Courier. Adv F- J- Tooze
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STONE'S LEGISLATIVE RECORD
Except for the "Eleventh hour" attack by Mr. Stones political organ,
the following resume would not appear in this issue so close to election.
W. M. Stone while a member of the 1921 legislature voted for FORTY
SIX SALARY INCREASE bills; voted for ALL. APPROPRIATIONS except
one and INCLUDING a compulsory levy FOR the PORTLAND ROSE SHOW
an FOR the 1925 FAIR TAX.
But he voted AGAINST the one thousand dollar assessment Exemp
tion for the Civil War Veterans; AGAINST increasing PENSIONS of WID
OWS; AGAINST EQUIPPING the PENITENTIARY so convicts could help
support themselves and thus relieve the tax burden of the state.
Mr. Stone voted for EXTRAVAGANCES generally during his term in
the House and now asks the taxpayers to send him to the Senate where he
will be urged to appropriate more hundreds of thousands - of dollars at
the next session.
'Mr. Stone voted for $175,000 for the Pacific International Livestock
Association which is of largest interest to multi millionaire Swift Packing
company; $75,000 for the Northwest Tourist Association whose object is to
advertise the scenic beauties of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon,
and $171,000 for the Oregon State Fair w"hich should be self supporting.
These three items alone amount to $426,000.
Mr. Stone voted for these and other exhorbitant appropriations during
the sessions of the 1921 legislature when farmers in this county could not
rent their farms for enough money to pay their taxes and many of their
products were marketed at actual loss, and when the taxes on homes in many
instances were equal to rent.
It is no wonder that Clackamas County's portion of the state tax in
creased from $149,907.10 to $355,680.70 or over $205,000 during 1920 and 1921.
Many vital legislative questions are noticeably absent from his plat
form. He is SILENT in regard to Oriental ownership or control of property.
He takes no stand on the equalization of taxes by either adding new
sources of income or by equalizing assessments to lighten the tax burdens.
On the enforcement pf the operation of the State rural credit law for
the benefit of the farmers and stockmen he is silent also.
And now at the eleventh hour comes the "Morning Corkscrew," Stone's
political organ, in an attack on his opponent, F. J. Tooze, with mud slinging
and misrepresentation in order to confuse the voters.
. Elsewhere in this issue is answer to the "Corkscrew's" efforts.
who have not reached 13 years: 50
yard dash. 220 yard relay (four boys)
- 3. Event for. girls up to 9 years,
who have not reached 10 years: " 50
yard dash, - . . -'
4. Event for girls up to 12 years,
who have not reached 13 years: 50
yard dash, 220 yard relay (four girls).
. 5. Main events open to all girls:
1. 50 yarddash. 2. Basket ball dis
tance throw. 3. Baseball distance
throw. 4. Indian Club race (ten
girls). 5. 220 yard relay (four girls).
6. Main events open to all boys:
1. 50 yard dash. 2. 100 yard dash.
3. 220 yard dash. 4. 440 yard run.
5. Half-mil relay (four boys). 6.
Broad jump. 7. High jump.- 8. Pole
vault. 9. -Shot put (12 Jb.) 10 Jav
elin throw.
It should maintain its lots including parkings in clean
liness, and order. It can with little effort and nominal
expense turn its unsightly places including the ends of
streets and crumbling banks into bowers of beauty by
planting plants which would hide the ugliness. Who will
follow up this suggestion for the civic betterment?
A GOOD PROPOSITION
Rules for Track Meet
Issued by Secretary
The following are rules and regu
lations issued for the Clackamas
grammar school field meet at Glad
stone, May 27.
1. The entry fee is $1.00, payable
to the treasurer, Supt. R. I. Abraham,
Molalla. Send your fee to the treasur
er, and your name to the secretary.
2. Each competing school shall not
later than May 22 have in the hands
of the secretary a complete list of
contestants from that school, giving
age pf each contestant and events to
be entered. Make up this list at
once and send it in, thereby doing
away with confusion at the last min
ute. Absolutely no entries will be re
ceived after May 22, so getyqur list
into the mail by then.
3. No contestant shall be allowed
to compete who is over 16 years of
age, but contestants shall be eligible
until the seventeenth birthday is
reached. . .
4. Each school shall be allowed not
more than three entries for one event,
except for the relay, which has four
entries.
5. No contestant may compete in
more than four events besides the re
lay or Indian Club race. Boys may
compete in one relay and four other
event, girls may compete in the re
lay fnd three other events, or . in the
Indian Club race and tfi'ree other
events.
6. Admission will be 15c for all
school pupils and 25c foradults. Con
testants whose names appear on the
lists mentioned in par. 2, will be ad
imtted free. Tags will be issued at
the gate, and some person should be
in charge of the delegation.
7. The secretary will be inside the
grounds to check in all contestants.
The track teams will report to the
secretary in a body upon being ad
mitted to the grounds."
8. In each event there will be
awarded a first prize, 5 points'; a sec
ond prize, 3 points; and a third prize.
1 point. The relays asd the Indian
Club race will each carry a first prize
only, the 5 points going to the win
ning school. " ......
9. The school winning the meet
will be given possession of the silver
cup now held by Gladstone.
Let us all get together and bocct
this meet, making it the best one we
have eyer held.
Yours very truly, '-.. :
- J. W. Leonhardt, Sec,
-H Up Hill I
or Down
The spend-thrift is gradually slid
ing down hill but the thrifty man
is steadily climbing to financial
success. Which do you prefer
luxury now, or comforts for ad
vancing age? Right now is a good
time to start an account with the
Bank of Commerce.
First Bank in Oregon City to pay
.4 per cent Interest on Savings
Accounts.
FEDERAL RESERVE
Bankof Commerce
Oregon City.Ore .
THOS FRYAN pres.ocnt DhHUGH S M0UNTv.it Ps JOHN R HUMPHRYS cashier
'K E.BAUERSFELD, Asst Casn.er
Owned, managed and controlled
bv clackamas county people
birth,
And to steadfast faith a deeper worth.
We shall feed the hungering souls of
earth,
JSut whom have we fed today?
We shall reap such joys in tite by
v and by,
But what have we sown today?
We shall build us mansions in- the
sky,
But what have we Ibuilt today?
'Tis sweet in idle dreams to bask,
But here and now do we do our task?
Yes, this is the thing our souls must
ask:
"What have we done today?"
Civic Improvement
Plans Scheduled
of the Commercial Club on Thursday
last A. R. Jacobs, president, of the Ore
gon City Manufacturing company
was chosen chairman. S. O. Dillman
and "Homer Hollowell were chosen ex
ecutive committee.
This department will try to obtain
from the council the- appointment of
a "City Planning Commission". The
work of this commission will be the
improvement of parks and the city
generally. This Commission is to be
composed of six: members 2 from the
commercial clubi 2 from the council
and 2 from the womans club.
This division of the club will recom
mend the beautifying of the grounds
about the new city hall. -
The matter of housing was referred
at this meeting to the Executive Committee.
At the meeting of the civic division Subscribe for the Banner-Courier.
! REALTY TRANSFERS
Weekly Record of Property
Changes Compiled From County
Recorder's Office. List Includes
Transfers up to Each Wednesday
The chief executive has recommended legislation'
which will provide farmers with credit facilities as favpr
able to the farm as to other industries and to commerce.
This may lead to the inauguration of a rural credit sys
tem independent and entirely different from the federal
reserve system or the land banks. A bill for this pur
pose is now before Congress. It is designed by this bill
to provide loans on agricultural products and livestock
for periods up to three years.
This is a worthy effort to relieve the farmers and
stockmen. But it is subject to the same-obstacles as ren
der the War Finance corporation functionless the pro
tests of the big financial interests which see in the sys
tem danger to the exhorbitant rates of interest they are
now able to wrest from the borrowers at this critical
time.
If congress will pass and the executive and judicial
authorities will make it operative this proposed law
should bring prosperity to many now discouraged on ac
count of financial depression. -
Farmers shQuld forward their demands to Washing
ton in beh?. If of this legislation.
Track and Field Meet
Has Fine List Events
County grammar school track and
field meet at Gladstone, May 27.
1. Event for boys up to 9 years,
who have not reached 10 years: 50
The following is the list of events yanj dash. ' -
scheduled for the annual Clackamas Kj 2. Event for boys" up to 12 years,
. Jane Harding to Addie Bighan Lot
27, Tualatin Meadows.
Ella and Will Simmons to Addie
Bigham, Lot 27, Tualatin Meadows.
L. H. Kirchem toJLaura M. McPheT
son, Part of Lot 56, Oak Grove.
Clinton A. and Hattie F. Ambrose
to Brightwood Co., Sec. 24-2-6. Also
Lot 9, Blk 5, Brightwood.
Anabelle Dedman to Ida B. Knight,
Lot 9. Blk. 7, Canby.
Mrs. Rose L. and Harvey E. Wallis
to Mamie Wallace, Lot "B" Tract 41
Willamette Tracts.
- Jos. R. and Maude P. Foltz to Jos.
R. Foltz, Jr., Lots 3 and 4 Gibson's
Subdivision of J. A. Logan Tract.
A. L. Martin to Anieta E. and Thos.
R., Brown. Lot 21, Crystal Springs
Park.
Gladstone Real Estate Assn. to Gil
bert P. Mooris. Lot 1, Blk. -75, Glad
stone. Earle C. and Ruth S. Latourette to
A. E. Lewis. East Canby Gardens.
Hanna R. and G. L. Sniddw to Mary
A. Criteser. Lots 1 and 2, Blk. 6,
Willamette Falls.
Arthur and Alma Louden to Harold
R. Paulson. Lots6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
Blk. 25, Milwaukie Park.
Mary E. and U. S. Tull to August
Rydo, Part of Lot 3, First Add. to
Barlow. -
BANNER THOUGHTS
IN POETRY
WHAT HAVE WE DONE TODAY?
We shall do so much in the years to
come,
But what have we done today?
We shall give our gold in a princely
sum,
But what did we give today?
We shall lift the heart and dry the
tear.
We shall plant a hope In the place of
fear,
We shall speak the words of love
and cheer
But what did we speak today?
.
We shall be so kind in the after
while, But what have, we been today?
We shall bring each lonely life a
smile,
But what have we brought today?
We shall give to truth & grander
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