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THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1922
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
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
Matter.
Subscription Price, 11.50 per year in advance.
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MEMBER OF OREGON STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
Official Paper of City of Oregon City
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"Flag of the free heart's 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 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.
BE YE NOT DISCOURAGED
When Abraham Lincoln was a young man he ran for
the legislature of Illinois, and was badly swamped.
He next entered business, failed, and spent seventeen
r years of his life paying up the debts of a worthless part
ner. V
He was in love with a beautiful young woman to
whom he became engaged then she die'd.
' Later he married a woman who was a constant bur
den to him.
Entering politics again, he ran for congress and was
finally defeated.
He then tried to get an appointment to the United
States land office, but failed.
He became a candidate for the United States senate,
and was badly defeated. -'.
In 1858 he was defeated by Douglas for the United
States senate.
Unconquered by failures and discouragements this
greatest American kept on undismayed, persistently and
finally to the highest position within the gift of his coun
trymen. In this characteristic persistence coupled with
unbounded faith is seen his final victory. With him as our
exemplar there is hope and stimulus for all. Be not dis
couraged. ' N -
RURAL CREDIT
The state administration
could do nothing to strength
en its position more than to
take immediate steps to
make .operative the rural
credits law which was pass
ed in 1916 for the purpose of
aiding farmers and stock
men. This law provided for
bonds up to 2 per cent valu
ation on property of the
state and would yield $20,
000,000. About $450,000 or
less than one-fortieth of this
amount has been made
available. The bonds while
rated 4 per cent par could be
sold at below par and when
sold at a figure which
would yield 5 or 54 percent,
the proceeds could be loaned
the farmer or stockmen at
6 per cent, or at the same
rate as the irreducible school
fund is loaned on land.
But for four years or
more nothing has been done
by the state boards of con
trol consisting of governor,
secretary of state and treas
urer to sell the bonds and
make loans , when they were
sorely needed by the far
mers and stockmen to hold
their products for a fair
market. And meantime the
mortgage loan companies
and big banks have been
charging exhorbinant rates
of interest amounting to the
borrower as high as 10 or
11 per cent with insurance
which the loan companies
insist upon. Crops and
herds have been forfeited
because the owners could
not obtain" money at a , rea
sonable rate and on long
time loans which the rural
credit law intended for
their relief.
The farmers should de
mand that this law be made
operative even now when
times are better. It can be
made operative. And it
should be in spite of the
mortgage loan" sharks or
any body else.
THE MILLAGE TAX
tax for the support of the
states higher educational
institutions.
These are timely, com
mendable 'expressions. To
repeal this tax and throw
the schools upon the political
mercy of the ' legislature
ought not to be done. " It
would mean that time which
ought "to be devoted to other
matters would be occupied
with logrolling and political
football playing with the
most vital of our state insti
tutions. . Nor is it necessary
to take this particular ex
treme measure to obtain
economic effort at the Uni
versity, the Agricultural
College and -the Normal
school. '
The legislature should re
fuse all speical appropria
tions except in case of real
emergency. And by emerg
ency we mean disasters such
as fire, epidemic or war time
conditions demanding spec
ial effort and equipment.
Appropriations, special,
such as were made in 1921
and which amounted tomjre
than $700,0000 in addition to
the millage tax of more than
$3,500,000 is what the. tax
payers are really revolting
against. And in the deter
mination to cut off expens
es these institutions are in
danger. ' .
True is it that the educa
tional institutions of the
state should above all others
be models of thrift and econ
omy in management, and
without injury to extension
work or to any other depart
ment, these schools should
plan to live within the means
they have for themselves set
as sufficient, for some time
at ; least, the millage tax
And this much and this
method of providing for
their support should be retained.
TRAINING LITTLE CITIZENS
These Articles published weekly in these columns are
Issued by the National Kindergarten Associ
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Teaching
Children to
Blessings
Appreciate
By Edith Lochridge Reid
Mothers often" get discouraged be
cause the children' seem thankless
and unappreciative of their blessings,
when with a little" thought and effort
on the mother's part she could train
them to a better sense of appreciation.
"I bought some lead pencils when I
was down town today so they would
be on hand, and I hope I won't hear
any more about lead pencils when youv
are starting to school at-the last min
ute."" . .-" . .
Will Johnny appreciate one of those
pencils when he takes it from the
shelf, do you think? He certainly will
not. He will grab one and . off with
it without even a thought of thanks,
tosay nothing of voicing his apprec
iation. "Here's you rcollection money all
reads for you," says Mother when
the children are scurrying off to Sun
day School. Now not for anything
would the tots go without their pen
nies, for the collection is an event in
the primary classes. But when mother
hands it out this way they take it as
a matter of course and not as one of
the blessings for which they should
say "Thank You."
Now it would be spelndid discipline
to let the children ask for a few
things once in a while. . This gives
them a sense of obligation to mother
because she ha 'done a favor, and
nearly always a wellmanned child
will say "Thank You" for something
which he himself has requested. Don't
feel mothers, as if you were shirking
your duty if you make Mary ask you'
to sew on a button or mend the pock
et of her sweater. She will be inf
pressed with what the little task
means if she has to wait for you to F
get your thimble and thread and but
ton or yarn. If she sits and watches
you for the ten minutes that this duty
requires she will say "Thank you."
But if the clothes- are mended and
tucked away in her bureau or closet
ALWAYS, she will take the blessing
o fmended clothes as a matter of
course. Naturally we are not grateful
to a marked degree for things that we
get on schedule. But let something
go wrong at the electric light plant
and we fuss about using candles and
exclaim "I'm certainly thankful they
have the wires fixed," when once
more the power is restored.
So if you feel that the children are
showing ingratitude, do not blame
them; look for the trouble in the
training system. Turn teh power off
and let them . use candles, and you'll
be surprised how thankful they'll be
for blessings that they, are in the
habit of receiving with no show of ap-perciation.
"Any generation fit to do its work
must work for the future, for the peo
ple of the future, as well as for itself
Theodore Roosevelt.
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JAZZ
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Prominent psychologists
and some physicians who
have made intensive study
of the effects condemn jazz.
Its effects are declared to be
especially baneful on youth
of high school age physi
cal, psychological, spiritual
and intellectual.
Physical injury is due
largely to the tense over-
speeding and excess expend
iture of physical strength
which results in low vital
energy.
This type of sound and
movement speeds up also
mental reactions away be
yond the normal producing
an admixture of hysteria
and-'sex excitement. The
depleted forces mental and
physical following; for ex
ample, after an extended
dance after the manner of
modern jazz, it requires sev
eral hours absolute rest to
restore the mind and body
toward normal. -
j The effects spiritual are
i obvious from conditions
ihere noted. .
J Fortunately the future of
:the race will not all be meas-
ured by this standard. Let
i us hope that the pinnacle of
its influence has been reach
led during the past two or
three years. As its effect
become clearer there will no
j doubt, set in opposition
which will result in modifi
! cation or it will lose its pres
jent seductive power.
j Already while the weaker
' show the effects, the strong
; er physical, mental and mor
jal mingling with the more
stolid groups on both sides
;are tiring of this hysterical
fad and are abandoning it
for other phases of recre
ational activity and enter
tainment with healthier,
more uplifting stimuli.
THE HOUSE IN ORDER
The city , council should
"Put their house in order"
for the reception of the
city's guests at the "Buyer's
carnival" this week Friday
and Saturday. '
The holes on Main street
between Twelfth and Four
teenth streets should be fill
ed. People in the city are
used to these pitfalls in the
pavement but the folks out
on the crossroads of the
county are used to. smoother
thoroughfares.
Remove the amcient cow
bell from the elevator for
two. days. The visitors live
in the 20th century.
Everybody, decorate,
smile, and extend a royal
welcome.
SCHOOLS
. Schools have closed for
the summer what now so
good for boys and girls as
good old-fashioned "work
with hands interspersed
with a .fair proportion of
play and recreation.
Various organizations are
going on record favoring!
the retention of the millage
Ten
Billions
of
Savings
.4 per cent
Interest Paid
On Savings
Deposits
That is the amount on deposit in the savings banks
of the United States.
This is the fund which shelters, clothes and feeds"
us, pays wages, builds cities, extends railroads,
equips industries and maintains government.
Ten billions is not all the country's capital but it
is the capital from which drafts are made for new
developments.
Progress depends on the accumulation of money
for investment. The owner of a savings account
is a capitalist.
4 Interest Paid on Savings Deposits
First National Bank
" - ' OF OREGON CITY
512 Main St. Oregon City
laiiroa
d Travel 0
osts are uown
To
San Francisco
' and Eastern Cities
Via the Scenic Shasta Route,
25 per cent Saving to San Francisco and Return
Sale'dates June 3 to 13 incl. Final limit. July 31st , .
Sale dates June 15 to 20 incl. Final limit July 20th .'
Summer Tourist Fares
East through California
I Cost much less this year ,
You may visit San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, wonder cities of
the Pacific Coast; California's Charming Seashore and Mountain Resorts,
Three National Parks and scores of inviting pleasure places.
Swing East this way and see more of the IT. S. A.
Round Trip Fares
To Seashore and Mountain Resorts
Are the Lowest in Years
For. sale dates and other particulars ask agents
Plan now to make trips this summer and take
advantage of great reductions" in railroad fares
For fares, reservations, train schedules, transit limits, stopover
- privileges or beautiful folders inquire of agents
SMtHERN
AG I FIG LINES
JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent.
-Bulwark
of Defense
A reserve fund with the Bank of
Commerce to which regular depos
its are added, aets as a bulwark of
defense against emergency or mis
fortune. Now is the time to start
an account . " ', ,
First Bank in Oregon City to pay 4.
Per Cent Interest on Savings Accounts
FEDERAL RESERVE
lanI'Lof Commerce
Oregon City, Ore .
THOS FRTAN pbes.dent DhHUGH S M0UNTv.ce pats JOHN R HUMPHRYS cashier
" K E.BAUERSFELD.AsstCash.er
OWNED. MANAGED AND CONTROLLED
BY CLACKAMAS COUNTV PEOPLE
ROAD PROGRESS
Road improvements are
again well underway over
the county. Under the pres
ent plan of market roads
and and with market road
money so widely available
great progress should be
made this summer.
BEWARE OF FIRE
At this season of the year
especially should there be
taken great care to avoid
fire hazards. This applies
to rural places as well as to
cities. During the day, hot
seas on a lighted match, cig
arette or fire from pipe may
cause great destruction of
property and even human
life.
The "Corkscrew" hasclos- ,
ed school for this year. It
has enjoyed, financially, a
very successful year.
Banner-Courier $1.50 a year
To Home Builders:
IMFOR
TANT!
Be sure and wireyour new home
for an ELECTRIC RANGE and ofc
er Electrical Appliances. It can be
better done during construction than
when the house is completed.
PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER CO.
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LUMBER
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We have just received several car loads of
Flooring, Ceiling, and Rustic, which gives us a
complete stock of lumber. So we can furnish
anything you need.
We also have some exceptionally good prices
on Flooring, Rustic and Ceiling, that would be
just the thing for cheap houses, chicken coops,
garages, etc. ' .
Come in and let us show you. -
WILLAMETTE RIVER LUMBER CO-
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Wholesale and Retail
16th and Main Oregon City j
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