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THE BANNER-COURIER; OREGON CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1922
a jCocai Tfews Stems a
At the meeting of the school board
held June 4, the following teachers
nrarn atrTCiA rt fill Vtn vayQTipiao
Miss Hutchinson of Logan for the 5th
awi 6th grades and Mrs. Harie Brun
ner for the 3rd and 4th grades. Mr.
Kidwell -was retained as janitor.
John Putz of Oregon City was caller
at the Banner-Courier office on Than
day.
William Brundell of Portland is vis
iting his daughter, Mrs. Orville Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Carpthers of
Gresham vlsiteS Mr. and Mrs. Willis
Yonce of Oregon Citv last week.
Mrs. William Moore and little
daughter Betty have returned after a
visit -with Mrs. Boore's Grand parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Beard of Sell
wood. F. A. Gaines who was on his way to
the Shriners convention at San Fran
cisco,' stopped in this city one day last
week and visited his aunt, Mrs. Mary
Barton and his cousin Mrs. TJeorge A..
Harding.
Terry Barnes has gone to Al
liany, where he has takenajosi
tion as night clerk in the St. Francis
hotel after spending a few days with
ihs parent, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Barnes
of Willamette.
Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Ice and children
are spending their vacation at their
summer home which is situated on
the Clackamas River.
Bert Lageson, son of Mr. andTVIrs.
L. J. Lageson, who has been attending
the Pacific Dental College,, has gone
to Rockaway, Oregon, where he will
be employed for" the summer in con
struction workon the highway. He
visited his parents a few days before
going to Rockaway.
Mrs. M. N. Satterley who has been
visiting her .daughter Miss Neva a
student at Oregon State Normal at
Monmouth has returned to her home
in Oregn City.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wade and
daughter, Miss Edith who are living
near Molalla were Oregon City visit
ors on Wednesday of this week.
A eon arrived at the Oregon City
hospital for Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Snodgass, on Decoration day, Mrs.
Snodgrass was Miss Grace Scheubel
before her marriage.
Fred Humphreys spent the week
end at Cannon Beach where he went
on a fishing trip. Others ol'the party
were C. G. Huntley and John Jackson
of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. James Rintoul of Port
land were Wednesdayguests of Mr.
Rinton's parents Mr.and Mrs.An3rew
Rinton of Oregon City. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar D. Efy and
George Gardiner attended the funeral
of the late Charles Thompson which
was held at Shewood Tuesday.
Andrew Naterlin who has been a
student at the University of Idaho at
Moscow has returned to his home at
Oregon City. After a few days visit
with his mother, Mrs. Anton Naterlin
he left Sunday for Pillar Rock, Wash.,
to assist his father In fishing for the
summer.
Mrs. L. W. Myers of Portland visit
ed her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Grossenbacher of Canemah last Satur
day Mrs. Myers was Miss Lillian
Grossenbacher before her marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Alec Lowther accom
panied by their daughters Misses Ei
ther and Oakley Lowther and son
, Smith of Portland were Sunday guests
of Mr. , and Mrs. John V. Green.
Mrs. J. W. Armstrong, of Molalla vis
ited her sister Mrs. W. H. Sampson on
Saturday.
Gilbert Thomas, son of Mrs. Emma
Thomas of Oregon City arrived at the
home of his mother, from Ocean Falls,
B. C. and will visit for a few weeks.
He will also visit his wifes parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. E Woodward.
'Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Edgar and chil
dren motored to Redland, Sunday at
tended the Children's Day exercises
at the Redland church.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Green of Glad
stone are building a new bungalow on
Hereford street They expect to be
able to occupy it by September 1.
Jacob Risberger son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Risberger of "Oregon City is
still very ill at the St. Vincent's hospit
al at, Portland. He has' been In the
hospital for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland .Hendrick and
little daughter visited MrsTTTenrricks
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H .S. Anderson,
Sunday. They were accompanied here
by Misses Julia and Grace Anderson
neices of Mr. H. S. Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Wr Green of
Portland, motored to Oregon City on
Tuesday of this week to transact busi
ness, while here they visited Mr.
Green's sister, Mrs. M. P. Cnapman.
Mrs. M. A. Plummer, who was a pi
oneer resident ot Canemah, but who
is now making her home at Tacoma,
Washington, has returned to her home
after visiting relatives and friends at
Canemah She was accompanied home
by Miss Ella Quins, who will be a
guest of Mrs. Plummer for a week.
Miss Margaret Beattie and her
brother. Lot, are home from Eugene
where they have been students at the
University of Oregon.
Mrs. Harry G.. Neville and baby
Clara of Redland were Oregon City
visitors one day last week. The Ne-'
vill's were former Oregon City resi
dents. , V" -
Burr Tatro a former resident of Ore
gon City but noW of The Dallas where
he has been an instructor at The Dal
les high school was an Oregon City
visitor on Saturday, of last week,
coming to look after property inter
ests. -
, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Huffman whose
home is in Leavenworth, Kansas, have
arrived in Oregon City to spent sever
al months with Mrs. .Huffmans sister,
Mrs. Amanda Hickman. This is the
first meeting of the sisters in 20 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ecces of
Canby were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Baxter on Tuesday.
. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Worner and
daughter of Corvallis motored to Ore
gon City on Wednesday and visited
Mrs. Worner's sister, Mrs. Ray Wood
ward. Mrs. John Collie and son 'William
left recently for an extended visit
with relatives in Canada. Mr. Collie
will make his home in Portland until
ahis family returns.
SOCIETY
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Always First
with the things
the young men like
VT'OU can depend on us to keep abreast
with the new styles. Every week our
windows exhibit some new idea in men's
wear. Step in and look over what's pew in
Swartz
Suits
Sport models and the one-button models
are going big with the young fellows.
Also plenty of suits for the men who de
sire the loose, comfortable styles. We
have an interesting variety of fabrics and
patterns.
- Our prices are lower
than elsewhere
$25 $30 $35
A very pretty wedding was solem
nized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Henderson of 1003 Taylor .street
Kwhen their daughter was united in
marriage to Glen E. Hilton by Rev. A.
H. Thmpson of the Methodist church.
Only immediate relatives attended the
wedding. The Henderson home was
artistically decorated with cut flowers
After a short honeymoon Mr. and Mrs.
Hilton will make their home at Scotts
Mills.
Mr. and Mrs. Noble W. Charles of
Oregon City entertained at dinner
Sunday in honor of Mrs. Charles'
brother Harry (Sheaffer of Newport
Beach, California.
Places were laid for Mr. and Mrs.
B. L. Commons, Mrs. EdnaFreeman
and Forest Bradley of Portland, Harry
L. Sheaffer and CRice of Newport
Beach. Calif., Mr. and Mrs.- Charles
Better and Mr. and Mrs. N". W. Charles
of Oregon City.
.
. Mrs. Georgia Allegraniwhose home
is in Portland entertained at an in
formal tea on Thursday afternoon of
last week. Those attending from Ore
gon City, Mrs. Andrew Rintoul. Mrs.
John Loder, who were former school
mates of Mrs. Allegrani. Miss Mary
Mclntyre and Mrs. C. B. Wilson of
Wilamette.
Mrs. Rhoda Libby celebrated her
eighty-seventh birthda'y at the home of
her son, Mr. Charles Libby on Thurs
day of last week. Mrs. Libby reced
ed some very nice resents. A sump
tou dinner was served to Mr. "and Mrs.
Ross Laugly and two children of Sil
verton, Mr. and Mrs. Gates Darves
and Mrs. A. Nelson of Oregon City.
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JOE SWARTZ
OREGON CITY
CARD OF THANKS
To those who so kindly assisted dur
ing our recent bereavement, and for
the expressions of sympathy and Beau
tiful floral offerings, we desire to ex
press our sincere thanks.
MRS. CHAS. THOMPSON
AURA D. JACKSON
INZA R. WOOD
RUBY O. KOELLERMEIER
CONSTANCE F. BARNEY
ROY, CARL, VICTOR and
CLARENCE THOMPSON.
At the home of her son, C. W. Lar-.
son, of Stafford, MrsrSarah Jane Lar
son passed away, on Tuesday this
week.
The deceased was torn in 1854, her
birth place a "prairie schooner", en
route to the great west She was a
member of the Grange, Degree of
Honor and Woman's Relief corps.
To mourn her departure are her
children, C. W. Larson, Stafford;
O. F. Larson, Woodburn; Arthur
Larson and Mrs. E. P, Carpenter,
Willamette ; besides several brothers
and sisters and grandchilren.
Funeral services wil lbe held to
morrow' (Friday) af(ternoon (at the
Willamette church at one o'clock, In-
Ordeals Undergone by Bridegrooms in
Some Parts of Scotland and in
Old Austria.
In parts of the Scottish highlands
there has long been in practice a
ceremony called "creeling the bride
groom." After a marriage friends
take the bridegroom in hand. They
tie on his back a creel or basket and
fill it with stones. Then he is forced
to walk with his heavy burden through
the entire community, followed by men
to see that he does not drop the creel,
even for an instant. The bride can
ransom him by coming out on the
street and kissing him in public, but
if she is a shy person the bridegroom
must make the full rounds w(fh his
basket of stones., The ordeal is made
worse for the man because the con
ductor of the ceremony is the last
person previously married, and he
naturally takes revenge by making the
creeling severe.
A widely followed custom Is to
make the bridegroom fight for his
bride In a battle sometimes mimic,
but as often quite stern. In parts
of old Austria this was dramatic. Im
mediately after the couple appeared
from the service they were surrounded
by young men In masks who tried
to separate them. Once separated, the
husband had to fight to regain his
wife. If he was unsuccessful he had
to pay ransom. Then to make matters
worse for the bride as well as the
bridegroom the wedding "feast" in
cluded cake appetizingly mixed with
cow hair, egg shells and hog bristles.
Man and wife must eat of this cake to
bring good luck to their cattle and
poultry.
EDWARDJU.OVRY
A Writer of Recognized Authority
on National Government's
Business Methods.
No Washington correspondent is bet
ter known or more highly esteemed
than Edward G. Lowry. That in It
self means that he has broad and deep
knowledge of national and world af
fairs; that he is skillful in getting the
news and tactful in writing it, and
that he has the confidence of the pub
lic men with whom he comes in con
tact. But Mr. Lowry has more than
that. He lias the really patriotic feel
ing that the- intimate knowledge of the
nation's affairs, which he . acquires
through his work In . Washington,
should be imparted to the people of
the country who have not his privileges,
in such a way that they will be led to
take that personal interest In the doings
of the government, which alone will
result in good government. He wants
the people to realize that it Is their
government, answerable to them only,
and that they only are responsible
for its good qualities and its bad qual
ities. It is this feeling that has in
spired much of Mr. Lowry's best work.
Born in Atlanta in 1876, Mr. Lowry
was educated in private schools, the
Georgia Military Institute and by priv
ate tutors, and began his journalistic
career at the age of twenty-four. In
1904 he was sent to Washington and
has been there almost "continuously
ever since. . He has been the political
correspondent of Harper's Weekly, has
written many articles for the periodi
cal press and since 1913 has been the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Evening Post, and for a consid
erable time the managing editor of
that paper. When Germany started
the World war the government natur
ally found Important work for Mr;
Lowry. For two years he was at
tached to the American embassy In
London, and then he returned to be
come a captain in the aviation section
of the signal corns, fhen he was as-
Where Your
Taxes Go
How Uncle Sam Spends
Your Money in Conduct
ing Your Business
By EDWARD G. LOWRY
Author "Washington Close-Ups," "Banks and
Financial Systems," etc. Contributor Political
and Economic Articles to Leading Periodicals
and a Writer of Reeog-nised Authority on the
National Government's Business Methods
Edward G. Lowry.
sistant military attache at London and
on the British front In Flanders, and
was with the American Army of Oc
cupation in Germany. For his valu
able work he was awarded the Brit
ish Military Cross. Recently he wrote
"Washington Close-Ups," a series of
character sketches of eminent figures
in the national capital, which the
country is reading with vast'en joyment.
For two years Mr. Lowry has been
making a close study of the business
of the government. He is given credit
in congress for his aid in passing the
budget bill and In bringing about the
naming of the joint committee of the
house and senate to investigate and
report upon the administration and or
ganization of the government executive
departments. He now wants the peo
ple of the United States to know the
details of the United States govern
ment, which is their business. He be
lieves the knowledge of these details
will make of them better Americans
and give them a better government.
No man not Imbued with Mr. Low
ry's high ideal could have carried out
this study of the government business
so exhaustively and painstakingly as
has he. Probably he now knows more
about it than any other man in the
world. With extraordinary persever
ance and dogged persistence he went
after hidden facts and multifarious de
tails and got them. Nothing was too
big for his comprehension or too small
for his attention. At one time he went
fcp a member of the cabinet with the
statement that the government had on
Its payrolls, exclusive of the officers
and men of the army and navy, one
employee for each 68 , people of the
United States ten years of age and
over engaged In gainful occupations.
It took that cabinet officer, with the
assistants he had at his command, a
considerable time, and considerable ef
fort to verify Mr. Lowry's statement,
but he found It to be true.
' As the result of his easeful studies
Mr. Lowry has written a series'' of ar
ticles on the business of government
income and expense ; where the money
comes from, and how and for what it
Is spent ; whether the organization of
the business side of government Is effi
cient or inefficient; whether the gov
ernment wastes the money we give It.
The series is not In any sense politi
cal. It is not an attack, not a muck
raking expedition. It recites facts,
conceded, acknowledged facts. These
facts come from the men In the gov
ernment from the government itself
and they are all facts that every
American citizen is entitled to know
and should know.
! The series of articles on this subject
1 of "Where Your Taxes Go" will be
carried in these columns. Tliey should
be read by every American who is In
terested In the welfare of the nation
Xopyrijfht. Western Newspaper Union
m.
WARS EAT JUP THE TAXES
When I set out to discover for you
where the money you pay as federal
taxes goes I did not have far to look.
It goes for wars, past, present and
prospective. Last year a little over 90
per cent of the national income went
that way. In the report of the secre
tary of the treasury submitted to con
gress in December, 1920, he remarks:
An analysis ot, government expenditures
for the fiscal year 1920, on the basis of
daily treasury statements, develops the
striking fact that of the net ordinary dis
bursements of J6,403,000,000 about 90 per
cent consisted of expenditures under the
following heads:
Purchase of obligations of for
eign governments t 421,000,000
War department 1,611,000,000
Navy department 736,000,000
Shipping board 531,000,000"
Federal control of transporta
tion systems and payments
to the railroads under the
transportation act, 1920 1,037,000,000
Interest on the public debt 1,020,000,000
Pensions 213.000,000
War-risk insurance 117,000,000
Purchase of federal farm-loan
bonds ? - 30,000,000
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
LAND FOR SALE Will sell my 29 H
acres on Beaver Creek near Beaver
Creek Station, W. V. S. Ry. for $75
per acre, good land, nearly level run
ning water, 3 room house, small
barn, etc. ; Duncan Cameron, 341
Harrison St. Portland or See John
F. Stark, Maple Lane for further
particulars. (6-15-3t pd.)
GOOD TRUE horse for sale, Applv R.
1, Box 1W, Oregon City. (6-15-lt)
LOST Spare tire with rim, on' Aber-
. nathy Creek road, reward. John C.
Shillock, 502 Gerlinger Blag.;" Port
land. (6-15-lt)
Total ". $5,716,000,000
Substantially all the expenditures
entering into this total, and a large
share of the expenditures on various
minor accounts, represent burdens di
rectly traceable to the war, to past
wars or to preparedness for future
wars. These figures serve to indicate
the direction which sincere efforts to
reduce the cost of the government
must take.
Then I found Mr. Gilbert, the under
secretary of the treasury, saying:
There has been much idle talk to the
effect that the excessive cost of govern
ment is due to inefficiency and extrava
gance in the executive departments.
Without doubt there has been waste and
inefficiency in the various government de
partments and establishments, and much
can be accomplished, and has already
been accomplished, by the Introduction
of efficient and economic methods of ad
ministration and the elimination of du
plication and unnecessary work. It might
well be possible to save as much as
$60,000,000 or $100,000,000 by careful and sci
entific reorganization of the government's
business.
The figures show that over 90 per
cent of - the total annual expenditures
of the government are related to war.
Out of total expenditures during 1920 of
about $6,400,000,000, about Shi billions rep
resented expenditures directly traceable
to the war, to past wars, or to prepared
ness for future wars. Of this, about
$2,500,000,000 went for the army and navy,
over $500,000,000 for the shipping board,
over $1,000,000,000 for the railroads, another
$1,000,000,000 for interest on the public debt,
almost. $500,000,000 for purchase of obliga
tions of foreign governments on account
of their war expenditures, and the remain
der for pensions, war risk allotments and
miscellaneous items related to war. An
analysis of the expenditures of the first
six months of the . fiscal year 1921 gives
similar results. The figures also show
that the total cost of running, what may
be termed the civil establishment proper,
that is to say, the various government
departments, boards and commissions and
the legislative establishment, have not
much exceeded $250,000,000 even in. the ab
normal war years.
I sought details. If more' than 90
per cent of the entire disbursements
of 1920 went for past and prospective
wars, how much had we been spend
ing to keep the world safe for democ
racy? We are all familiar with the
argument that the best way to prevent
war is to be prepared for war. I
thought I might find out whether that
was true. I went back into the rec
ords and found that year by year,
from 1834 to 1919 inclusive) the treas
ury department had kept an account
of the actual disbursements not ap
propriations, mind you, but actual
money expended of the War depart
ment, the Navy department and for
pensions. When I got all the figures
before me I couldn't add them up.
In the bureau of Internal revenue
they loaned me a machine and an
operator, and so I know and can tell
you that from 1834 to and through
1919 the War Department actually dis
bursed $23,002,390,008.65, In the same,
period the Navy Department spent
$6,907,369,032.84; and pensioners of
past wars got $5,634,079,694.23. .
That Is a thundering total of $29,
909J59.041.49 for the army and navy
alone, leaving out of account the
$5,634,079,694.23 for pensions. V
I will let you decide whether any
part of the twenty-nine billion dollars
spent for preparedness and for war
prevented our going to war or found
us prepared when we went to war.
The three Items I have enumerated,
are only ribs, of th skeleton of the
cost of war preparation and activity.
I have not beea able to excavate any
other detail figures. But it is known
that the war of 1812 cost about $133,
703,880. The cost of the Mexican war is esti
mated to have been $63,605,621.
The total cost of the Civil war, tak
ing the period from June 30, 1861, to
June 30, 1866, may be figured closely
at $3,500,000,000. .
The treasury in the winter of 1920
21 estimated in a report sent to con
gress through the secretary that the
cost of the World war to us to that
date had been $24,100,000,000, exclu
sive of our loans to the allies and
other foreign nations.
So you see the cost of wars is go
ing up, no matter how much money
we spend by way of preparation.
" Fit where
others fail"
Wear proves their worth
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first glance, and their perfect fit and luxurious com
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It is the remarkable way they retain their shape
liness and style after months of wear that has made
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erations of well-dressed women.
To see that your new shoes are stamped with
the QUEEN QUALITY trade mark is to know before
you buy that you are getting the greatest possible
shoe value in style, in fit, in comfort and in long,
long wear.
All the daintiness of the
vogue for straps, with the
perfection of Queen
Quality fit ana comfort,
is typified in this modish
offering.
COMPENSATION LAW
FOR INDUSTRY LITTLE
UNDERSTOOD
The "state industrial accident com
imssion reports that many farmers are
taking advantage" of the Oregon com
pensation law: -farmers are subject
to the employers liability act to prac
tically the same extentTts any other in
the most hazardous occupation.
This law which furnishes a guar
antee to the employer against lawsuits
requires every emploper who is act
ing under its provision to .pay a cer
tainsum on the basis 6"f his pay roll
into the state fund. The individual
worker also contributes one cent a
day to this fund.
Medical attention foi the worker
and compensation for his dependents
are provided for out of this fund and
the employer is relieved from all li
ability of lawsuits arising out of ac
cidents to his workmen.
Due to the fact that as lew thor
oughly understand the application of
the compensation" law, to farma as
well as to industrial establishments,
Riere are as yet a great many farm
ers who do avalT themselves of the
advantage offered by this law.
Halsey Shedd road being paved.
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MOLALLO
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Quite a number of people went to
Gladstone Park last Saturday to at
tend the eighth grade exercises.
Twenty- two Molalla graduates receiv
ed diplomas. The schools in the.sev
eral district; iu this section were all
represented.
The Molalla Chautauqua was here
last week, the program via,-, good. On
Saturday thef put on a Pageant, "The
Conquest ot Peace" by the children of
Molalla under the direction "sjf Miss
Ruth Philips, the director. The local
work was under the direction ojMiss
Julia Hunter of Si. Mary's, Ohio.
At noon Friday a fire alarm soimded
caused by a blaze on the roof o Hark
Huttenhauer's house. Small damage
K.a3 done.
Miss Reva Everhart returned Sat
urda from Corvollis wheie she has
been the past winter.
The play "Clarence" given by the
seniors ' was well rendered. A large
crowd was outo to hear it and all felt
they were well paid for attending.
Rev. H. G. Edgar, pastor of the Pres
byterian church of Oregon City, gave
the baccalorer;te se.mon to the grad
uates at the Methodist church.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Fredrickson ac
companied by Mrs. Otis Engles spent
Wednesday in Oregon City.
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ANNOUNCES
The Opening Of Her Piano Studio, June 17, At The Home Of Mrs.
MacDonald 612 Center St. Phone 110J.
Student of:
ABBY WHITEDALE, Portland. -JANE
THACHER, Eugene.
THILO BECKER, Los Angeles.
High School Credits Givn
For Twenty-Sven 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 . .
Live stock, to live, must be fed.
Stock-breeding business, to be
profitable, must be protected.
Mortality
Live Stock Insurance
in the HARTFOPD LIVE STOCK INSUR
ANCE CO. is as important to your .security of
profits as fodder is to your live stock.
This insurance protects you from loss of mon
ey by paying you the amount of loss sustained
by live stock dying from any cause.
Business judgment will dictate to carry live
stock insurance. Ask for particulars and rates.
A. C. HOW LAND
Real Estate - Insurance 620.Main St., Oregon City