THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922
Page Seven
Where Your
Taxes Go
How Uncle Sam Spends
Your Money in Conduct
ing Your Business
By EDWARD G. LOWRY
Author "Washington Cloee-TJpa," "Banki and
Financial Systems," ate. Contributor Political
and Economic Articlta to Leading Periodical
and a Writar of Racoffnized Authority on the
National Goremment'i Buainea Uethodi.
Copyright, Waatarn Nawapapar Union
v.
MAGNITUDE OF BILLIONS
I have been throwing the incredible
figures at your head. Neither you nor
anybody else has She faintest concep
tion of what one billion dollars really
is. We speak familiarly of billions as
a commonplace, but most of us live
our lives in terms of hundreds.
I have shown you that every one
of us, man, woman and child, in this
country, paid last year $53.77 each
toward the support of the government.
Of course, every person does not pay
exactly $53.77. A great many pay
more and some pay less ; but those
who pay the most try to take it out
of those who pay the least by increas
ing the prices of what they have to
sell, or of services rendered or work
performed, so that it averages out "at
. $53.77. Some pay more than their
share, others pay less. This is called
an incident of taxation. The whole
point is that we all pay; that we pay
now more than we ever paid before;
and there is no present prospect of our
paying less for some years.
In this way we have all paid our
share in the World war. The net cost
of that enterprise to date has been
$24,100,000,000, or, including our loans
to foreign governments, which have
not been repaid, $33,455,000,000. These
are official treasury figures. Do not
let your eyes run over them lightly.
Thirty-three billion four hundred and
fifty-five million dollars is an almost
incomprehensible sum. The cost of
running the national government is
now around $5,000,000,000 a year. The
experts say that for the next two or
three years the cost of the government
will not descend below about $4,000,
000,000 a year.
I want you clearly to understand the
Immensity, the magnitude, the over
whelming size of such sums. We
chatter about billions nowadays with
out in the least knowing what is a
billion. Let me try to bring it home
to you. It is now, roughly speaking,
1920 years since the birth of Christ.
We do not know precisely and accu
rately at what hour and on what day
Christ was born. But under the Gre
gorian calendar, according to which
jwe now reckon time, we have a
record of the days since January first
of the year one. Anno Domini. From
the beginning of the year one to Jan
uary 1, 1021, there elapsed about 701,-
2fi7 dflvs nr tn rprhiro it furthoi-
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16,830,408 hours, which being reduced
again, means 1,009,824,480 minutes.
I will ask you to remember that the
whole history of the modern world
from the first second of the year one
to the last second of the year 1920
has been compressed into 1,009,824,480
minutes. f
Now let us suppose that with the
permission of the Roman authorities
the United States had established a
disbursing officer at Jerusalem on the
first -day of the year one with instruc
tions to pay out $5 a minute day and
night, Sundays and holidays included,
right down through the centuries to
. New Year's day, 1921. .
Suppose he had been given $5,686,
005,706 to start him on his long spell
of spending. That is one estimate of
the sum that it cost, to run this gov
ernment In 1920. On the morning of
January 1, 1921, this mythical disburs
ing officer, giving money away at (he
rate of $5 a minute, w.ould have spent
only $5,049,122,400, and would still
be one of the richest men in the
world, for he would have left on
hand $636,883,306 of the original sum.
Paying out at the rate of $5 a minute
for more than 1900 years, he would
not have kept pace with the cost of
upkeep of this government for the one
single year 1920.
Suppose this imaginary government
spender had been authorized to pay
out at the rate of $23 a minute through
the centuries. He would not have
finished, on January 1, 1921, paying
for our share of the cost of the World
war by some $784,036,960. He would
have that much left over after paying
out $23,225,963,040. He would have been
paying out nearly 40 cents every sec
ond the clock ticked for more than 19
centuries without being able to dis
charge our share of the World war
cost
Do you ever bother your head about
these bushels and bushels of dollars
that you contribute to the support of
the government? You earned them.
You know whether they came easily or
not Do you know where they go
after they leave you, how they are
spent, whether wisely or foolishly?
It's all your money, contributed for the
proper and economic conduct of your
business. There Is no such thing as
government money. The government
never earned a cent.
You own the govern.nent and yoa
support it, and it is merely adminis
tered by men of your selection. I
have always been puzzled about why
you do not take an active and eager
Interest in what becomes of your
money that you pay in taxes.
But let's go on and get down to
cases.
Dakota Shows Independence
Ex-governor Lynn J. Frazier of
North Dakota has been elected to the
United States Senate over Porter J.
McCumber, McCumberhas been in the
senate twnty-four years and Is known
a conservative non constructive mem
ber of that body. Frazier is an ultra
progressive aligned with the non-partisan
regime in his state.
Lumber Output Increases
Among several new lumber mills
under construction or just completed
are those at La Pine, Foster and Ver-nonia.
ljgl jt 8 jjt $1 ii&s0
JENNINGS LODGE
J Mrs. W. W. Woodbeck .
Mrs. Andrew Etters of Skamonia,
Washington, is visiting her niece, Mrs.
Frank Lambert.
Mrs. M. E. Slater of Portland a
worker in the W. C. T. IT. organization
is the guest of Mrs. William Cook and
attending the sessions of . the Chau
tauqua. Miss Lavenia . Hildebrand a class
mate of Miss Ruth Cook is spending
a few days at the Cook home and at
tending the Chautauqua .
Miss Hazel Hunt of Chicago is visit
ing her., sister Mrs. Fred J. Wilson.
This is the first visit of Hunt to Ore
gon. She is favorably impressed with
the west. .
George Barry underwent an opera
tion at St. Vincents' hospital last
Thursday.
Harry Burco and family motored to
Neatarts last Saturday remaining un
til after the Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Tillman enter
tained the young women of the gener
al offices of the P. R. L. and P. com
pany last .Friday evening. Refresh
ments were served.
' Mrs. Wilfred Ross entertained a par
ty of young people last Thursday, the
occasion being the sixteenth birthday
anniversary of her son George.
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Blinstone and
children accompanied by the former's
brother Claude Blinstone and Mrs.
Blinstone's mother Mrs. Lucy Allen
motored to Pacific City last week re
turning Thursday. They are now
camping at the Chautauqua grounds.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Woodcock and
family have moved out from Portland
and taken possession of their recent
ly completed home on Hull avenue.
W. A. Rush who is attending the
summer school at Monmouth returned
home Friday and visited with his fam
ily over the Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Staker are camp
ingj at Gladstone Park durUng the
Chautauqua session.
L. C. Oulette accompanied by his
father motored to Clatskanine Sunday
returning Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hehi;ici and
son Walter with Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Barry and children motored to the up
per Molalla where they spent the
Fourth.
The Shady Nook Auto camp is being
well patronized. Saturday there were
campers from California, Washington,
and Idaho, who remained over until
Sunday.
A reunion with a picnic was enjoy
ed by the Hugh Rdberts and Maple
families at the home of Clare Maple
on Morse avenue the Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. George Maple who
have spent the past six months at Los
Angeles returned to the Lodge last
Friday.
Little Miss Martha Painton of Rock
away is visiting her aunts Mrs. Hugh
Roberts and Mrs. Bess Bruechert.
Later she will visit at the home of her
aunt in Airlie, Oregon.
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CLARKES r
Albert Gasser
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A reception was held last Saturday
evening in honor of Mr. . and Mrs. T.
Marshall who have returned to their
new home after a wedding trip. . Over
150 people were present an owing to
the large crowd and a very nice moon
light night the people spent the eve
ning on the lawn. Music and singing
were enjoyed during the evening and
delicious refreshments were served.
The reception broke up about eleven
o'clock anid everybody enjoyed them
selves wonderfully, judging by the
presence of the- whole neighborhood.
very one in the neighborhood wishes
the newly weds a very long, happy and
prosperous life.
Owing to the reception the Clarks
hall camp meeting was postponed for
one week.
The clover hay is all made. The
quantity is small, but the quality is
good.
Charles and .Wilfred Marshall, Ed.
Leiehtwers, George Clark, Ted Sayer,
G. and W. Griffeths, Charles and A.
Gasser and family took in the round-up
in Molalla last Sunday.
Ed. Bond and family visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kleinshmidt at
Marquam the other day.
Peter Huber and Mr. Hull were at
Silverton last Sunday.
E. Boul sold his Ford and bought a
new one at once. We hope the new
one will go easier.
Mr. Park went to Kelso, Washing
ton last Saturday to inspect his crop
on the farm there.
Walter and George Hopstetter mot
ored to Eastern Oregon last Fricfay. -
C. White's saw mill was working
full blast last week.
GREEN OLIVE
SAUSAGE ROLLS
These little homemade roll am
i' live, unusual and delicious;
lie things for a picnic luck
My.
i two cups each ef any tw
.!--sired through food chopper
: f ; iwl and tongue or ham and
i xiiist veal are excellent). Add
(spoonful powdered sweet herbs,
i'.' naif teaspoonful salt, one-quar-cr
teaspoonful paprika and a cup
chopped Spanish green olives. Make
-either a pie crust or a baking pow
der dough. Put three tablespoons
ful of the meat mixture well rolled
together on a round of the pastry.
Roll and pinch ends firmly together.
Bake one-half hour in hot oven.
These rolls are alse good when
eaten hot
SHOULD EAT MORE CABBAGE
Diet Experts of Cornell's College of
Agriculture Recommend It as
Article of Agriculture. -
Experts at Cornell's college of ag
riculture at. Ithaca, N. Y., urge a wid
er use of cabbage, asserting that this
succulent vegetable should be more
generally Included in the diet. It is
rich in iron and other mineral salts
and contains .a small amount of
growth-promoting substance. Cabbage
is eaten much more by the Spanish,
French and Italian races than by
Americans, largely because Americans
do not know how to cook it, it is con
tended. "Cabbage," says a statement from
the college of agriculture "plunged In
to boiling salted water, and cooked
uncovered for 20 mlnutea, no longer,
will be a delicate light green color,
tender and easily digested. Long cook
ing, in a tightly-covered kettle, pro
duces a dark, brownish mess in which
chemical changes have taken place
that make it almost Indigestible.
"Food specialists at Cornell suggest
boiled cabbage served with lamb, mut
ton or beef, escalloped cabbage with
cheese . sauce, fried cabbage with
minced onion, cabbage cooked in milk
and water, or baked with hamburg
or frankfurters, lady cabbage, sweet
or sour cabbage, or filled cabbages.
Recipes for these dishes are found in
most cook books.
"For salads, cabbage gives an al
most endless variety; with apple and
onion, or with onion, celery or car
away seed, with green peppers, to
matoes, carrots, salmon, shrimp or
even pineapple shredded cabbage
makes an excellent combination. In
general, cabbage salads are best served
with a boiled dressing."
MAY BE BONES OF PRIESTESS
Skeleton Found JMear Smoking Crater
of Kilauea Believed to Be Last
of Her Order.
The skeleton of a woman, believed
that of the last of the priestesses of
the Hawaiian fire goddess Pele, whose
traditional home was in the Kilauea
volcano on the island Hawaii was
found recently In a carefully prepared
crypt not far from the smoking crater.
The tomb was found in the western
sector of the main wall of the great
outer crater of Kilauea, where once
stood a great temple dedicated to
Hiiake, the sister of the goddess Pele.
Nothing now remains of this temple.
The last occasion upon which it ap
peared in history was when it was
visited by the Princess Kapiolanl in
1824, when the royal Hawaiian Chris
tian Journeyed to the volcano for the
purpose of uttering defiance to Pele.
The journey, formed the motif of one
of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poems. Lo
cal tradition says that the princess
was met at the crater rim by a hag
gard priestess the last of her line
who came from her abode in the
ruined temple near by and made one
last attempt to overawe the princess
and to appeal to her fear of the super
natural. -
The tomb, believed to be that of
this priestess, was discovered immedi
ately below the site of the temple.
The position of . the bones indicated
that she had been burled in a sitting
position, with her back propped
against the wall, with her head placed
so that her sightless eyes were in line
with a small orifice immediately In
front of her and in a direct line with
the mile-distant fire pit of the volcano.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Pursuant to an order of the County
Court of Clackamas County, ,dated
June 17, 1922, notice is hereby given
inviting bids for the construction of
roads and parts of roads, as follows:
Road "A", Bonding Act Road Dis
trict No. 7:
Beginning at a point where the Mol
alla Road intersect, the South bound
ary of the City of Oregon City, Sec. 5
T. 3 S. R. 2 E.; thence along the 'pres
ent Molalla Road to a point where it
crosses the line foetween Sections 5
and 8, T. 3 S. R. 2 E., a distance of
approximately 2100 feet.
Road "B", Bonding Act Road Dis
trict No. 8:
Beginning at a poi ;t on Road No.
535 at top of hill at N. E. corner of Liz-
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THE
BANNER - COURIER
Harold Peat, Former
Will Discuss Anglo-American Responsibilities and Opportun
ities at Chautauqua, the Second Night
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Not so many years ago he was a war hero, and famous as the author of
his own book, "Private Peat," which reached a sale of over a million copies ;
he was not unknown to fame as the correspondent and special writer for the
New York World, the Chicago Herald-Examiner, and the Associated Press; he
was, perhaps, the most gifted war speaker of all the soldiers, and was finally
made chief of the" speakers' bureau of the United States Fuel Administration.
This wealth of experience sharpened up his mentality, and out of "Private
Peat," the soldier-speaker, there developed Harold Peat, one of the brilliant
platform figures of the day. His great lecture "Introducing Your Neighbor"
is a peace talk( rather than a war talk a masterly plea for a better relation
ship between the English-speaking peoples in the interest of humanity in. gen
eral. Hear Peat at Chautauqua the second night. He has some interesting
things to say about peace just as he had some thrilling facts about war.
zie Telford Tract of Land; thence
southerly and southwesterly along the
present traveled road to a point where
it crosses Sec. line between Sees. 11
and 12, T. 3 S. R. 1. E.
Road "C", Bonding Act Road Dis
trict No. 8:
Beginning at a point where road No.
290 crosses the south boundary of the
City of Oregon City; thence southerly
and southwesterly on Road No. 290
and 41, a distance of 11422 feet.
A part of Road "A", Bonding Act
Road District No. 9: .
. Beginning at the south end of
Wright's Bridge; thence in a south
erly direction to the city limits of the
City of Molalla, a distance of 3.7 miles.
A part of Road "B", Bonding Act
Roaid District No. 9: .
Beginning at the south boundary of
the City of Molalla and continuing
Play Tennis
We have a
tennis equipment,
and every thing
enthusiast.
Oregon City Auto Co.
6TH & MAIN OREGON CITY
make your housework easy
in the cooling breeze of an
electric fan.
DON'T swelter and fag yourself out try
ing to take care of your household
duties with the perspiration streaming
from you and every particle .of clothing
oppressing you.
An electric fan will give you the comfort
that will make your work a pleasure.
Portland Railway, Light and
Power Company
War Hero, to Speak)
on the present traveled road toward
Wilhoit approximately one mile.
Bids must be presented separately
for each of said roads, for which
plans and specifications are on file in
the Office of the County Surveyor.
Any contractor desiring to do so
may present a bid for a covering of as
phaltic concrete, or Warrenite Bitulith
ic pavement, in which case the bids
are to be accompanied by a complete
set of plans and specifications for the
construction and completion of said
roads conforming as to -location and
contour with' the survey now made and
adopted from said highways.
Bids must be sealed and filed with
the County Clerk on or before the hour
of 11 o'clock a. m. July 10, 1922.
No bid will be considered unless ac
companied by a check payable to the
order of Clackamas County, certified
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LITTLE the RESULTS ARE BIG
RATES For first insertion 25 cents; for subsequent issues one cent a
word. Ads received too late for this column will be classified elsewhere.
For Sale Miscellaneous
MONEY TO LOAN ON FARM AND
CITY - PROPERTY Philip Ham
niond. Lawyer, Beaver Building,
Oregon City, Oregon. 5-17-4t
FOR SALE Bicycle, ?12; 416 Water
St. Up stairs. Room 2. (6-29-3t)
FOR SALE 175 new and 200 second
Vl nMin alinlu A Inn 1
A. R. Dane, Clackamas, Oregon.
(6-29-2t pd)
Wanted Real Estate
MONEY TO LOAN on farms of over
ten acres at 6 per cent Long time
loans on easy payments. Federal
loans a specialty. Alfred Graham,
, Canby, Oregon. 3-10-tf
by a reasonable bank, for an amount
equal to 5 of the bid, tobe forfeited
as fixed and liquidated damages in
case the bidder neglects or refuses to
enter into a contract and provide a
suitable bond for the faithful perform
ance of said work in the event the con
tract is awarded to him.
The right to reject any and all bids
is hereby reserved.
Dated at Oregon City, Oregon, June
2L 1922.
FRED A. MILLER,
County Clerk of Clackmas Conuty.
First Publication June 22, 1922.
Last Publication July 27, 1922.
ALL TIRED OUT-
Hundreds More in Oregon City in the
Same 'Plight
Tired all the time;
Weary and worn out night and day;
Back aches; head achee.
Your kidneys are probably weaken
ed. You should help them at their work.
Let one who knows tell you how.
Mrs. Frank Rotter, 1106 Monroe St.,
Oregon City, says: "My kidneys trou
bled me for long time and my back
ached so f couldn't do my washing.
To sweep the floor tired me dreadfully
and headaches and dizzy spells made
me miserable and the action of my
kidneys was irregular. I used Doan's
Kidney Pills and they soon relieved
the backaches and other si$ns of kid
ney trouble and I felt much better in
every way."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Rotter had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Reasons Why Buy
At Home Are Given
Another' of the several letters re
ceived in the prize contest for the best
letter setting forth reasons why shop
pers should buy at home is published,
herewith:
Why Buy Home Products
I see so many resons for buying
horn products it would fill your en
tire paper but I shall mention only a
JrOFQLSOI
THE UNIVERSAL TRACTOR
HENRY FORD was 35 years getting ready for the
new price on the Fordson. He started as a farm boy,
planning to get rid of the drudgery, long hours and low
money return that has always faced the farmer.
He wanted to furnish you with a tractor that would not
only do your work better and faster, but at lower costs
and the 170,000 Fordsons now in use have proved that
he has accomplished these things.
What you get in the Fordson for $395 f. o. b. Detroit is
the greatest farm power unit ever offered.
Let us show you how a Fordson will cut form costs,
increase your bank account and take the drudgery out of
farm work. Write, phone or call.
Park-Shepherd Motor Co.
Oregon
595
F.O.B.
DETROIT
Wanted Miscellaneous
WANTED To . buy second hand
goods. Will pay cash for used fur
niture, tools, or any thing of com
mercial value. Large stock of goods
for sale. J. H. Mattley, 914 - 7th St.
WANTED To buy, alder, maple, oak
and ash stumpage or on the road in
eight foot lengths. Address Hall,
Banner-Courier. 6-22 5t pd.
FOR SALE Second hand Milwaukie
binder, good condition. Also Truck
and 8 foot hay rake, all for $60. H.
Thiessen route 1, Milwaukie Oregon.
(6-22-ltp)
- For Sale Horses
FOR SALE One mare, 1000 lb., 6
years old, and two cows. Chas. Mei
nike, Elwood, Oregon. 7-6-22,
few.
To buy home products means that
we also can sell our products. We
must buy what home products we
don't ourselves produce as that gives
others a home market. And another
reason. ' If our home products are not
good enough for us to use we should
not expect other markets' to buy them
and to buy home products gives en
couragement to home seekers and to
our children and if we want to have
steady employment we must help and
buy -what we help to produce. ,x
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Train Schedule Revised
During the summer months on Fri
day -and Saturday only, the Willam--tte
Valli-'v- Southern railwav will, it
has been announced, run, in addition
to its regular schedule, an extra train
which will leave Oregon City at 1:55
and will reach here -on return trip at
5:48 in the afternoon. This schedule
is now in effect.
Banner-Courier clasified ads bring
nome the bacon. .
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