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SHE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1922.
THE BANNEH COURIER
The Clackamas County Bauer and the Oregon City Courier, Consolidated
July 8th, 1919, and Published by the Clackamas County Banner Publishing
Company, Incorporated. N
P. J, TOOZE, Editor
H. A. KIRK, Advertising
It is a procedure as selfish and cowardly as it is expedient. It costs less than
it would to put these "wobblies" to work) but it is a crime against society.
They should be made to break rock, not the law, In order to obtain food.
They should work, not wander. And where they learn there s steady work for
I good fopd and a clean bed awaiting their idleness or disobedience to law, they
are soon noted for their absence. ?.
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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.
TRAINING LITTLE CITIZENS
These Articles published weekly in these columns are
Issued by the National Kindergarten Associ
ation, New York City
Let's Not Nag!
By Alice Wingate Frary .
Nagging is one of the surest ways
of clouding the atmosphere of our
homes, and we know how children
thrive in happy surroundings. It is a
temptation to talk endlessly about an
undesirable state of affairs rather-than
And Freedom's banner streaming' t0 thlni. and act-
o'er us.'
JOSEPH DRAKE.
A SECOND. TERM
EVEN in the midst of the state-wide campaign now in progress, the people
of Oregon City should not allow their attention to be diverted from their
political duties to their own city and to themselves. It is as essential that
this city government shall be conducted on a sound moral and economic
basis as it is that the affairs of county and state shall be so conducted.
in Oregon City there will be elected, on November 7, a mayor,, city
recorder, city attorney and four councilmen. The mayor, together with the
council, will appoint a health oftier, street superintendent, police, and employ
an engineer. The mayor will appoint the various council committees to have
charge of the departments of government, as streets and public property,
' health, police and .finance.
The executive responsibility rests primarily on the mayor, thru his com
mittees and appointees, while the legislative responsibility, subject to . the
mayor's veto, rests upon the councilmen.
In appointments, in the enforcement of the laws and ordinances affecting
the city and in the expenditures of the city funds, there has always been severe
criticism aimed at the officials. Some of it has been just, some unjust. At
most, these offices are full of grief and of little honor.
However, it is the duty of the individual citizen to select the best of the
candidates to serve the city. Whom to elect depends upon the past and pres
ent administrative, business and moral qualities of those on the ballots.
Mayor Shannon is completing hs first term of two years. At the outset
he inherited from his predecessor In office a condition of civic affairs
which the people would no longer tolerate and which, together with an un
fortunate police appointment, brought matters to a crisis. James Shannon
accomplished, thru his administration, a clean-up long overdue and in the
process made for himself many enemies. That is always the case where en
forcement of law is the issue. 1
There have been, during the present administration, some of the most dif
ficult problems ever undertaken in the city, including financing tne bridge, the
location of the outlet from the city over the Paific. Highway, the new city hall
and others. Mayor Shannon has met these responsibilities fairly, with the
people's interests first In mind. No accusations of graft or official indolence
have been made against him. He stands for a clean and efficient city govern
ment. He is entitled to a second term.
One mother's problem was getting
her nine-year-old son to come home
from play at a stated time. Though
he had a watch he would delay sart
ing for home until the time when he
ought to have reached it. When at
last he came in one evening with his
father, the mother said In dispair, "I
have talked for weeks without making
the slightest impression. Do think of
some way to settle Jack's tardiness!"
"Jack said his father sternly, "this
must stop! Now what can you sug
gest to make you come home prompt
ly?' '
Jack said (whether nervously or
pertly, his mother was not quite sure),
"Oh, a pound of candy."
"Very well, come." Solemnly his
father took him out into the winter
dusk, walked to the drug store and
brought back a glass jar of hard can
dies. He placed it ceremoniously on the
boy's book-case, told him at what times
he might eat from it, remembering
with each candy, the reason for its
purchase. Whether the father's un
expected attitude or pride in being en
trusted with the candy worked the
charm, it is hard to say, but there was
no further difficulty with late home
The pleasant way of securing obedi
ence is often more effective than the
harsher way because having the child's
A SHAMEFUL PROCEDURE
A FEW days ago nearly a score of the I. W. W. fraternity sauntered south
ward bound thru Oregon City to the summer clime where the "weary
Willie" worketh not and eateth the hand-out of charity or from the timid
housewife.
The gentry thus enroute had been escorted to the limits of the metropolis
as a reward for their part in industrial strife and told to hike or go to work on
the rock pile. They chose, to them, the lesser of two punishments.
But this is not all of the story. It is not the most serious phase this be
ing driven from the city. The serious! part of the event is that no one knew
and apparently cared not, whither they went. They, themselves, likewise,
knew not, and the probability is they did not care where of whither their feet
took them. But men and women, too, in this role of driven outcasts, are too
often a menace, not only to themselves, but to others. -
They possess human instincts. They feel hunger and oftimes grow to hate.
They see themselves, not as others see them, but respond to hunger, hate ajnd
passion. They are out in the rural communities, away from police authorities.
The press tells of their being scattered and fear covers the isolated homes
whos.e occupants, women and children especially, have learned of the dangers
from these human outcasts, begging or demanding food from aoor to door.
And these fears are forms of mental Buffering, intense and serious.
How Portland, Oregon City, or any other lawfully constituted unit of gov
ernment, can justify turning these men, whom they consider a menace to their
citizens and city, out upon communities where there is little or no police pro
tection, is a wonder. It surely is an act not sanctioned by tie golden rule.
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co-operation wins half the battle. I
know two adventurous youngsters
who, after persisting in running away
regardless of consequences, stayea
within bounds for several weeks In
order to earn a tiny gilt star at bed
time. Indeed a ten cent box of stars
from the stationer's is a priceless help
to mothers. There seems to be a pe
culiar happiness in having won the
privilege of sticking one on a card at
night, and counting those already
earned.
Some mothers suffer from their chil
dren's nagging, especially when guests
are present or they are in a public
place. One wise mother who found
all-day shopping trips with the chil
dren an occasional necessity, avoided
any possibility of prolonged discussion
at lunch time by deciding upon a sim
ple, nourishing luncheon that her chil
dren liked, and invariably ordering It.
The expeditions did not occur often
enough so that there was danger of
monotony, and she , saved her own
nervous energy -as well as her chil
dren's. To exhort mothers never to say
"Don't" seems to me sentimentality.
Prompt response to a decisive "No"
has as important a place in child train
ing as obedience to a positive request.
After the "No" has been grasped and
acted upon the positive suggestion
ought to follow, but the "No" should
be clearly understood first.
Above all, our children are entitled
to fairness. Even parents who have
their children's best interests at heart
sometimes let appearances, conven
ience or . fatigue, dull their sense of
justice. A child may profit by a severe
penalty, provided it is just, when a
lesser unjust punishment will rankle
bitterly.
STATE AND CHURCH
THE PEOPLE'S SAY
Eagle Creek, Oregon,
October 17, 1922.,
To the Editor of The Banner-Courier:
In refuting some of Judge Cross'
statements, as published in the Banner-Courier
of last week, in regard to
H. S. Gibson being chairman of the
recall committee, I want to say that
I have not been chairman of any re
cll committee, nor have I attended any
meeting of the recall. .
Judge Cross, in his letter, asks the
question, "What is his trouble?" The
most trouble that I had was to donate
Fifty Dollars to the damage fund, after
the petitioners were informed by the
Judge, that the Court would not allow
the appeal of the three property own
ers for more damages than had al
ready been given them by the board of
viewers ; and the Judge further stated,
that if the property owners appealed
from the report of the board of view
ers, that he would be in favor of re
jecting the report and take the $6,000
theretofore allotted to Market Road
No. 3 by the County Court under
Judge Anderson, and give it to some
other locality. The facts are, that
Judge Cross, at the final hearing voted
to kill the road by rejecting the re
port of the board of viewers; Commis
sioners Proctor and Harris voted for
the adoption of the report. Harvey
Gibson, one of the property owners,
damaged by reason of the establish
ment of the road, received 300, as al
lowed as damages by the ytewers from
the county, and $500 additional raised
by private subscription. In my opin
ion, Harvey Gibson's place, instead of
being benefited by the establishment
of the road, is practically ruined by it.
Our neighbor, interested in the es
tablishment of the road, came to me,
and asked if I would give the same as
he, and make up enough to pay the
difference between the $1,000 allowed
as damages by the viewers and what
the three land owners, whose land
was cut up by reason of the establish
ment of the road, would settle for, and
withdraw their objections to the road.
The sum of $875 was raised by sub
scription among the citizens of Eagle
Creek (Douglass Settlement) and Es
tacada, and divided amiciably among
the three parties damaged by the es
tablishment of the road, in addition to
what the viewers had allowed them,
making a total of $1,875. And then
Judge Cross refused to allow one dol
lar and said he would go on record as
being against the allowance. Both
commissioners voted for the allow
ance. Now, there is one thing I would like
for Judge Cross to explain: Why did
he tell W. H. Douglass, in a private
conversation in his office, a short time
after, that: "While I am in office the
Gibsons will get nothing. Oh, they
will get justice, but they will get no
favors."
H. S. GIBSON.
"CHESTNUTS FOR THE PUBLIC"
(Omitted last week)
Sandy, Oregon,
October 17, 1922.
Editor, Banner-Courier:
In the last issue of the Banner-Courier
I read with interest your editorial
with the above title, which reads as
follows: "The Banner-Courier has
urged expression thru its columns by
the sponsors of the recall of the Coun
ty Judge, but has received no response
frpm them.". "
In answering that, let me say there
is a response in the. County, Clerk's
hands in the form of seventeen hun
dred signatures of -Clackamas County
taxpayers. If this is a dagger sheath
ed, in a few more suns the sheath will
be off. Then if the BannerCourier
still objects to the soft pedal, we will
try and pull another stop. If to be
sick and tired and disgusted with auto
cratic and discourteous treatment
from your employee whom you have
hired for a business that requires all
courtesy, kindness and good will
towards the people who pay the bill,
to walk the public streets of our coun
ty seat openly with petitions to reme
dy such conditions, toclimb the hills
of the suburbs of our town, to travel
the county roads and highways in and
without, machines, can be called a
"pussey footed attempt"-, then-1 sup
pose we shall have to plead guilty
to- the charge.
Do the people who wrote this edi
torial believe that the taxpayers, in
order to recall a public offical, should
first go into public print and prove
their charges before they circulate pe
titions? It strikes me that their ob
ject in working to get this thing be
fore the public November 7, is to save
the taxpayers several thousand dollars
by having to call a special election.
You say: "Those responsible for the
whole procedure should be rebuked by
refusal of the voters to sign the peti
tions." Do you believe that all the
hundreds of people who signed these
petitions were persuaded by undue
influence and a 'pussy footed', method?
Now, then, it seems that our County
Judge is worrying about street talk
concerning aT:ertain foot bridge built
across the Willamette River, and in
order to stop the sponsors of the re
call from plucking the so-called 'chest
nuts, he ha3 this to say "In answer
to some loose remarks about the cost
of the structure, the record will show
that the cost of the bridge was $18,
000, of which amount West Linn paid
$5,000, Oregon City $4,500, the mills
of Oregon City $4,500, Clackamas
County $4,000. This was a rush job,"
etc. Now, I want to respectfully ask
Judge Cross if West Linn and Oregon
City actually paid $5,000 and $4,500?
On you editorial page, under the
Stars and Stripes and by the side of
the heading "Bible thought for today,"
you have this dear old verse, the one
we learned at mother's knee, "Com
mit thy way unto the Lord. Trust
also in Him and He shall bring it to
pass. Rest in the Lord and wait pa
tiently for Him." Psalm 37: 5-7.
Nothing I say here is meant slight
ingly or as a slur against the Banner
Courier's editorial page, but I have
another Bible quotation I would like
to suggest for a heading in your next
issue, October 19 part of the 21st
verse, 18th chapter of first Kings,
which reads something like this:
"How long halt ye between two opin
ions? If the Lord be God follow Him,
but if Baal, then follow him." If a
thing is right, it is right; and if it is
wrong, it's wrong, and this applies to
men in public life as well as private.
Very respectfully,
PERCY T. SHELLEY.
By A. H. Perryman
The state exists for the Individual.
But if its citizens are not fitted for
efficient service it will cease to exist.
i'he Spartans trained for strength
and endurance, while the Athenians
emphasized mental and moral train-1
ing. Both had the idea of state serv
ice; one as soldiers, the other as citi
zens and diplomats.
And since Greece freed herself from
Persian invasion and even before,
states have demanded servce of their
subjects.
For this service the 'State estab
lishes and maintains schools and
makes laws to govern the training of
children. And we are told that the
proposed School Bill means State mon
opoly of elementary education.
We deny that the sanctity or the in
fluence of the home or the church are
interrupted by the Bill. For about
3,285 hours during .a year, the child is
asleep - and unmolested. For 1,080
hours he will be in the State schools.
And for 4.395 hours the home or the
church must be responsible for his
conduct.
The State, then, will direct the ac
tivities of the child 288 hours less than
one-fourth of the time' that he is
awake. Does this look like State monopoly.?
The State has no fault to find with
religious instruction, but will insist
that the Church and its adherents are
responsible for that work. Let the
Church and its adherents have more
than three-fourths of the child's time.'
But is there anything -wrong with a
law that insures to each boy and each
girl of the State a small portion of time
for instruction free from religious or
political influence? Are the churches,
the Sunday schools and the homes so
inefficient that they cannot give the
necessary religious drill In three
fourth of the child's wakeful hours ?
Can any intelligent American citizen
regard our public schools so danger
ous that a daily, drill of 360 minutes
each day for 180 days during a year
will ruin the child, disgrace the par
ents, destroy the influence of the
Church or wreck the State?
We are told that the Bill was in
spired by religious prejudice: It seems
more likely, from the arguments we
hear, that the opposition is inspired by
sectarian zeal..
Formerly the Church controlled the.
child, the' parent, every citizen and
the State. -But Roger Williams pro
claimed to the western world the now
popular policy of "Separation of
Church and State."
The public school and the denomina
tional schools seek many results of
the. same nature. But in one particu
lar' there is a vast difference. . The
State desires fitness for state service,
the Church disires church service.
And so long as some of the children
are trained with one main object in
view, and others are trained with a
different object, the pupils themselves
have not the same chance to select
their life work after th,ey become older.
And this Bill, whatever the purpose, is
in line with the William's policy com
plete separation of Church and State.
Let the State use a small portion of
the child's time to give him basis for
progressive activity. Let the Church
and the homes use a "greater portion
of the time to give religious training.
Give the children a chance for inde
pendent development and the same
chance to select the mode of worship
when grown.
"But religion is of first importance,"
they .say. We will not deny this. And
, we ifill admit that the public school
is not an institution of worship. The
public schools, however, are not non
religious, they are non-secterian. Al
most every-exercise of the day teaches
some good lesson in morals, culture or
good citizenship. Often have I enjoy
ed listening to a group of children in
concert, and from memory, in the
morning exercises, repeating "The
Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want,"
etc. It Is in one of the State text
books. And I challenge any institu
tion of worship to point out any ex
ercise that teaches greater reverence
for the Divine than the 23d Psalm.
In studying the lives of noble char
acters, how often we dwell upon the
value of that estimable rule of action
for all mankind! "Do unto others,"
etc. You may pray and praise and
preach; you may practice regularly all
the customs contained in a creed; your
church steeples may reach as high as
Mount Hood and be made of pure
gold; but for a guide in all life's activ
ities, you can't beat the Golden Rule. '
-APHORISMS
(Contributed) .
A pessimist is a man who with the
choice of two evils takes both.
- Seek the path for its own sake and
not for tftat great reward.
Happiness and success are of rough
texture and vulgar material. The deli
cate fabric in all creation is suffering.
Liberty is not license it is self
surrender. Wise is he who, looking in the face
of a sinner, preceives his own face so
clearly that he parts with his right of
condemnation for the sinner. ,
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