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THE BANNER-COURIER, ' OREGON CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1922.
T HE BANNER COU EI EE
The Clackamas County Bauer and
July 8th, 1919, and Published by th
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BIBLE THOUGHT
FOR TODAY
Bible Thonght memorised, will prove
priceless nanuee m war yean.
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THE GOVERNOR'S CHOICE
GOVERNOR-ELECT PIERCE, during the recent campaign, held up the state
highway department as a feature of state government in which there was
extravagance supreme. To emphasize this claim he held up the number of
autos in this department as numbering over four hundred and the gasoline
bill as enormous. Voters expect Mr. Pierce to make good his promise to re
duce expenses here, as well as elsewhere, In the departments of the state gov
ernment., And this means that the appointment of a new highway commission is up
to the new governor. Whom he will appoint is an absorbing political topic just
now. The personelof the present commission is Republican. The men com
posing it are men of vast business experience. Their task has been gigantic
and through it all there has been no suggestion of graft or negligence of duty.
Errors have been made and there will occur others, no doubt, even with the
past experiences as warnings, in the future, whomsoever may be appointed.
'Members of this commission, though one of the most important In the
state, and with millions of dollars intrusted, to them to spend, receive no com
pensation. They are selected from three different portions of the state. The
demands upon theirtime are) large and exacting, leaving little or no time for
their own private .business. Hence, these appointees must be men of means
sufficient to enable them to serve the 6tate without pay. Of course, added to
' this qualification, they should be efficient Oregon has been fortunate in find
ing such men and there are others from whom Mr. Pierce may select, no
doubt, those who will continue to sacrifice thus in the name of and for the good
of the state. (The desirability of compensation for the commission will be
subject to special consideration in a succeeding issue of this paper.)
The hope just now is that the governor-elect will select the best men ob
tainable for this department. Neither friendship nor partisahzeal Is sufficient
recommendation. Efficiency alone should be the deciding factor.
Several men, prominent in the councils of the governor's own party and
among the opposition, are being mentioned for commissioners. The name of
Harvey G. Starkweather, a Clackamas county man, is one of the most prom
inent. iMr. Starkweather is a man of large experience in civic, educational and
financial affairs. He has been, on may occasions, entrusted with matters of
state, including the regency of the state normal school, master of Pomona
Grange and is a good roads enthusiast. ,
He is at present chairman of the Jackson Club, the leading democratic or
ganization of the state. His service to his county, party and state has always
been highly efficient. In his selection the Governor-elect would please a very
large constituency. . ' .'"
THE VERY ETHICAL EDITOR.
O N Sunday last, the casual readers of the "Morning Corkscrew's" variety
colums, in the southwest corner of the "office cat" page, read with pro
found grief of the pathetic editorial hallucinations of the acting editor, court
reporter and assistant executor of the said "Corkscrew's" variegated political
stunts. ... ;.r
The cause of this very unusual sorrow and Buffering was a very severe
case of compound fracture of "professional" ethics which the said assistant
executor brought upon himself on account of worry over the recent election
of F. J. Tooze to the state senate. . -' :
Only the practiced eye of a literary genius could discern the connection
of even the "Corkscrew" brand of ethics with the Sunday morning editorial
inspiration. But the real microbe which s.o serioualy affected the morning
sheet is the election of the next Clackamas county senator and editor of its
contemporary. Horrors be the thought which the "Corkscrew" tries to thus
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"Flag of the free heart's hope and
home!
By Angels' hands to Talor given;
Thy stars hare 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.
LET US GIVE THANKS: Blessing,
and glory, and wisdom, and thanks
giving, and honor, and power, and
might, be unto our God for ever and
ever. Revalations 7:12.
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eliminate from its editorial system. A published photo gave rise to the effort.
Sad to relate, these attacks are more or less periodical. One occurred a
few hours before the primary election, when this rock-ribbed Republican side
stepper sheet threw mud at the successful candidate for the senate and fol
lowed by loud lamentations belittling his decisive lead. The most severe at
tack to date however, suffered by the "editor-executor" was a very painful
and dangerous species of "psychology" to which the readers of the "Cork
screw" were exposed through its editorial columns. Fortunately, as usual,
everybody was immune.
' This last Sunday attack was hardly unexpected, following the terrific
strain of the Recall upon the assistant editor, and publication of the photo of
the senator-elect without common courtesy favor or dictation from the saga
cious and highly ( ?) successful political manipulator and great ethical teach
er the "Morning Corkscrew."1
OVERDUE
IN the past the tiny blueback salmon swarmed the Columbia river and were
so plentiful that during one season over four million pounds were canned
on the Oregon side' of the river. Today they are extinct. The blueback was a
wonderful little salmon. It averaged between six and eight pounds and its
meat was flrey red. When canned it was second only to tha fancy grades of
Royal Chinook. It was the same salmon as the sockeye and Alaska red.
The Columbia river blueback was a lake spawning salmon, most of them
being born in Lake Wallowa, which is hundreds of miles from the ocean. They
left the sea bunched In schools, following an accepted leader like a band of
sheep. Being small they swam through the nets, whose apertures were sized
for the larger chinook. But, when they
cial streams had been dynamited out of
the fish-wheels. They followed their leader, which knowing his flock had not
the strength of the larger salmon, would lead them around the falls and rapids
on all these narrow channels and the blueback was exterminated.
The Columbia could be restocked
five years, if there were no fish-wheels
Lake to breed. Artificial propogation can never take the place of nature's re
production process, but nature cannot overcome artificial obstructions which
prevent salmon from reaching their spawning grounds.
How much longer will the State of Oregon sit by and thus see one of her
valuable natural resources exterminated by contraptions which serve only to
produce millionairess How much longer iwill her legislators provide from the
public treasury well stocked streams of
interests to dictate a policy of destruction to the fishing possibilities of the
state? It is time to consider fishing as a
engage for permanent livelihood or for
anr sane fishing laws are overdue.
OPENING OF
THE new bridge across the Willamette Is nearing completion. It is a
marvel of architecture, of attractive design and will serve the highest
purposes. Its cost is approximately $325,000. In comparison with other struc
tures of its kind, it is reputed to be one of the best on the continent. Like
other unusually valuable and attractive features of the home locality, it may
not be thoroughly appreciated by those who should appreciate it most.
s Hence the plan to celebrate the opening of this magnificent span is most
commendable. Too great pains to make the event of general concern will be
impossible. Oregon City, West Linn, Clackamas County, and, indeed, the
whole Willamette Valley, through which
take some vital part in this program.
The opening of this magnificent
ette to public use and enjoyment, is an event not likely to be duplicated wltb
in the present generation. Let the celebration be noteworthy and appropriate.
ADVERTISE
THE attempt to hold the 1927 Exposition in Portland was defeated through
. an adverse vote of the state. The proposition to allow the metropolis to
bond herself for $3,000,000, with which to finance the Exposition, was killed by
the electors because they believed there would be a future demand upon them
for money for exhibits from the counties and from the state as a whole.
Whether this cause was justified is not pertinent now.
The defeat of this great advertising scheme should be followed by judicious
effort in this direction, however. The various civic and commercial bodies of
the state should hold this branch of activity as of first importance. The mag
nificent resources of Clackamas county, including Oregon City and sister
municipalities, should be heralded abroad in the Interests of those who' desire
to make for themselves homes in this
sources and glorious rivers, mountains
advertising be of less value to our own
CASH BASIS
rw-OMORROW night Oregon City
X meeting at the High school building for the purpose of giving the voters
opportunity to raise two additional mills for school purpses. In order to do this
it will be necessary to exceed the six per cent limitation, whichr requires the
popular vote.
The board found themselves recently
$56,000, and disposed of bonds to the
up warrants. The purpose of the board
provide sufficient funds for a future cash
ness for the district that it is to incur
The public's interest in education
the meeting tomorrow night.
A QUERY.
t- Y the way, what must be the chagrin
D In the sunshine of the administration's favor, to read during the recent
strenuous campaign to retain party power NOT ONE ARTICLE boosting Ben
Olcott or Republicanism in his own morning sheet? In political ETHICS the
"Corkscrew" has no parallel. " '
TRAINING LITTLE CITIZENS
These Articles published weekly in these columns are
Issued by the National Kindergarten Associ
ation, New York City
Picture For Children
By Edith Riland Cross.
Let us give our children special
training in the early years of their
lives. In the knowledge of beautiful
pictures. - Help them to enjoy the pic
tures in the home.
When our children were babies, we
often talked to them about our pic
tures. As a result, they could point
aut such pictures as Raeburn's "Boy
and the Rabbit,' Sargent's "Frieze of
the Prophets," pictures of the Boy
John, the Aurora, Hofmann's "Head of
Christ," several of the Madonnas and
Sir Calahad.
It always gave them great pleasure
when they would find these pictures In
arrived in the upper river, where artifi
solid rock, they fell an easy prey to
with these wonderful little salmon in
to stop, them from getting to Wallowa
finest fish and allow selfish and opulent
pepetual industry in which men may
recreaiion. Some equitable, definite
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THE BRIDGE.
passes the Pacific Highway, should
thoroughfare over the beautiful Willam
land of delightful climate, diversified r&
and sunsets. Nor would real, genuine
home folk.
FOR SCHOOLS
school district, number 62, will hold a
with a warrant indebtedness of over
amount of $50,000 with which they took
now is to pay all outstanding debts and
basis. This, it is urged, is better bust
warranty Interest-bearing Indebtedness.
will, it is believed, endorse the plan at
of the Minister to Siam, now basking
f
other homes. It also gave them an ap
preciation of art, and stimulated their
Interest and observation.
One day, my oldest boy, age five,
pointed to the picture of Burne-Jones
"Golden Stairway," and said, "Mother,
did they take that picture with a ko
dak, or did someone paint it?" Then
and there w-talked together of how
prints were made from great pictures,
and of the galleries where the originals
are kept. '
While teaching kindergarten, I had
bought a large plain oak picture frame
with a hinged back, so that pictures
could . easily be changed during the
year. ' As I recalled this, I decided it
would be a good thing to have one in
the home. So I had two- euch frames
BANNER THOUGHTS IN POETRY
' . Hymn
For Summer's bloom and Autumn's
blight.
For bending wheat and blasted
maize,
For health and sickness, Lord of
light,
And Lord of darkness, hear pur
praise I
Wo trace to Thee our joys and
woes
To Thee, of causes still the cause
Wo thank Thee that Thy hand be
stows; We bless Thee that Thy love with
draws. Wo bring no sorrows to Thy throne;
We come to Thee with no com
plaint; ,
In Providence Thy will is done,
And that is sacred to the saint. '
Here, on this blest Thanksgiving
Night,
We raise to Thee our grateful
voice;
For what Thou doest, Lord, is right;
And, thus believing, we rejoice.
From "Bitter-Sweet," by J. G.
Holland.
THE BLESSED
Cfty Nancy Byrd Turner
November darkens to Its close.
They kneel beside their flickering
hearth;
Without, one little wistful rose
Is drooping toward the barren earth. ..
A frost had bitten the April fruit.
A blight had seared the summer, corn.
Sharp hall had smitten to the root
The golden barley, overborne.
"But oh," he cries, "1 love you, sweet!
What shall we reck of wind or weather
So long as we can surely meet
The sunshine and the storm together?"
Her meager little garden prayed
All long JUly for quenching rain; .
The sad-eyed cattle left the shade
To seek their cooling creek in vain; -
The flowers that her hands had cherished.
That made the borders beauty-bright.
They bowed their lovely heads and per
ished; -
Her tears had fallen at the sight.
"But ah," she breathes, "I love you,
dear!
It cannot truly matter whether
We gain the year or lose the year.
Just so we live the year together."
Then on the hearth a fagot falls
And breaks to sudden leaping light;
A cricket in a corner calls;
Slow silence deepens down the night
The circle of his young arm makes
A shelter where the dark had been;
The old clock on the mantel wakes
And cries Thanksgiving in.
Youth's Companion.
made. The boys are so proud to have
their very own framed pictures hang
ing by their little white beds.
And it has been interesting to see
the enjoyment they take in changing
the pictures, and in making their own
selections.
It has resulted in a good collection
of pictures which the children add to
as they find those that interest them.
To this I have added many of the Perry
and Brown prints which I have used
In my kindergarten work, and we save
the covers of magazines that depict
child life and activities.
I have noticed that the children pre
fer colors to the black and white stud
ies. They care for pictures, of people
o animals rather than for those of in
animate objects. Boys like pictures
showing strength, as knights and sold
iers; while girls like those protraying
daintiness, beautiful children and ideal
surroundings. Both boys and girls like
pictures of activities and . sports and
once in a while they fancy a beautiful
landscape. -
Of course, to "be honest,, a mother
must add that the pictures sometimes
found in their frames are not always
the most esthetic. For I have often
noticed prints of the football heroes,
in their season; the attractive, adver
tisements for Campbell's soups, "and
posters for a coming circus. Yet it is
best to let it be the children's choice.
I was happy to note that when I re
turned from the hospital with a new
baby boy, the pictures in their frames
were "Jesus Blessing Little Children"
and Jessie Wilcox Smith's Mother and
Baby picture, the cover of the. January
Good Housekeeping.
Another suggestion which I have
found helpful in the home is to have
the pictures in the children's ' bed
rooms or play room hung on a level
with their eyes. It is surprising to see
how much keener is their observation
when this is done. Let the children
climb up or be lifted up to see those
pictures which are hung higher so that
they can readily study them. Always
take time to -help, them understand pic
tures, for you thus begin' their ap
preciation of art.
These suggestions could be carried
out in any home, for, with the present
wealth of good magazines, such a col
lection could be easily made, and at lit
tle cost, while a very inexpensive
frame would suffice.
THE PEOPLE'S SAY
As the time approaches for the an
nual budget meeting, it is interesting
to note the movements of the medical
fraternity and its' adjunct, the "Insti
tute of Nursing." Already the names
of some of our distinguished physi
cians and "heads" of our nursing
schools are found in print in favor .of
an outlet for some. of their graduates
to practice upon your children and
mine. Once more, fellow citizens, we
are going to be told how little we know
about taking care of our cnildren, and
how little we care about them. Once
again our dull (?) intellects are to be
informed, if possible, that it is abso
lutely necessary to have some lady
come around regularly and inspect our
own. The phrenologist tells us that
the number seven marks the highest
point of development any "bump" of
our brain can reach. But judging these
men and women by their pretentions,
their "bump" of self-esteem should be
marked ten or above. Friends, let us
fipllllll t lj 1 jzil
Do You Own
Your Home ?
'
Statistics show that the average
man spends from $15,000 to $20,
000 for rent in a life time. From
one-fifth to one-third of such would
build or buy a nice home.
Start a home-buying fund here.
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show these well-meaning though mis
guided folks at our next meeting, as
we did at our last, that our love for
our children has not diminished and
that we are as unwilling today to turn
our children over to the tender mercies
of a so-called County Nurse, as we ever
have been.-: . Let us inform them that
we hold both the doctor and the nurse
in high1 esteem as individuals in their
work, but that we consider it very un
ladylike and ungentlemanly for them
to force their attentions upon us with
out our asking them.
ROBERT GINTHER.
Logan, Nov. 19, 1922.
Editor Banner-Courier:
' I believe I am justified in again ask
ing valuable space to discuss the mat
ter of choosing the kind of road on
which to spend the large sum that is
yet to be raised by bonding. This is,
just now, a very important matter and
as every road district is allowed to
choose the manner of spending the
levy to be made at special meetings on
Nov. 25, we are liable to have a crazy;
patchwork road system, and if mis
takes are made in any of the districts,
the whole county will invariably suffer
for them. I have some positive ideas
on this subject, formed from the ob
servation, study and experience of
others and myself, which I desire to
offer. But if you,' Mr. Editor, Judge
Cross (who seems to differ with me),
or any one else, has any better plan
to offer, duty to the public demands
that they do so. '
I charge that all forms of pavement,
made with asphalt, are well-proven
failures and that the huge sums the
paving companies have received for
that kind of work have been obtained
under false pretenses, as such roads
are neither hard surfaced nor perman
ent, A horse's shoe will not sink into a
hard-surfaced road, and such a road
will not sink under a heavy load with
out breaking. ' The binding materlsj of
a permanent road will not be continu
ally coming to the top in warm weath
er, to be carried away by wheels and
washed away by water from the top
and under .the edges. If you think 1
am mistaken, go to any asphalt road
in this county,' that has been there six
years or over without repairs, find the
sunken spots at the edges and note
that there is little left but loose rock.
If water could be kept away from the
road and especially from underneath it,
the service wouldbe much better and
longer. ' , . ; .
How different In ocncrete work.
Water is used to snake the road, to
harden it by curing slowly, 'and will
not injure but improve it afterwards.
Note that river rock is the hardest
common rock there is. If concrete is
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not thick enough to overcome the Un
even resistance of the sub-grade, it
will break, but through rock, as quic
as cement. It will not disintegrate,
and eight inches thick on clay bottom
will carry loads almost without' limit
as to weight or speed. About the only
thing to worry about is the wear, and
with rubber shod wheels you can leave
that worry to your great grandchildren
or farther down the line.
(To be continued in our jnext issue
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"Thanksgiving Day.f .
TIs a good day to have In our ca
endar. None of us would see tj
dropped, whether there is much "or
little to be grateful for. At least,
there is always the day to be glad of
Thanksgiving day.
Water marks are made by the pat
tern on the wire cloth mold, on which
the paper hardens from the pulp.
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