OR KAON CITY KNTIRPRI8E, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1904.
WOMEN'S COLUMN
EDITED BY OREGON CITY WOMEN'S CLUB.
The following letter from Millie R.
Trumbull, chairman of the Legisla
tive Committee of the Oregon Feder
ation of Women's Clubs, will be of in
terest to every person in the communi
ty; when one considers the statistics
contained in the circular, to be pre
sented to our people, It will be found
why there is need of prompt action.
It was at the request of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs that the
bill has been introduced in both houses
of Congress:
Dear Madam:
President Roosevelt says "Our na
tional health is physically our great
est asset." "I also hope that there
will be legislation increasing the pow
er of the national government to deal
with certain matters concerning the
health of our people everywhere; the
federal authorities for instance should
join with all the state authorities in
waring against the dreadful scourge
tuberculosis. I hope to see the nation
al government stand abreast of the
foremost state government"
It Is to bring about the above re
sult, that a bill has been introduced
in Congress "To Investigate and De
velop Methods of Treatment of Tu
berculosis." The Intention of this bill Is Educa
tional and embraces:
1. The supplying free of cost an
authoritative statement of the best
known methods of treating tuberculo
sis, 2, The supplying free of cost re
ports on later developments and other
literature which may be used to In
terest persons in the suppression of
tuberculosis.
?. The collection of data, models
"and plans which shall form a perma
nent exhibit, free to the public.
This bill was introduced In the Sen
ate by Honorable W. M. Crane, of
Massachusetts and In the House by
Hon. John Dalzell of Pennsylvania, at
the request of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs, an organization
having a membership of eight hundred
thousand, resident in every state of
the Union. The health department of
this organization is so systemized it
will place the publications above re
ferred to In most of the homes of our
country. Physicians agree that in or
der to stamp out consumption the
work must be done in the Individual
homes. It is to the woman of the
family the physician looks for assist
ance, to the mother the father turns
la the care of their child, and it is the
woman who must be educated in the
suppression of tuberculosis, if it is to
be stamped from this country. This
bill has been carefully framed along
lines which makes available materia!
which can be used to advantage by
women. Understanding the nature of
the disease, the methods which should
be used for its prevention and cure,
she at once becomes an intelligent as
sistant for the physician and health
officials.
It is not the intention that the pro
visions of this bill shall interfere with
state or municipal activity, but shall
arouse, cooperate with and supple
ment such activity. Neither is it the
desire of this organization to limit
such health legislation as it seems
best for the federal government to
enact. We recognize a simple fact long
granted by those best fitted to know
It the tuberculosis specialist that
because of her family and social re
lations this ONE PARTICULAR DIS
EASE can be stamped out better with
the active assistance of the women
than without it.
In order to gain co-operation, In
order that women in every station of
life shall learn to prevent and cure
tuberculosis in her own family, shall
teach her children the same rules of
health, it is absolutely necessary that
a simple, concise, illustrated pamph
let of unquestioned authority shall be
provided which may be distributed
free of cost and which should be pub
lished In several languages. In every
state women have been appointed who,
realizing the responsibility of their
position and their duty to that state,
will study the best ways of meeting
the local needs of each city and town
and calling upon citizens of those
cities and towns for co-operation
pledge themselves to use the material
provided by the conditions of this bill.
We feel, in asking your PERSONAL
ASSISTANCE to have this bill pass
Congress just as it stands, you will be
protecting your OWN HOME from
this greatest of scourges, tuberculo
sis. Every year it kills more people
than were killed in the FOUR years
of the Civil War. Every year, it costs
the people of this country $330,000,000.
In the world, every two minutes night
and day someone dies from it. At the
present death rate 10,000,000 persons
in this country now living will die
from it.
Will you do your part in the supres
slon of this preventable disease?
While millions of dollars are being ap
propriated by Congress for other ob
jects we beg you to remember that
we asK that only THREE FOURTHS
OF ONE CENT per capita on the 80,
000,000 people of this county shall be
used to save our families from the
scourge which kills ONE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND people in
the United States EVERY YEAR. We
also impress upon you that the three
fourths of one per cent, per capita will
be needed to do the work at all thor
oughly. The women of this country are band
ed together to stamp out the "great
white plague," but their work cannot
reach any large proportions unless
aided by Congress as well as state and
municipal governments. We believe
that the members of Congress desire
to carry out the wishes of their con
stituents. It is then the duty of the
residents of every CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT to Impress upon the mem
bers of the Senate and the House the
Importance of having this bill pass as
It stands, to aid in stamping consump
tion from the district he represents.
If by any chance the bill fails to be
come law, will it be the fault of YOUR-
a
SELVES or of the members of Con
gress?
We ask every man and woman who
reads or who hears read this letter, to
do two things.
1. In a personal letter to each Sen
ator and member of the House from
your own district ask that he vote and
speak in favor of the bill as It stands.
If it Is cut, our work will be limited.
2. Secure signatures of both men
and women to the enclosed petition,
and as soon as possible send the lists
to the chairman at the address given
below.
If you do your part the members of
Congress will surely do their part
Hoping to hear from you very soon,
Sincerely yours.
MILLIE R. TRUMBULL,
305 Jefferson St., Portland, Oregon.
HEARTS AND DIAMONDS.
Ninth Grade of High School Will Give
Production at Shlvely's.
Students of the ninth grade of the
Barclay High School are rehearsing
for the production of "Hearts and Dia
monds," a 3-act drama, which will be
put on the boards at the Shlvely
Theatre Wednesday evening, June 10,
and the proceeds will be devoted to
the library fund. The title of the
play indicates a card name, but this
Is far from the subject, for the plot.
which Is chiefly comic, deals with real
diamonds, which are stolen by the
heavy vlllian In the play who accuses
his step-sister of the theft. She, por-
PROHIBITION
HIS SUBJECT
MAYOR MATLOCK. OF EUGENE,
19 IN FAVOR OF A VERY
DRY COMMUNITY.
SAYS TOWN GOES AHEAD
Though Revenue From Licensed Llqu
or Saloons Is Cut Off, Eugene Hat
Paved Streets and Empty
Buildings are Rented.
Mayor Matlock, of Eugene, Oregon,
was In Oregon City Inst Friday night
and helped the local option people in
their fight for a dry Clackamas Coun
ty. Mayor Matlock's remarks were
well received. They were timely and
showed how the people, of Eugeuo got
along without the revenue from the
licensed liquor saloon.
He said in part: "I come to you
not as an orator, but as a farmer of
Lane County and by good fortune the
mayor of Eugene. I come not seeking
political honors because my best days
are gone, but I come in behalf of good
government, the elevation of character
Btld good citizenship.
"Eugene wont i:? two years ago
under very unfavorable circumstances
The mayor of the city at that time, a
man honest In his convictions ma i
good man, was not In favor of It, bo
cause he honestly bolieved that there
traylng the heroine, leaves home In
anger and goes into the country to I was not sufficient public sentiment In
teach school. Before leaving her Eugene to make the law effective,
happy home she had become acquaint
ed with a young physician, who falls
in love with her. In the country she
boards at the home of the doctor's
uncle, who lives with his sister,
though the heroine is not aware of
the relationship between her host and
her city" admirer until the latter comes
out there on his Summer vacation.
Their warm friendship is renewed and
the physician stays away from his
work perhaps longer than he should
The farmer uncle is also In love with
the pretty school teacher, but will not
stand in his nephew's way, and the
vlllian, who is also In love with the
heroine, is ultimately found guilty and
everything ends happily.
OABTOniA.
Blfsatan
of
BRETON AT THE OAKS.
Makes
Daredevil Automobile Rider
Sensational Whirl.
It requires a hardy man to smile
calmly in the face of death. Under
the stimulus of patriotic excitement.
in the rush and strife of battle men
have done heroic things and have be
come noted for bravery. To cooly
take one's life in hand and dash with
it to the brink of the grave with a
smile on the lips and no tremor of
the muscles is something which not
every one can oo. Yet there 13 a man
In Portland today who has often done
this thing, who in fact makes It a bus
iness to brave death. He has looked
There were predictions of failure oh
every hand, and It was said that our
present splendid prosperity would be
trampled In the dust
"But what are the facts about Eu
gene today? Insteud of grass growing
in the streets we have paved miles of
them under prohibition. The eleven
empty saloon buildings were soon
rented. Eugene prospered In spite of
the loss of saloon revenue. The last
two years have seen the largest In
crease in business and money in
banks, in fact, In bank deposits, Eu
gene stood at the head of the list In
Oregon, leaving out Portland. We
have better collections, factories and
mills are running full time. Last year
we put up from 200 to 300 dwellings
and had an increase In population of
4,000.
'Let me give you a fair sample of
business prosperity in the case of
my own son. He was doing a business
of $30,000 a year. After the first year
of prohibition it was increased to
$45,000, the second year to $00,000 and
this year It is larger than ever be
fore.
"The first year of prohibition we de
creased our city debt by $2,000, be
sides purchasing a site for a new city
park, a team and chemical engine and
hiring an engineer and surveyor and
all this at an expense of $12,000 over
last year.
'No, the grass Is not growing in
Eugene streets, they were paved to
the extent of $15,000 worth during
prohibition and this year we are mak
ing Improvements to the extent of
$815,000 and the building department
shows that $83,000 for permits were
the black antral In the face so manv
times that the sensation has lost its en out for dwellings alone in one
ewe for him. This man Is Harrv monW.
Breton, who, when The Oaks opens
for the summer season. May 16, will
make his bow to the people of Port
land in his daredevil automobile ride.
Breton's ride is a sensation In it
self and throughout the east has made
him the center of many scenes. He
has an automobile made of steel
PROHIBITION IN CLACKAMAS.
Voters Will Express Their 8entiments
June 1
Two propositions started by the lo
cal option forces are to be voted upon
In Clackamas County this year. One
throughout and weighing something ' these is to vote Prohibition In the
like 500 nounds. It in eou nned with county as a wnoie, ana ine omer is
SVt horsepower engine. This ma.
chine is driven down a steep iDcline
constructed high in the air at a speed
which after a swoop down a 45 per
cent grade equals a mile a minute.
At the foot of the incline Is a gap 25
feet, and across this the car Is driven
After the gap is jumped the car Is
run out onto the roadway and brought
to a standstill.
The least swerving of the steering
to abolish the sale of liquor In the
district comprising the precincts of
Mllwaukle, Harmony, Oak Grove and
Clackamas. There are no saloons In
the last three precincts, but the sale
of liquor has not been restricted, In
Milwaukie, where the prevailing set
tlement Is apparently wet, but the
prohibition people hope to vote Mll
waukle dry by combining It with
Clackamas, Harmony and Oak Grove,
gear would send the driver to instant the latter precinct being the home of
death. The slightest lack of calcula
tion would end the ride with the fun
eral of the driver. Many times Bre
ton has had thrilling escapes, but so
far has escaped serious injury. He
will be the principal feature at the
opening week of The Oaks beginning
May 16.
A. KING WILSON
B. Lee Paget chairman of the local
option campaign committee of this
county. The Incorporated towns of
Clackamas county, aside from Mllwau
kle, are not affected except as the
county votes as a whole.
The only previous attempt made in
this county to drive saloons out of
business was made four years ago,
when the vote was taken In the coun
ty as a whole, and In this election the
saloons were victorious by a vote of
nearly two to one. There have been
times when the question of prohibi
tion has been Introduced in other elec
tions as In this city last December,
when an attempt was made to pass
an excise law, resulting In a victory
for the saloon element.
The arrest of two Canby saloon
keepers and their two bar-keepers for
selling liquor to minors last fall was
followed by the abolishment of the
saloons In that town through the elec
tion of a mayor and council opposed
to licensed saloons. The history of
repeated attempts made in Clacka
mas County by the prohibition ele
ment has resulted mainly in saloon
victories.
THE MASK TORN OFF.
-The above candidate is running for
the legislature, on Statement Num
ber One.. He was born in Maryland
In 18C4, and raised on a farm. He is
a resident of Clackamas County, re
siding at Oswego, where he has a small
place on which he raises fruit, etc.
He has always been interested in farm
ing subjects, and has attended five
meetings of the National Irrigation
Congress. He is a Lawyer with of
fices In the Chamber of Commerce,
Portland. -
Salaried "Officials" of the Anti-Saloon
League Let the Cat Out of the Bag.
To the Editor: The Rev. J. R.
Knodell, of Portland, one of the many
salaried "superintendents" of the Anti-Saloon
League, stated the other day
that the local option elections this
year were only preliminary skirmish
es. He said that the real Idea was to
obtain prohibition for the entire state
of Oregon In 1910, two years from now.
That lets the cat out of the bag.
The people were assured four years
ago that the local option law was
merely intended to protect residence
districts against the encroachment of
the saloon.
"We are not prohibitionists," cried
the supporters of the Mil, "We are
only local optloulsts." To those who
clftlnmd that the local option law wns
merely prohibition In disguise, Its sup
porters presented an unbroken front
When taxed with the fact that tholr
law whs unfair they replied by nuking
the public to read It. As the law wns
28 pagoa In length the public would
not bother Itself by making a moro
careful examination.
When they were confronted with tho
fact that states and communities which
adopted prohibition grew poor and
lean, they said It was not so. When
thoy were shown that the United
States census proved thnt only three
states In the Union had ever decreas
ed In population, and that two of thorn
were prohibition states they said "Do
not worry. This Is only a local option
law. We are not In favor of prohibi
tion." When this snine crowd of salaried
agitators was asked If taxes were not
generally higher In prohibition com
munities than In communities which
hnmllcd tho liquor business under tho
license system, they were quick to an
swer, "It Ib not so, but even If It were,
It tiles not matter, for this Is local
option, not prohibition."
And now tho cat Is out of tho bag.
They are not local option Ists. They
aro prohibitionists after all. Tho op
ponents of the local option law were
right It really wns prohibition In dis
guise. And the scheme of tho smart
attorneys lecturers, and orators, who
make a fat living out of tho prohibi
tion agitation, is quite plain. The
scheme Is to stand In quietly, to hold
elections In precincts In which there
are no saloons, never wore any an
Rons, and probably never would be
any saloons. Such precincts being
frightened with the absurd question,
"Do you want a saloon next your
home?" were easily put In tho dry
column. Then by adding ench year to
the dry territory acquired In this way
thoy Anally reached that stato of
arrogauco In which they have thrown
aside the mask and boldly declure for
state prohibition two years from now
Voters have been fooled with this kind
of fraudulent election long enough
Prohibition accomplishes nothing
for real temperance or for morality.
Bankruptcy does follow prohibition
and the United States census reports
prove this beyond a doubt Hero and
there a prohibition orator may find a
prohibition town or small community
which has been fairly prosperous even
In spite of prohibition. There aro eX'
ceptlons to all rules, but government
figures, which do not lie, prove that
prohibition is not only a mark of stag
nant community, but is a blight to a
prosperous one.
Prohibition In Oregon would cause
2500 buildings to become vacant nnd
would throw out of employment 9,000
men a'nd deprive 4000 families of their
livelihood. Where Is the prosperity
in this.
Remember a vote for local option
now Is a vote for prohibition In 1910.
E. WARD.
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I I I I jC" .i , . I V I TN,
a w r.
Tho Kind You Hare Always Bought and which had been
la use for over SO years, bus borne tho tiljrnuturo of
nnd hurt bm inado under his por
sonal supervision uliico ltd InfUncy.
Allow no ono to deed vo you In thin.
All Counterfeit, Imitations nnd" Just-nH-food"are but
Experiment Unit trill with and endanger the hnulth of
Infants nnd Children liiporlcuco against Kipcrlincut.
What is-CASTOR IA
Coiitorlu In a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Booth lujr HyrupH.' It Is IMeasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its ago is Its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays FovorlshnoHH. It euros Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relievos Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates the
Stomach and IJowcls, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Soars the Signature of
CASTORIA
for Infants and Children.
The Kind You Hare Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
Dr. Thomas on Prohibition.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
W. H. NELSON, Blacksmith
Wagon and Carriage Maker Horse Shoeing A Specialty
Opposite Prank Busch hione m Oregon City, Oregon
D. C. LATOL'RIJTTE rrcHl.Iont.
F. J. MEYER, CmdIw
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of OREGON CITY, OREGON
CAPITAL, $50,000.00.
Transact! a General Banking Builneet. Open from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
From the splendid condition of bus
iness, thrift and enterprlne seen on
every hand by the Grangera of tho
State at Eugeae, last week. It is evi
dent that local option, a "dry" town,
or even prohibition, works no Injury
to any business, save the "wet goods"
Industry. J. V. THOMAS.
Molalla, Ore.
JQW
RATES
AST
I
WILL BB MADE THIS SEASON BY THE
SQUTHERN
PACIFIC
LINES IN OREGON
From Oregon City Ore.
T
AS FOLLOWS:
Both Ways
Through
Portland
Chicago $73.00
St. Louts 68.00
St. Pad 60.50
Omaha 60.50
Kansas Qty60.50
One Way
Via
Caliroraia
$87.50
82.50
8 J. 75
75.00
75.00
TICKETS WILL BE ON BALE
May 4, J8
Jane 5, 6, 19, 20
Jaly 6, 7, 2i, 23
Aagast 6, 7, 21, 22
Good for retnra In 00 day with utoporer
privilege! t pleasure witmn nmiti.
REMEMBER THE DATES
For any further information cull on
B. T. Fields Local igent, or write to
WM. MC MURRAY,
General Fauenger Agent,
PORTLAND, OREGON
To. Fathers of Clackamas
County
THE BOY CATCHERS
Are After Your Son
See Below The
Saloon Keepers Interest
In Him
Extract from speech in convention of liquor men,
Columbus, Ohio.
"The success' of our business is dependent largely
upon the creation of the appetite for drink. Men who
drink liquors, like others, will die, and IF THERE
IS NO NEW APPETITE CREATED, OUR COU
NTERS WILL BE EMPTY AS WELL AS OUR
COFFERS. Our children will go hungry, or W must
change our business to that of some other more remu
nerative. '
"The open fild for the creation of appetite is
among the boys. After men have growa and their ha
bits are formed; they rarely ever change in'this regard
and I make the suggestion, gentlemen, that Nkkcls
expended in treats to the Boys now
mil return in dollars to your tills after
the appetite das been formed.
HELP HIM TO ESCAPE
, BY VOTING JUNE 1st, 1905
AGAINST LIQUOR LICENSE