OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1917.
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THE ERRORS
A year ago on August 7, 1916, to be exact Amos S.
Benson, son of S. Benson, chairman of the state highway com
mission, hopped all over Clackamas County's energies in the
direction of county paving. Amos don't like our pavement
at least he didn't and there is no indication that he has
changed his mind.
For the information of all concerned, we are today print
ing a letter that Amos had published in the Portland Telegram
last year. He did not stick very closely to the truth, in his
statement that the road between Sellwood and Milwaukie was
paved three times in three years. The facts are the road was
rvavr once, and once onlv. though it had been given a surface
of oil bound macadam previously. Toward the close of his
letter, Amos tells the Telegram readers that the road will be
ready to be paved again in 1 9 1 7. Fie, Amos 1 Go down and
take a look at it, and watch the heavy traffic that goes over
it daily. And then you might do the graceful thing and send
an apologetic letter to the county court of Clackamas. Here is
the letter:
"Portland, Aug. 7. (To the Editor of the Telegram)
In an article in the Telegram of August 4, about the Clacka
mas County paving, A. H. Harris makes numerous comments
as to its high quality, cheapness, etc.
"I have examined the new pavement just finished by
Clackamas County, near Milwaukie, and wish to say thai this
same mile has been paved three times in the last three years at
a cost of about $25,000.00. and this last pavement is the poor
est of the lot.
"I am sure this pavement will wear out inside of a year and
next year they will have to pave it again.
"You call triis an experiment. It is no experiment at all.
because it has been demonstrated thousands of times all over
the United States that this particular kind of pavement is no
rood, and why Clackamas County keeps on trying all the
failures is more than I can see.
"Your article states eminent engineers pronounce it the
equal of any pavement. These engineers' names and opin
ions should be published, and this pavement will demonstrate
inside of one year that they do not know anything about pave
ment. "As to this pavement costing about 90 cents per yard, it
would be dear at 20 cents per yard. Just remember this road
has been paved three times in three years, and will be ready
to be paved again next year.
"Amos S. Benson."
TEACH SCHOOL CHILDREN THRIFT.
America will be the first nation in the world to rewrite her
text books so that the children of this country will be taught
thrift in the school room. According to an announcement
made today by the Thrift Education committee of the National
Education association, radical innovations in the American
school curricula are about to take place.
The lives of James J. Hill, Marshall Field, John Wana
maker and other great American business men will be studied
in the schools, and text books on arithmetic, history, English
composition .domestic science and household economics will
be subjected to radical changes. For the first time in history
of the world, thrift and personal efficiency will be given scien
tific consideration in the class room. Not the narrow thrift
of mere money saving but the broader thrift of individual pre
paredness for practical life will be taught, declares the com
mittee's statement.
This is the sweeping significance of the resolutions adopt
ed by the National Council of Education at its meeting in
Portland. The resolutons were written and presented by S.
W. Straus, of New York, president of the American Society
for thrift. They point out that on account of the war Amer
ica must from now on eliminate waste of every character; that
President Wilson's first message to the public after the dec
laration of war was on thrift; that the only way to safeguard
the economic future of the nation is through a better under
standing of thrift which can be made possible only through
the school-room and that at the forthcoming meeting of the
Council of Education in Atlanta, Ga., the school organization
will be expected to have before it a comprehensive plan for
the practical study of thrift in the schools of America.
FAIR PLAY FOR
The small newspapers of the country have a friend in the
person of Representative Albert Johnson of Washington. Mr.
Johnson does not believe those publications should be called
upon again to donate advertising space to aid in floating the
second bond issue. The Secretary of the Treasury has testi
fied that it will be very difficult to start paying for advertising
because if he does so he will be unable to make discriminations,
and will have to give money to every little paper that handles
the matter. Mr. Johnson takes the position that if we are go
ing into detail to the extent of selling a few cents' worth of
stamps as evidence of payments on war savings certificates,
as is provided in the bond bill, "we certainly ought, right along
side of that, to guarantee a little $2 bill to a small, struggling
weekly newspaper, whose columns will promote the plan from
start to finish, whether you pay him little or much.-
In the last bond campaign advertising posters were paid for,
on the ground that the labor of printing and posting cost
money. But Mr. Johnson emphasizes the fact that advertising
Every Friday.
Editor and Publisher.
Postofflce at second-class matter.
OF AMOS.
NEWSPAPERS.
space is the only thing the country editor has to sell to reim
burse him for the cost of paper, ink and labor in getting out his
publication. To expect him to give it away throughout a
second publicity campaign is to depend upon him for too heavy
a contribution. The bond bill as reported to the House car
ried an item which allows the sum of $1 7,627,000 for expenses
in floating the second loan," and Congressman Johnson was in
sistent that at least $1,500,000 out of that total shall be set
aside definitely to pay for advertising in daily and weekly
newspapers.
A FRIEND OF THE NEWSPAPERS.
The newspapers of the west have a good friend in Senator
Chas. L, McNary of Oregon.
Publishers have brought up the subject of receiving pay
for advertising the next government bond issue.
The commodity for sale by the publisher is advertising
space and from this he makes his living.
Without thousands of newspapers the government would
be helpless in disseminating news relative to draft numbers,
Red Cross activities, etc. This always will be run by the
papers free of charge and as a matter of news. Thousands of
columns of news and editorials will be run on the bond issue
free of charge.
The steel manufacturer is paid for his product, the farmer
is well paid for his produce, the
the railroad is paid ,the ship owners are paid and the money to
foot all these bills comes through the assistance of the papers
in floating the bonds and the publishers figure that the only
commodity they have for sale should be paid for when it. is
used.
Senator McNary has in no uncertain manner pointed
out that the publisher is as justly entitled to payment for his
advertising space as any other industry for its product, and if
provision is made for paying the publishers for future adver
tising it will be largely due to Senator McNary's effort. He
emphasized particularly that the rural press reaches the masses
of the people should not be expected to do all this work gratis.
Pacific Coast Manufacturer.
THE "PRIVILEGED" FARMER.
There is some humor in the assertion of the New York
Journal of Commerce that "The farmers are being elevated
into a privileged class, above law, whose prosperity is a charge
upon the rest of the country." Pretty soon we shall hear of
the farmers as "robber barons," "malefactors of great wealth,"
or, perhaps, as an "insidious lobby." And the worst of it is
that the poor old farmer won't even know what hard names
he is being called. Getting out at half past five in the morning
to milk cows before breakfast so he can be in the field by
seven, spending the noon hour driving the pigs out of the gar
den, and too tired to read a newspaper after he has finished
the chores along about 8 at night, the farmer has no opportun
ity to learn what the city man thinks of him. And, perhaps,
he won't care. All he wants is to have the city man come out
and offer him a reasonably good price for the farm that looks
so much like a gold mine to the urban resident.
PRESS AS EDUCATION FACTOR.
"I regard the magazines and newspapers of the country,"
says Senator Miles Poindexter of the State of Washington,
"upon the whole, as almost, if not quite, as great an education
al factor in the United States as the public-school system."
The Senator thinks that the amount spent by the government
in carrying such publications through the mails, described by
some as a "bounty," should be regarded as a beneficial use of
the public money. The arguments of Senator Poindexter and
other Republicans were successful in securing sufficient votes
to defeat the Democratic zone system, which had been agreed
to on a former day, and which would have taken millions from
the publishers in the form of special taxes.
I
AT
Mrs. Bertha M. Story la one woman
of the northwest, who has made a suc
cess of the poultry industry. It has
been through the careful study and
the modern methods followed by this
woman that has caused her to attain
her success. Her first exhibit of birds
was made in 1905, when she was
awarded $30 in cash, and since that
time, except during 1906, Mrs. Story
has entered her birds, sometimes at
three to five fall fairs or poultry
shows.
Mrs. Story when a mere child on the
farm of her father in Clackamas coun
ty, took an active interest In the poul
try owned by her father, and from that
time to the present day she has been
the lover of birds, selecting, after she
had grown to womanhood, the Polish,
Hamburgs, Campines, Anconas and
Buff Leghorns. Mrs. Story has ten
varieties of the Polish and six va
rieties of the Hamburgs, and has won
prizes on these birds wherever shown.
Mrs. Story has recently returned
from Chehalls, Wash., where some of
her birds were entered in the poultry
department of the southwestern Wash
ington fair, and was awarded a large
number of prizes, although there was
much compettion in the classes in
which the birds of Rosemawr Poultry
farm, the name of the Story poultry
farm in this city, were entered. At
this fair she won all first and second
prizes on the Blue.Buff, Lace, Silver
and Golden Polish birds, and first on
the Black Hamburgs. There were 60
birds entered by Mrs. Story at this
munition manufacturer is paid,
fair, and these were the center of at
traction in the poultry department.
Mrs. Story has taken much Interest
in all poultry shows and fairs that
have been held in the northwest, al
ways exhibiting and winning prizes at
the Oregon State fair as well as the
county fairs.
Since entering her birds for show
purposes, she has been awarded In
cash $5539.25, besides a large cabinet
of silver containing loving cups, vases,
tea and coffee service and various oth
er articles of silver. The silver tea
and coffee service was awarded Mrs.
Story for her poultry at the Lewis &
Clark exposition held in Portland, this
being for the best exhibit of poultry;
a loving cup donated by the Oregon
state poultry association at the Lewis
& Clark exposition; the silver goblet
that was donated by the Salem Jewel
ers of Salem at the Oregon State 4alr
in 1908; a loving cup donated by the
American Polish club for the best ex
hibit of Polish birds at the A. Y. P. ex
position held in Seattle, Washington,
in 1909; the Fred A. Johnson cup for
the best exhibit of Polish birds at Ta
coma in 1908, there being 20 birds en
tered and four varieties; the loving
cup offered by the Poultry Gazette for
the best cock, cockerel, hen, pullet and
pen at the A. Y. P. exposition, when
there were 3000 birds entered In the
same class; the loving cup offered by
the Puyallup Valley fair association
for the best exhibit of poultry at the
1908 fair; and a large sliver nut bowl
by the same fair association In 1910.
Many of the birds at the Rosemawr
Poultry farm, which Is located at 910
Pierce street, Oregon City, have be
come much attached to their owner.
Marshfleld: Forty-five miners work
ing at Honryvillc coal mine. Efforts
being made to got mine Into shape
for delivery of 250 tons of coal a day
Indications are property will be a
heavy winter shipper.
Fifty Years Ago
-
Taken From Enterprise September
21, 1867.
Festivals Within the itpaee of 10
iluya threw festival have boon hold
at the court house in this city. Tho
first given as a benefit by the ladles
to tho Clackamas Base Hall Club, is
spoken of us being a very pleasant
affair. On Monday evening the pupils
of tho select school of Miss Harvey
gave a supper, and netted a hand
some tmm to he devoted to tho pur
chase of a piano, l-ust evening Ihe
ladles gave a benefit to the Congee
gattonul church.
A New Clerk We observe Mr. C.
O. T. Williams has taken u: his quar
ters at the store of I. Selling. Mr.
Wllltuina la very affable as a gentle
man, and will undoubtedly be n valu
able assistant to Mr. Solium.
France and England Send Note
France and England have sent a Joint
note to Greece, urging tho govern
ment to refrain from further hostili
ties while the Sultan maintains neu
trality with Crete.
WeltsThis part of Christendom
haa partly gone wild over tho ques
tion of water. If we are to Judge by
the excavations In and around the
city, after water, D. J. Slover has
several contracts for wells, one of
which la at fireenpotnt, goes through
quick sand for a distance of nearly
fifty feet.
The New Steamer The model of
the new steamboat building at Cane
mah by th P. T. Company Is consid
ered the finest for speed of anything
on the river, and will be adapted to
run on the river as far as Albany,
has been cleaned out and improved.
So that the Enterprise and Kcho
make regular trlpa to Albany. The
Echo on her last trip beat the statje
from Sulem to Canomah a long way.
Captain A. 8. Miller, and Purser
Charles E. Church, you may reckon
are hard to beat, even by the atages.
PLEDGE OF LOYALTY
F!
SALEM, Or.. Sept. 24. Two thou
sand people attended the American
Scandinavian patriotic festival and the
quadrl centennial Reformation festival
at the state fair grounds Sunday after
noon, as a prelude to the official open
ing of the state fair Monday.
The big feature which won the
hearts of the audience was the sing
ing of Mine. Alma Webster Powell,
widely known prima donna soprano.
She responded to many encores.
The oration was delivered by B. O.
Skulason, Portland attorney, who re
viewed the part taken by the Norse
men In the spread of civilization
through America and Europe.
"Speaking of present conditions," he
said, "the loyalty of the Scandinavian
people to America can never be ques
tioned. "Their blood was spilled on the bat
tlefields of the civil war, fighting for
freedom, and It will be spilled on the
fields of France. The Scandinavians
here are true to American principles.
They do not seek a fight but thoy will
not run away If a fight there must be."
At the beginning of the festival, per
sons in tho audience made a protest
against the manner In which the
American flag was draped on the plat
form.. It was Improperly placed, until
one of the committee changed it. Re
ferring to-this, Mr. Skulason said:
' Our boys may not know all the
etiquette of the flag, but when the
time comes they will know how to
carry this flag over the trenches."
The roof of the old grandstand
seemed to shake with the applause
which followed.
Several selections were sung by tho
United Scandinavian male chorus of
Portland. Governor WIthycombe gave
a brief address of welcome.
The principal speaker for the Re
formation festival was Rev. J. C, Rose
land of Sllverton. Professor J. O.
Hall of Willamette university presided.
A reading was given by Delia Crowder
Miller of Willamette university.
FREEWATER MEN
ELECTROCUTED
WHILE WORKING
FREEWATER, Or., Sept. 22. Ray
W. Clark, aged 20, and J. J. McDonald,
a rancher and farmhand, were Instant
ly killed yesterday by electrocution
while moving a derrick. The cable In
some way became entangled with the
power line carrying a heavy voltage
and when Clark tried to release the
cable he was Instantly electrocuted.
McDonald, trying to drag Clark away,
suffered a similar fate. The bodies
remained in the road until the neigh
bors could telephone to Walla Walla
and have the power shut off. The bod
ies smoked and burned in the road for
nearly an hour. An Inquest will be
held by the coroner of Umatilla coun
ty. Clark Is said to have a brother in
Portland.
Stayton: New building for Ice
ice plant and 3-ton Ice machine purchased.
Elbert Char man Writss of
Trip Through England and
Says Germany Cannot Win
WITH TIIK AMKKICAN FX
I'KDITIONAUY FORCl!, Auk.
27, 1917. (My Dear r-gtlwr:)
Could I at tempt to tell you of nil I
have absorbed in the last few weeks 1
would lill several congressional vol
umes. It is too much for my scanty
time and meagre facilities, uiut would
also tux the censor's- patience, I fear
us I am srinlinc 50 postals uUo this
mail to friends I have not written
since joininu the army. 1 have so
many in college, Oregon City, Port
land, friends connected with various
jobs, (.', K's, etc., that it's a large task
to attempt to rrineniher nil.
May I say that l'!nt;l;md is more
beautiful in its way than our own V.
S. ? 1 think you would agtee if you
saw its orderly green-hedged land
scape of small holdings, its admirable
ticanlinevt, its green picturrstpicncss,
- i i. .i. i ti- . .
us rcguurws oi reu one iiweuings
(for in their straight rows ami rc
ntaiknhle similarity of jlesign they
resemble regiments), that it is the
home of a wondetful people. These
people are lighting for the evstfa':'
of all I have described. They know
if, but do not say it and have denied
it, for they are plucky and detent is
outside their minds, I have not been
here long enough to learn many of
their customs, but t think from my
heart that it would be futile for tier-
many to "whip" Kngland. There is!
no such thing possible. It is in their
sharaitrr to accept any situation of
reverse, but there would be no sub
mission. And there is this difference
to be noted between . F.nglnnd and
America regarding the war the for
mer is united, the latter disunited.
The moral force of this unity of opin
ion contrasted to our diversity can
hardly be overestimated. However,
I am not making invidious compari
sons to the detriment of the U. S. A.
T he same sturdy patriotism is" mani
fested by all loyal Americans where
there is love of country, it seems,
there is but one brand of patriotism
the world over.
Since arriving I have seen some of
the worth of England, stopped In grest.
industrial Iiirmlngham, Crewe. Oxford,
etc. Our camp la not very distant from
London and Sunday we were there all
day. Saturday p. m., I was In A
a town of 50,000 near camp. The king
and queen were there to some "sports"
but unfortunately I saw them "not."
I saw Princess Mary, however. When
asked an English soldier what he thot
of the king, he replied, "a ducedly nice
chap." that seems to be the general
opinion. However, the real leader of
England Is David Lloyd George. I
caught a glimpse of him Sunday and
saw the houses of parllment, the offi
cial residences, Admiral Jelltcoe's
house, Buckingham palace, St. James'
palace. "Friars court) Westminister
DEAL ESTATE TRAN3FER8
The following are tho real estate
transfers that were filed In the office
of County Recorder Boyles on Thurs-
i day:
j Josoh Graham to Eliza Jane Graham,
J land In section 28, township 3 south,
; range 1 west; $10.
Joseph' Graham and Eliza Jane Gra-
ham, to Collins Graham, land in suc
tion 2S, township 3 south, range 1
west ; $10.
K. C. Hoygaard to Christine Hoy
gaard, 40 acres of section 33, township
3 south, range 4 east; $1.
Martha E. and E. L. Knnagy to And
rew and Mary Bachman, 25 acres of
land In section 7, township G south,
range 1 cast; also of an acre of land
In section 8, township 5 south, range
1 east; $3500.
Susan A. Reynolds and John It. Rey
nolds to Charles F. Reynolds, land In
section 4, township 3 south, range 1
east; $10.
Clarence E, Reynolds to G. M. Haw
kins, lund in section 34, township 6
south, range 2 east; $1.
Delilah M. and James W. Chase to
Gurnle Mattox, part of section 23,
township 3 south, range 1 west; $10.
Joseph and Eliza Jane Graham to
Sidney Graham, part of section 28,
township 3 south, range 1 west; $10.
Joseph and Eliza Jane Graham to
Ida Graham Bauman, part of section
28, township 3 south, range 1 west;
$10.
Lawyers Title and Truat company to.
Horbert Gordon ,all of lots 1 to 35, In
clusive, also lots 37, 38, 39, 43, 44, El
rod Acres; also lots 3, 4, 6, 6, 7, 14, 15,
16, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 35, Webster
Acres; $10.
H. A. and Emma Zelglor to Charles
Scott, land in Clackamas county; $500.
II. M. Williams to Matt and Lizzie
Didzun, lot 9 of block 49, Oregon Iron
& Steel company's first addition to
Oswego; $10.
Hannah Nordlof to E. O. and Nellls
S. Hall, land In Clackamas county; $10.
C. D. Latourette and Sedonla Lat
ourette to Minnie V. Cline, all of lots
8 and 9 of block 48, south Oswego; $1.
The following are the real estate
transfers that were filed in the office
of County Recorder Boyles on Friday:
Samuel B. and Minnie A. Layman,
to Harry W. Manning, 2.89 acres of
land In section 21, township 2 Bouth,
range 1 east; $1.
Andrew L. and Florence McCoy to
Malva Bolle, 3935 sqare feet in WeBt
Linn; $10.
Malva E. Bolle to Andrew L: McCoy,
.4490 acres of land in West Linn; $10.
Zobeda Sharp to E. L. and Emma
Abbey, Pleoadllly, 'Petticoat How, Hot
ten How, The Tower of London, ten
don Bridge, Hyde Park, The Thames,
The Strand, Pall Mall, Charing Croaa,
the great theatres, Drury Lane, Our
rlek, (lately, etc, Ht. Paul's Cathedral,
Trafalgar square with Nelson and his
motto "Kngland expects that every
man will do his duty," "That was be
fore Trafalgar," said the lloynl Hlgnal
corps man who guided us, "and I guns
Nelson was so busy righting afterward
that he did not mid to these words."
We saw statues of the great econo
mists, of General Napier, Disraeli,
Gladstone, and near the palace the
great statue of Queen Victoria erect
ed by Edward VII.
We saw the Grenadier Guard and
the Royal House Guard, the finest In
Kngland, and guard mount at Friar's
Court, where Cromwell spoke from the
balcony, where Charles I. slept his last
night before his execution, January SI,
1648; and where the late Queen Alex
andria lived, All proclamations to the
people are there read.
AH London I connected by tubes
underground and one cannot get lost,
as a map of all station and transfers
Is In every ear. Fare 1 d. (I cents
In U. S ); seats In the park are 1 d.
per day. Cameras are licensed (no
pictures of bridges, etc.). We traveled
In eight tube ears and on a number of
busses, on top and Inside. They are
numbered and I enclose one of their
bewildering tickets (woman bus driver
and woman conductor).
Women do everything barmaids, en
gine wipers, munition makers. Wound
ed and women In black are seen every,
where. This Is brief of what I saw,
ut only a brief.
England Is short of sugar, bread, to
bacco. Cakes without sugar are told
at high prices. War bread Is used un
iversally and cigars are twice our home
prices. Our boys retiahed the well
cooked meals, of London and small
town restaurants. Only SO cents can
be expended for staples at one res
taurant. We visited several to get our
fill of ham and eggs, roast beef and
Yorkshire pudding, etc.
t cannot write more tonight. I hope
you got the letters mailed en route
at least two and a postal. I wrote from
New York to Mr. Brodle, praising the
work of the Y. M. C. A. If It was pub
lished send a clipping of It Hope you
got our cable O. K.
We leave very soon for t'i3 fMn
ELP-Cn . .
P. 8. Bond weekly papers to foreign
address, but not dallies. 8e m Ray
mond's address and also the town ami
county where your father wits be.ru.
I think It was Kent. Should I cu-r
get to England again Ml look It up.
E. H. C
Sharp, 40 acres of land in section 6,
township 3 south, range 1 eaut; $10.
Iaura P. Barney to 8. H. Harney, 45
acres of land In section 11, towiuhlp
3 south, range 2 east; $1.
8. D. Barney to Laura P. Barney,
25 acres of land In section 11, town
ship 3 south, range 2 east; $1.
The following are the real estate
transfers that have been filed In tho
office of County Recorder Boyles;
Helnrlch HoffinelHter to Ernest I toff
melster, land In section 33, township
2 south, range 4 east; $1.
It. O. Joehnke and Anna Joehnko to
G. A. and Wllheimlna Schuobcl, all of
lot 3 of block 15, county addition to
Oregon City; $10.
Ole S. and Ingor Goldberg to Herman
and Emma Berg, 10 acres of land In
section 4, township 3 south, range 2
east; $1.
Malva E. Bolle to Florence McCoy,
land In Weslyn; $10.
E. J. and E. M. Spooner to Julia A.
Spooner, lot 5 of block 6, Dover Park;
$10.
Alford Deaklns to Charles Dcaklns,
land In sections 8, 9, 16, 17, township
2 south, rnnge 2 oust; $250
Frank Renner to Mrs. 8. Bockman,
lots 9, 10, 11, block 7, Falls Views; $1.
COUNTY AGENT WERNER
II
Clackamas County's new county
agent, R. G. Werner, working hero
under the direction of the State Agri
cultural College and the federal gov
ernment, 1b something of a poet. He
came here this week from Portland,
where ho has been deputy county
agent of Multnomah County, and tho
unusual war conditions relative to
food conservation, inspired him to
dash oft the following lines:
"We've substituted corn for wheat
And pallid cottage choose for meat;
With nobly stimulated zeal
We chew the dull potato pool.
We've tested every new disguise
For making rice a glad surprise,
And never throw a bit away,"
But mingle ull In queer puree."
Burns: Halo of the 1(111 Hanloy cat
tle holding in Hartley county for $000,
000 marks the passing of ono of the
largest cattle ranches In the west to
be cut up among Bmall ownera.
QUES