OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 191 7.
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THE AUTOMATIC STOP.
Regret is expressed by the Railway
Ago Gazette that the system of auto
matic train stops is not being adopt
ed more rapidly. The Chicago and
Eastern Illinois la said to have oper
ated it very successfully. The ex
cuse given that It would be expensive,
that ww issues of stock and bonds
would be required, and that the rail
roads are not allowed to have rates
that make it possible to sell securi
ties on a favorable basis.
The public Is keenly anxious to
have all possible safety appliances in
stalled. Yet it reeosnizes that these
things cost a lot of money that must
be raid for In rates, whether the
public would be willing to allow suffl-iness
dent rate advances to allow a general
Installation of automatic stop devices
is possibly open to question.
The chances are that with present
high prices for everything, we must produce but 10,000 tons. Next year
get along with old fashioned methods we expect to get out 5,000. It is fig
for a time loncer. After all, the cease ured with all byproducts utilised, we
less cultivation of the quality of hu
man vigilance will bring results in the
long run. The accident record on the
railroads in past years was due only
in part to lack of equipment. It is
duo quite as much to a certain tem
peramental carelessness running
through American life.
No railroad operation can be put
on a sound basis except by a persist
ent policy of encouraging vigilance,
and not taking chances. The operat
ing heads must get right down out of
their stuffed office chairs, and among
their men in the railroad yards and
engine cabs, and talk Safety First to
them.
Then the spirit of discipline imist
be maintained. There must be some
firmness and decision and men tem
peramentally unfitted for railroading
must be allowed to go into other fields
where they will do less harm. As the
years go on, the railroads should set
aside each year some sums for new
safely appliances, which ought to in
clude automatic stop devices, but
meanwhile discipline and education
are quite as important and much less
costly.
TEACH 'EM TO SHOOT.
A field artillery officer writes home
from France to one of the army publi
cations, urging the war department to
give our men plenty ot artillery prac
tice. Each division ot the National
army, he says, should have a school ot
field artillery similar to that conducted
at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
This officer argues that the fall and
winter are a good time for artillery
work, since ranges can then be had on
farm land with less interference with
farm occupations and the life ot the
people In the neighborhood. He com
plains that there is far too little know
ledge nf artlllprr In ihn arm v
All this sounds like good stuff. In
the days when we were far trom
thought of war, it was almost impos
sible to get Congress to appropriate
money for big guns and ammunition.
There was plenty of money tor marble
postoffices in secluded hamlets. Ar
tillery practice was regarded as about
like a July Fourth celebration, a harm,
less but useless patriotic blow out It
does cost money, and Congress never
saw how it would help its members
get re-elected.
The educated army men have ot
course studied the proposition out of
books. But actually conducting big
gun tire must be another story. When
you read that it is the duty of the ar
tillery to fire from far in the rear over
the heads ot the line advancing to at
tack, the necessity of precise accuracy
is apparent The soldiers who go over
the top keep but a few yards behind
their own tire. Any Irregularity In the
work ot the guns would murder our
own troops.
Artillery fire is an enormous saver
of human life. It pulverizes the ene
my's trench system and greatly re
duces the resistance the enemy can
offer. We Bhall apparently have a
good supply of shells along the trench
line. It need3 trained skill to make
these shells do their work.
KEEPING A PIG.
Mr. Hoover says we are all to keep
a pig. Well, well, well! How this
does bring back our boyhood! How
well we recollect the subterranean
porker Dad used to maintain, or the
famous pen at our country couBin's.
Any live boy has a peculiar feeling for
the pig. He doesn't have to be pro
hibited the privilege of digging in the
dirt. Nor does he have to be sent
up stairs with bread and water, tor
putting his feet in the trough.
And then those Joyous days when
the pig escaped trom his pen, and the
whole neighborhood dropped their reg
ular occupations and joined the chase.
That was some sporting event. Just
why they have to grease a pig at pic
nic races is not clear. His soft and
slippery hair Is elusive enough with
out any external application.
And then the fellow's speed. Who
would dream that such a short and
spindle legged creature could distance
the runners of the neighborhood? And
that quirky and abbreviated tail, so
many times grasped, bo often slipping
through your fingers.
Then there was the juvenile pas
time of poking Master Pig with a tish
pole, understood in the boy would be
en excellent promoter of exercise and
digestion on his part. No country
hnmfi was complete for the boy then
without him, and there was lonesome-
ness when he was gone.
Our modern towns are too parlorfied
for keeping a pig. We are too fear
ful of the barnyard odors on which
our fathers grew fat. But the pig is
not necessarily dirty. When cleaned
Every Friday.
Editor and Publisher.
Postoffice as second-class matter.
up for a cattle Bhow, he has his own
silvery or dusky beauty. But we stick
him In dirt and pour swill over him
and then blame htm for being a hog.
But we need his meat, and iu villages
and suburban districts there are many
who could well follow Mr. Hoover's
suggestion.
THIS WAR OF SCIENCE.
Totash seems a long way removed
from the trench armies in France.
Yet many of the scientists say it is a
vital factor. A prominent German ex
pert says that America is fighting with
a rope around her neck. That rope Is
potash, and Germany holds the busl
end, by her monopoly of that
vital plant food,
The United States needs 300.000
tons of potash annually. Yet last
year by our best efforts we could
may be able to develop 45,000 tons.
According to this German authority,
the United States cannot fight long
because we lack this essential ele
ment. No doubt that idea is useful in
deluding the German people, who be
lieve anything their divinely appoint
ed leaders tell them. They do not
realize that the larger share of Amer
ican food products are being raised
without fertilizer.
It is poor policy to keep on taking
out of the soil and never putting back.
The Germans would never do it. They
are correctly trained to know that in
the end that means agricultural bank
ruptcy. But our soils are rich enough
to see us through this war, though the
lack of this element has hit us hard
already. After the war we must stop
this pernicious practice of using a soil
up, and then moving somewhere else.
Now that our .free lands are all taken
np, there is nothing for it but to adopt
the true principles of soil conserva
tion. It remains to be seen what political
nse Germany will make of her potash.
When the terms are fixed np around
the council table, will she hold as up,
and refuse to give us any potash un
less we concede her demands?
THE FOOD PLEDGE.
Now that we have signed the food
conservation pledge, just what are we
going to do about keeping It?
Tltla la a nnaotlnn tVat nra eYtin14 oil !
I ask ourselves, and if we are good
Americans the answer will be emphat
ic we are going to conscientiously
comply with the conditions of the
pledge every day, and at every meal
Food saving is the Immediate and
urgent duty of every man, woman and
child in civilian life. It has been ask
ed by our Government and it is a
necessity for the success of this war.
The fact that tood conservation in
the United States is not compulsory
but is merely asked as a volunteer ser
vice should be an unfailing appeal to
Americanism. If you are behind your
government you will keep your pledge
and glad of the opportunity to eat
a little less of the prescribed foods in
order that the underfed women and
children of our Allies may have more;
also that the men fighting our battles
at the front may be abundantly sup.
piled with fighting fuel."
There are many branches of,service
in Uncle Sam's army. The food con
servation service is the only branch
open to every man, woman and child
in the nation. The enlistment should
be' 100 per cent, and each enlistment
should mean a definite saving of
wheat, meat, sugar and fats the four
staples of which there is a world short
age and which must be supplied by
the United States to our allies in this
war against war.
After signing the Hoover pledge, it
is left with you personally to keep it.
Your pledge is wholly an affair of
honor. There is no one appointed to
watch you and see that you keep it, ex
cept yourself.
Are you "on the job?"
SUGAR HOARDING.
Individual selfishness and lack of
patriotism is threatening, in various
parts of the country, Oregon not ex
cepted, to undo the work of the Unit
ed States Food Administration in reg
ulating the prices of staple foods and
preventing profiteering by wholesale
and retail grocers.
Reports are being made to the of
fice of W. B. Ayer, Federal Food Ad
ministrator for Oregon, that private
individuals have been I buying and
hoarding certain staples, notably
sugar, beyond all their reasonable
needs.
"The person who does this," said
Assistant Federal Food Administrator,
W. K. Newell, "is very short-sighted,
as well aa entirely selfish and unpat
riotic. The United tSates Food Ad
ministration has given the public as
surance that there is enough sugar
for us all, and has arranged for an
equitable distribution aid a fair price,
through its system of licensing the
wholesale jobbers and large retailers.
Under this system, which was ex
pressly designed for the benefit of the
people, all possibility of profiteering
has been eliminated and the public
assured of an abundant supply at rea
sonable prices. Now comes the indi
vidual hoarder, selfishly bent upon
piling up an unnecessary store for
himself, and threatens to upset the
whole plan. It should be plain to
anyone that if individuals hoard sup
plies in excess of their own needs,
others will not be able to secure
enough. These caHOs of individual
hoarding are being reported to Wash
ington, and, undoubtedly, steps will
bo taken to prevent this unpatriotic
Interference with the Food Adminis
tration's plrtim."
REDUCING DISTRIBUTION COSTS.
A wide range of other projects for
reducing distribution costs has been
suggested. Prominent among these is
the co-operative grocery store, owned
by a small group of local stockholders.
This plan has been so abundantly sue
cesstul in Europe that It seems singu
lar that It has not done well in this
country. It needs a large group of
stockholders, In order to secure vol
ume of trade enough to reduce the
overhead charges to a low figure per
sale.
Also these stockholders will have to
stick closely to their own store, so that
it can know what to depend upon.
Such a store of course by good adver
tising should bo able to get outside
trade. But to win out this way, there
must be a good business mauager. Oo
operators are frequently niggardly in
the appropriation they make for the
salary of such a man.
Elimination of the middleman by
shipments direct from farm to table
by parcel post has been a favorite plan
of the economists. The scheme Is per
fectly practical. But It calls for con
siderable initiative and time to work
it up, and the fanners are rather in
clined to work along the Hue of least
resistance.
Also In a great many cases they
seem to expect about the same
price for such shipments that the re
tail store would get. Consumers will
not bother with the system unless they
get some advantage in price. It would
seem as If any farmer with good gar
den products, or butter, eggs, chickens,
etc.. could by a little advertising work
up a town trade that would take regu
lar supplies each week, at a price
higher than he could get at stores, or
wholesalers, and yet under retail
prices.
The most practical suggestion for
the ordinary man is to visit his groc
ery store In person, pay cash, and
carry home every package he can, re
gardless whether some people do so
or not. It will save costs. As the Idea
spreads delivery teams can be cut oft
and charges for bad debts eliminated.
WAR OF SCIENCE FERTILIZERS.
In a previous issue reference was
made to the handicap placed on tood
production in the United States by
Germany's monopoly of the potash sup
ply. Many of our rocks contain pottsh,
but no method of working it profitably
has yet been devised. The old time
housewives used to get potash out of
wood ashes, but only 220 tons are
figured to have been secured from this
sources last year. Hopes have been
entertained ot deposits on government
reservations in California, but only
3391 tons were got out in 1916.
Also the government was hopeful
that it could be extracted in large
quantities trom kelp on the coast ot
California, bat only 1000 tons were se
cured last year. There Is an enor
mous reward in money and fame for
the man who will find an American
supply of this plant food. We have
already paid Germany $20,000,000 in
past years tor potash. We must face
the fact that she may be ugly about
letting us have it after the war.
A ton of wheat takes from the soli
47 pounds nitrogen, 18 pounds phos
phoric acid, 12 pounds of potash. Peru
and Chile are the great sources ot
nitrate supply. From those beds 53,
000,000 tons have been taken out. The
experts in those countries think the
supply is in danger of exhaustion. Sci
entists ot ours say there is no danger
of it. At any rate there is always the
possibility of the fixation of nitrogen
from the air.
As to phosphates, the United States
exported $7,000,000 worth last year, so
we are well cared for there. Germany
is short of natural phosphates, but Is
getting them as a by-product in steel
making. Let every American farmer
remember that keeping up soil fertil
ity is a vital part of efficient war mak
ing. We are well fitted up for this in
every respect but one, thanks to the
superb natural resources of our soils.
OTHERS, HAVING EYES, SAW NOT.
Emerging from a health farm with
decreased avoirdupois anf a dimin
ished waist line, the ColofTel lets out
the fact that the sight of one of his
eyes was destroyed in a boxing bout
at the White House while he was pres
ident. Yet that did not prevent him
from seeing, more than two years ago,
that our entrance into the war was
unavoidable and that we should make
preparation for it. His foresight wa3
disregarded by the advocates of what
he now calls, very properly, "broom
stick preparedness."
TRAINING OLD MEN FOR NEW
JOBS.
We wouldn't wonder if Col. House,
by the time he digested the material
which will be gathered for him, would
be able to pass an examination for
admission to the diplomatic corps as
third secretary of legation. The
amount of time and money which the
administration seems to be willing to
spend for the education ot untrained
men for big jobs is amazing.
PARALYZATION FIRST.
The Bolshevlkl In Russia, who cor
responds to the I. W. W. in the Unit
ed States, have formulated their terms
of peace. They include tha neutral
ization of the Panama Canal. Before
anything of that kind can happen,
however, it will be necessary for Rus
sia and the rest of the Allies to attend
to the paralyzation of the Kiel Canal.
The onion crop of the country is this
year nearly six million bushels larger
than in 1916. This constitutes a strong
addition to our resources as we enter
the war.
ASK FOR FINAL PAPERS
A petition tor final certificate of citi
zenship was filed in County Clerk Har
rington's office Friday by Alexander
Telford of Oak Grove. Mr. Telford is
a native of Ireland.
DAN F1NNUCANE SAYS
E,
Dan FinnjiCRiiQ, son of Pat Flunu
cane, and one of the well known boys,
who has enlisted tor his country, and
now on his way to France, believes
there la no place like his home state.
Dan writes a letter to friends In this
city, and says that the company he la
a member ot arrived at Camp Mills,
New York, on Friday, at 3 o'clock.
The boys had a good time on the train,
and we are now In one of the largest
camps that I have ever seen. It la
some place, but how X do KAre Oregon.
When I return trom this war Oregon
for me."
"I would like to have the girls and
boys ot Oregon City write to me,"
states Mr. Finnuenne, "as no one
knows how soldiers appreciate letters
how the soldiers appreciate letters
from home, and also the home papers,
which are certainly devoured by the
boys when they arrive in camp.
"Although we have passed through
many states while coming to Now
York, none compare with old Oregon,
and we will be glad to come back when
the war Is over.
"We had a very enjoyable trip to
New York, but we have found that
It is very cold here, and all of the boys
are anxious to "move on." There are
about fifty to seventy-thousand sol
diers here. Soldiers coming and go
ing all the time. We do not know just
how long we will remain here.
"My address Is Company A. 163,
United States Infantry, Camp Mills.
New York City, N. Y."
Many friends of Dan are planning
to write him. He was one ot the first
boys of Oregon City to answer his
country's call when Company G, was
ordered to the Mexican border, and
when the second call came during the
present war, Dan was also among the
first to respond.
He was stationed at Clackamas until
recently, when he loft for New York
City.
FIFTY MORE XMAS
BOXES FOR ARMIES
ALL ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE TO
DONATION BOX AT HUNTLEYS
DRUG STORE
In addition to r.ie two hundred
Christmas boxes already packed and
forwarded to the army the Red Cross
announces that they will send another
fifty as soon as material can be as
sembled with which to till the pack
ages.
Mr. A. R. Jacobs of the committee
announces that for the purpose ut
raising the necessary funds to supply
the fifty boxes a donation box will be
placed in the front of the Huntley
store today, and ail are asked to give
what they can no matter how small It
may be. ,
The following articles must be ob
tained said Mr. Jacobs before the
boxes can be sent: 33 corn cob pkjies,
67 packages of gum, 50 bags salted
nuts. 50 writing tablets, 50 packages
envelopes and 50 pencils'. The dona
tion box will remain in front of the
store during the day until Saturday.
U.S. SOLDIERS LAND
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY in
France, Monday, Nov. 12. American
soldiers are rapidly becoming expert
at patrol work and their officers say
they carry it on in No Man's Land as
if they had been at it for years. This
Is explained partly by the fact that
activity in No Man's Land along the
sector held by the Americans virtu
ally Is open warfare, which is distinct
ly an American game.
Already stories of heroism of Indi
vidual soldiers during trench raids
are coming to light. A recent incident
involved five privates who rushed from
their dugout as the Germans entered
the trenches. Standing, kneeling and
lying in front of the entrance, they
fired on the enemy so successfully that
they prevented the Germans, who
made several attempts, from enter
ing. The American Infantrymen in the
trenches and artillerists in the gun
pits have had their first real experi
ence with gas shells. The Germans
have let loose many during the past
two days, making the use of gas masks
necessary. Schrapnel alo has been
freely used by both sides. During a
recent night the enemy machine guns
were again turned on the American
trenches, the Americans replying with
an equally vigorous fire.
UNION DANCE 8UCCE33
A large crowd came to the dance
given by the Paper Maker's union
Monday night and receipts greatly ex
ceeded the amount expected by the
leaders. This money will enter the
union treasury and will be used for
the benefit of dependent union men
and families. Surlo's orchestra of
Portland furnished the dance music,
whlie the Moose band played from the
Labor Temple down Main street to
Busch's hall where the dance was giv
en.
SINCLAIR INJURES FINGERS.
Charles Sinclair, of Mount Pleasant,
was the victim of a painful accident
Wednesday. Ho was working on a teed
chopper and Bevered the tendons of
the first and second fingers of his left
hand. He was emnlovefl in the Haw
ley paper mill until the beginning ot
the strike.
SOLDIERS APPRECIATE
LETTERS FROM HOME
WHILE ON FIGHTING LINE
In these war days when our hearts
are fired to do our utmost tor our
country, and our soldiers, one often
longs to reach, In some cheering way,
the very lonesomo soldiers, and Mrs,
R, L. Badger, of Weaver Creek, has hit
upon a simple plan to do It. A letter
or parcel addressed thus fiuds them all
right;
"FOR A LONESOME SOLDIER"
Camp Lewis (or any camp)
Washington.
Care ot Hospital Secretary, Y, M. O A.
Whatever Is sent to soldiers should
have the sender's name and address
written plainly in the upper left-hand
corner.
It one wishes to send something to
the lonesome soldiers or marines In
France they can direct to
"A Lonesome It. S. Soldier (or Marine)
Gen. Pershing's Command,
France.
Care Army and Navy Y, M. C. A.
The following is a letter received at
Badger Farm from a marine found In
the above manner. The poems re
ferred to were some of "Ma" Badger's
war song poems. Needless to say, the
request In the letter has been granted,
and a nice box of home-made candy
has also gone to the address given. In
the same mail Badger Farm sent two
boxes more of randy to France, as
scouts to hunt up "Lonesome Sam.
CAR SHORTAGE IS RESPONSIBLE
(Continued from page 1)
Flouring mills Is contemplating the
discontinuance of grinding wheat for
our Allies, unless the present car
shortage Is quickly remedied and tele
grams are being received from ranch
ers throughout the state to the effect
that unless they are enabled to secure
Immediately bran, shorts, tc for
their cattlo, that a great number will
die from lack ot nourishment.
E
"The Southern Pacific Railroad com
pany has promised us that It will make
an endeavor to furnish us one car a
day, but even it they are able to do
this, we will be accumulating three
times as much paper as we are able
to move and will under these condi
tions be forced to close down our
plant," stated the management ot the
Hawley Pulp &Paper company when
Interviewed regarding the present car
shortage. Inquiry at the railroad of
fice confirmed the car famine and also
that there Is no certainty that they
will be able to supply even one car a
day to the Hawley mills although they
will exert every effort to do so.
TO SERVE ON THE
Following the solving of deputy
rights among the recently deputyized
men who had not been a resident of
the city for a year as the city charter
requires, Edward Shaw, former shlef
of police was deputyized by Mayor
Hackett Monday afternoon to serve
around the Hawley paper mills. Mr.
Shaw was authorized to appoint two
assistants and more If needed and will
commence his now duties today.
Mr. Shaw has served as night watch
man in the new Hawley mill for the
past several months and Is an active
worker In the interests of the com
pany. He was a police official In this
city for over 20 years and was suc
ceeded by Lowell Blanchard in 1915.
on, SAYS PUN
When Interviewed yesterday by a
reporter for the Wnterprise, relative
to the egg-throwing episode, Mr. B, T.
McBaln made the following statement:
"Camouflage" is all I can say re
garding the statement of Ott and Jack
son. Ott, standing at the "Keep to the
Bight" sign tipped his hat in a gentle'
manly manner as my machine passed
and I answered the salute in like man
ner with the addition "Good evening
Roy." Jackson was standing between
the right hand fence of the bridge and
the corner store. The crowd of 30
or 40 was between them and Doctor
Carll's Fountain. My statement was
and still is that they were witnesses
to the outrage and it is the truth."
EXAMINATION POSTPONED
The United States Civil Service com
mission announces that the Male Clerk
Carrier examination announced to he
held at Oregon City, Oregon, on No
vember 10, 1917, has boen postponed
to December 8, 1917. Men only will be
admitted to this examination.
Applicants should apply at once to
William B. Howell, local secretary,
board of Civil Service Examiners at
the postofflce, or secretary, Eleventh
Civil Service district, Seattle, Wash
ington, to application blank and full
information, '
mlos," and a scrap book to the If. 8.
hospital care Gen, Pershing command,
France.
Hear 'Mu" Badger:
Your letter, poems and postal card
arrived In our company's mail yester
day. We were sure glad to hear from
some one, and your poems were great,
especially the darkey poem. Wish you
would have them printed.
The censorship will not allow us to
toll where we are or what we have
boon doing, so I am not able to iny
much. Most of us llko It here, but at
the tame time we are anxious to have
It over with, and got back to the good
old U. 8. A.
The main thing here is the lack of
a face ot n woman who could speak
English, and to whom we would not
have to talk with signs.
It Is quite cool here now, especially
at nights. It has been ruining a groat
denl lately too.
Would certainly like to hear from
you ut any time.
Sincerely,
ALFRED D. 8LANEY,
u. a. m. c.
Seventh Co., Fifth Regiment,
Cure Postmaster, New York City.
Write us some more poems They're
great
There are a large number of big
II 17:1.. V AA
From Oregon City Enterprise, Noverrv
I ber 9, 1867. I
I Braxlllans Capture Neembue The
! Brazilians have enptured Neembue,
i the chief port ot Paraguay. It Is re-;
I ported they took many prisoners and
a quantity of military stores.
! Exploration Demanded The Motil-
teur says Napoleon has demanded an
! explanation ot Victor Emanuel why
the Italian troops have Invaded the
papal territory. j
Embroidery During the past week
another finely embroidered blanket
was sent to Portland from the work
of the Woolen Manufacturing Com-
' pany ot this city. I
Hurry Up Now is the time to get
your potatoes off, and get the cash
for them, before the roads become In,
such condition that travel is Impos-,
Bible, with a loaded team. Barlow k
Sheppard have advanced from 40 cents
to 50 cents per bushel.
Court House Block The late finish-i
lng oft done upon court house block
makes an improvement at the north)
end of town when put with those,
made upon the Enterprise building
quite appreciative. Now we think the
Masonic fraternity ought to move In
the matter of brushing up their build
ing, that Its exterior may correspond
with the Interior. The stucco work on
the court house block was done by
Messrs. Sims & Rhoades. The paint
ing was done by C. E. Murray.
Royalty In Paris The royal visitors
to Tarls this year numbered all flrty
eight, of whom forty-five were sover
eigns and princes, three queens, and
ten princesses. This number com
prised ten kings, six reigning princes,
nine heirs presumptive, and one vice
roy. Buckwheat C. Denrdorff, of Clack
amas county, this year produced from
2 acres of ground 70 bushel of as
fine buckwheat as ever grew. In fact
It has done more than that 31 meas
ured bushels weighed 35 at the mill
and gave 1045 pounds ot flour. The
proceeds of the 2 acres, deducting
expenses, would probably fall not fnr
short of $120.
VERDICT FOR CITY
.The case of Arnot Christiansen
against the city, Mayor E. C. Hiickott
and formor Chief of Police Lowell E,
Blanchurd, in which tho plaintiff
sought to recover $2500 damages tor
false arrest and imprisonment, came
to trial before Judge Campbell and
Jury in circuit court Saturday. A non
suit in so far as the city was con
cerned was promptly ordered and. af
ter the submission of evidence it only
took the Jury three minutes to return
a verdict for the defense.
Chrlstensen filed suit following his
arrest with other members of a bridge
crew of the Southern Pacific company
laHt January.
The railway company was at that
time repairing the bridge over Four
teenth street at Center, but refusod to
act upon the request of the mayor
that the construction be of Bteel, ac
cording to a prior agreement made
with the city.
The members of the crew wore re
leased from custody upon promise of
tho company to do the wbrk accord
ing to the original understanding with
the city. The plaintiff was represent
ed by Seaton and Strahan, of Portland,
and Livy Stipp of Oregon City, City
Attorney Geo. L. Storey with Judge
Grant B. Dlmick as special counsol ap
peared for the city, Mayor Hackett
and Mr, Blanchard.
CARL BARTH FILES ACTION
Carl Barlh filed suit in circuit court
Thursday against F. C. Mortenson for
the recovery of wages due him.
hourtod ns well us patriotic) people ot
Clucknmn county who are denlrou ot
remembering boys either In the army
or navy ut Christmas time, even
though donated toward the Christmas
fund for the boys In Franco, and the
people ot LiucknmiiH county urn going
to try unit do their "bit" and see that
tho lmy will bo remembered ut Christ
tuns time. There nro ninny boys who
hnve entered the service tit Unolo Hum,
who have no one to write or send them
gifts, and n kind net extended these
boys will no doubt bo greatly appre
ciated. Mr. nnd Mrs. Badger, of Beuver
Creek, have sent butter from their
dairy farm to the hospital at Cum p
Lewis, nnd jellies, ns well ns candles
nnd other delicacies that hnve been
grently approbated by the men In
rump. The gifts that Badger Farm
has sent have been responded to by
letters of appreciation from the sol
dier boys, '
Secretary llnrlnn, of Y. M, C, A
Cnmp Lewis. American Luke, Wnsh.,
writes that there are tunny lonely men
at Cnmp Lewis who hnve no one to
write to them, and advises thnt any
thing Intended for these soldiers or
for the hospltnl be sent to Secretary
Osgood, Y. M. 0. A. building, No. I.
Cnmp Lewis, and he will see thnt it
gets to the right ones.
F
ICULT
A great deal ot remonstrance and
Indignation has arisen over tho at
tempt of a very few furmers to clrcu
lute a petition seeking tho discontinu
ance of the office of County Agricul
tural Agent. We print tho following
communication received from Paul V,
Marls, which Is representative ot the
position taken by the overwhelming
majority of Clackamas County farm
ers: To tho People of Clnckamns County:
I tenrn with regret that a remon
strance Is being circulated In Cinera
mas County against the appropriation
ot $1600 for the support of a County
Agricultural Agent during tho coming
yeur,
I cannot believe thnt thero are many
citizens In this or any other county
who would become signers of such a
remonstrance If they fully understood
the relation ot tho Agricultural Agent
to our country's war program.
The question Is merely this: Khali
we have organized and directed Agri
culture In these days of tremendous
readjustment or shall our six million
furmers be wholly unorgnnlx ed nnd be
unofflcered by official government
reprcsentntlvcs? Tho President of the
United States, Congress, the Food Ad
ministration, the National and Stute
Council of Defense and all those who
bear the responsibility of directing
our country through this crisis have
answered the question In fuvor of or
ganized Agriculture. Congress hns
appropriated money for the purpose, a
thousand dollars of which Is being
spent In this county this year nnd a
thousand of which will bo available
next year.
Patriotism nnd good Intentions do
not eliminate the need of officers for
our army In France. Nor do they elim
inate the need ot officers In thnt Im
portant "line behind the line" made
up ot American Food Producers.
Our wur time demand for food, the
condition of our food reserves, the
disturbance of our Imports and exports
ot foods, tho Imtnent furm labor irlsls,
all render Imperative the closest co
ordination of the fartners with offl
clnl Washington through some organ
ization. The government has decided
that that organization shall be the
County Agent System.
The trivial 5 cents per $1000 of as
sessed valuation required of Clacka
mas County tax payers for the coun
ty's appropriation and Its share of the
Stato duplication Is the least asked
of the farmers. They are asked to
mobilize their resources, their know
ledge of tho best agricultural prac
tices and to become a responsive unit
in ppsltlon to give quickly or receive
information effecting food production.
As tho official representative of tho
Federal Government and Agricultural
College chnrged wfth the direction of
the Agricultural Agents In the State,
I hereby uppenl to all loyal citizens to
become actively Interested In vigor
ously putting down any movement to
obstruct the Government's good pro
gram at this time,
PAUL V. MAURIS.
CI P. CO.
PLACED AT 100 T
T
The Crown Willamette Paper com
pany announce the starting of their
No 6 paper machine at Camas and with
their No. B machine which Is running
thay will be producing about 100 tons
of news per day. They stale that the
Lebanon situation is improving stead
ily and that they expect to start their
second paper machine there today.
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED
A marrlngo license was issued Mon,
day by County Clerk I. M, Harrington
to Glonn Mahler, 20 years of age, of
Woodburn and Alia Rice, 19, ot Wood-burn.