FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1917.
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PARTISAN PLEA REJECTED.
c...vin t nnston in the closing
days of this year's political campaign.!
Carl Vrooman, Assistant Secretary of
cricuiture, urged support tor the
Democratic state ticket In Massachu-j
setts He was sent there, It was -
claimed to voice the administration'
opinions relating to the issues rovoivea
in the canvass; and he made the as
founding statement that the nation
would regard It as a demonstration of
patriotism It Massachusetts should
elect for Governor a member of the
president's party. Food Administration stating that the
Massachuetts very properly declin-J cost 0r egg produclon exceeds .current
ed to make any such demonstration, i quotations. Commenting on this sit
Massachusetts is a Republican state. uaUon f. Prlebe, poultry expert
Her Senators and Representatives ln-0r the Administration, says: "Relief
Congress have been ardent In their Ut now jn 8ght. The enormous 1917
advocacy of war measures and they corn crop, which will be the basis of
were equally ardent, before the war, in ; m08t feeds is Just coming on the mar
urging the preparedness which we now: ket anj mcn the dealers In a tew
discover we do not possess. Her gov
ernor and her legislature Republi
can, of course, have been prompt and
diligent in organizing the state tor
war work. So far as present-day crop which was short. , While It is
events and requirements are concern-j diffictxlt to predict the future accur
ed. Massachusetts needs no encomium ' atety, dealers have known for several
any more than she did when Webster ; months that a large corn crop Is corn-
represented her tn the Senate. ane, and are now carrying extremely
has demonstrated her loyalty to the : iow stocks of poultry feeds .to avoid
nation by maintaining her loyalty to i08g when the price slumps. Conse
her party. Iquently, flock owners will In a Bhort
It Is a queer quirk in the Democratic
brain that can see loyalty to the na
lion only In blind allegiance to any
thing that bears a Democratic parti
san label. ThU doctrine has been pre
sented over and over again to the vot
ers, in special and regular elections
since the war began; and everywhere
the voters have rejected it They
know that voting the Democratic tick
et, simply because the President is a
Democrat, is no more a means of dem
onstrating patriotism than joining the
Presbyterian church would be, just
because Wilson is a Presbyterian. If
the President wants real support tor
a policy of carrying on the war with
full vigor, he ought to welcome the
electian cf Republicans everywhere,
because it is Republicans rather than
Democrats, who have favored such a
rolicy from the beginning.
HOW TO WIN THE WAR.
The nations sitting at the Allied war
conference in Paris will be the bellig
erents aeainst Germany all of them,
numbering into the 'teens. Their one
purpose will be to determine how to
Win the war. It Is a determination
easy to make. There are men, there
is money, there wrll be ships and muni
tions in plenty. What is essential is
a coherent and consecutive scheme
tor making use of them. Germany has
such a scheme in her "high command,
which has plenary powers In respect
of the disposition of any and all the
elements which make war. If men are
needed on any front, the high com
mand has the Information and acts
upon 1L If funds are needed to carry
or. any operation from those of mil
itary importance to those of diplomatic
inconsequence the high command
knows It and sends the money. If
the occasion requires a larger sup
ply of shells, or a speeding up of sub
marine construction, or a more inten
sive utilization ot a transportation sys
tem, the high command knows it and
shapes its course accordingly. The
Allies require something of this sort;
and all the more because, unlike the
Germans, they are not performing
within the narrow limits of a rather
restricted circle, but because their
battle lines are far-flune and often
attenuated. Therefore, out of the
Paris conference should emerge the
mechanism for making use of the Al
lied supremacy In all that goe3 to
make warfare possible. The confer
ence mustprovide for some supreme,
centralized war council, whose deci
sions shall be absolute. v;h'se powers
shall be undisputed. a:iJ whose per
sonnel will cormn "! V:,3 confidence
of the nations v. '.. ...i they represent.
We shall then -.'.itch German wits
with Allied bran power, even as we
shall overmatch them in the physical
units with which war Is carried on.
THE ITALIAN DEFEAT.
The explanation so far given for the
rrpat rlpfeat and retreat of the Italian
r.rmy seems inadequate. The Italians
up to this catastrophe had conquered
the most Btapendous difficulties. The;""tc " "uu uuoara, uu
T.wiui. bn.o,.m, i,i hn.wmv.
rrogress in a level country. Yet those
plucky Italian fighters could hack
their way over precipltious cliffs and
high mountains.
It is hard to believe that the Italians
could have met this great defeat on
the basis of fighting ability alone, or
even from superior German strategy.
It looks like trechery somewhere. Not
that any unit of the Italian army or
any commander has played false, lor
these soldiers have shown splendid
patriotic feeling.
Tt will be recalled that when the
Roumanians were defeated last year
it was reported that German spies had
secured for German headquarters the
full plans of the Roumanian staff.
It looks like a case of that steady
leak of information that goes on all
the time through the German spy sys
tem. This system, established by the
Germans in all the allied countries
hfrA the war. is now producing re
sults. It constantly Informs the Ger
man commanders about conditions in
side the allied armies. . One can't help
feeling that through this spy system
Germany became aware that there was
a weak and poorly guarded back floor
to the Italian line, and was tipped off
by its agents as to how that door could
be broken open. x .,
This does not mean that any Italian
ENTERPRISE
Postofflce aa second-class
matter.
has sold out their country only that all
through each allied country Gorman
spies are secretly listening and trans-
mining information. .It shows what
'.a terrible threat German power Is. and
how the nations of the earth must
strive to put down a power that thus
seeks to conrol the whole earth by
these insiduous means.
POULTRY FEED SITUATION.
High prices of poultry feeds for the
cast few months have brought scores
scores cr letters to the United States
weeks."
"This corn," states Mr. Prlebe, "Is
quoted at just about halt the latest
prevailing prices tor last year's corn
time receive the benefit of reduced
prices."
Persons keeping poultry on farms or
under free range conditions have pro
fited most during 1917. Their hens
have acted as scavengers in picking up
waste feed in the barn yards and field
to say nothing of the insects and weed
seeds they consume.
Flock owners obliged to buy feed
have faced a discouraging problem.
But in view of prospects for cheaper
feed, it would be unwise to dispose of
pullets or laying hens.
$160,000 FOR WHAT?
Jndging from the press reports of
the North Dakota Non-Partisan league
now engaged In spreading Its doctrine j
to tills state, mousanas oi larmers
are being enrolled at $16.00 each.
There is no means ot knowing how
many have enrolled for the organiza
tion seems to be a close corporation
proposing to control all branches of
the state government for the purpose
of passing special measures for states
owned enterprises lor tne oeneut oij
the farmers, such undertakings to be
paiu lor oj me general la payer, uuo
farm improvements are to be exempt
ed from taxation. j
Supposing only 10,000 members are
enrolled in this state at $16.00 each, a
sum of $160,000 would be raised, for
what?
The farmers have been promised
state owned this and state owned that
at the expense of the general taxpayer
without ever consulting the wishes of
Mr. Taxpayer who Is to foot the bill.
It is hard to believe that the farmers
of this state wish to ally themselves
with an organization whose leaders
in North Dakota and Minnesota have
expressed sentiments virtually placing
the league under suspicion as to Its
loyalty to the government and which
seeks to set up class strife propaganda
in times such as these when every
man should stand shoulder to shoul
der. Th? hard headed farmers are begin
ning to wonder what the hundreds of
thaisanls of dollars they are putting
up in different state is to he used
(or h)s been) spent for.
1"0,000 is considerable money to
8Pend' for wnat?
FAIR PROFIT ONLY.
Under the new licensing system ot
the Food Administration, speculation
in food stuffs and profiteering by
wholesalers will be made practically
impossible. Each wholesaler or Job
ber must operate under a federal
license, and the number of this license
must be stamped on every order, con
tract and other paper concerning the
purchase or sale or food stuffs. Coupl
ed with this is a federal inventory
system, under which frequent reports
of stock on hand must be made, and
any wholesaler or jobber failing to
fully comply with the requirements is
subject to a fine of $5,000 or two years
j "I'rionnjent.
Only a fair profit above the cost
,,..!,. ,. !ll V ,11 A , .. 1
are alB0 ioroiauen to sen to any re-
tai'.er who takes more than a fair
margin of profit.
Through this system, and consign
ment of foodstuffs may be readily
traced to the source of production.
Wholesalers and retailer will automata
ically cheek each other, and profits
may be taken only twice between the
consumer and the producer, those be
ing allowed to the wholesaler and the
retailer, who are each limited to a fair
margin, the same to be determined
according to changing conditions, by
federal authorities.
Licenses are now being issued, and
the effects of the new system will be
evident in the very near future.
MILK DELIVERY COMBINATION.
In London there has been under
taken an experiment in milk distribu
tion which will be watched with inter
est in the United t'Sates. In an ef
fort to economise in material and
labor in the delivery of milk, a $20,
000,000 combine of retailers has been
formed and hereafter, if the present
plans shall be successful, there will
be no overlapping or duplication of
delivery routes and milk will be dis
tributed to consumers nearest the
source of supply. There will be better
uniformity in quality of milk and it is
1
exported that there will bo u lowering
of cost.
There hs been complaint lt this
country for many years because i
the manifest waste in having a half
dozen milk wagons traversing the
same, streets nerving customers liv
ing in adjoining houses, Hut the pre-vailing-
sentiment against comliiim-
jtions has prevented tiny considerable
J consolidation that would reduce the
j amount of duplication. It there Is
! any place where combination would be
'clearly In the Interest of economy, It
would seem to be In the handling of
j such commodities as milk and ice.
j where dully deliveries in small qunn
j titles are necessary. Whether a com
jblnntlou can be formed and operated
j without facilitating injustice to the
farmers on the one hand or the con
' sumers on the other, remains to be
seen, and thejondon experiment will
be useful as a demonstration.
YOUR PLEDGE CARD.
W. K. Newell, acting food adminis
trator for Oregon, calls the attention
ot those who have signed the Hoover
Pledge Card to the Importance ot tak
ing their obligation seriously, and ot
scrupulously keeping the conditions ot
the pledge.
"This little pledge card, which has
been signed by millions ot housewives
tor their families, throughout the
length and breadth ot the nation, "Is
no mere scrap ot paper," said Mr.
Newell recently. "National conserva
tion ot food Is a vital phase ot this
war and It is none the less vital be
cause It Is being fought out in the
American kitchen. Upon oir success
or our failure to support the United
States food administration in its con
servation plans, will largely depend
the success or failure of our nation in
this war."
"Our allies look to us tor sustenance
for their armies and their famishing
people, and in addition to this duty we
must keep our own army abundantly
rationed. This extra demand upon
our food supplies must be met through
conservation, and for this reason we
have been asked to conserve.
"Food conservation, under the direc
tion of the United States food admin
istration. Is the war task that has been
assigned to those who stay at home.
It is just as important a task as that of
the men In the trenches.
"Those who attempt to belittle the
Importance of food conservation or to
interfere with it, are either prompted
by disloyal motives or are In deplor
able Ignorance of the fundamental
needs of our country and her allies In
waging this war against the barbarous
empire which has made starvation
part of her war policy.
"The Hoover pledge card is. Indeed,
no mere scrap of paper. Let every
patriotic family keep it to the letter,
and be glad to have an opportunity to
serve so well at such slight Inconven
ience." THE TAMMANY VICTORY.
The results of elections this year
show the Republican party to be in
very good health, thank you. In states
and communities where normal Re
publican margins prevail there has
been no falling off in party strength;
and the returns indicate the utter re
jection ot the fallacious plea that
through support of the Democratic
ticket is the (est way to demonstrate
one's loyalty to the nation. This false
and specious issue has been pressed
by idolators of the administration to
the point of nausea. In the city of
New York Its repudiation has been
complete and absolute. We are not
enamored of Tammany Hall; but the
attacks on Tammany's caudidate for
mayor on the ground that his election
would be interpreted as treason's tri
umph were bo bitter and so unneces
sary and so wholly beside the mark
that we have no doubt his phenomenal
vote was augmented out of sheer re
sentment on the part of voters who
could find no better way to show their
anger at having their loyalty called in
question through the natural exercise
of the franchise. It is high time for
the administration to realize that It
does not embody all the patriotism
of the country and to know that the
Democratic party is by no means the
most efficient instrument of loyalty
that the nation has ever seen.
DEMONSTRATION
PARALLEL.
WITHOUT
With ten million subscribers and
well abdve five billion dollars in sub
scriptions, the second Liberty Loan
stands forth as a demonstration of
nation-wide patriotism without paral
lel. More subscribers and a larger
sum than any war loan of any of the
belligerents has to Its credit are the
terms of the answer which the nation
makes to the challenge of the Hun.
No one can view the success of the
undertaking from other than the na
tional standpoint, for It embodies the
national spirit of confidence in the
strength and purpose of the people to
go through with the great task which
is before ub. This spirit will not be
content with any incommensurate re
action from those to whose hands the
taBk hag been entrusted. The ten mil
lion men and women who have bought
the second issue of Liberty Bonds,
many of them not to be found In the
roll of the eight millions who took the
first issue, now have a closer tie with
the -Issues and events of the war than
ever before. They have made it their
war by giving of their substance to
sustain it. And it will have to be car
ried on as they desire efficiently,
economically patriotically successful.
THE HUNTING SEASON.
The fall of the year Is a time when
the thoughts of many men turn to the
woods. Our people have been so in
tense over the war that the usual num
ber of sportsmen will not go out this
fall. The young men who used to be
in the field for anything from a rab
bit to a deer are getting ready to try
their skill on bigger game. But the
crack of the rifle and the shot gun
will still be heard. Many men as
usual will go a great many miles to
get their chance at the diminishing
store of wild game.
The owner of timber and the farmer
dread these Incursions of town bred
peopte Into the woods. Lnnds where
once the game seeker and the camper
could wander freely, are now forbid
den to the public. It Is regrettable to
have limitations thrown about this
enjoyment Ot wild life. Hut camping
parties are so notoriously reckless that
it has been Inevitable,
Town bred people W not realise how
easily a fire will start In wild coun
try. Dead leaves, plna needles, and
dry brush turn the ground into a tin
dor box. You can go over a camp tire
and stamp out every visible spark,
and yet there will be fire left that will
often eat Its way along to highly In
flammable material, The only safe
way Is to give camp tire a thorough
soaking with water.
This loss of timber by fires Increas
es the cost ot lumber ami Is one cause
ot the high cost of building houses.
Every man who enters the woods this
tall should keep this in mind.
Also don't fire your gun every time
you hear or. see something move in tho
bushes. With the present ratio be
tween game and sportsmen, the chanc
es are even that It Is another hunter.
It you, must shoot this kind ot game,
enlist In the army.
"MADE IN GERMANY."
It is announced that a enrgo of Ger
man toys valued at $1,000,000, bought
by Americans and paid for before the
beginning of the war, but held up on
the other aide ot the Atlantio under
the embargo enforced by Great Brit
ain, has been released. At the time
those toys were sold to American
dealers we were operating under the
Democratic tariff which encouraged
the purchase of toys made In Ger
many. We shall not only get these
toys now, but when the war is over
we will resume the sending ot millions
ot dollars ot good American money
to Germany pay for toys that could
be as well produced from American
material by well paid American labor.
The release ot these toys from the
embargo serves to emphasize the Im
portance ot the re-enactment of the
protective tariff before the war shall
end.
PARTISANSHIP REGRETTED.
There will be a large number of
people in the'Unlted States, who, re
gardless of party affiliations, will be
extremely sorry that President Wil
son could not see his way clear to des
ignate Colonel Roosevelt as the head
of the delegation which will go from
the United States to the Allied confer
ences. Whatever one may think of
the qualifications of Colonel House,
there can be no doubt whatever that
the combination of knowledge ot Inter
national affairs, soundness ot judg
ment, and aggressiveness In action
Colonel Roosevelt Is superior and
would command greater Influence In
any International conference.
FIFTY PER CENT WASTE.
Lord Northcliffe in one if his num
erous statements or speeches In this
country has said that the waste of
money In the war has been very large
In some cases amounting to as great
as fifty per cent. His lordship was
tpeaklng, of course, of expenditures
made by European nations. His words
however, may set some Americans to
thinking, as they contemplate our own
huge expenditures and especially
when they reflect upon the enormous
sums which we have loaned to Europe.
DONT RELY
ON GERMAN
NESS.
WEAK-
Talk about Germany's bankruptcy
Is as puerile for every purpose of wia
nlng the war as talkjibout her "weak
ened morale.' The fact is that. lack
of money has never prevented a war-
loving nation from making war as
the history of Turkey has proven time
and time again; and the history of
the Confederacy shows how a long
beleagured state can go on with fight
ing after her resources are apparently
at the very bottom.
A FORTUNATE CHANGE OF MIND.
It is fortunate that Secretary of
War Daker has reconsidered his In
tention to exclude fraternal organiza
tions from tho maintenance of recre
ation quarters on army cantonment
grounds. There has never been the
slightest reason to believe that any of
these fraternal organizations was lack
ing in loyalty to the United tSates.
The teaching, practices and associa
tions of such organizations are cal
eulatied to benefit the members Indi
vidually and the country generally.
Are you saving your one-third ot
sugar? Every American is asked to
cut down his use of sugar one-third,
so that there may be plenty for the
men at the front and tor the stricken
people of Europe.
It is better to send pork to the Al
lies than Indemnity to Germany.
IS
BY
F
A Bulck Six automobile "owned by
Robert Krlms of the Lewis building of
Portland was towed into the city Fri
day evening by Sheriff W. J. Wilson
from the New Era road south ot the
city where the car had. been aban
doned by thieves following apparent
engine trouble. A farmer ot New Era
phoned Sheriff Wilson that the car
was setting beside the road, and"after
reaching the car he found the foot
boards removed and thrown on the
back seat as though the thieves were
searching for trouble to the engine,
but become discouraged and ;deserted
it. , .
Krlms was Informed by Sheriff Wil
son and will come to the city for his
car this morning. No damage was
found on the car. Other than a slight
disorder of the engine, ,
J" oe Keller Mot JFoot
.Alter Megirp Gom'victs
Following a vicious attack ou Parole i
Officer 'Joe Keller and the turn of
Salem uian-huutera, published In
Portland paper Thursday afternoon,
local officers who have been assisting
In the chase for the past week have
risen up to a man In defense lt the
Salem official In charge ot the search.
"It la very clear," said Sheriff Wil
son, Thursday evening, "that the col
ored convicts are not only smooth
criminals but they are fairly clever
politicians. The story given by Majors
to the reporter. Is absurd on Its face.
No man worked harder than Keller at
all times, and If there was any scrap
on between Keller and Warden Mur
phy, It wasn't shown here.
"As to Keller being asleep In an auto
on Ilaker's bridge, when the negroes
came up, Keller and Deputy Frost
were In Judge Slavers office drying out
their clothes when the report came In
the blacks had been shot at by the
guards on the bridge. We rushed out
at once and continued the search a
large part ot the night. Had the guards
followed Keller's instructions and left
the machine lu the rock quarry build-
tng Instead ot taking It tn on the
bridge, they would have caught the
blacks at that time. I distinctly
heard Keller give this order to the
men.
"Keller worked right with the dog-
men night and day and was with them
practically all the time, and his cease
less efforts, along with the blood
hound men, won the admiration ot all
who had anything to do with the hunt.
As to the convicts building fires, out
In the woods raound neaver Creek
that Is pure bunk, and nothing else.
"Tuesday evening after placing his
men on the various bridges, and after
realizing that search after night In
the dense woods above Raker's bridge
was next to Impossible, Mr. Keller
left for Portland, where he conferred
with several prominent colored men
regarding the convicts' possible hang
outs If they got Into the city. The
story that Keller pulled oft his dogs
me mini
AT C. t P. CO.
WEST I. INN. Ore.. Nov. 16. (Edi
tor of the Enterprise) Having taken
my share of the cursing, etc., from
the strikers when going ucross the
bridge to and from my work, you win
permit me, I hope, In this way to!
state the reasons why I remained at
work at the C. W. P. mills when the
union men went out on strike.
First, and of very great Importance
to me, Is the fact that I cannot afford
to be Idle, except for prluclple, be
cause I have a family depending upon
my labor for their comfort. Then It
is true that since coming here 1 have
been treated with more consideration
than I ever enjoyed In any othor
place of employment, and I have
worked for a number of corporations,
the U. S. Government and the Stand
ard Oil Co. among them. I have no
ticed here that "higher ups" are not
ashamed to speuk to a fellow when
they meet him or while he Is working;
and If there Is anything that will
cause a man to be anxious to do his
best, anything that will make him
want to anchor where he Is, It Is the
realization that he Is being treated
llko a white man.
Finally, Mr. Editor, there Is still
another consideration; It Is one which
doesn't seem to enter to a great ex
tent Into the calculations of some, but
It does in mine, namely, that I am an
American citizen, and as such I feel
that I cannot conscientiously consent
to be idle while my country stands
so much In need of the efforts and
work of every man In the struggle
this Republic Is engaged In for the
very life of Democracy In the World.
I am above military age, and my
ability to buy liberty bonds Is limit
ed, hence I believe that Just now I
could not be true to myself and to
my obligations of citizenship should
I, In this hour oP, need, withdraw
whatever productive abilities I may
have.
And if that be called "scabbing" I
am willing to be called "scab."
A. DEMOY.
OF
STAND IS MADE
OREGON CITY, Nov. 17. (To the
Editor of the Enterprise) -Allow me,
through the columns of your paper, to
extend to Councilman Templeton my
heartiest congratulations for the atti
tude he has taken In regard to the en
forcement of law and order In Oregon
City. It is gratifying at least to know
that we have one councilman that Is
not afraid to publicly express his senti
ments against wrong. It Is a disgrace
to to our fair city, that such conditions
as are, and have been existing for the
last three or four weeks should be al
lowed. When a crowd of hoodlums
and roughs is allowed to obstruct a
public highway, and Insult peaceable
law abiding citizens, and use every
means available to prevent them from
going to and from their dally work.
It Is about time that something was
being done to prevent such . lawless
ness. If the city council of Oregon
City was composed of a tew more like
Mr, Templeton a different state of af
fairs would exist here.
MRS. CLARA CALIFF.
. Hood River vinegar factory com
mandeered on government contract
for the next thirty days.
when they were within CO feet ot the hUIi Thursday evening when they
convicts Tuesday evening, In order to! saw the state prison car speed through
go to the prUe fight, wus still more town with a cargo of three negro unit
bunk. jvlctn, Stale Parole Officer Joo Keller,
"Keller and his men were up day; two husky guards, and the driver of
and night for the best part of seven! the rir- ThU mount that the man
days, and If ha attended any prUe right , hunt had come to nn end anil the pno
tolnly had a right to. At any rate he pie may now remove the padlock from
In Portland Tuesday evening, he
was back here before midnight and
was on the job again. Mr. Murphy,
the warden, was here threo ulghls, and
like Keller, took his turn at bridge
guarding or anything else. He and I
slept one night on the boards In front
of the store at Hcdlands. Keller was
the same way. On Monday night he
stood under a tree all night Just across
the Southern Pacific tracks at Park
place,
"I do not feel that any paper would
criticise the officers, It they knew the
hardships they had undergone since
the. chase, started. The colored gen
tlemen wilfully misled the reporters
In an effort to arouse criticism against
the man they had been fleeing from tor
eight days.
"The most ridiculous assertion In
the article was to the effect that Kel
ler spent his time riding about In the
auto. He walked over the hilts at all
times with the dog men and rode about
less than any ot the posse. I remem -
ber one specific Instance of the chase
when Keller and Deputy Frost, Instead
ot going around a big canyon In ,he
machine with the rest of the boys, cut
down through an almost impassable
ravine, and crossed over, thinking
there might be a bare possibility the
convicts were In the cut
"We are tickled to death that the
trio were captured. Two of them are
'bad' men and we were afraid they
might attempt trouble In this county.
It Isn't fair to Officer Keller, and his
men, however, to Insinuate they did
not do everything in their power to
effect a capture."
CltUens of Oregon City breathed a
HOT IN PICKET UNE
!E
OREGON CITY, Ore., Nov. 19.
(Editor of the Enterprise) We have
been a silent looker on at some ot the
actions ot the strikers the past few
weeks and feel that some ot our wo
men are losing their home training
(It they evor had any) by standing at
the bridge and casting insulting words
at the workmen who pass to and from
their work. The word "scab" Is used
extensively and not one In ten know
the definition ot the word. It they
wilt look up a dictionary perhaps they
can find It. Scab Is a callous over a
sore, or a disease among sheep. Now
which does It apply to, please? Mr.
Schuebel says a scab Is a parasite.
Now what Is a parasite? A sycophant
a hanger on, one plant growing Into
another, now you have. it. When
man steps down and out from his job
Is it the part of loyalty to his country
now In her hour ot peril to say another
man shall not take his place, without
all kinds of abuse?
We were a friend to the union In
Its effort for higher wages and Sunday
off, but when It comes to trying to rid
icule a man who Is making an honest
living, we are out of sympathy with
them. Years ago unions were un
known, as they are now. The time of
the Civil War when prices were high
and labor cheap, men and women bore
the burden bravely and came out in
victory. We are living a fast life,
high speed with no brakes on. We
know of a man who not many months
ago was satisfied with six dollars a
day, now he Is In the union and wants
more. It Mr. Hartwig and other agi
tators would take off their coats and
work their hands as busily as they do
their tongues, they would know more
about honest labor, but they can agi
tate the working class and fill their
pockets with honest hard working
men's wages and are happy. Let the
men settle their troubles, but let the
mothers look more after some of their
offspring, who sometimes have to be
sent home off the streets. Make the
hohie and let this picketing business
out to men, If It has to be done, and
you will look bettor and feel happier
In the end. Mrs. Clara Callff finds a
responsive sentiment In the expres
alon she gave In last Sunday's Enter
prise. The officers have not kept or
der, Perhaps they are right, time will
toll.
MRS. R. M. DROWN.
ILL
DAMAGES !N COURT
J. W. Currln, of this city, who
brought a damage .suit of $2909.99
against the Crown Willamette Paper
Company was granted a Judgment for
$1000 by a jury In Judge Campbell's
court late Saturday evening, The
Judgment covers suit costs,
Currln, while working at the Crown
Willamette mills, foil November 25,
1916, receiving Internal Injuries and
also injuries to his head. The Injuries
were such that he Is unable to do man
ual labor to any great extent, accord
ing to evidence revealed at the trial
He brought suit shortly after his in
Jury. George C. Brownell and Joseph E.
Hedges represented Currln, and Grif
fith, Lieter and Allen, of Portland,
were atomeys for the company.
Increased supar beet acreage
the Irrigation land states, as well
more dairying. '
WORKER GETS $1 000
cer-jthnlr chlokencoops. For the prison
car was enrouto to the penitentiary lo
again guide the destinies ot the dark
criminals.
Sheriff Wilson received a telephone
call from Troutdalo authorities at 1:80
j Thursday morning announcing that
j two ot tlm convicts had been captured,
They were Farley Hunt and John
! Majors, who after apprehension itulod
that they had become hungry and In
their quest tor food became careless
their capture resulting. Jess Tay
lor, alias Bum Langlord, alias "Dig
Sam"' succeeded In evading tho offi
cers when his brother convicts were
captured, but he also came to grief
early In the afternoon when Portland
authorities surrounded him and suc
cessfully tightened their noose.
After recelvolng the coll from Trout
dale Sheriff Wilson Immediately no
tified Jess Mumpower who lives near
l" V "m", mK"K"
u"w"re Rationed, and Mumpower
! ml, thJ Uttrd?' "' C' N'w"r.k
I " ', ,BI nt,r
n,Kh',y T1" fo' h l!m0
"d came to he city where they
"? Ul "r," 0 Kel er ml
mml "T1?' ,'" .
JJ'""- their gratitude for Jesse
Mumpower for his In. rumenta ass at-
BlIl'B IU IUV 111171ft WI1IIO BPI,! Vlllllft M1V
hills east ot the city which Is near the
home of Mumpower.
The capture of the three negroes
convicts diminishes the escaped con
vict number to but one man, who Is
Karl lllgley. Since bis escape with
the other six men a week ago Tuesday,
his whereabouts has not been learned,
though It Is thought by the officers
that he Is In the near vicinity of Port
land. Taken From Oregon City Enterprise,
Novtmber 19, 1867.
The MonolU We are In receipt
of the first number of volume two ot
the above paper, Issued at the Semi
nary occasionally tn this city. It Is
conducted by Miss Lottie Muck, Miss
Satrarans and others, and Is very
tastefully gotten up.' We wish the
Magnolia success and shall be pleased
to exchange.
Festival The ladles of the Metho
dist Episcopal church, this city, will
give a festival at the court house on
Thursday evening, Nov, 21, to meet
Incidental expenses In connoctlon with
the church and parsonage. There will
he supper, music and other entertain
ment. Washington .Hall The .Tanner
troupe performed at Washington hall,
this city, on Thursday evening.
Personal Dr. A. M. Ioryea left
this city on Friday, overland to Cali
fornia, where ho will stop until those
crazy fellows meet at Sacramento,
Thanksgiving Governor Woods has
appointed Thursday, November 28th,
as a day of Thanksgiving throughout
this state. It corresponds with the
day of National Thanknglvlng desig
nated by the president.
Lost, Stolen, or StrayedMy cane,
a black whale bone, with rivets
through It from top to bottom. Any
person returning It to the undersigned
at Oregon City, sbuU be reasonably
rewarded for his trouble, and no mies
tlons asked provided It Is not a
Portland lawyer I will pny them noth
ing, as they would make bad use of
the money. S. Huelat.
Edwin Booth Club This amateur
theatrical club has nuule a first rate
beginning, undor the management of
Mr, Murray and soen wo hope to at
tend tho first recitation. This club
has the credit of erecting the first
stage In Oregon City, which is con
siderable, when it Is recalled that this
is the oldest settlement on the coast
but not so credltabloto others. Tho
profits of the club will bo devoted to
the purpose of establishing a perma
nent circulating library In the city.
Succoss bo theirs.
Indian War Ended Sherman writes
that the Indian war is ended, announc
ing peace with tho Kiowns, Comnn
ches, ApacheB, Cheyenne's and Arra
phos. Hostilities on the part of the
troops will cease, nnd the rights guar
anteed the Indians to hunt game In
the unsettled portions of Kunsas and
Nebraska will be respected.
AT CAMP MILLS
Corporal Plorle Miller, of the 162d
company, formerly of the Oregon reg
Iments, wrote to friends In this city
last week tolling of a foot ball game
played by the Oregon boys with the
Washington boys as opponontB on
November 10, In which the Oregon
boys wero the victors with a score of
0 to 0. Ho also writes that Sergeant
Crane of the regiment has been pro
moted to second lieutenant.
Corporal Miller was stationed on
guard duty on the lockB and while
here made a large number of friends
among Oregon City boys, The 162d
company is now stationed at Camp
Mills, Long iHland, Now York.
1
Fifty Years Ago
OREGON IS VICTOR