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HATRED OF THE PRESS
Many columns have been published
by the Portland Journal In Its at
tack npon the country press for its
alleged padding of the delinquent tax
list and other legal publications, but
It outdoe anything any country pa
per has yet accomplished In It dvil
ish Inconsistency and greed when It
own profits are Involved. A an ordin
ary example of this take the auditor's
report of Multnomah county are pub
lished In It Issue of July 20th. which
was spread out over 141 column Inch
es of space with a 5-Inch triple column
black head with corresponding sub
heads and a multiplicity of leaders
lost in a sea of white space designed
to fill the page which, according to
itg past reasoning could have been
condensed to less than SO Inches. And
this is only a sample of its great In
terest in the welfare of the dear peo
ple and its intense desire to protect
their financial interests from the al
leged encroachment of the damnable
buccaneers of the "up state" press-
To be consistent with its past utter
ance and indicate a real desire to
practice honesty It should have set
the example and practiced as well as
preached. Had It done thts and set its
statement in as condensed a form as
was done by the paper which bear the
brunt of its unreasoning anger it
might have retained at least a glim
mer of respect from the royal priates
of the country press. But the Journal
Isn't built for that purpose; H hi
Iconoclastic in its method and de
sires to destroy what others have
created, and is in no way particular
how it accomplishes it It if can de
tract attention from its own unclean
garments by alleging fraud and theft
in others its unholy mission has
reached Its beginning. With this pur
pose ia view it is determined to ei
termnate its country rivals; to dic
tate what they shall charge for their
work and to set the price so low that
they cannot survive and, falling in
line with the cubical-headed Hun, pur
pose to make might right, and with
the wealth of Its publisher is using its
money power to inflame the public
mind so it can dictate to the people
and belittle the usefulness of the
country publisher. Through its, pub
lisher It seeks to establish power In
the temple of Jagannath, and depends
upon the credulity of its worshippers
to adopt its false doctrines and to
smite those with the rod of malicious
lying who dare go contrary to its dis
honest teachings. Both of C. S. Jack
son's initiative measures that will ap
pear upon the ballot this fall were
conceived in hatred f the country
press and brought forth in the venom
of bis abomination. His sole desire is
to pose a a dicator of the people
to emulate the glorified record of the
twin across the sea In which sought
for exalted position he should meet
the same fate at the ballot box as the
American boys will bestow upon the
Hunnish twin.
WATCHING THE ADS
This is the time of year when ev
eryone who suffers from the high
cost of living should be reading the
newspaper ads. We now come to the
time when the merchants begin to
fear having to carry stock over an
other year. Some merchants will do
just that. Rather than spend money
advertising a line, they will put it
away on. their back shelves, where it
may or may not suffer from dust and
shop wear. They pay insurance on it,
borry mosey to carry it. The goods
will cost them more next summer
than this, and they may me out of
style.
The enterprising merchant does
not regard this as a paying proposi
tion. He would rather clean out what
he has left at a low price than carry
it over and pay the attendant costs.
He announces that fact in the Enter
prise. It is the one chance of the sea
son to get goods for a low cost. The
opportunities offered are genuine,
and based on the regular conditions
and exigencies of trade.
A great many people watch for just
these opportunities. They don't care
if they are a bit behind the game, and
have to wait until the summer is half
over before getting summer goods. It
is their way of meeting the high pric
es of the period and a very good way.
Goods bought at a late season sale
can usually be had at the prices pre
vailing before the war or even lower.
The great majority of our people
realize this quite well, and to thrifty
people our store ads are as Interest
ing as anything in the paper.
Fifteen minutes spent in a careful
survey of a newspaper's advertising
saves many dollars. The chances
there announced should be followed
up promptly. A great many other' peo
ple notice them. The merchandise of
fered is apt to be snapped up pretty
soon after the advertisement comes
out.
THE HIGHER-UPS
The army raincoat graft having
made its appearance, we will prob
ably bear the Democratic Administra
tion again harking back to the army
beef scandal of the Spanish war. That
Is evidently looked upon as a Justifi
cation of the maladministration of to
day. However, the participators in the
beef scandal were brought to book,
and the man who was Secretary of
War at that time wsb forced to re
sign. What will become of Mr. Baker?
Are the men lower down to be fined
and held up to public obloquy while
the men higher up go scot free? That
was not the rule in McKinley's day.
Mrs. mna. ttunyon went w amuc., 1
tt with her hnshsnrl. who en-1
ENTERPRISE
Pottoffice a coBd-cUss matter.
on application.
FOOD SUBSTITUTES
In an extended statement giving an
account of the cost of various dishes
of food at its cafeteria, the Food Ad
ministration says, among other things
"The use of substitutes, therefore, has
enabled the cafeteria management to
serve Its menus at lower prices con
trary to the wldsspread belief that
substitutes are more expensive."
Here is a statement that calls for
some explanations somewhere. The
declaration has been made many
times in Congress that substitutes are
the more expensive. These assertions
were based upon letters the members
received from their constituents. Eith
er the "widespread belief has been
created by some mysterious miscon
ception regarding prices, or the Food
Administration has some means of
getting substitutes at prices not avail
able to the general public. The man
who finds the necessary war food and
the substitute both on his bill at the
end of the month ought to know which
costs him the most The "widespread
belief" would seem to have its or
igin in the monthly grocery bill.
The Food Administration says it
used corn meal, potato, rice, barley
and corn flours as substitutes tor
wheat flour, and honey, maple syrup
white syrup or corn syrup as substl
tutes for sugar in sweetening des
serts. The Food .Administration says
it was enabled to serve meals at low-
er prices by using the substitutes.
Probably 95 per cent of the people of
the country are trying to serve meals
at lower prices. They are trying to
find a way to get more food value for
a dollar. The Food Administration has
done it. Heretofore people have been
using the substitutes as a matter of
patriotism, as they should, in any
event. But now that the Food Admin
istration has demonstrated that it is
not only patriotic but more economic
al to use the substitutes, there is a
double incentive to save wheat flour
and sugar.
Any person who finds the substi
tutes for wheat flour selling for less
than the wheat flour, or who finds
that he can get more sweetening out
of a dollar's worth of honey, maple
syrup or corn syrup than he can out
of a dollar's worth of sugar, should
write to the Food Administration
stating the facts and send a copy of
his letter to his Senator of Congress
man. It will be a good thing for the
country to have the "widespread be
lief dispelled, if it is erroneous.
And if the "widespread belief is
well founded, the Food Administration
should be so advised.
A WREATH OF ALOES
A strike of 100 000 skilled workers
in Coventry, Birmingham, Manchester,
Lincoln, and Liverpool Is reported
from Great Britain. Dispatches from
Coventry state that most of the work
shops there are virtually idle owing
to the strike of skilled workers in the
munition plants. Before the work for
the day can begin the machines must
be set for the women. As the men who
do this are on strike thousands of wo
men are thrown out of employment.
This Is in spite of the resolutions of
the unions directing the members to
remain at work until a ballot could
be taken on the question.
We are having a similar experience
here, in some of the New England
war mills. In the General Electric
factories, recently in the Newark
shipyards, r.nd elsewhere. It does not
appear that these strikes have the
sanction of Mr. Gompers, although in
many, if not most, instances, they are
the action of organized labor. To the
American soldier, who gets $30, min
us insurance, allotments and neces
sary expenses each month, and who
has to work 24 hours a day, if requir
ed, in mud, beneath a broiling sun,
under fire, and muffled by a gas-mask;
to the Red Cross nurse who risks be
ing shredded to a bloody rag that she
may succor a wounded Yank; to the
Jack Tar who braves the storms and
the man-made assassin of the deep to
transport soldiers and food to shat
tered Europe; to the men and wo
men left behind who are giving the
best of their effort and the bulk of
their savings to the Cause, what an
example these striking workers pre
sent! Can it be that thev nrefpr tho
i domination of the Hun to abating one
jot or tittle of their demands? Where
will they stand when the war is over?
WATCHING THE CASUALTY LISTS
These are hard and anxious days
for thousands of homes in this coun
try. Their boys may be in the thick
of the fighting. Every day they take
up the newspaper with dread, fearing
to see there the beloved name, Or
they tremble as the telegraph mes
senger approaches the door lest he
bear 111 tidings.
It is a proof of the essential nobil
ity of human nature that our people
have risen to it so well. Few are com
plaining. What they suffer they keep
to themselves. They feel that if the
boy can stand the shock and the ghast
ly sights of battle, we at home can do
our pan or silent suneitng. Ho our
people have grown stronger as the
war has gone on.
The American people have descend
ed into the Valley of the Shadow. Let
them remember the words of the
Book, "Thy rod and thy staff shall
Comfort me." There is a higher power
above that sees and know all. He
will succeed and strengthen in his
good time.
General March Is reported to have
said that the Lord has grown tired
of the "Me und Gott" partnership
boasted by the Kaiser. We were of
the opinion that such a partnership
never existed.
XiiW-:"
, F. I. cheney a CO.. ToUdo. O.
JACKSON CALLED OREGON KAISER
Rich Publisher Uses Wealth For Gross
Abuse of Initiative
(Cottage Grove Sentinel)
So far as affording a means for the
people . to legislate, the iulllatlve
might as well not be In existence this
fall. But It does afford the means
whereby the brute power of money
may place measures upon the ballot.
Oregon Voter.
It was lutended that the Initiative
should be a protection for the com
mon people against wealth and en
trenched special privilege, and it has
preformed some service of this kind.
especially in conjunction with the
referendum.
But the Initiative and referendum
can only perform their functions when
the common people, in whose interest
they were enacted, take duo Interest
tn their operation. When the people
cease to take that Interest, then the
initiative and referendum fail of their
purpose.
When the people take the Interest
necessary to cause these methods of
legislation to function properly, they
will study carefully every measure
that Is proposed by the initiative and
they will also stand ready to give
some of their time In circulating the
petitions that are necessary in get
ting a meritorious measure upon the
ballot, or in causing an unmeritorlous
measure enacted by the legislature
to be subjected to a referendum.
When the great mass of the com
mon people do not stand ready to do
this, they thereby turn these methods
of legislation over to those who pro
pose to the people measures which
the legislature wisely refuses to en
act, or who wish to invoke the refer
endum against wise measures which
the legislature has enacted. When the
common people neglect the initiative.
they leave in the hands of wealth and
special privilege a greater power than
that which the initiative was to take
from them.
The quotation from the Oregon
Voter indicates that this is what has
happened this year.
Several measures were proposed
but none will be on the ballot except
two that were drawn up at the behest
of one person the wealthy owner of
The Oregon Journal. As the Voter
says, "the brute power of money," and
nothing else has resulted In those
measures being placed on the ballot.
No one but the rich publisher The
Oregon Journal cared enough about
these measures to put up a cent to get
them on the ballot and the "brute
pover of money" which he used in
getting them there is characteristic of
the method he pursues to gain any
purpose to which he sets himself.
Brute force is the only method he
knows.
At the legislature last year he had
the opportunity to achieve the end
which he says he hopes to accomplish
by these measures, but he would not
accept what he could get", simply be
cause he would not then be recogniz
ed as the dominating Influence in Ore
gon politics because he would be ac
cepting as wise the counsel of some
one else because he could not bear
the idea that he, the great I am of
the Oregon newspaper world, should
budge one iota in the direction sug
gested by Oregon country editors. He
was going to have a complete knock
down and drag-out, or nothing at all.
A brute, yet a babe in wanting his
own way. he made his threat that if
every point for which he childishly
contended was not granted by the
Oregon legislature he would invent
new forms of frightfulness that would
make candidates for reelection yell
"kamerad" and beg for mercy. He
was going to be master of politics in
Oregon or he would know the reason
why. He would make no concessions.
He would listen to no advice. He
knew what he wanted and he was go
ing to have it. He had his General
Hindenburg Hagood there who ad
vertised a drive upon Paris and nam
ed the day upon which he would ar
rive. "We are going to put the screws
on and make you squeal," were the ex
act words of this pastmastcr of fright
fulness. But this Oregon kaiser received the
same kind of a surprise that the one
whom he attempts to emulate has re
cently received. He was caught in a
pincer movement and had difficulty In
FORUM OF THE PEOPLE
Public Ownership and a Free Press
OREGON CITY, Aug. 2. (Editor of
the Enterprise.) The press repre
senting the interests opposed to pub
lic ownership of railroads, telegraphs
and telephones get badly mixed when
an attempt is made to give an orig
inal opinion on the question involved
Just consider the following para
graphs for a moment;
"Public ownership means a sub
sidized press and only official Informa
tion about public affairs."
And "The first step In govern
ment operation of railroads was to
cut off all appropriations for adver
tising and publicity."
The cutting off of appropriations for
advertising and publicity tells where
the shoe pinches.
Why should railroads advertise if
it is not to subsidize the press? The
advertising is charged to operating
expenses and the public pays the bill.
Railroad advertising Is used largely
for the same purpose that free nasses
are given to public officials and mem
bers of the press. They are the
"Mother WInslow's Soothing Syrup"
to quiet an otherwise "free and in
dependent press" and a zealous of
ficial. A publication that is dependent up
on its advertising to keep it from
"Starvation" Is not "Free and Inde
pendent." But why should public ownership
mean a subsidized press?
Does public ownership of water
works, schools, state and county high-
extricating his forces, after what up
to the last moment seemed certain
victory tor those who took and ex
ecuted his orders without asking the
reason why.
Were the wealthy owner of The Ore
gon Journal ruler of Germany ho
would put the Hohensollorn family bo
far tn the shade that they would
never even dream of any kind of a
place in the sun. The forms of fright
fulness used In the present war
would seem child's piny and the am
bitions of kaiser 1 till would seem very
modest Indeed,
He is determined to fasten single
tax upon Oregon, Anyone who stands
In the way of his doing this m nut be
put up against a brick wall. Anyone
who disputes the wisdom of his judg
ment is an enemy of the fatherland
and a traitor to his country. He must
bo put out of the way.
The country press stands In the
way of the ambition of the wealthy
owner of The Oregon Journal. There
fore, the country publisher must be
put out of business.
The country publishers are reason
able. They want only what It fair.
They do not claim, for example, that
the present method or publishing the
delinquent tax list could not bo great
ly Improved. They have suggested to
the wealthy publisher of The Journal
a method by which the object he
hopes to attain could be accomplished
without doing away entirely with the
wise advertising feature, but that
would not suit hla purpose.
Why?
His own representative gave the an
swer at Salem last winter. Because
doing away with publicity for the pub
lication of delinquent tax sales Is
merely the first step in the direction
of single tax the one object at which
all the activities of The Journal are
directed.
An example of the mothoda of
camouflage, deceit and hypocrisy em
ployed by this would be kaiser of Ore
gon, he has fought the correction of
certain points in connection with the
publication of the delinquent tax list
which would have the publication
method in a condition satisfactory to
all, for the reason that his single tax
ambition demands the entire repeal
of the publication method and if the
vulnerable points were removed he
vould have no argument to use In
gaining his nefarious end.
Another example is that he has at
tached to his measure to do away
with the delinquent tax list publica
tion another to decrease tho max
imum rate for the publication of legal
notices In the state of Oregon. He
knows that the present maximum rate
is fair, that the rate in many places
was reduced by the enactment of a
maximum rate, that many papers now
charge less than the maximum rate
allowed by law (The Sentinel being
j one of the many), but in order to put
j over his single lax propaganda. In
order to become the kaiser of Ore
gon, he must put the country news
paers out of business or reduce them
to a state of subserviency. So he at
taches this measure to the other in
the hope that he can carry the second
one through with the stifcma ho hop
es to attach to the other.
The wealthy publisher of The Ore
gon Journal imitates the kaiser in
more ways than one. He Is an expert
on camouflage. He knows that be can
not gain his ends except by the gros
sest, yet most plausible, deception. He
must dupe the common people In
order to use them for his own ends.
This method he has developed to a
degree that must make the Hohen
zollerns turn green with envy.
The wealthy, imperial, imperious,
impious publisher (if The Oregon
Journal ia an adept In all the subter
fuges by which the other kaiser has
maintained his hold upon the people
which he refers to as h;3 property.
The Oregon Journal would imitate
the methods of the German kaiser
but improve upon them in several im
portant details.
We are at war with the kaiser In
Europe. We are not going to let an
other pull the wool over our eyes in
a more diabolical manner than liiH
Hohenzollern counterpart. The peo
ple are not going to stand for this
one man legislation.
wr.ys, road machinery, streets, bridg
es interfere In any way with the prin
ciple of a free press?
The press exercises every privilege
in the discussion and criticism of all
public owned utilities and of public
officers. And surely public ownership
can in no way restrict the freedom of
the press In all matters which are
not under public ownership.
Profiteers secure stock in influen
tial publications very often for the
sole purpose of controlling the policy
of the same.
Yours traiy,
C, E. SPENCE.
A LITTLE POEM
Did you ever think, as the hearse
went by 1
That It won't be long till you and I
Go riding out In that black plumed
hack,
And never remember of coming back?
I
Did yoif ever think, as you strlved for
That'money a dead man's hand can't
hold?
You may work and strive, you may
work and save,
But you'll loose It all when you reach
the grave.
Denny Wallace, Gladstone
WATCH 'EM GO! 3
? SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.
Youths 18 and over need not ob-
s tain the consent oil their parent s
3 or guardians hereafter to enlist
in the Marin Corps, it was an-
3 nounced here today by marine
3 recruiting headquarters. $
E. G. Robinson and son, Edwin, 1
Jack or Jill
Sister Susie's now a bell hop,
In a swell hotel.
Cousin Lucy drives a taxi,
So doe Annabel.
Mother run an elevator,
Aunt Jane carries mull.
Grandma's busy guarding aliens,
At the county Jail,
When this cruel war is over.
Ami the .hoy come back,
Wonder who will rock the cradle
Jill or Jack?
I
. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Martin and Alice Uoehtel to Laura
U. South, i5 acres tn sections 32 and
33, township 3 south, range 7 eaat;
$10.
Clackamas Abstract ft Trust com
pany to T. L. Charman, lots 5, 6, 7 and
S of block 1. and lots 1. 2. 3, 4. 5, 7
and S.of block 6, West Linn; $10.
T. L. Charman to Chris Hehuobol,
trustee, lotB 6, li, 7 and 8. block 1.
West Linn; $10,
Mary Kgglmnnn to O. F. Ilogdnle,
.29 acre In the William Holmes dona
tlon land claim; $10.
O. F. Hegdnlo and wife to Mary
Egglmann, portion of lot 7, In block
fit) Oregon City: $10.
Helmnr Llndgren to Victor and
Hlldnur I.lndbeck, tho southeast quar
ter of tho northwest quarter of sec
tion 10, township 5 south, range 3
eaet; $1100.
Vlctorlne Hattnn et at. to Portland
ft Oregon City Hallway company
35-foot strip through portion of Mary
Hatton D. L. CT. $150.
Joseph Schmidt and Anna Schmidt
to Portland ft Oregon City Railway
company, strip of land 40 feet wide In
Orrln Kellogg D. L. C, $134.
C. O. Stone and wife to Charles
Grossmlller and wife, 40 aVre In sec
tion 34, township 3 south, range 3
east, $100.
Henrietta M. Felix and Eva Felix
Robblnett to H. R. Rlxley and Belle
M. Rlxley, lot 1, block 4i first sub
division to Oak Grove. $2000.
W. W. Myers and wife to Mary Wil
son, lot 3, block 138. Oregon city;
$200:
Oregon Swedish Colonlyatlon com
pany to J.A. Alander, west H of the
N. K. and the N. H of tho N. W.
Vi of the S. E. U of S. 20, T. 5 8., It.
3 E.; $3000
George W McLoughlln and wife, to
Jasper Kid well lots 9 and 10 and the
S. Vi of lot 11, In block 4. Parkplace;
$soo.
A. W. Estes and May Estes to James
W. Robertson, lot 4. block 9. Willam
ette Falls; $10.
Elmer W. Cantowine and R S. Can
towine to John Karbonskls nnd wife,
tract G of Saffarana Peninsula, In
sections 33 and 34 tow nship 2 south,
range 1 east; $1500. ,
S. E. Holcomb and wife to Georgo
E. Morley nnd wife, 5 acres In die
Cranflold donation land claim; $500.
MARKET REPORT
Local tomatoes are arriving at the
I'.ratly Mercantile Company's store,
and are the finest that have arrived
here for some time. These aro selling
at 15 cents fur two pounds.
Peaches of several varieties afe ar
riving In the markets. These aro loc-
il grown, nnd among tho varieties
that aro finding a ready market are
the Hale's Early. The Early Craw fords
have not yet come in, and they will
be somewhat short from reports of
the growers. Peaches are retailing at
$1.23 per box.
The markets are well supplied with
various kinds of vegetables. String
beans are finding a big demand, and
there aro plenty to be found In the
market.
Blackberries are among tho fruit,
also plums of early varieties. The
plum crop is to be a bumper one
throughout the county.
Red Astrachan and GraveriHtein ap
ples are In the market, and are aver
aging about $1.25 per box.
As given by the Brady Mercantile
company and Fair Brothers.
BUYING,
Creamery butter C.'ic
Potatoes, old $1.50
Potatoes, new $2.75
Onions, per 100 lbs $3.00
f!utter( country) per roll 80c
Eggs, per doz 42c
8ELLINQ,
Potatoes, new Dc lb
Eggs, per doz 4Cc
Butter, per roll (country) 95c
Creamery butter, per roll $1.15
eea.
Oats, per 100 lbs $3.50
Mill run, 80s $1.00
Calf Meal $2.00
Salt, 50 lbs. Mgn grade 75c
Hay, per ton $35.00
Chick food, per 100 lbs $5 00
Scratch food, per 100 lbs $4.50
Bone, per 100 lbs $3.76
Beef scraps $6.60
Perkshire $3.50
Holstein dairy- food, per 80 lbs. $2.00
Oil meal $3.76
Dlood meal poultry, it. 10c
Albers mash food $J.60
Whole corn $4.00
Cracked corn $4.15
Cocoanut ell meal $2.76
Ground corn $4.15
Easter oyster shell $1.75
Western Shell $1.25
Grit, per 100 lb , 90c
Livestock 'Buying
Live hogs 1617c
Dressed hogs 21-22c
Old roosters 10c
Springs 20-22c
Financial control of tho Portland
Flouring Mills Company, one of the
largest and oldest milling companies
on the Coast, has passed from the Wil
cox estate to Max H. Houser, vice
president of the Grain Corporation,
and several associates. While the
consideration was not announced, it
is believed to be close to $10,000,000.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Meyers and baby
MALE OF THE SPECIES BUSY, TOO H
JJ -
Business Men and Others Join in Work
a of Conservation
o
The men of Clackamas county are
doing their share of war work an wall
as tho women, although many women
are performing odd dullos (hut they
have never been obliged to before In
this city and tn Clackamas county
liming the scarcity of men,
A number of these are mentioned
below ;
O, 1, Why, attorney, and who has
been busily engaged with hla law
practice, bus devoted, his spare time
to war gardening, nnd has one of the
finest war gardens tn the city, where
all kinds of vegetables ranging from
tho golden colored carrots to tho tall
graceful corn with Its tassels now
sprout forth, Mr. Eby Is not only
among the champions of the war
garden makers, but 1 the champion
of blackberry pickers this season, Mr.
Eby, after working his garden after
performing hi office duties; has
gathered 17 gallon of wild hlueklier
rles in the country. He had to go
some distance for these, and ninny
tedious hours the lawyer has put In
filling tin palls. He has been well re
warded by making his excursions 1o
the blackberry patches, ns his fruit
cupboard shows what energy will do.
Row after row of these berries are
now stored away for safekeeping un
til winter, when the lawyer will h.ilp
to devour the berries he has gathered.
m n
Another man, who Is spending his
"vacation" In a most profitable man
ner Is Judge Grant B. Plmlck. Each
afternoon, rain or shine. Judge can bo
seen leaving his law office and "beat
ing" It either In the direction of
Greenwood, where he has a farm, or
In a southerly direction, where ho Is
bound for his Hubbard farm. At tho
Greenwood farm, which Is In charge
of E. R. Gregory will bo found some
of the finest goat In the Northwest.
a 'largo number of theso were ship
ped here from Eastern breeders, and
a trip to that farm will explain why
Judge likes to visit this farm as often
ns ho does. After arriving there he
gets busy" either helping In tho gar
den, or to yet In the hay. Thursday
nnd Friday evenings he helped to
stack the grain, getting It In readi
ness for threshing. He has performed
many other duties during the scarcity
of male help, nnd he feels that he Is
among those active In war work. He
Is to have a helping hand on thresh
ing day, and as ho has been rvnred
on a farm Judge still has the "pep"
and can sew a sack of grnln or help
to pitch the bundles In the mnchlne
as he did when on the farm himself
many years ago. He still has th
fever of "back to the farm."
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Dr. L. O. Ice has not allowed his
time to waste on Sundays when ho is
away from his duties In his dental
parlors. "Doc" has only missed one
Sunday this season performing farm
duties. He has pitched his hay sad
placed It away In the barn for win
ter's use.cut timber and slashed on
his farm, which Is about four miles
from Oregon City. He has wished for
vacation days to arrive, but feds that
with scarcity of men. he can ac
complish more by performing farm
duties. He Is to take a day off from
bis ofllco on the day of threshing, and
ve a helping hand nt tho farm.
W. W. Woodbeek, connected with
the Enterprise, nnd who has a lease
on a portion of the Risley place near
Rlsley Station, Is devoting his spare
time to caring for his grapes. Ills
crop will be a bumper one, and prps-
poets are good for a ready demand.
This man arises from his slumber at
5:30 A. M, and Immediately takes up
his duties around the place and Is at
the office at 8 A. M. When returrilng
from his ofllco duties he again re-
mimes 111s lurm worn unui oarK. Mr.
woouimcK takes Hunday afternoons
for rest.
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Now there is Charlie Hood. Charlie
has made a record for himself this
year as a war gardener. Taking a lit
tle hole In the ground on Twolfth and
YOUNG GIRLS ARE FARM HANDS
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Prove That Women Can Do Manual
Work Readily
Probably the first young woman to
assist In threshing on the farms of
Clackamas county tills year ure Miss
Edith Newton and Miss Moudu Ken
nedy, graduates of the Oregon City
high school, who have conio to the
aid of the farmers in the section in
which they live. They made their
first trial at the business of gather
ing the shocks of grain, pitching them
Into their wagons and carrying them
to the threshing machine, where they
gracefully pitched the shocks Into the
big thresher. Miss Newton says, "We
are anxious to show the men that tbe
womon can run the world as well as
the men, and we are going to show
them right now what kind of thresh
ers we can make, and how we can do
other farm work when we are given
an opportunity. We plan to take a job
.like this whenever we can got it, and
thus far we stood the work as well
as the men."
AIR FATALITIE8 LOW
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. Figures
on army aviation training fatalities
in the country, made public today,
for the period between September 1,
1917, and July 20 1918 show a total of
155 deaths or an average of .000305
for each hour of actual training
flight. Officials believe this Is a new
low record.
Washington Street, ho bad this tilled
with fairly good soil, milling the best
quality at. the last. He purchased
pumpkin smut that were guaranteed
to iirow big pumpkins, Those are
growing, The cue timbers are union
the first to bear In the titty. lie want
ed to plant water melons, but says
the neighbor w.ire too fond of theso,
no he planted Hiring bonus, lie will
have ciidukIi Hiring beans to can for
winter, besides having all ho wants
for family mho. Taking Into considera
tion what n place this wus a year ago,
und look ut It now will soon convince
one that 110, time has been wasted by
this man. after performing hi dally
duties ut tils place of business,
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.Frank Moore, the U. A. It, man, whose
home Is nt (ireenpolnt has a war
garden that Is attracting much at
timlloti. He had the pleasure of pick
ing his first cum from the tail stalk
on Thursday, and some of his East
ern friends, who are visiting nt the
Moore homo from Minneapolis, had
their first OrcKoii corn on that day
They pronounced It the most delight
ful they have v-alen,
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There I Charles Itubcock, street
commissioner, who has a war garden
ut his homo, After working nt his
usual duties during the duy from
early morning, he hits with the as
sistance of his brother In luw, Charles
McCarver, a war garden lhat will sup
ply the family with all kind of veg
etable. Here one may see one of the
best potato patches In the city. There
will be enough for the winter's nse.
A late garden Is also being planted
hero,
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Julius Spagle, an employ of Bncle
Sam at the local pimtoluce. has lw
KlileB making a fine war garden, done
much war work. Jjllus started early
In the fall before the rain and snow
of winter commenced getting his win.
tor's wood. He mad deal with Ward"
Lnwton of Mount Pleasant, who had
the wood on his place, ftpsgle would
leave here early In the morning with
his well filled lunch baket. Through
rain and snow this nan trudged each
Sunday morning several miles Into
the country, He has tho "stay with
It" power, while others wonld have
slven up. Some of the timber was
blackened, but this did not worry the
toller. Even hli smutty, blackened
face was the least of his troubles
while rutting the timber. The limber
w ns cut by this one man, stacked and
ready for hauling. The next thing was
k get a team. He secured this, hau'
ed the wood himself to this city, nnd
Is now putting It In evenings. He hnd
over 11 cords of wood when It csmn
to hauling and putting It away. He
ha figured up that the wood would
have post him $75 had he purchased
It, and after the expense of hiring
the team, and hnvlnir.lt sawed, he will
get his winter's fuel for about $12
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Pat Flnnncnne, who is employed at
the Brady Mercantile Company's
store, Is one of the war imrdeners
this year. Although hn has not had
much experience ns a gnrdener ho
has mnde a record for himself. He
had the first ripe tomatoes this year,
and his vines hear mnny other
tomatoes besides hundreds of blos
soms. He and .lames Itrndy are now
contemplating entering the swine In
dustry on a Htniill scale. They have
purchased some of Georgo Deflok's
thoroughbred Duroo-.Terscy swine,
and nre to specialize on this breed.
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R. L. tfnlmnn, who had a little
room to spnre on his property on
Wnter Stnvt between Sixth nnd
Seventh hns supplied one of tho locnl
toreg w)n Kr(,Pn onions
from his
war garden. These 'were planted
where tho garage now stands. One
merchant, was able to supply his de
mnnd for onions from this small war
garden, besides those used by tho
Holnian fnmlly and others connected
with the firm of Holmnn A Pace.
The girls, who nre attractive did
their drat days' threshing at the farm
owned by George Itandnll, of this
city, and his son, Coorgo O. Randall,
of Central Point, about four miles
from Oregon City. They wore bloom
ers and tholr work shirts turned
(low at the nock with flaring nock
ties, and tholr largo, broad brim
straw bats milled to tholr chnrm of
beauty.
Six toams wore required for haul
ing tho shocks to the thresher and
twenty-four men, who will throsh for
I he neighboring section of Mr. Rand
all. The grain threshed averaged 20
bushels to tho acre. 50 acres were
planted to wheat nnd the ontB went
from 35 to 40 bushel to tho acre. Ow
ing to the lnftk of rain the crop was
not as largo as In other years.
Threshing Is at it height now In
all sections of Clackamas county, and
the work will last several weeks.
RAILROAD 13 JUNKED
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug.
C. The last passenger train over the
Colorado Midland railroad, which has
been ordored junked by a decree of
the district court because of lnabil-'
ity to meet operating expenses,
reached Colorado Springs from Grand
Junction, Colo,, at 8 o'clock this morn
ing, Employes of the road are leav
ing to accopt positions elsewhere.