OKEGON CrrY ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1919
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'Tlpemocrais Controlled
f ( For the defeat of much important legislation, the
country can properly blame the President who has in
sisted upon being the dictator over his party. The Dem
ocrats had control of both Houses of Congress and all
the committees. Because they acknowledged the dom
ination of the President, they did not feel any responsi
bility themselves, and they let legislation drag. As a
consequence, in the last few days of the session there
was a large number of highly important bills reported
with the result they must be passed hurriedly or not at
all. Passing bills without knowing their contents is not
legislation it is criminal carelessness, and the Repub
licans refused to be a party to such proceeding. The
country will uphold them in it.
Help Yourself and Oregon City
Heed the Advise of This Labor Expert Who Has Analyzed
Present Business Condition! Thoroughly.
(From tho Portland Journal, March 19.)
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URGED UPON BUSINESS
Mrs. Williams Is survived by the
following children: Horace Williams
of Oregon Cltr. Fred Williams of
Portland, Ciaronce Williams ot IIub-j
bard, MIhs Laura Williams, who
made her" home with her mother. She
also leaves two granddaughters, Mrs.
Nina Stuart of Condon, Oregon, and
MIms Vlra Williams of this city.
TO BR1
ER DIVORCE CASE
OPENS TUESDAY BUI
NO DECISION IS GIVEN
The divorce cane of Leon Draper
agulnst Lena Draper opened In the
circuit court Tuesday with Attorney
Hume ot I'ortlund. representing the
defendant and J. K. Hedges repre
senting the plulnilff. Judge Hagley of
Jllllsboro presldml.
Leon Draper has heen In the army
for some time uud saw much ov
rstus service and he allngod that
while he was awsy his wife assoclut
d with other men. Mrs, Draper !
luged this whs untrue and that the
futher of hr husband was tho cause
of the trouble and was trying to
break up their home. Sho sllcgijs shn
worked for a living and puld Mr.
Drapnr every 'month for keeping the
child and she alno claimed that loi
ters from her husband were not de
livered to bcr ai d she did not even
know when he returned to Camp
Lewis. ,
After a long session the court took
the case undor advisement.
How's This?
W offtr Onu lliimlrci D"llsrs Rawsrd
for liny cn of Cslsrrh that cannot be
cured by Hell's Culnrrh Mmllrtne.
Hall's Catarrh MHlni hue boon talon
by ratarrh suirrr fur the put thirty
(1v yr, and tins twemim known the
moat fllall ramrriy for Catarrh. Hall's
Catarrh Mocllrlne ft thru Hie Wood on
tin Mucous surf ncrs, expi-lltns; th Pol
ton from )) l)lo(d and hulln th dis
d portions.
Afir you hava tnkcn Hall's Catarrh
Mrdlrlne for a short time you will see a
reat Improvrmsnt tn your nral
h'SUh. Start taklns Hull's Cntarrh Medi
etas at ow-s and t rid of. catarrh. Bmd
fur testimonials, fro.
T J. CHKNKT CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
old by all Urunlsu. Tic
Extensive Campaigns Will Re
lieve Present Stagnation,
Government Author
ity Says.
Washington, March 19. U. P.) Ex
tensive advertising campaigns through
out the country will put business on
Its feet and rolleve the present stag
nation. Roger W. Dabson, director of
the Information service 61 the depart
ment of labor and a business author
ity, declared today.
Bnbson has sent statements to bit
business men of the country, urging In
creased advertising as a means of ush
ering In an era of prosperity.
"My advice to the merchant," Bab
son says, "Is this for your own Inter
est and for the good of the country, In
crease th6 advertising appropriation
for 1919. Prosperity depends upon the
consumer. It mere is not a market tor
poods they will not be produced.
"Business Is now stagnant because
nobody wants to buy, even though peo
ple have been deprived of many things
durtnf the war.
nave not recovered from the shock of
the war.
'The time to buy things ws need Is
here, but the people will not respond
to a single appeal. A general cam
paign of paid advertising Is necessary
to get business going again. Dealers
In all sorts of commodities should ad
vertise them In the newspapers, roag-
THE FARM, THE HOME,
THE SCHOOL.
By R. 0. Scott ,
These are the three fundamentally
Important Institutions in this Coun
ty. Without the homes there
would be no civilization; without the
farms, there would be no Cities,
without the Schools, there would be
no continuance ' of civilization. We
cannot afford to degenerate Into 'Bol
shevism. The farms must be kept
prosperous, the Home must be made ,
Psychologically, we happier, and the Schools must teach
the practical things that will make
the men and women of tomorrow bet
ter farmers and home-makers.
It Is on these fundamentals that the
work ot the County Agent and the
Home Demonstration Agent, and the
County Club Leader rests. Improve
ment tonnnt nnma An rha farm nnlana
M'!,.M. IX the women and children are Interested
Vii I III IUII T V VMV UV1UIMIU W
created."
:Y P. WILLIAMS
DIES IN PORTLAND
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. Mary P. Williams, a former
resident of Oregon City, died at her
home at 624 Maiden Avenue, Sell-
wood, Monday evening, after an 111
pess of several months, of heart dis
ease. Mrs. Williams was born In Berry
county, Michigan, January 9, 1846,
and was the daughter of the late John
and Susan I'elton. She was united In
marriage to W. C. Williams In Michi
gan, and came to Oregon In 1879.
They settled In Clackamas county,
making their home near Oregon City
for about 30 years. Nine years ago
they moved to Sellwood, where Mr.
Williams died last June.
The Wat and Your Gasoline
The first of a series of three statements
For obvious reasons the following facts of interest to
the public could not be published during the war.
They affected a vital wr.r necessity regarding which
the Government required secrecy. But now that the
war is won, we are at liberty to make the following
statement of facts:
Highly volatile gasoline for fighting
aeroplanes wa3 one of the war needs.
The output cf this special rsolm by
all i io refineries east of the Kocky
Mountains was not enough, so Califor
nia wns called upon to furnish a lare
part of the c.p-Iy. Ai th request cf
ths United States Government the Pa
cific Coast Pctrohu:n War Senice
Committee sj-portiontd California's
quota among such of the large refiners'
as were able to make this special gaso
line. The Standard Oil Company, bcir.j
the largest of these, had the grcatect
quota to fill. We were glad to do our
part. We supplied more than our quo
ta of aviation gasoline.
Aeroplane engines, operating high in
the air under conditions of extreme
' cold and raref.-.: J atmosphere, require a
different gasoline from uijiass operat
ing on the ground. In fact, the needs
are so special that the gasoline manu
factured for aeroplane use (often used
at altitudes of from 20,000 to 25,000
feet) would be utterly indifferent for
use in automobile or other internal
combustion engines operated on land
or sea.
Aviation gasoline has to be highly
, volatile. It must vaporize rapidly even
in the extreme cold of very high alti
tudes. On its rapid vaporization alone
,nust often depend the lives of the men
in the acrupkne. This gasoline would
not be good for general use. It would
lack power on the ground, its loss in
storage by evaporation would be great,
and it would be expensive.
Malting aviation gasoline for the
Government took a very considerable
part of the low boiling point or highly
volal'.Ii constituents of the crude oil,
and, as a result, the gasoline left avail-'
E-le for regular use lacked there quali
ties which assure easy starting cf the
automobile engine.
The Government's demand for avi
ation gasoline reached its maximum in
the late fall of 1918, and then for a peri
od cf about six weehs the deficiency of
Red Crown-gasoline in low boiling
point constituents or easy - starting
qualities was most apparent.
Now that the war is won and the
great demand for aviation gasoline has
ceased, we arc again able to offer the
same grade of Red Crown gasoline as
formerly, with the same full and con
tinuous chain of boiling points from
the low to the high which is necessary
for easy starting, quick and smooth
acceleration, high power, and long
mileage.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(California)
The People Should Be Informed
as well as the men. Likewise, the
home will he a dreary place unless
the men help to make the housework
as easy as possible by the use of labor
saving devices. And the school will
never do what It should do unless
both parents are Interested in It.
These three lines of work are being
carried on In Clackamas County this
year for the first time. Already
there Is manifest an Increased Interest
in farm work by the boys and girls
who are doing the Club work nnder
the leadershlD of Mr. Olmsted. Al
ready there has been shown a strong
desire among the women of the Coun
ty to learn about tireless cookers and
lceless refrigerators and home nurs
ing. When it comes to the prob
lems of the farm, all ot the family are
interested.
. In order to carry on tha work of
the Improvement of the Farm and the
School, the FarmCureau has come
into existence. The Farm Bureau is
composed of the men and women who
are actively Interested In this work,
tn each community there is a com
mittee ot the Farm Bureau which is
working along certain lines of Im
provement. The Farm Bureau is co
operating with the Grange and Farm
ers Union, and the Loyalty League.
We have here a force which will mean
much to Clackamas County.
The busiucs? of farming should be
calculated on a lifetime basis. It is
tafe to say that no one can take a
piece ot ordinary land and make a
good profit from it in one year or
even two years. There are exception
al places which have been built up
in fertility which will give good re
turns the first year; but most of
the land which is for sale has been
run down in fertility and will need!
several years of careful farming to
make good returns.
.The kind ot farming one takes up
will depend on the size ot his farm,
and the kind of work which he likes,
ut whatever kind of farming a man
tocs into he should make up his mind
to go into It tor life, and not shift
around from yar to year. For in
stance, the business of dairying re
quires the building up of a product
ive herd of cows. It is impossible to
buy the kind of cows that a man
should have to make a good profit in
Jalrying; they must bo raised. This
takes time. Likewise, if a man goes
into fruit he is settling down to one
type ot farming for the rest of his
Mfe.
Naturally the profits to be made
from the lines of farming are of first
consideration to a man about to buy
i farm. Dairying has and still Is one
-l tho most profitable kinds of farm
ing when properly conducted. Gener
al farming is most generally carri
ed on in this County, and with the
high price of grain and livestock, has
given better returns for the last few
years than such specialized farming
is dairying and fruit growing. How
ever every thing points to lower prices
for the staple crops in the next few
years and it is well for every farmer
'to consider whether he is putting his
'and In Bhape to grow profitable crops
at considerably lower prices.
One of the surest crops in point ot
nroduction is the Loganberry. These
have been tried on every farm and are
known to yield heavily. Like every j
other good thing, they have their
Irawbacks. They need to be trained
on a wire and the thorns make un
pleasant picking. But there is no
back-breaking work about logan
berries. Pickers can be hired for a
cent a pound, and they make good
money at that. In the past the worst
feature about the loganberry Industry
has been the market. A few years
ago it was almost impossible to sell
loganberries. But times have chang
ed. Farsighted business men have
seen the value of loganberry Juice as
a beverage to replace the beer and
wine now that prohibition is going
into effect The new beverage is
rapidly gaining in favor all over the
country. There is rduch to be said
in It's favor from a health standpoint.
Physicians are recommending it for
certain blood troubles. At the present
time, Instead of there being a lack
of a rnarketfor loganberries, there is
a greater demand than can be sup
plied from the present acreage.
There will undoubtedly be a much
larger acreage set out to loganberries
this year than ever before. To the
man on a small tract, the loganberry
comes as a great boon. There is no
crop that will produce so good re
turns from ordinary soil fertility with
as little outlay of labor and capital
as loganberries. With proper at
tention they will last tor a long period
of years. It is possible to contract
the crop at prices which will bring
in $100 an acre net. But In order to
get contracts it is necessary that
there be a considerable acreage in one
locality. Whereever there is a large
volume of any one kind of fruit, the
marketing becomes comparatively
easy. Here the value of community
action becomes apparent
Nine distinct and separate propositions are to be
placed before the people of Oregon for their approval
or rejection at the special election June 3. Six of these
measures are primarily financial, that is they provide for
the expenditure of money, and as such they may be said
to be of greater interest to the people than the remaining
three. ; ;: M-
The suggestion of Mr. Schuebel at the Live Wire
meeting here last Tuesday that public meetings be ar
ranged in every section of the county for the purpose
of discussing these proposals, pro and con, is construc
tive and should be acted upon. Let it not be said that in
Clackamas County, at least, that any man or woman
went to the polls and cast a vote on these important
questions without first being fully informed of their
merits. . ' '; '
For the information of the readers of The Enter
prise, we are presenting today a summary of these
measures: '
First: Reconstruction bonds. Amending the con
stitution to permit the state to issue bonds to the amount
of $5,000,000, whenever the people shall authorize
such bonds.
Second: Guarantee of interest on irrigation and
drainage bonds.
Third: Amending the constitution to permit coun
ties to issue bonds, when authorized by the people of
any county, up to six per cent of the assessed valuation.
Fourth: Permitting the location of an industrial
and reconstruction hospital at a place other than the
county where the seat of government is.
Fifth: Creation of the office of Lieutenant-governor,
who shall be president of the senate.
Sixth: Appropriating, through bond issues, not ex
ceeding $5,000,000 for the construction of state and
public buildings, promoting land settlement for soldiers
and others and in providing employment, providing for
cooperaton with the federal government in the reclama
tion of land. (This act is allied with the constitutional
amendment authorizing such bonds.)
Seventh: Soldiers' Education Tax, to provide aid
to discharged service men who desire to pursue a course
of study in any institution of learning in Oregon,
whether public or private, and authorizing a levy of
two-tenths of a mill annually on the property of the peo
ple of the state.
Eighth: Providing for an annual tax of one mill for
market road purposes.
Ninth: Providing for a bond issue of $2,500,000
for the Roosevelt military highway from the mouth of
the Columbia river to the California state line, contin
gent upon a like appropriation from the federal government.
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8th and Main Street
Oregon City
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210 SEVENTH STREET
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