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OREGON CITY, ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1921.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
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UNION HIGH FOR
SOUTHERN PART
OF COUNTY, PLAN
16 DISTRICTS WOULD BE
INCLUDED
Individual School Boards to
Consider Consolidation
At Next Meetings.
Drunken Brawl Sunday Gives
Kise to Accusations
Against Officers.
A movement to form a union high
school district in the vicinity of Can
by, which will mean the joining of 16
districts, will be officially launched at
mass meetings of the voters to be
held in the immediate future. No
tices to the different boards were
sent out Monday by County School
Superintendent Brenton Vedder, draw
ing attention to the general discus
sion on this subject, prevalent for
the past few months. The meetings
are to be held following the consider
ation of the matter by the boards so
that public sentiment can be deter
mined. The proposal, as outlined so far,
would include the consolidation of the
following districts: 86, Canby; 73, i
New Bra; 63, Brown's; 8, Union Hall;
18, Mundorf; 110, Lone Elder; 20,
Macksburg; 40, Needy; 91, Ninety
one; 79, Meridian; 38, Marks Prairie;
97, Barlow; 60, Union Hill; 2, Elliott
Prairie; 22, Oak Lawn; and the part
of 59, "Whiskey Hill, in Clackamas
county. The high school would be
established at canby.
At present, many of these districts
are paying tuition to Canby and the
remainder are sending their children
to high schools out of the county. Su
perintendent Vedder points out that
the prestn tax paid by the entire ter
ritory included in the tentative con
solidaion plans, would suffice to meet
the total expenses of the Canby High
school. The joint district would have
a valuation of $2,611,122.40, and with
the exception of Canby is paying a j
tax of 3.3 mills for high school tui
tion. This amounts to $6,851.81. The
levy for the coming year to take care
of the tuition and to meet unpaid bills
will probably aggregate 5 mills, it is
estimated, outside of the standard
high school districts.
The total cost of the high school
during the past year, according to
Mr. Vedder's leter, was $7,793.55, and
the district will receive $4,337.05 from
the tuition fund. Thus, he shows, a
union district could bear the entire
expense of a joint high school, at a
very Slight increase in taxation over
what is already in force, and at pro
bably a smaller levy than would be
necessary in the future.
It is pointed out that the districts
in the couny outside of those main
taining high schools his year paid a
total Of $67,000 in high school tuitions.
Much of this goes to high schools out
side of Clackamas, $21,722.36 being
paid to Marion Yamhill, Washington
and Multnomah counties.
"I believe," said Superintendent
Vedder, "that the establishment of a
union high - school at Canby is the
only logical solution to the problem
in the southen part of the county," he
points out that a large number of
students in the disricts included in
the consolidation plan are at presen
attending outside schools, and that by
the formulation of a joint high school
greater efficiency and easier cond
tions of attendance could be obtained.
"The report is current that gamb
ling is rampant and that the chief of
police and mayor are in league with
the gamblers and bootleggers. When
in every section, federal and state of
ficers are engaged in a death grapple
with violators of prohibition laws and
are unable to prevent repeated viola
tions; when every week from all sec
tions of the county moonshine plants
are confiscated by the sheriffs office
and others spring up in their place,
it is time for the public to realize that
the charge of laxity to public officers
who are doing their best to make Ore
gon City a fit place in which to rear
a family, must be backed by some
thing more than street gossip in or
der to secure conviction in these cases
Give me adequate evidence or infor
mation from which I can procure ade
quate evidence, that our police offi
cers are in league with the violators
of law and order and their authority
as such officers will cease in less than
thirty seconds. All I desire is the
proof or information on which I can
secure proof that these charges are
true and it will result in a vigorous
investigation."
This is the statement made Mon
day by Mayor James Shannon follow
ing rife reports and rumors of toler
ation of various kind3 of vice in Ore
gon City. The rumors primarily, it
is believed, were the outgrowth of a
drunken brawl in front of the Bennett
barber shop Sunday which resulted in
a rather free-for-all fight and the
breaking of two plate door-windows
at the barber shop, located in the
Electric hotel building on Main street.
It is said that this "toleration of crime
of a minor nature and misdemeanor
of various description" talk has been
goin up and down the street for sev
eral months, and according to the au
thorities, it is entirely without foun
dation. Monday the allegation was made
that the officers failed to interfere
with the fight on Main street Sunday.
This was vigorously denied yesterday
by Chief of Police J. L. Hadley, who
stated that no arrests had been made
in the case only for the reason that j
the officers had no definite informa
tion upon which to take action and
that no one had been willing to sign
a complaint, altho several informal
protests had been made.
Further denial that gambling and
bootlegging is allowed to go on under
cover, was made by both the Mayor
and the chief. The chief -yesterday
said that "every law abiding citizen
who knows of any violation, should
report it at once to him or other offi
cials, and he would answer for it that
the investigation would be sure and
complete.
Beginning January 1, it is an
nounced, pool halls will be forced to
remain closed from 12 o'clock Satur
day night until 7 o'clock Monday morn
ing. This measure is to be taken in
an effort to prevent sub-rose operation
on Sunday. An effort is also to be
made to force barber shops to comply
with this same rule, in order to allow
no private gatherings in these places
NEW TAX REGULATIONS
EXPLAINED BY HUNTLEY
Football Men Are
Guests at Banquet
Oregon City Ranks
High at University
.UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu
gene, Ore., Dec. 16. (Special). Ore
gon C'ty has the second largest re
presentation on the Greater Oregon
Commutes in the state. Representin
Oregon City are Lew Henderson, the
alumnus representative, and two stu
dent representatives, Lot Beatie and
Dan Lyons.
Only to--ns having a population of
1000 or over have representatives on
'the Committee. With the exception
of Portland, which has four repre
sentatives, no town with the except
tion of Oregon City has more than
two representatives.
The duties of the committee are to
handle all University activities in its
territory, to acquaint high school sen
iors with the University and to en
tertain a'l speakers sent into its ter
ritory by this institution.
DAIL PROCRASTINATES
DUBLIN", Dec. 19. When the Dail
Eireann adjourned tonight after two
lengthy public sessions devoted to
debate, noth'ng tangible had develop
ed to indicate how members would
vote on ratifying the treaty setting up
the Irish free state.
KRASSIG & HERNS
DENTISTS
t Specialize in
Extraction of Teeth
Crown arid Bridge Work
"Plates That Fit"
18-11-12 Andresen Bldg.
Oregom City, Ore.
A chicken dinner wa sserved the
1921 football lettermen of the Oregon
City high school at the high school
building Friday evening, when the
students in the domestic science class
under the supervision of their instruc
tor, Miss Strief, served a delicious
repast.
In appreciation, of Miss Striefs ef
forts, the boys of the football team,
presented her with a handsome box
of candy.
The long table was prettily decorat
ed for this occasion, and places were
laid for the following: captain James
Sullivan, Manager Pete Laurs, Leon
ard Mayfield, Carl Johnson, Wilbur
Criswell, Roscoe Lock3. George Ta
tro, iQuentin Cox, Bud Baxter, Leon
ard Thoen, Hugh Croner, Chester
Newton, John Bennett, Stanley Losh,
Roland Eby, Ry!e Reddick, Myron To
ban, Ralph McCoy,-Monroe Harbison,
and "Doc" King.
During the banquet Leonard May-
field was chosen captain cf the team
for the coming season.
Toasts were given by James Sulli
van, Coach "Doc" King, Leonard May
field, Peter Laurs, George Tatro, Carl
Johnson and Wilbur Criswell.
The team played seven games dur
ing the season, winning three, losing
three and the seventh game was a tie
For the information and assitance
of taxpayers in preparing their income
tax returns for the year 1921, Clyde G.
Huntley, Collector of Internal Reve
nue, has given out a statement in
which he briefly discusses the materi
al provisions of a new revenue act and,
points out wherein those provisions
differ from the act . under which last
year's returns were made. -
"The exemption allowed for a de
pendent is increased from $200 to
$400.00," explains Collector Huntley,
"Married persons living with husband
or wife, and heads of families are al
lowed a personal exemption of $2,500
(instead of $2,000) unless the net in
come is in excess of $5,000, in which
case the personal exemption is only
$2,000. The act provides that in no
case shal the reduction of the personal
exemption from $2,500 to $2,000 oper
ate to increase the tax which would
be payable if the exemption were
$2,500 by more than the amount of the
net income in excess of $5,000. This
is t o overcome the disparity in the
case of two taxpayers, one of whom
is just within the lower $2,000 exemp
tion and the other just within the high
er $2,500 exemption.
"Single persons, and maried persons
not living with husband or wife, are
allowed an exemption of $1,000. Per
sons having gross incomes for 1921 of
$5,000 or over are required to make a
return, regardless of the amount of
net income.
"The excess profits tax Is repealed
as of aJnuary 1, 1922. The rates for
1921 are unchanged.
"The surtax rates for the calendar
year 1921 are unchanged, and range
from 1 per cent on the amount of net
income between $5,000 and $6,000 to 65
per cent of the amount of net Income
in exess of $1,000,000. For the calen
dar year 1922 the surtax rates range
from 1 per cent on the amount of net
income between $6,000 and $10,000 to
60 per cent on the amount by which
the net income exceeds $200,000.
"Provision is made for the repeal
as of January 1, 1922 of the tax on
stockholders of a personal service cor
poration as such. After that date such
corporations are to be taxed in the
same manner as other corporations.
'The income tax on corporations for
the calendar year 1922 and thereafter
is increased from 10 to 124 per cent
The $2,000 exemption heretofore al
lowed corporations is to be granted
The Breakdown of Money
It was predicted two years ago that the enormous
waste of war in Europe would lead to an unprecedented
buying movement of American products, to replace
these losses. But the breakdown of the money stand
ards in Europe has impeded such purchases. In Russia
and Germany the money is nearly valueless. In other
countries it is so depreciated that those people can not
buy American products that they are in desperate need
of.
It is possible to do business without money, by the
barter of primitive times. .But it is a terribly awkward
way. The producer who made goods on that basis, ,
would never know whether or not the stuff he got in ex
change could be disposed of for a'value equal to the cost
of his merchandise. Business would consequently be
greatly restricted. And this is just the situation that
holds up trade with all European countries.
Our country has been slow in co-operating with an
effort to create a stable rate of exchange. Take the case
of some industry in Europe that could operate if it could
buy American raw materials. It can't buy them today
owing to depreciated money. But if that industry will
agree to deliver the finished product to this country, it
should be possible to sell them the raw materials on
credit, and take the finished product in return when it is
1 it . .1 1 r . 1 J J - .1
maae, aeaucting ine vaiue or mc aavancc niciuc in uie
form of raw materials. Thus idle men are set to work, j
and a market provided for American products.
No one industry of course can do that. It has to be
arranged on a big scale by powerful financial interests.
Business men have been slow to go into such projects
fearing jhat money invested in such credits would be
lost.
But a great deal has been lost already as the result
of idle workers and lack of markets for our products. It
would seem a far sighted policy to do more in this line of
credit extension to promote business with Europe.
Women's Page
By FLORENCE
RIDD1CK BOYS
What Women's Clubs Are Doing
OREGON CITY VALUATION DROP
(Continue a rrom rage One
OSWEGO DROPS $71,997
Oswego shows the largest decline
in valuation in the county, notwith
standing the increase in its corpora
tion valuations. Last yar the total
valuation - was $529,970.54 and this
year it is $71,997 less, or $457,973.17.
Corporation valuations increased from
$35,690 to $51,133 but the other class
ifications dropped from $494,280 to
$406,840. This is due to $49,000 cut
only to those corporations whose net j in the valuation of city property and
income is $25,000 or Less. a drop of approximately $24,000 in
Many persons are under the im- personal property values, including
pression that the taxes on ice cream,
soft drinks, etc., monthly returns of
which are required, have been repeal
ed with the enactment of the new act.
These remain in force until December
31, 1921. -
"No change is made in the tax on
admissions, except that after January
1, 1922 there will be no tax where ad
mission is 10 cents or less. Effective
Jan. 1, 1922 the following taxes are al
so abolished: on musical instruments.
State Growers
Association May
Put Branch Here
all industrial plants.
This decrease is due to the large
cut in railroad valuations, the decline
in the valuation of the cement plant
at Oswego, and the transfer of $5,000
in assessable money, notes and ac
counts, from the Oregon Iron and I
Steel Works plant in Clackamas coun
ty to Multnomah county.
The city of Barlow this year shows
a decrease of approximately $3,000.
This is all. practically due to the de-
sporting goods, chewing gum, portable crease in the public service valuation.
eectric fans, thermos bottles, fur
articles, pleasure boats and pleasure
canoes, (unless sold for more than
$100) toilet articles, medicines, and
numerous articles of apparel.
"On and after January 1, 1922 the j
tax on various works of art is re
duced from 10 per cent to 5 per cent,
the tax on candy from 5 per cent to
3 per cent and the tax on carpets
rugs, trunks, valises, purses, fans, etc.
from 10 per cent of sales price in ex
cess of specified amounts to 5 per cent
of sales price in excess of specified
amounts.
Oregon City Driver
W ml
Fined for Overload
The value of city lots shows a de
crease of about $300 and personal pro
perty is practically the same as last
year, its value increasing but $10.
The total valuation for 1921 is $30
779.13.
CANBY SHOWS INCREASE
canby s valuation shows a gain
this year of $6800, due to an increase
in the public service valuations to this
amount. Despite the general cut in
the assessment ratio upon which these
valuations are based, corporation im
provements raise their figure above
what it was for the preceeding year,
amounting now to $97,236.86 against
$90,222.06 for the previous year. The marketing organization.
That the Oregon Growers Cooper
ative Association will expand into
Clackamas county it sufficient signed
acreage can be secured, was the as
surance given yesterday at a session
of growers assembeld here in the final
formal session of Farmers' week, by J.
W. Evans, field manager of the asso
ciation. The meeting, attended by nearly
100 Clackamas county farmers, con
sidered plans for the inauguration of
a cooperative marketing system, and
Mr. Evans explained the workings of
the organization, with which the coun
ty Farm Bureau has advocated con
solidation. A survey of the quantity
and quality of fruit and berry pro
ducts here, has convinced the state
association that the county has suf
ficient possibilities to warrant a ser
ies of receiving stations, and the next
step will be to determine how many
of the growers will back the coopera
tive marketing movement here.'
MEETINGS TO BE HELD
Under an agreement with the as
sociation, the growers would sign up
for the marketing of their product
through the organization for a three
year period. Meetings to determine
definitely the sentiment are to be held
in the near future in the three com
munities where it is possible that re
ceiving stations would be establish
ed Canby, Clackamas and Estacada.
At Estacada there has during the past
few years, been a local cooperative
Taere are forty thousand Federated
Women's Clubs in ' the United States
alone, and there Is a World Federation
of women's Clubs with clubs in many
other countries. These are some of
their activities in America:
They have raised a Loan Scholar
ship Faad of thousands of dollars
which has helped thousands of ambit
ous girls, otherwise unable, to get a
college, normal school, or nursing
training.
They have had a hand in the ex
tension of Public Libraries, Libraries
for Children, and Travelling Libraries.
They have gathered up books for ex-
soldier's hospitals, have stood for' the
teaching of Mothercraft by moving
pictures, and in school classes of girls
Michigan has stressed the giving of
milk to its under-nourished school
children, and clubs in many places are
helping put a hot noon lunch in the
rural schools.
They are encouraging the teaching
of sex-hygiene and social health, and
are combating tuberculosis and social
diseases. They are supporting Visit
ing Nurses, and Visiting Teachers,
and helping establish the Teacherage.
They are organizing Citizenship
schools, often, as in South Carolina,
co-operating with the State University.
Maine has published a book of short
stories written by its women and
New oYrk is offering prizes in poetry.
drama, history and art.
Women's Clubs are attempting to
elevate conditions in public dance
halls, and. raise the standards of mov
ing pictures. Day nurseries and
Children's Playgrounds and gymnas
iums are helped or maintained by
some clubs.
The Community Service in Vermont,
Rural Life Clubs in Texas, and the
Open County Conference in some
states call the women of the com
munity together and lead them to
study the needs of their community
and co-operate to better conditions,
standing for better ' roads, better
schools, better sociability, the Home
Demonstration Agent, a phonograph
in the schools, new sidewalks, better
lighting, and an infinite variety of Ira-1
provements which make life mre
worth living.
Women's Clubs have helped move
ments for state parks or the preserva
tion of some beauty or historical pot
and for planting memorial trees on
highways. In Florida they maintain
ed the four thousand acre bird sanctu
ary until the state took it over. They
are using their influence to prevent
the commercializing of the water
power in the National Parks.
They are studying the laws in their
staes which affect women and chil
dren and the home. They stand for
the abolition of child labor the regis
tration of births, compulsory educa
tion, mothers' pensions, better work
ing conditions: for women, better
housing, raising the age of eonsent,
equal guardianship of children. Inde
pendent citizenship for women, a De
partment of Education in the national
government, government aid in Home
Economics, the teaching of musie in
the schools, and were almost unanim
ous for the Maternity infancy bill
recently passed.
They are maintaing Children's
Hospitals, and Michigan recently took
a census of its crippled children. In
diana has done a remarkable werk for
its Blind. They are reaching a help
ful hand to women's prisons and girls'
reform schools and are helping with
Juvenile Court work.
Housewives' league are bettering
market conditions and standing for
just weights and measures.
A new movement is the organizing
of Junior Clubs in which the daugh
ters are led into Women's clubs work.
The Federation co-operates - with
thirteen other national women's or
ganizations in maintaining a welfare
lobby in Washington. The women's
clubs of the country are busy both in
great national movements and in end
less small tasks in the smallest com
munities. What one invents today Is
known and practiced by dozens of
clubs tomorrow.
Aside from the welfare work the
clubs do, the individual members are
receiving information and inspiration
and pleasure in association. It is a
marvelous organization, the Federa
tion of Women's Clubs!
r
Fire Daniages Home
Of Frank Koenip:, Sr.
n ire, of unknown origin, started in
the residence of Frank Koenig, Sr., on
Twelfth and Madison streets Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, and before the
blaze was checked, much damage
was done to the interior of the home,
and also to furniture owned by the
Koening and Ryser families.
Mr. and Mrs. Koenig, owenrs of the
nome occupy the uppr flat, and the
lower nat is occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Ryser. Mrs. Ryser was home at
the time of the breaking out of the
fire, and from appearances started in
tne basement beneath the kitchen. Aa
there were few men in the tfeiehbor-
nooa at the time, the women endeavor
ed to extinguish the flames: until
they got beyond their control. The
fire department arrived shortly after.
and soon had the fire under control.
This makes the third fire in this
city during the past three days. The
other fires being in the apartment of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Alldredge and
the Hawley Pulp and Paper company,
both occurring on Sunday night.
ABOLISH SUBS, PLEA
WASHINGTON, Dc. 16 Arthur J.
Balfour, head of the British delega
tion, gave notice today that Great
Britain would propose to the arms
conference the total abolition of sub
marines. -
For overloading a clxy dump-truck,
which was being used to remove ex
cess material from Water street, J.
E. Fisher, driver for the street de
partment was fined $25, and $3.90
costs by Judge E. J. Noble Thursday
afternoon.
Fisher was arrested Wednesday by
Officer Wagy, when it was found that
his rear axle was carrying an excess
load of 700 pounds. It was originally
understood that the action was to be
brought against E. W- Scott, street
superinendent, who was in the truck
with Fisher and was working with
him on the Water Street job, but the
complaint was filed against the driv
er. It is understood that the fine is
to be paid by the city.
Judge Noble also fined W. A. Dick
Inson, of Portland, $50, for driving
when unable to properly control
car. He added costs to the fine and
revoked Dickinson's driver's license
for 30 days. Nelson J. Willard, of
Estacada, was fined $10 and costs for
cutting corners and for damaging an
other machine.
In Judge Perry's court at Milwau-
kie, E. M. Anderson, J. W. McGee and
Frank Gasser, were brought in by
Officer Wagy for violation of the mo
tor vehicle statutes. Gasser was
fined $15 and costs for overloading,
Anderson $5 and costs for running a
sled on the highway, and McGee, $10
and costs for driving a machine with
metal tires. ;
COPENHAGEN HAS FLOOD
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 19. Heavy
storms resulted today in flooding
large sections of Copenhagen, great
damage being done to buildings. Other
Scandinavian ports were similarly af
fected, the warehouses being lashed
by immense waves that swept in from
the sea.
INDICTMENT RETURNED
The grand jury of the circuit court,
which adjourned Thursday, returned
an indictment for assult upon Ed. Net
ter of Aurora, who is accused of at
tacking W. W. Irwin,
MiiimiiMmiiiMMiiiimnmHiNimiiiiuiiNiiiiiNtiniiiiH
6 Per Cent State School
Money to Loan on Farms f
SCHUEBEL & BEATTIE
Bank of Oregon City Bldg.
Oregon City, Ore.
total valuation is now $332,946.
Estacada valuations show a de
crease of $13,444. The corporation
valuation dropped from $31,276 t o
$28,627. Due to a decline in the valu
ation of personal property, the figures
not including corporation valuations
dropped from $152,565 to $140,770,
making a gross total of $169,397.88.
Gladstone shows a decrease this
year of $7300, which is noticable both
in the corporation and other valua
tions. The public service valuation
for 1921 is given as $S5,465 while the
valuation of this classification for the
previous year was, $90,371. In the
other valuations for Gladstone, there
was a $3,000 decrease, bringing them
to $257,790.
MlLWAUKIE GAINS
Miiwaukie s valuation gained ap
proximately $7,000, which is due to a
general increase in all classifications.
The corporation valuations for 1921
are $107,448 as against $105,108 for
the previous year; other valuations
total $454,660 as against $450,170 for
the previous year giving a total o f
$562,108.57 for 1921.
Molalla's valuation took a decline
of $1500 this year. Corporation val
uations jumped from $24,830 in 1921
to $26,183 in 1921 but the property
C. L. Long, extension horticulturist
of the O. A. C. spoke to the farmers
upon the subject of orchard manage
ment, and outlined plans for the es
tablishment of demonstration or
chards here next year, for the pur
pose of exhibiting the result of scien
tific methods, and as a schol for the
gorwers who are interested in the mo
dern development of horticultural
work.
The meetings today will conclude
the sessions, and the week will end
with a banquet and farm bureau pro
gram. During the morning all of the
county project leaders of the farm
bureau will meet to discuss the work
during the past year and formulate
plans for future activities. The ban
quet is to be served in the Commercial
Club rooms, and tne afternoon pro
gram will include talks upon the bur
eau's activity and the discussion of
its plans for the coming year.
SESSION IS SUCCESS
County Agricultural Agent W. A.
Holt expressed himself yesterday as
well pleased with the interest shown
over the county in the first Farmers' j
Week held in this county. It's sue-
OPEN DOORS
IN BUSINESS
The Religious Worker.
Among the specialists in religious
work are Y. W . C. A. secretaries,
settlement workers, deaconesses,
sisters of charity and charity work
ers. It would be a pity if such work
would be chosen for commerical
motives and not from the desire to
help humanity. It is, however, the
chosen work of many women who
must, of necessity, earn their own liv
ing somehow and, if their total time
and energy Is given to it, it is but fair
that it should give to them a.com-
j fortable support. In fact anything less
than this would be deterimental to
the work as the spirit of the work
ers would be broken by undue priva
tion and low grade would result.
Many women are earning their liv
ing by devoting their lives to some
form of religious work. In- general
they are paid about as much as, or
less than, a teacher in the same local
ity. It seems to be understood that
those who go into religious work as
a business are partly compensated by
the joy of serving humanity and their
motives are not mercenary. The or
ganization employing such workers is
seldom well financed and the utmost
economy must be practiced in all its
undertakings, including the hiring of
workers.
In many cases these workers enter
the work with no special training, but
develop skill in it by practice and
native tact . Trained social workers
not only do better work in general but
command higher salaries and the
trend is toward only trained social
workers, on a living salary, instead of
the hit and miss soccial work which
is well meant but often defeats its
own uplift motive.
Books for Children
Mother Goose, Nursery Rhymes,.'
Aejsop's Fables, Beatrix Potter's.
"Peter Rabbit Stories," "Alice In
Wonderland," by Louis Carroll, the
Helen Bannerman "Black Sambo"
books, stories written and illustrated
by Gertrude Alice Kay, and "Stories
To Tell To Children" by Sara C.
Bryant.
Children Ten to Thirteen
Books by Kate Douglas Wiggin. .
Frances Hodson Burnett, Louisa M.
Alcott, also "Robinson Crusoe," Fairy
Tales by Grimm and Anderson,.
'Arabian Nights"; Hawthorne's.
"Wonder Book"; Kipling's "Jungle .
Books," Harris' "Uncle Remus,"
Stevenson's "Treasure Island," Rus--kin's
"King of the Golden River." :
Children the High School Age.
"The Crisis" by Churchill, 'Ra-
mona" by Jackson, "John Halifax
Gentleman," by Craik, 'Silas Marner"
by Eliott, "Poor Girls Who Became.
Famous" by Bolton, "Three Musket
eers" by Dumas, "Prince and Pauper"
and "Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain,
"Captains Courageous" by Kipling,
"Spell of the Yukon" by Robert Ser
vice, "Heroes of Today" and "Oregon.
Trail" by Parkman, "David Coppers
field" by Dickens, "Les Miserables"
by Hugo, "Lorna Doone" by B'ack--more
books by J. Fennimore Cooper,,
"Men of Iron" by Howard Pyle,.
"Lances of Sigmond" by Miss Yonge,
"White Company" by Conan Doyle, the
Stockton books, and the Seton- Thomp
son books, and books of nature study,
travel and biography by the best
writers.
Making Children Fine
Once upon a time we thought a
taste for good reading was, like "blue
b'ood,' rare. Now that schools have
taught children to read easily we find
the verriest tattered urchin as voraci
ous a book-worm as our be-spectacled
aristocrat, demonstrating that nature
has put into human plants the same
desire as has the water lily to stretch
out of the mire and bask in the sun-
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cess warrants its establishment as a J light.
permanent institution, it is said, and
it is hoped in time to extend it so
anil nprsnnal vnlnaa foil fmm ftlQft flfirt
to $193,270 making the aggregate J It will include a wider scope, tak-
5219 453 75 I IUB lu ""J- orancnes or agriculture anil
Rnnrt-o- hnw. n traa in ). animal husbandry. During the week,
tion of Sifion Th total this vpar ia u is estimated, more than 800 Clack-
fit 426 as aMint ssa 785 TnhUo amas county farmers came to Oregon
sprvirre utilities inronspd Bnnrnxim. Jiauy remained ior tne one
ately $300 and personal valuations Qelc wlln tneir particular
and city property jumped $1200. The
public service valuations are $6,461
for this year and the other classifi
cations total $55,010.
The total assessed valuation of the
county this year according to fi
gures compiled by Mr. Cook is $24,-
503,165 including public service cor
porations, as against $24,321,050 for
the previous year. This increase is
shown for the entire county notwith
standing the cut in public service util
ities, and municipal and old soldier's
exemptions.
problems, but a large number were
here during the entire session.
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Phone 636-W I
HAYS MAY RESIGN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Post
master General Will H. Hays has de
cided to accept the offer to become
virtual head of the motion picture in
dustry in the United States, according
to a prominent Republican politician
I ; here today. He stated that Hays had
I agreed to accept the leadership of the
I j reorganized Association of the Motion
I J Picture Industry at $100,000 a year g 201-2 Masonic Temple, Oregon City, f
$l ior two ana a nan years. 1 fr n ; ,,4
j Oregon City, Ore.
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EMORY J. NOBLE
LAWYER I
Justice of Peace i
Th masterpieces of literature, es-
pecialy the modern illustrated ver
sions, will be worn to shred', by eager
little fingers, itching to grasp the
beautiful thouehts. if we will only
make these available. What a pity
that so much cheap stuff is palmed off
on the little dears by ignorant or
thoughtless parents or aunts.
It is such a simple thing, so easy,
to fill the young brain with ideals,
mental pictures, noble emotions, and
they will become fine by placing in
their hands the books which breathe
these. When a choice book is given
to the children, mother makes a great
mistake if she puts it on the shelf
t'o take care of it." Let them, eat with
it, sleep with it, play with it, peep into I
it avidly as they lace a shoe Or wipe
dishes, imbide it, digest it, aspagc,
until it has become fibre of their
fibre. When it is delapidated, replace
it. For the good it does your house
hod, it is the east expensive thing
you buy.
Christmas is the time to re-stock on
this delightful, beloved, and helpful
mental food for children. Be careful,
oh, very careful not to waste ycir
good coin on poor selections. Consult
your librarian or school teacher about
the exact fit for the child in question;
and then, no matter what else you
have, keep Riley, and Stevenson, and
Eugene 'Field around handy all the
time.
Are We So Sure?
Women's Clubs are forstering the
move for a Department of Education
in the National Government, with
great extension of federal power over-1
education. It is disconcerting to have
an educator like Dr. David Kinley,
president of Illinois University, tell
fe'low college professors that it is a
mistake and that the management of
education should be left in local; or at.
least state authorities.- Will such
centralization of education pjace in
the hands of policiticians too much in
fluence in the directing of th3 thought,
of our future citizens? There are
evidently two sided to thi3 important
question.
The Maternity-Infancy Sill.
The raternity-Infancy bill is now
signed and everything. A'most a mil
lion and a bilf dollars will b.? spent
by the national government the first
year and nearly a million and a quart
er each succeeding year. Each state,
wishing to co-operate, will get $10,
000, and $5,000 more if it adds ?3,000
from its own treasury. There is an ad
ditional $710,000 to be divided among"
the states according to population, if
they add an equal amount to their
share. No state has to co-onerate.
it is entirely optional. The Children's
Bureau heads the administration and
gives its stamp of approval to the
methods worked out by each state as
to how it shall go about it to save its
mothers and babies.
It is not too much to expect that we
may now save each year, one hundred
thousand babies and twelve thousand
mothers, who otherwise would die.
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& HAPPY THOUGHT
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Dev a'int no use a mopin round and
lookin' mad an glum
Erbout da wintah season, fu' hit's des,
plumb boun' to come.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar.