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NATIONAL BONUS
PLAN EVOLVED BY
OREGONCITY MAN
Method of Handling Finance
For Payment of Veterans
Is to be - Placed Before
Senate Finance Committee.
LOCAL ACCOUNTANT
OUTLINES SYSTEM
C M. Baker Submits Draft
- of Idea to McNary ; Benefit
Is -Claimed to be Two-Fold.
A plaa for the financing of the na
tional soldier's bonus, which is occu
pying the spotlight in national gov
ernmental circles, has been evolved
by C. M. Baker, of Oregon City, adi
tor of the Willamette Valley Southern
Railway company, and is under, con
sideration by the Finance Committee
of the U. S. Senate.
Mr. Baker, who for a number of
years has been an expert accountant,
holding positions with some of the
largest roads in the country, is an
authority upon financial matters. The
idea of his plan is to formulate some
system which will accomplish two
things defer the payments over a
period of years so that the country
will not be called upon to meet the
obligation immediately, and at the
same time prevent the inflation of the
national currency "as would the or
dinary schemes of financing through
taxation or similar methods.
Mr. Baker's plan, as outlined in a
letter to Senator Charles McNary, to
1 gether with the senator's letter, fol
low: If bonus amounts to $3,500,000,000.
Issue $1,750,000,000 in bonds, one-half
due in five years and one-half due in
ten years, without interest and not
transferable, direct to the ex-service
men.
Issue $1,750,000,000 in bonds, one
heif due in fifteen years and one-half
due in twenty years, without interest,
payable to "any National bank of
iTiited States, only."
Have the .National banks purchase
these bonds, fifty-fifty to the extent
of their circulating bask notes now
guaranteed by the government and
substitute the present issue for the in
teuest bearing bonds now on deposit
with the government. These interest
bearing bonds so released to form the
reserve required in National banks.
The money paid in for the fifteen and
twenty year bonds would allow this
government to pay the bonus one-half
cash,' one-fourth five year bonds and
one-fourth ten year bonds, with no ad
ditional taxes for the time being, and
no interest no inflation of the cur
rency and would give this country a
breathing spell for five years in which
to meet the first quarter of a special
preferred debt -of the country.
The half payment in cash would
immediately revive business in all
sections of the country and greatly
relieve the pressing needs of exserv
ice men. Five and ten years hence
the additional payments would also
greatly help a certain portion of the
ex-service men who might fail to have
been prosperous would not be hard
to take for those who had, and again
increase the volume of business in aU
sections at times of disbursements.
Create an annual sinking fund of
$175,000,000 to cover the retirement
of the four issues and in this way
call these issues at maturity. , Nation
al banfcs would then substitute inter
est bearing bonds as their fifteen and
twenty year bonds were paid. '
This plan would allow the National
banks to be patriotic without cost and
the farmer and business man would
both be benefited and the Govern
ment could pay its greatest debt, now
past due, to the boys who made it
possible for us to still have a United
States of America.
Mr. C. M- Baker,
Auditor, Willamette Valley Southern
Railway Co.,
Oregon City, Oregon.
My dear Mr. Baker:
This morning I read your very in
teresting letter of the 21st inst., dis
cussing the Bonus Bill and outlining
a plan whereby funds could be raised
for that purpose. This question is be
ing mucb. agitated here, and various
plans have been suggested.. In fact,
the Ways and Means Committee of
the House has not yet formulated a
plan fOF the payment of the bonus.
I am taking the liberty of present
ing your letter to the Senate Finance
Committee, as I want to place your
thrnsrht in the channel where it will
receive careful and considerate atten-H
tion.
Yours very truly, .
CHAS. L. McNARY.
DRILL BENEFITS PUPILS
PORTLAND, March 2. Children at
the Sellwood school marched out in
perfect order this morning when
sparks from the chimney ignited the
roof of the building. School authori
ties said fifty seconds saw the 830
children in safety, but fire authorities
eaid It required one minute and
twenty seconds. The damage was
set at $50.
BOOTLEG KILLS 19
DETROIT, Mich., March 1. Boot
leg liquor was responsible for 19
deaths in Detroit during the four
weeks ending yesterday.
This statement was made in a re
port of the coroner's office made pub
lic today. -
MARY PICKFORD WINS
.NEW" YORK, March 2. Mary Pick
ford, 'film star, has won in the suit
brought aeainst her by Mrs. Cora C.
Wilkenning to collect -$108,000 com
mission for securing Miss Pickford a
million-dollar contract with Adolpn
Zukor to make pictures ior aitu.
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GLADSTONE NEWS &
Former Resident of
Edgewood Passes
Mrs. Elizabeth Farnsworth Eby, a
former resident of Edgewood, passed
away at her home in Vancouver,
Washington Thursday morning after
a brief illness. The immediate cause
of her death was heart failure. Mrs.
Eby is survived by' her husband, S.
M. Eby, of Vancouver, Wash.; two
daughters, Mrs. J. Minnie Souie ana
Mrs. Rose E. Taylor of Portland, M s.
Clara Marston, deceased, of Gresham,
four sons.W. A. Eby, S. F. Eby ot
Portland; O. M. Eby of Vancouver,
and E. W. Eby of Gladstone.
Mrs. Eby was 78 years of age and
had she lived until March 8, would
have celebrated her sixty-third wed
ding anniversary., Mrs., Eby was a
member of the Daughters of the Rev
olution. Mr. Eby served through the
Civil war in the infantry, joining in
Iowa. For a number of years Mr. and
Mrs. Eby resided on their farm on the
banks of the Clackamas near Edge
wood. Rev. Clay Resigns
Gladstone Pulpit
Rev. B. F. Clay, pastor of the Glad
stone Christian church for the past
five years, has tendered his resigna
tion to take effect April 1st, he ex
pects to return to his farm near Cor
nelius. Rev. Clay was pastor of this
church -some years ago and resigned
to take up farming and was recalled.
Mrs. Clay has had charge of the Help
ing Hand class with - approved suc
cess. Rev. and Mrs. Clay expect to
take charge of their farm on or be
fore the first of April. They will be
greatly missed in this community.
Visitor Suffers
Painful Accident
Mrs. LaShay, mother of Mrs. Geo.
Fromong of West Gladstone, met with
a very serious acicdent while visiting
her daughter last week. While walk
ing on the porch she slipped and fell
breaking three ribs. At present Mrs.
LaShay is doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs.
LaShay formerly -lived here on Ar
lington street..
Mothers of Cradle
Roll Entertained
Mrs. Grant Olds entertained the
Cradle-Roll Motners or the Christian
church Thursday (afternoon at her
home in Claridon street, in a most
charming manner. The Olds home
was prettily decorated with potted
VETERANS GATHER AT DINNER;
INTERESTING PEOPLE PRESENT
On Saturday old Civil war veterans
enjoyed the regular pension day din
ner at the Willamette hall, when mem
bers of the Women's Relief Corps act
ed as hostesses. At the long tables
were seated the G. A. R.and Wo
men's Relief Corps. There were vet
erans among the guests who had
fought in some of the greatest battles
of the early days, and there were wo
men whose fathers or whose hus
bands and brothers had served dur
ing the four years of war.
Many interesting people were there
and among these was Mrs. J. A. Tufts
of Gladstone, whose father was Rob
ert Rickaby, who eerved in the war
of 1812. He was taken prisoner when
a mere lad while on his way to the
United States on a British ship. He
was but 12 years of age at that time,
and never before held a gun, but com
pelled to fight. When leaving the
British army he served with Uncle
Sam's army in the Civil war, and four
sons, all of whom were wounded, were
also in the Civil war. J. A. Tufts, late
husband of Mrs. Tufts, was also a
Civil war veteran.
Mrs. M. I. Shortledge, of Gladstone,
who attended, well remnbers the
time of the assassination of President
Abraham Lincoln. . Her great-grandfather
served in the war of the rebel
lion, and her father was In the Civil
war. '
Among the veterans was David Mc
Arthur, color bearer of the Meade
Post for 42 years, who was in the
Civil war, and recalled the time that
during the thickest of the engage
ments where the color bearers were
killed, and he ran to the rescue of the
flag and carrying it high above his
head saved the colors on three occa
sions. He still proudly carries the
old flag on special occasions of the
Grand Army. Mr. McArthur is en
gaged in farming at .New Era, and is
still hale and hearty and never miss
es a meeting of the Meade Corps.
Rev. J. S. McComb, of Portland, a
Civil war veteran, was in attendance.
The master of ceremonies was A. J.
Hobble, commander of Meade Post
No. 2, G. A. R. During the dinner
hour Mrs. E. H. Cooper sweetly sang
"Tenting Tonight," with Mrs. Walter
Bennett as accompanist. This solo
was followed by an interesting ad.
dress by Rev. H. G. Edgar, pastor ot
the (Presbyterian church. Rev. Edgar
exhibited a number ' of old coins and
confederate bills used in war time,
and also a muster roll of the confed
erate army dated 1864. The latter is
the property of Mrs. M. C. Toban, of
this city, which she found while sort
ing papers in a large paper mill when
she was a girl. Among the coins was
one used by the Spanish people
known as 5 pesettas, which was found
on Cevera's flagship "Vlzcaya" after
the destruction of the ship, and which
was presented to Mrs. Edgar while
visiting the Brooklyn navy yard. An
other coin with a history, that was
found hidden away in a sack with 79
other coins placed there by an old
comrade, who left a note telling
-here the money was hidden. There
vere 80 half dollars, one of which was
lated 1814, and bears the head
-f Liberty and 13 stars, while on the
roposite side Is the eagle. In the col
lection of confederate money are
found 75 cents in Virginia bill; 60
plants and ferns; The study hour
was devoted to the Bible school les
son and music was enjoyed. On ac
count of sickness the attendance was
comparatively -small. Refreshments
were served to the mothers and little
ones by.the hostess.
James Tracy, a prominent resident
of this city, celebrated his 83rd birth
day anniversary Sunday with a family
reunion dinner. Ralph Tracy and
family of Logan motored to Gladstone
to attend. Mr. Tracy, Sr., was a resi
dent -of he Logan district prior to.
-moving to Gladstone.
. " Mrs, Fred Steiner and son LaVerne
of Forest Grove, are the guests other
: parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kent of
West Gladstone.
1 - Mrs. C. A. Frost, who has been ill
; with an attack of pneumonia, is slight
ly improved at this writing.
b R. M- McGetchie, who recently un
J derwent a surgical operation at the
' Oregon City hospital, has been re
i moved to his home on Arlington
; street and is getting along nicely,
j Mrs. G. C. Dallas, or Portland, spent
J cne day during the week with her son
j Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Rankin. Mrs. Dal
las formerly lived on their farm near
; Carver, and is very well known here
' and in Oregon city, where she nursed
, during the epidemic of influenza in
j 1918 and 1919. Mrs. Dallas owns ana
j conducts a private hospital in East
Portland at present.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Jones, who have
been the house' guests of Dr. and Mrs.
W. E. Hempstead for the past week,
returned to their home in Portland
Wednesday evening. Mr. Jones has
been quite ill with lagrippe, but is
very much improved at present.
A number of children are out of
school this week suffering with "pink
eye". Parents- are advised not to let
their children study at home until
their eyes are entirely well.
Edward W. Eby went to Vancouver,
Wash., Thursday morning, where he
was called b the sudden death of
his mother, Mrs. S. M. Eby.
Mrs. Eva Hardy is taking care of
Mrs, Irving Rau in Oregon City.-Mrs.
Rau ig'suffering from an attack of
influenza and is slightly improved at
present.
Thomas E. Gault who has been ill
with lagrippe is very much Improved.
The Missionary Society of the
Christian church will meet at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Horniday
on Arlington street, Wednesday after
noon a large attendance is desired.
Mr. and" Mrs. J. W.. Harvison have
as their guests this week Mrs. Har
graves and son, Carl,' formerly of San
dy. Mr. and Mrs. Harvison recently
purchased the Rauch property, mov
ing here from Sandy. " - '
Elmo F. Eby spent the week-end
with his cousins," Percy and Harold l
OTJonnell ot Oregon City.
Errol, the little eight-year-old son
of Mrs. and Mrs; William Rivers is
quile ill. v .
cent in Georgia bill, confederate
states of America $10 bill and other
similar bills that make a complete
collection. What is also highly
prized by the pastor and brought to
display at this affair was a news
paper printed in wall paper gaily
adorned with green roses while a
sprinkle of silver appears on the op
posite side of the printed matter. The
name of the publication was "The
Daily Citizen" of Vicksburg, Missis
sippi. J. M. Swords was the proprie
tor, and beneath the headline is the
date, July 2, 1863, and appearing are
brief articles pertaining to the union
and confederate armies. From indica
tions it did not make its appearance
until July 4, 1863, when a note ap
pears at the bottom of a column,
which is as follows: "Two days bring
about the great changes. The banner
of the Union floats on Vivksburg. Gen
eral Grant has 'caught the rabbit' he
has desired in Vicksburg, and he
did bring his dinner with him, the
Citizen living to see it. For the last
time it appears on the wall paper. No
more will it imagine the luxury ot
mule meat, the fricassekitten urge
Southern warriors to such diet nevei
more. This is the last wall paper ed
tion. and is excepting this note from
the tyjes as we found. It "will be val
uable hereafter as a curiosity." w
Mrs. Frank Schoenborn sweetly
sang a number or selections, and lead
the community singing. Mrs. Walter
Bennett was accompanist.'
Frank Moore and H. S. Clyde had
charge of the afternoon's program,
and will arrange a similar program
for the next pension day dinner
which will be held on June 4th.
The committee in serving the din
ner was composed of Mrs. Amelia
Martin, chairman; Mrs. Anna Butler,
Mrs. Rosina Fouts" Evans, Mrs. Lulu
Andrus, Miss Harriet Roman, Mrs. I.
T. Williams, Mrs. Nellie M. Alldredge
and Mrs. George A. Harding.
CHOIR GIRL IS SHOT
PORTLAND, March 3. Rugged po
lice methods were invoked today in
an effort to solve the mysterious
shooting of Miss Willamene Fuller,
17-year-old choir girl and Lincoln high
school junior, by a masked bandit in
St. Stephen's pro-cathedral last night.
One man was held on the grill of
investigation while officers searched
for another police character now un
der suspicion.
Miss Fuller's -condition, meanwhile,
was reported favorably by attendants
at Good Samaritan hospital, who said
she was not fatally wounded. She
passed a restful night.
- But neither Investigation nor the
ory developed any basis of motive for
the totally unprecedented crime.
POLICE SEEK BROKERS
NEW YORK, March 3. Bucket
shdp brokers are fleeing by the score
before the storm of the district at
torney's investigation, it developed
today.
Detectives searching the financial
district for men wanted on grand jury
indictments have found only empty
offices in most instances. - ui neariy j
50 indictments to date, only six ar
rests have been made.
OREGON CITY, ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1922.
CONTRACTS FOR
LAST SECTION OF
LOOP ROAD LET
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Highway from Hood River to
Booth HU1, 6.1 Maes, to be
Graded by E. A. Webster
& Co.; Price Is $114,392.
NORTHERN COUNTY TO
. GIVE AID IN PAYMENT
Stretch from Forest Line to
Be Improved; Cost Will
Total More than $70,000.
Contracts for the grading of the
last two remaining units of the Mount
Hood loop highway from the Multno
mah county line through Clackamas
county, the National Forest reserve
and Hood River county to Hood Riv
er, a distance of 87 miles have been
awarded by the state highway com
mission on bids submitted at the
meeting in Portland on February 21.
Contract for the grading of the
Hood River-Booth Hill section of the
Mount Hood loop" highway In Hood
River county, 6.1 miles, is awarded
to E. A. Webster & Co., on its bid of
f 114,392.50.
Contract for the grading of 12.1
miles of the Booth Hill forest bound
ary section of the Mount Hood loop
highway is awarded to the Johnson
Contract company on Its bid of ?74,
121. The awards have been approved by
the county court of Hood River coun
ty, which Is cooperating with the
state highway department to the ex
tent of 50 per cent of the cost.
"The award or these two contracts
provides for the grading of the last
two remaining units of. the entire
Mount ' Hood Loop highway, begin
ning at the Multnomah county line
near Sandy and extending through
Clackamas county, the national forest
reserve and Hood River county to
Hood River, a distance of eighty
seven miles," says a statement by the
highway department.
Union High
Notes
(By Jack Hempstead)
Despite the very inclement weather
a large crowd turned out to the con
cert held in the Union high school
auditorium last Friday evening and
the last program - on the Lyceum
course proved a success in more ways
than one.
It would be hard to designate the
best of the many surprising features
of the evening although the biggest
surprises to the audience was a song,
Yankee Doodle Boy, by the - Boys'
Glee club in which at just the proper
instant Old Glory was unfurled and
saluted with precision by the boys.
Another feature of the entertain
ment was the Grecian drill and the
novel lighting system, added much to
the beauty of the scenes. Various
colors were thrown on the girls in
the drill by red, purple and white
slides from the moving picture ma
chine. .
The closing "number of the evening
was a song "We Love Old Unioi.
High," sung by both the Girls who
wore white dresses and red calps and
jackets, and the Boys Glee Club-.
Just before the last number, Mr.
Gary awarded William Mootry with
a gold fountain pen for selling the
greatest number of Lyceum tickets
and gave the second prize, a large
box of chocolates candy to Miss
Gladys Chambers who sold one hun
dred and twenty-one dollars worth of
tickets during . the Lyceum course
which w'as seven dollars less than the
amount turned in by Mootry.
Sophomore English classes are
studying the classic 'A.Tale of Two
Cities," by Charles Dickens,
First prize in the poster contest, a
Green and Gold annual was awarded
to Eugene Vedder by a vote held by
the student body last Monday morn
ing and second prize a large box of
candy went to Flora Kanak who ran
him a close second in designing the
posters for the concert.-
Basketball schedule for the Green
and Gold has ended with the possible
exception of a game with Oregon
City high school and the season was
a success although the team was de
feated in a majority of the contests
played.
Johnny Michels and Sylvester Pe
tit, juniors have completed their wire
less radio outfits and are spending
most of their spare time learning the
continental Morse signal code in or
der to be able to understand the wire
less msesages that the outfit will re
ceive. Miss Gleason, domestic science in
structor will not be able to return to
her duties for at least, a week. A stu
dent of Oregon Agricultural college
has taken charge of her work until it
is possible for her to return.
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BUNCO MEN MAKE HAUL
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 21.
Tourists to the Florida resorts have
been fleeced out of $1,500,000 by con
fidence men so far this season. Losses
of this amount have been admitted
by victims at preliminary .hearings
following the arrest of 19 men here
as bunco steerers and wire tappers.
! 6 Per Cent State School
Money to Loan on Farms
i SCHUEBEL A BEATTIE I
i Bank of Oregon City Bldg.
I " Oregon City, Ore.
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The Gossips
During the War we rose above the level of gossiping the favorite in
door sport of people of little interest s. The gossip is especially adejt iu
"putting "two and two together;" but the trouble is that the resulting sum is
not "four" but forty so elastic is the gossip story. "Behold how great a
.matter a little fire kindleth."
The harm gossip may do' is inctl culable. Thanks be, we probably shall
never slump back into the malignity of ante-bellum gossip; but since no
progress takes a bee-line but is alwa ys zig-zag, we are still certain to suf
fer from more or less of it.
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Some people's only exercise
Is jumping at conclus sions
Their landing place from a broad, high jump S
Is a mire of deep del usions.
But let 'em jump; and 1 et 'em talk;
And wag their tongu es away. -
Oh, you and I "should worry," dear,,
A fig for what "They say!"
' THE WOMAN " CITIZEN
s $& 4 i
City Zones.
Most of our cities, like Mrs. Stowe's
Topey, "just growed" with no predes
tination or plan. This is why their ar
rangement is so "topsy-turvy." One
finds a fine residence, a school, a
livery.stable, a post office, factory or
whatnot all jumbled up together in
streets narrow or ill suited and no
one has any assurance when he erects
his home that a tannery or a gas tank
may net be built on the adjoining lot.
Cities wfcich try to overcome the dif
ficulties of such hodge-podge location
and wish to extend parks or group
publl buildings are doing this at enor
mous expense all because we could
not foresee the rapid growth of our
cities and make plans for them in ad
vance. It ie a wise city which builds for
the futre, which employs a city archi
tect to lay out the plans of the city
and which maintains a 'zone commls
siom to see that Zones are arranged
for certain kindsof dwellings and in
dustries. ..
Some'citiesof Europe have the zone
system according to which factories
are grouped in one location, where
they can be best served by railways,
public buildings In another, wholesale
houses In another, residencesyin an
other, office buildings in . another.
This is not only a conveniences in in
dustry as it gives to each class of
enterprise the most favorable in which
to carry on, but makes these most
easily accessible to any -citizen who is
interested in dealing with any line of
trade. It also precludes any danger
of property declining in value because
of an undesirable institution next
door.
RECIPES -
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Perennial Shortcakes.
Pies are apt to be soggy institu
tions, fit only Tor the stomach of the
out-door worker. Many people get the
pie-habit when young and active and
continue it a "retired farmers," over
weight adults, or indoor workers.
Pie is not a good food for children.
It is too rich and heavy. Better far
ate the fluffy, puffy shortcakes, made
with plenty of baking powder and not
too much shortening.
With a hot, flakey upper and un
der crust, buttered and sugared, there
are infinite shortcake possibilities.
Any fruit may be mashed, chopped or
maneled and spread between the lay-
dates,' pears, bananas, or any mild
flavored fruit is used, it may be tarten-
J ed up a bit with lemon or orange or
dashes of jelly or jam. inese orism
colors add to the artistic value as well
as to the flavor. If the fruit is too
dry, it may be liquidated by combin
ing it with atcream dressing or thin
blanc-mange. If too juicy, thicken with
gelatin or corn starch."
To cap the climax, make it "cap a
pie," as we might appropriately say
here, put whipped cream on top, or
frosting, or serve with Hard Sauce.
These make shortcake de luxe.
There is no reason why strawberry
season should claim a monopoly on
the delicious shortcake. If a bakery
can supply you with Puff Paste by the
square foot or by the puff, it is pos
sible to serve shortcake any time at
a moment's notice, thus enabling us
to sing the old song "December's as
pleasant as May." The crust may be
kept indefinitely and made crisp and
hot by a few minutes in the oven.
We refuse to give the recipe for
Puff Paste since it entails long and
laborious work, having the hands in
ice water, and other stunts wholly
out of proportion to the value of th
finished product, in retaU amounts.
Made in the bakery, in the bulk, with
proper conveniences, it is a different
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What To Do
If a child has leg pains. Probably
these are rheumatism. forme.rlyja";
ed "growing pains" in children Have
a physician examine child to see it
it is due to adenoids, or decayed
teeth, diseased tonsils, heart or kid
neys. Have the child dressed In warm
underwear, eat no sweets, but little
meat, and a diet generous in vegeta.
ble soups, fresh vegetables and fruits,
cereals, buttermilk and simple milk
desserts. ..,
A pink of soda in the drinking
water may at times be helpful.
Leg pains may be caused by lack ot
vitamines In the diet.
, HAPPY THOUGHT-
"There's a whole lot of good in the j
worst or us i
And a whole lot of bad in the best j
So that it hardly behooves any of us
To talk about the rest of us."
Milady ,g Bonnet
Bonnet, hat, or cnapeau ,or by any
other name ,it will look' as sweet; and
there are four distinct types to choose
from: -
First, the turban type, close fitting,
framing the face and following the
lines of the head. From thi3 an orna
ment sticks up straight somewhere,
or it is circled by a wreath of flowers
or a ribbon tied in a bow on one side.
Secondly, there is the perfectly
round-crowned" hat with a small, rol
ling brim, very nice and modest.
- Thirdly, newest and most popular
of all, is:the tri-cockade, Napoleonic or
such as the minute-men wore at the
battel of Lexington. The brim turns
sharply up from the forehead. Is short
est at the back, and wide over both
ears where it droops sweetly.
And last but not least is the very
large hat, resembling the "picture
hat" familiar for Weddings and the
mid-summer garden party, but now. a
spring hat which bids fair to "occupy
a large place" in hattery, both literally
and figuratively.
Hat materials are: crepe, yarn, sat
in, camel's hair cloth, and metallic
braids. Frames are pliable and hats
are delightfully collapsible, or, non
squashable, just the thing for sport.
The bighat is a non-conformist. It
is sleek and stiff and slightly droop
ing! unless ,at some unexpected van
tage point, it flares suddenly up. It
has almost no trimming, and what it
has is under the brim. Its wide, un
trimmed expaflsiveness is what gives
it the audacious neatness and chilly
formality which constitute Its swell
ness. .
Feathers, birds, ribbons and bows,
and a few flowers are among the trim
mings, but the most popular are the
grotesque metallic ornaments. We
even find ear-rings and combs, pro
moted from the head to the hat. The
single feather ornament pierces the
hat with the quill end pointing- upward
and the tip extending over an ear. In
general the less trimming on a hat
the greater its aristocracy.
Birds
Mnthpra. vnur bovs can heln save
the birds, if you teach them to shoot
with the camera instead of the gun.
Birds are a great blessing to a local
ity on account of the immense num
ber of destructive Insects they con
sume. They eat beetles, wood-borers,
weevils moths, flies, grasshoppers
FIFTY-FOUR
YEARS AGO
Taken from the Oregon City Enter
prise February 29, 1868,
Married By Kev. John Sellwood in
Portland on the 24th of February, Mr.
Frank Eastabrooks and Miss Edwina
Marony. May Heaven prosper you
"Dad."
Robbers Caught A band of robbers
were captured in the act of stealing in
Portland last Tuesday night. They
were regular roughs, with several
aliases.
Model Man General Custer neithe
drinks, swears nor uses tobacco. This
is remarkabfe, all three being quite
"Custer-mary" -in the army.
To Be Abandoned Fort Stelacoom
is to be abandoned, and the property
taken to Alaska.
Indian Captured The Statesman of
the 6th says that the Indians whom
the scouts, Picket and Hicks, captured
oeveral weeks ago on the Owyhee,
have acknowledged themselves as be
ing a portion of the band which kill
ed Sergeant Denoille and captured
his wife. They admit that Mrs. De
noille is dead, bat do" not reveal -ie
manner of her death.
GIRL BOUND AND GAGGED
TACOMA, March 4. Miss Elsie
Sparre, 19, of Tacoma, who disappear
ed mysteriously late Friday afternoon
after she had closed her school at El
gin on the Gig Harbor peninsula, was
found early today.
7. plackleea trapper, found the girl
bound and gagged in a deserted house
twn miles off tha main road and a
like distance from the schoolhouse.
Hysterically, Miss Sparre told how a
lone man, masked and armed, had
held her up and after robbing her
forced her to walk to the farm house.
She was not harmed in any way, the
bandit contenting himself with tying
'ier up :th wire and rope.
BANDITS HOLD CAROUSAL-
S4.N FRANCISCO, Cal., March 4.
Tpr qvn'Uv of liquor Identified
v,"--t of te 000 loot taken yes
terday from the Menlo Park mansion
0-.r.,T- v-r Ti'f.n Tart ty a gang ot
,-n?t? "-hr bourd Tart, his
guests and servants and staged an all
night carousal, was found in a house
- today.
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and even mosquitoes, the carriers of
malaria. They also have a sentimental
value. What would the "good old sum
mer time" be without their songs?
It is a pity that hat styles will be
responsible for the death of housands
of birds. Why must women wear an
avian morgue?
Your boys and girls can be led to
love the feather friends, "Hiawatha's
chickens," if Mother shares this love
and studies bird lore vtix them. A
bird book will introduce you jnj them
to the various "species.
To encourage birds to ' make their
home on your premiss, put out, in the
nesting season, feathers, pieces - of
string, and bits of wool.
If your manual training lad will
make bird houses, these are certain to
be tenanted . year after year. The
Agricultural Department of the gov
ernment will, upon request, snpply a
bulletin giving directions for making
the different kinds to suit various
birds.
S
SMILES
Q
s s- s s e&'
' There's a Reason.
Mrs. A. "How do you get such ten
der meat?
For flavor it is hard to beat.'
Mrs. B. "I select a butcher, then
stand by him."
Mrs. A. "Where is his shop I should
like to try him."-
Mrs. B. "I stand by him, not from
loyalty, but
I stand by him while my meat is
cuL"
WOM4M-I-TORIAL8
What's This a "Fathers'
Association?" - s
The species "Mothers' Club" is well
known but we often wonder if Dad
dies do not love their children,' too.
Philadelphia answers the question
with its "Fathers' Association," organ
ized to buy supplies for the boys of
Frankfort High School. They act
now as a civic club, backing, and" ini
tiating, .school enterprises and, incir
dentally, they have a' wholesome In
fluence on school discipline.
East is East and West is, 'West.
In the Occident, married women are
as we know them: as free, respected,
and independent before the law as if
unmarried. In the Orient they must
"come under the yoke." A married
woman in Japan can not own real es
tate, take or reject a gift "without the
consent of her husband. As a rule,
marriages are arranged by controlling
parents.- '',
Mrs. Manly L Fossen, of Minneapo
lis, heads a committee which has put
out a very fine civic "Study Pro
gram." It not only is a concise out
line of state and local governments,
but aims to lead individuals and .clubs
to work for such reform measures as
deal with education, health and so
cial and economic welfare.
"Give me intelligent mother-hood
and good prenatal conditions and I
have no doubt of the future of this or
any other nation."
- John Burns.
DUAL VALUATION
FIGURES CHARGE
TO CORPORATION
PORTLAND, March 4. Records
show that" public utilities in Oregon
have one valuation for rate-making
purposes and another valuation for
tax purposes. The state tax investi
gation commission intends, to request
the state public service commission
to appear before it to explain the
reason for the two valuations.
Also the tax investigators have ask
ed for the salary list of the utilities
to find out how many employes re
ceive more than $1000 a year and how
much is paid. The purpose of this
is to ascertain whether too much of
the earnings of these corporations are
eaten up in salaries.
What the difference is between the
valuation of property for rate-making
purposes and the valuation of the
same property for tax-paying pur
poses the commission does not know,
but it intends to find. out, and then
it intends to ascertain, if possible,
why there should be a difference
Much of the property of the utilities
is equalized down to from 50 to 75
per cent. The commission, or at least
some of its members, wish to put a
property in the state on a j.uu per
cent basis as one means of equalizing
the tax burden
So far as farm lands of the state
are concerned, commissioners declare
that the property cannot net 6 per
cent on present valuation.
PREMIER WINS FIGHT
LONDON, March 4. Definite proof
that Lloyd George has won his fight
for peace in the coalition ranks for
the time being was seen by political
observers today in an interview with
Sir George Younger, published by the
Cardiff Western Mail, in which the
Unionist i'die hard" leader expressed
regret that his recent speeches had
been interpreted as attacks upon the
prime minister. a
FIUME IS TAKEN
FIUME, March 4. Fiume, storm
center of the Adriatic, is held by a
revolutionary provisional government
today, following the overthrow of
President Zanella by a Fascista up
rising yesterday. ,
The white flag was raised over the
government palace after a brief bom
bardment. The casualties before Zan
ellt's surrender were light, only eight
soldiers being killed.