MOKNLNO. ENTERPRISE. SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1912,
MORNING ENTERPRISE
OREGON CITY, OREGON
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CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER.
THE MORNING ENTERPRISE
Is on sale at the following stores
every day:
Huntley Bros. Drugs
Main Street.
J. W, McAnulty Cigars
Seventh and Main.
E. B. Auderson,
Main near Sixth.
M. B. Dunn Confectionery
Next door to P. O.
City Drug Store
Electric Hotel.
Scaoenborn Confectionery
Seventh and .T. Q. Adams.
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March 9 In American History.
1773 Isaac Hull, American naval hero,
born; died 1843.
1806 Edwin Forrest, noted tragediaD,
born; died 1872.
1862 First battle between ironclad
warships. Confederate ram Mer-
rimac defeated In Hampton Roads
by Ericsson's famous Monitor.
1907 John Krom Rees, noted Ameri
can astronomer, died; born 1851.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
(From noon today to noon tomorrow.)
Sun sets 6, rises 6:20; moon rises 1:21
a. m.; 5:28 a. m.. eastern time, moon in
conjunction with Jupiter, passing from
west to east of the planet.
If the Mexican dogs of war are any
thing like the Chihuahua dogs it will
not be much of a fight.
It seems, after all, that the China
man knows how to shoot off some'
thing worse than firecrackers.
In Mexico it is safe to say, there
is a large body of citizens opposed
to a government of bandits by bandits
for bandits.
The House of Governors is not more
divided on the presidency than on any
other question. Governors are rarely
in agreement.'
Cuban veterans, so called, are ex
cited on the subject of office holding.
They ought to know that they will
not be allowed to disturb the peace
of the island and the Carribean reg
ion with as poor an issue as that.
A school pupil in Alaska, where
the inhabitants are chiefly Indians, re
ceives at graduation a herd of rein
deer valued at over $1500. Uncle Sam
is so good to aboriginal wards that
he might add curant jelly to the veni
son if the point is urged.
SINGLE TAX PLAN SCORED IN DEBATE
is the merchants, the other the manu
facturers, and to verify my statement
I call your attention to the following
recommendation advocated at the Sin
gle Tax conference . held under the
auspices of the Joseph Fels Fund Com
meission heretofore mentioned, and
as this pamphlet was--is3ued by said
Commision, we have their own state
ment as to who will be benefitted und
er and by virtue of the Single Tax
Laws if adopted. .
"Page 5 of said pamphlet contains
the following paragraph, 'In addition
to the foregoing, the Commission has
sent out a quality of such literature
as is obtainable, and plans are now un
der wav for the preparation of a Mer
chants' and Manufacturers' Booklet,
the object of which is to show that
Land Value Taxation means a saving
of dollars AN ACTUAL PROFIT OF
DOLLARS TO MERCHANTS AND
MANUFACTURERS.
Thfl booklet will give actual ex
amples taken from several states in
which Land Values and improvement
Values are separately assessed, and
will show contrasts between the ef
fects of the General Property tax and
the Land Value Tax on mercantile
and manufacturing business.'
"I also call your attention to page
10 of said pamphlet wherein the fol
lowing report is made under the head
of Publicity Bureau (Early in 1910
a beginning was made in organizing
a Publicity Bureau.)
"Dr. W, G. Egleston was selected
as head of the bureau because his
newspaper training and exceptional
ability as a writer give him peculiar
fitnes for that work.
'The eood work done by him in
Oregon has already been mentioned.
'In addition to Dr. Kggieston, Mr.
Samuel Danziger of Philadelphia, was
selected as assistant, and assigned to
miscellaneous work. -
He will assi3t in the preparation of
the Merchants ana Manufacturers
Booklet, the object of which is to car-
rv conviction to merchants and manu
facturers by showing, from official fig
ures of various cities in ainereni
States, how the General Property Tax
is a tax upon production and ail busi
ness, and how MERCHANTS and
MANUFACTURERS WILL GET
POCKET-BOOK PROFITS FROM
THR LAND VALUE TAX.
After a careful examination or ail
the matters set forth in said pamphlet,
I am unable to find anything referring
t.o the benefits of the farmers ana
land-owners, but the merchants and
manufacturers are the ones to he pro
tected, and I wish to call your atten
tion to page 27 of. said pamphlet
wherein the following order was maae,
Ordered that the MERCHANTS
and MANUFACTURERS- BOOKLET
be printed in comprehensive form and
sent to all the merchants and manu
facturers of the United States.
"There is no question but what the
merchants and manufacturers will be
benefitted by the Single Tax amend
ment if the same is carried,by the leg
al voters of this State at the next gen
eral election; for the reason that the
Single Tax advocates themselves, -say
so through their pamphlets and other
literature, and the legal -voters who
are opposed to Single Tax are aware
of the fact that that method of tax
ation would be a benefit to the merch
ants and manufacturers and a detri
ment to the farmers, home-owners and
land-owners.
"I have shown you from the resolu
tion adopted and. set forth on page 24
of the pamphlet issued by Joseph Fels
Fund Commission, that the Single Tax
ers stand for the Henry George theory
of taxation and I have before me Hen
ry George's argument presented in his
book on the question of Single Tax
and find on page 295 thereof the fol
lowing: We have traced the unequal
distribution of the wealth which is the
curse and menace of modern civiliza
tion to the institution of private prop
erty in land.
"We must make land a common
Wants, For Sale, Etc
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WANTED.
WANTED Everybody to know that
I carry the largest stock of second
hand furniture in town. - Tourists or
local people looking for curios In
dian arrow heads, old stamps or
Indian trinkets should see me. Will
buy anything of value. Georga
Young, Main street, near Fifth.
WANTED: Boy, inquire at Enter
prise office.
WANTED $2000 or $2500 on farm
land first mortgage. Enquire "E.
P." care Enterprise.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE Pure bred S. C. White
Leghorn and S. C. Buff -Orpington
eggs for hatching. Christian Meyer,
Molalla ave., home phone, Beaver
Creek, A-35.
FOR SALE Cheap. Modern 5-room
bungalow and four lots on Willam
ette car line. Address Box 55, Willamette.
Good Rooming House for sale cheap,
first class location for boarders,
Address "F" care Enterprise.
FOR SALE: Furniture, jellies, jams,
canned fruit. Variety of warm
rugs. 718 Harrison Street.
FAR SALE: Or rent, 5 room house
718 Harriosn Street.
FOR SALE: 7 room house, 2 lots,
well, near Clackamas river, 5 min
untes from car line. Also lot on
10th and Washington Streets, 50x
100. east front, lovely view. Will
sell all or separate. Call owner,
Main 3056, after 6 p. m.
FR SALT: Household goods, dishes,
coking utensils, for sale cneap.
(Continued from page 1
send our sympathetic greeting to
Countess Tolstoi; and
"Whereas, This foremost man of the
world, whose teachings have made
him famous in all lands, has repeated
ly announced his belief in the doc
trines of Henry George, FOR WHICH
WE STAND, and which we are en
gaged in popularizing in the United
States ; etc.
"Under the single tax method of tax
ation there will be two classes of tax
payers benefitted thereby, one class
SEEDS LAND PLASTER
HAY GRAIN FEED
POULTRY FOOD
FLOUR
HOUSE PLASTER .
LIME BRICK "
COAL CEMENT
HAMS BACON
Oregon
Commission Co
ELEVENTH AND MAIN ST.
- Oregon City, Ore.
PRIVATE SALE OF HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE I offer the following
articles for sale at bargain prices:
Singer sewing machine (new); buf
fet, dining table, six dining chairs
(mission), four rockers, one Dea
stead, one bed spring, high chair,
dresser, washing machine (1900),
wringer, wash tub, wire couch, heat
ing stove, Success Vacuum cleaner.
Call at Baptist parsonage. S. A.
Hayworth.
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE.
IMPROVED and unimproved building
lots -for sale. Lots in Oregon City
$150 to $200. Lots in city of Glad
stone $225 and upward, half cash,
balance monthly installments, 100
ft. sauare, (2 lots), in Sellwood,
(Portland). S3.000, half cash, terms
on balance. Also have several de
sirable residences for sale on ea3y
terms. William Beard, owner, 1002
Molalla avenue, Oregon City.
property.
"This is the remedy for the unjust
and unequal distribution of wealth and
all the evils that flow from it.
"I also wish to call your attention
to page 307 of Henry George's book
on Single Tax, wherein he writes as
follows: 'If I clear a forest, drain a
swamp or fill a morass, all I can justly
claim is the value given by these ex
ertions. "They give to me no right- to the
land itself, no claim other than to my
equal share with every otner member
of the community in the value which
is added to it by the growth of the
community.
"Also on page 326 of said book, Mr.
Georg presents the following: ' 'By
the time the people of the United
States are sufficiently aroused to the
injustice and disadvantages of - indi
vidual ownership of land to induce
them to attempt its nationalization
they will be sufficiently aroused to
nationalize it in a much more direct
and easy way than by purchase.
"They will not trouble themselves
about compensating the proprietors of
land.
In order to further prove that Sin
gle Tax is a confiscation of private
property in land, I sight you to page
362 of Henry George's book on Single
Tax which the Joseph Fel3 Fund Com
mission said in their resolution here
tofore mentioned, that the Single Tax
Advocates stand for. . ,
"We have weighed every objection
and seen that neither on the ground
of equity or expedience is there' any
thing to deter us from making land
common property by confiscating renL
"We should satisfy the law of jus
tice, we meet all economic require
ments by at on stroke abolishing all
private titles, declaring land public
property and letting it out to the high
est bidder in lots to suit under such
conditions as would scarcely guard the
private righta to improvements.
"I further call your attention to page
364 of said book published by Henry
George, wherein he seeks to make it
very clear that under the Single Tax
methods all private property in land
would be confiscated, and I now state
what he says relative thereto.
" 'I do not propose to purchase or
confiscate private property fh land.
" 'Let the individuals retain poses
sion of what they are pleased to call
their land.
"WE MAY LEAVE THEM THE
SHELL IF WE TAKE THE KERNEL.
"It is not necessary to confiscate the
land. It is only .necessary to confis
cate rent.
"Now, I wish to present to" the con
sideration of the legal voters, what
Henry George said would be the re
sult under the Single Tax theory of
taxation and I herewith submit to you
his statement contained on page 392
of his book as follows: -'The simple
device of placing all taxes on the val
ue of land would be in effect putting
up tha land at auction to whoever
would pay the highest rent to the
state:' -
- "The demand for land fixes its val
ue, hence if taxes were placed so as
to very nearly consume that value,
the man who wished to hold land
without using it would have to pay
very nearly what it would be worth to
anyone who wanted to use it"
"Hylo" Economical
Turn Down Lamps Save 85 per
cent.
of current when the small, one-candle-power
filament is burning. Useful as an all-night
light in hallway, bedroom, bathroom, or else
wher in he house. Fit' any ordinary socket.
A gentle pull on one string gives the full J 6
candle-power; on the other, the low light or out
as desired. Save their cost the first month.
PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT
& POWER CO.
MAIN OFFICE 7th and Alder Streets
The Morning Enterprise is the best
breakfast food you can have.
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT Good comfortable five
room house in Canemah; 4 lots, $6
Cross & Hammond. '
WOOD AND COAL.
OREGON CITY WOOD AND FUEL
CO., F. M. Bluhm. Wood and coal
delivered to all parts of the city.
SAWING A SPECIALTY. Phone
your orders. Pacific 3502, Home
B 110.
ATTORNEYS.
U'REN & SCHUEBEL, Attorneys-at-Law,
Deutscher Advokat, will prac
. ties in all courts, make collections
and settlements. Office in Enter
prise Bldg., Oregon City, Oregon.
INSURANCE.
A Prison IMust Be a
Prison, Not a Palace
With Servants
i
By ROBERT
M'KENTY,
Warden of
the
Eastern
Penitentiary,
Pennsylvania
H PRISON HAS TO BE A PRISON, NOT
A LIBRARY WITH A SMOKING ROOM
AND VALETS ATTACHED TO IT NOR
A PALACE WITH SERVANTS. JAIL
ERS HAVE TO BE JAILERS, NOT NURSES
AND HUMBLE HANDMAIDENS. A CRIMINAL
IS PUT INTO JAIL BECAUSE HE NEEDS PUN
ISHMENT AND BECAUSE SOCIETY DOESN'T
NEED HIM NOT RUNNING AT LARGE, ANY
WAY. His punishment is prescribed by the law,
and his JALLEK IS THERE TO CARRY
OUT THE PRESCRIPTION, not to upset,
on his own say so, the combined wisdom of the legislature, the gov
ernor and the courts of law. If he will treat the criminal like a man,
give him a square deal, impose no unwarranted hardships, inflict no
cruel er unjust punishments, cherish no grudges simply give the
criminal his CHANCE TO "IWATTK GOOD AS A MAK INSIDE
PRISON WALLS where he wouldn't make good outside the jailer
is doing what the state asks of him and just as much as society and
humanity should expect of him. The criminal may be an unfortunate,
but the jailer isn't employed to part his hair and feed him pap.
TEACHING, FAIR TREATMENT, GOOD FOOD AND CARE AND,
BEST OF ALL, HONEST HARD WORK WILL TRANSFORM A BIG
PERCENTAGE OF THESE PRISONERS INTO GOOD CITIZENS, ABLE
AND WILLING TO DO THEIR WORK IN THE . WORLD. AND THIS
IS THE PROBLEM OF EVERY PRISON IN THE COUNTRY, OLD AND
NEW.
- Edam Cha.se.
In Holland Edam cheese is not exca
vated, but Is sliced off. and the Dutch
have a saying, "Die myn kaas snydt
als een schuyt, die Jaag lk myn deur
nit' "Whoso cuts my cheese like a
boat, to him I show the door."
A Wise Woman.
"If I were a great author I would
dedicate a book to you."
"You'll do that anyhow." replied the
bride.
"What sort of book?"
"A check book." Washington Star.
E. H. COOPER, For Fire Insurance
and Real Estate. . Let us handle
your properties we buy, sell and
exchange. Office in Enterprise
Bldg., Oregon City, Oregn.
PIANO TUNING.
PIANO TUNING If you want your
piano thoroughly and accurately
tuned, at moderate cost, notify
Piano-Tuner at Electric Hotel.
Strongly endorsed by the director
of the Philharmonic, who will per
sonally vouch for his work.
DYEING AND STEAM CLEANING.
OREGON CITY DYE WORKS 819
Main street, French dry and steam
cleaning. Repairing, alterations
and relining. Ladies' and gent's
clothing of all kind cleaned, pressed
and dyed. Curtains carpets, blaa
kets, furs and auto covers. All work
called for and delivered, phone
Main 389. Mrs. J. Tamblyn and
Mrs. Frank SHvey.
NOTICES.
Summons.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for Clackamas county.
Lee L. Oslin, Plaintiff,
vs.
Sadie I. Oslin, Defendant.
To Sadie I. Oslin, the above nam
ed defendant: s
In the name of the State of Ore
gon, you are hereby required to ap
pear and answer the complaint filed
against you in the above entitled
court and cause, on or before the
23rd day of March, 1912, and if you
so fail to appear and answer the
plaintiff will apply to the Court for
the relief prayed for in the com
plaint, which is, - that the marriage
now existing between you and the
plaintiff be forever dissolved, and
for such other and farther relief
as to the Court may seem just and
equitable. -
This summons is served upon you
by publication by order of Hon. J.
U. Campbell, judge of the Circuit
Court which order is dated the 9th
day of February, 1912; the date of
the first publication of this sum
mons is February 10th, 1912, and
the last date of publication is March
23rd, 1912.
WHEELOCK & WILLIAMS,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Portland, Or.
Mrs. Meyer & Miss Hiatt
Formerly with John Adonis Store
Invite vou to call and see their
line of Spring Millinery
You will find prices reasonable and receive
personal attention.
Red Front Building, 9th and Main St. Oregon City
SAFE AND SURE
To avoid a possibility of money loss, have a bank account
and pay ALL bills by check. Whether you're a Merchant,
Professional Man, Farmer or Artison, the rule applies.
We Invite you to open an account with us.
The Bank of Oregon City
The Oldest Bank In The County.
TiH E
SYSTEM
Z'.S3 CN1FTYICLOTHESJ . B E3
CLOTHpRAFT CLOTHES
W. L. DOUGLAS AND STETSON SHOES
STETSON HATS
FOR YOUlNlO MEN I -
'"ilHVH:il-HT
OREGON CITY. ORE.
A. A. PRICE, Manager and Buyer
March 1, 1912
My Dear Sir:--
We don't govery strong to every extreme to get customers but we want your
attention for a few brief moments to assure you that we are now showing the most com
prehensive' line of men's wearables ever shown in this city, or any eity with ten times
the population of this city.
In addition to the celebrated L System and Micheal's Stern Makes of clothes we have
added the National Student fori young Men at $12 to 8l8 and the Hirsch, wickwire for Men.
This line is especially worthy of mention as it is known as the finest tailored line in
America. "
In the other departments we feature such well known brands as Stetson hats Man
hattan shirts, Holeproof hosiery, Mentor union suits and Cheney and Cowens neckwear, ,
which are on display now in all the new creations.
- Some stores offer the World with the Sun and Moon thrown in for good measure. We
don't. We offer 100 cents of value for every dollar you spendwith us; and another feat
ure we might mention is that we keep every suit purchased form us pressed and cleaned onc
every week in our own tailoring room free of charge.
In closing we want to state that we have contracted for the S. & H. trading stamps
which we will give with every purchase. The S. & H. Trading Stamp concern is
the largest premium house in America. Their premiun parlor will be located in the
Bannon Department Store, formerly the John Adams Store, and we are certain this feature
will interest you and we would be pleased to explain same to you.
Awaiting a visit from you to look over our immense stock, and assuring you of our
appreciation of your past patronage, we beg to remain.
Yours for good clothes
" PRICE BROS. "
4
6th and Main Streets