MOENING ENTERPRISE SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1912 .
Single Taxer Is Shown
The Error of His Way
A middle-aged man called at the of
fices of the Oregon Equal Taxation
League in, Portland a few days ago
and asked to see Charles H. Shields,
the Secretary.
"Is this the Single Tax headquart
ers?" inquired the stranger.
He was promptly advised that he
was in the wrong booth that he
should go to 425 Worcester Building.
no, replied ne, i am in me ngni j
place. 1 Know tnat siae. l want 10
hear) what you have to say. I want
to know if there is any good reason
why I should not vote for Single Tax
in the coming election."
"Are you a Single Taxer?" inquired
Secretary Shields.
"Yes," was the reply, "I am, and I
am plumb sore at the present sys
tem." "If you will tell me the reason you
favor Single Tax, and will point out
the sore spot, I may be able to give
you some relief," was the suggestion
of Mr. Shields.
The stranger replied: "I came to
- Oregon 12 years ago. I had some
money which I had worked hard to
accumulate. I purchased two lots, in
the suburbs of Portland. I was a trav
eling man at the time and had many
friends on the road. .Traveling men
usually tell each other of their specu
lations, so my friends bought lots in
the same locality.
"I quit traveling took the balance of
my savings and put up a $10,000 build
ing. I took a chance in the growth
and development of the city. The
other fellows squandered their money
perhaps I don't know.
"When my brick building went up,
up went the price of their lots. This
increase in value encouraged others
who bought lots. Some put up build
ings. Each building added but in
creased the price of the lots.
"My enterprise and the enterprise
of others who were willing to take a
chance added to the value of all the
lots owned by my friends. The point
I do not like is : The traveling men
who own these vacant lots have done
nothing. The lots have grown in val
ue. My enterprise and the enterprise
of others have been the cause of it.
I want Single Tax. It will make
these fellows, build, sell or lose their
lots. Tiiey cannot afford to keep them
idle. What have you to say.""
It was now Mr. Shield's turn. "Have
your lots increased in value?"
"Yes."
"Has your building been a profita
ble investment?"
"Well, on the whole it has. There
have been times that it has not been
fully occupied. I think it has paid an
average rate of interest."
"Considering the deterioration and
the fact that your building is each
year going out of date, have you earn
ed 8 per cent of the investment?"
Secretary Shields now queried.
"Oh yes, more than that, consider
ing the increase in the value of the
lot."
"I mean the building only."
"Well, now, figuring that way 1
think not, perhaps six per cent, con
sidering the upkeep, etc."
"You could have loaned your mon
ey at that rate of interest, could you
not?" still queried Mr. Shields.
"Yes, I guess I could."
"If your lot had not increased in
value then, your investment would be
somewhat of a disappointment?"
"Rather" was the emphatic reply.
NORTH LOGAN.
J. P. McMurry returned from East
ern Oregon, where he had been visit
ing his daughter.
Mrs. Ella McMurray and two sons
are at Tygh Valley visiting with Mrs.
Rowan.
Mr. and Mrs. Cummins and little
daughter went to Oregon City Wed
nesday. Miss Bertha Haiser, of Portland, is
spending her vacation with Miss Bell
McMurry, of North Logan.
Perry Kitzmiller was a North Logan
visitor Sunday.
Grandma Hamblet is slowly improv
ing from her sick spell.
Miss Alice McMurry is at Lyle,
. Washington, visiting with her broth
er William Christiansen, who has been
suffering from poison oak, was taken
to the hospital Saturday.
Miss Hilda Morris, Charlie Sagar,
Arthur McGuire . and Misses Grace
and Iola Goshia were guests of Miss
Grace Stanton Sunday.
Miss Dora Gibson was one of the
many who crossed the river Sunday,
enroute to Barton.
Mr. and Mrs. Christiansen went to
Portland Tuesday to see their son who
is in the hospital.
Miss Irene Marshall, who has been
visiting her grandparents, has return
ed home.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore, of Portland,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lauci
ford's and McFaddens', Sunday.
CANBY.
Otto Krueger returned Monday
from Newport, where he spent a two
weeks' vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A, Bradford and A.
O. S paulding spent Sunday at Wilhoit.
The work on the new school house
is progressing slowly, which is due to
a' scarcity of material.
Frank Zollner started Monday to
move the drug store, so the workmen
can begin to erect the new Masonic
Hall, which will be a credit to Canby.
Mrs. C. C. Hutchinson is spending a
few days with ner grandmother, Mrs.
Tice, of Adkins Mills, who has been
quite sicK, but is now slowly improv
ing. R. G. Pope and M. T. Mack com
menced digging a new well for Mr.
Frendtric, east of Canby. The new
electric railroad goes through Mr.
Frendtric's place. He Jias to move
his house and other buildings. Mr.
Frendtric received a good price from
the company.
Chester Wills, Ray Vinyard, Horace
Patch and Ed Kreuger left this week
for a two week's vacation at Newport
Frank Dodge and men commenced
tearing down the old barn on the cor
ner or we lots rormerly owned by
Knight heirs, but now the property of
Carlton & Rosenkrans, who are going
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"You say at times you have had con
siderable trouble in keeping your
building occupied. Have you asked
too high a rental?"
"No, the rental has been very reas
onable as cheap as I could afford."
"Why should you have trouble in rent
ing it?"
"Well, you must remember there is
competition in - renting building as
well as in any other undertaking. I
had my space to sell, and the law of
supply and demand regulates the
price." '
"You have said you were opposed
to the present system and in favor
of Single Tax and have given me your
reasons. Suppose your friends who
now own vacant lots in the locality of
your building had each put up a $10,-
000 building. Would it not have been
a very difficult matter for you to have
rented your building at all?"
"Yes, Mr. Shields but they wouldn't
be fool enough to do that when there
was no demand for their buildings.'"
"I understood you to say when you
came in the office that you wanted
Single Tax because it would make
these men build, sell, or lose their
lots. You have already stated there
was room for no more buildings that
you had already experienced difficul
ty in keeping your building rented, and
that your objection to the present
method was. that these men had pro
fited by your enterprise they had
done nothing."
"Yes."
"Haven't these same vacant lot
owners paid their portion of grading,
sidewalks, paving, sewers, water
mains, etc., by special assessments?
Have they not paid their share of the
general property tax to protect their
property and pay for fire a.nd police
protection?"
"Yes."
"And you admit it to be a fact that
there was no room for additional
buildings?"
"Then, as a matter of fact, these
vacant lot-owners have assisted you
as much as you have assisted them. In
their judgment there was, no room for
more buildings. That is your judg
ment too. Had th6y have built, your
investment would have been worth
less to you. As it is all have made
money. You state that under Single
Tax your friends would have to. build,
sell, or lose their lots. You now ad
mit there is room for no more build
ing. To sell their lots would only
mean a change in title to another.
The vacant lots would still remain.
To lose their lots means that the val
ue of the lots is reduced to the price
of the taxes and the city takes the lot
for the price of the taxes. When the
lots adjoining yours are thus reduced
in value, your property is worth no
more than that adjoining it.
"In the face of your own statements
when properly analyzed, it should be
clear to you what Single Tax means.
You have allowed your prejudice to
blind your judgment. Prejudice and
envy are the only arguments the Sin
gle Taxers can offer."
It was plain that the visitor was in
deep thought. He finally broke the si
lence: "I will freely admit that a
great change must have, come over
me. I have been misled. I can see
that prejudice has warped judgment.
1 am an Anti-Single Taxer from now
on. I promise, you from now I shall
be one of your strongest and most
faithful workers against Single Tax."
to erect a large cement two-story
building 100x100 feet The contract
has been let to F. Dodge and work
will begin as soon as the material is
on the grounds. This will be six ce
ment buildings for Canby. Who says
Canby isn't growing?
The farmers are busy now hauling
their early potatoes for shipment.
The steam shovel arrived in tnvn
last week, with a lot of small a limn
cars to be used on the new railroad.
Wayne Gurley Is spending his vaca
tion as the guest of Louis Mitts, of
Needy.
The old M. E. church, which was
sold to the. Catholic people has been
moved onto the DroDertv recentlv pur
chased by the Catholic church.
.Mr. and Mrs. Mvkland . from Smith
Dakota, are visiting at the home of
John Alstad. Mr. Mykland is the new
Norwegian minister, and will occupy
the pulpit the coming year.
Margaret M. Eckerson, born Sep
tember 16th, 1857, at Shasta, Califor
nia, died August 18th, 1912, at her
home in Canby Saturday night, at
8:30, at the age of 54 years 10 months
and 26 days. Mrs. Eckerson was as
well as usual until a short time be
fore hr death, whe.n she was sudden
ly stricken with paralysis and" died in
a short time . Mr. Eckerson who was
working in Aurora, was sent f or im
mediately. Her son, Lee, and daugh
ter, Alma, who were in Newport, were
teiegrapned but arrived too late to
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see their mother alive. Funeral ser
vices were held at the Christian
church Tuesday morning at 10:30
o'clock and interment took place at
the Zion cemetery. Mrs. Eckerson
was married to John t: Eckerson at
Elmwood, Nebraska, January 19, 1879,
united with the Christian church, at
Elmwood, Nebraska, 1878. Mrs. Eck
erson was. a weii known resident of
Canby, having lived here for a good
many years. A husband, son and
daughter survive her. The pall bear
ers were Mr. L. D. Walker, C. E. Carl
ton, F. A. Rosenkrans, F. Dodge, .C.
Kenknight and Mr. Vinyard-
MARQUAM
Cline brothers are baling hay for
Dolph Myers. v
Mr. Russel, of Molalla, Is hulling
clover for Roy Ridings. .
Most of the farmers have finished
cutting grain and some have threshed.
Mrs. J. T. Drake And Guy Larkins
and wife returned from Wilhoit
Springs where they have been "camp
ing for several weeks.
J. C. Marquam was in Portland on
business Monday.
Guy C. Larkins, of Marquam, was
elected principal of the Sherwood
school. 1 -
Harry Hubbard, Mr. Shoemaker,
Mr. Comstock and-T. D. Clap leave
for the mountains soon.
Echo Larkins is visiting friends in
Linn County.
Mrs. J. E. Marquam is assisting
Miss Bertha Miller, in J. C. Marquam
store for a few days.
TWILIGHT.
Mrs. Milton Mattoon, of Sellwood,
has returned to her home, after a
week's stay with her mother, Mrs. L.
Mattoon, who has been very sjfk.
Geo. M. Lazelle spent Sunday, at
Seaside with his son, M. G. Lazelle,
and daughter, Mrs. Fred J. Melndl.
Miss McNaughton, of Seattle, who
has been enjoying a three weeks' visr
it at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Harvey, has returned home, accompan
ied by Miss Marie Harvey, who will
visit her brother, Clyde, and other
friends.
Frank Black attended the funeral
of Mr. William Rambo Friday in Ore
gon City.
C. E. Swick is painting his house
and barn and making other improve
ments which adds much to tne appear
ance of his home.
Mrs. Earl, who has made an extend
ed visit with her brother, L. H. Hyl
ton, has returned to her home in Eu
gene. The chicken thieves made a raid on
Mr. Hylton's hen house Monday night
and carried off some of his best hens.
Mrs. Curtis Dodds has returned
home, after a four months' visit with
relatives and friends in the east.
EAGLE CREEK.
Mrs. Bertha Douglass and children,
returned from Eastern Oregon last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Palfrey, of Mo
lalla, were recent guests of M' Vi
ola Douglass.
Mrs. Cora Udell and children, spent
Sunday afternoon, with James Gib
son. Miss Helen Brower. was visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. Howlett recently.
W.: A. Baker, of Portland, came out
this way Sunday and preached to a
small audience at 11 o'clock in the
school house.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Woodle were the
guests of Mr. Woodle's parents, of Es
tacada, Sunday.
Mrs. Bessie Douglass, accompanied
by her sister, Orpha Clesetra, return
ed home Monday, after spending a
.week with their mother at Molalla.
The Douglass boys are threshiflg
their fall grain. The German "Thresh
ing Crew came down Sunday evening
from George, and commenced Mon
day. .
RURAL DELL.
Mrs. Kate Sconce visited with, Mrs.
A. L. WilEtrand Friday afternoon. ..
Otis : Ogle made a business trip to
Canby Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith , went to
Canby Saturday.
The Sax boys were up from Port
land Saturday and Sunday visiting
with Eymans'.
Miss -Mabel Fosmark returned home
last week from Aurora, where she has
been working for some time.
A number of the young folks from
here spent a pleasant day at Wilhoit
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Sconce visited
with the latter's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Mallet, of Molalla, Sun
day. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rahl visited
with Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Smith Sun
day. Miss Lily Finney left for her home
in West Woodburn last week.
Fred Sailer left last week for the
Crooked River country, - where he is
expecting to get next to the country.
T. J. Ogle, Otis Ogle, Jim Ogle and
J. W. Nosier left the fore part of this
week for Sheridan, where the former
expects to find a location.
George Sawtell has been moving
his father down here from Eagle
Creek.
A large crowd from here attended
the ice cream social at Yoderville
, Saturday night.
The work on Eyman's new bunga-
low is fast Bearing completion.
Cornelius Emdahl, George Sether
and Nels Fosmark left Sunday for an
outing at the Brietenbush Springs.
The Young People's Society met at
their regular meeting Sunday evening.
A good program was rendered and
enjoyed by the large crowd that was
present
MOLALLA
Settled weather has again smiled
on the producer of food stuff and the
farmer is joyful.
Three clover hullers are busily rub
bing out emerald seed.
Evermann Robbins has a force of
men at -work on hia house in Ever
hart's addition. ' ,
John Sheppard is preparing to move
to town soon, as Dr. Fowell can va
cate tne house. .
Miss Alice Sprague has been quite
ill for a week and was moved to her
sister's, Mrs. Cordells', Sunday.
Mr. Wagner, of the painting firm of
Dougherty and Wagner, is at work
again, having recovered from a fall.
Another teacher has been added to
the Molalla school fof next school
year.
Of course, Molalla is going to have
railroads, and the first one to mater
ialize will be the Clackamas Southern.
Now, listen! Until you hear the
whistle of the construction train
coming down the Buckner Canyon,
then you will begin to have an ink
ling and a ticking and a rumbling
of wheels through your head, that the
long-looked for RAILROAD has come
at last. Where am I? Only at the
awakening of Molalla, at the new
order of things. Now do you breathe
easy?
FIRWOOD.
W. L. Wilkin's niece, Mrs Mildred
Groves, of Portland, visited the Wil
kins families last week. .
Wm. Bosholm and family, with Mr.
and Mrs. R. Esson and Mrs. Elsie
Belle, took an auto trip to Estacada
Sunday.
J. W. Dixon and family, and sisters,
Ina and Stella, of Portland, who are
spending the week with the' Dixon
family, have gone to the mountains
for a few days.
John Kruger, of Portland, visited the
Frey family last week.
Miss Mena Frey returned to Port
land Monday.
Mrs. Ethel Harper and son, George,
are spending a few weeks in Port
land.
Chas. Howard, of Portland, visited
with Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard over
Sunday.
Geo. Keisecker has gone to Wild
Cat Mountain on a hunting trip.
A. Malar is building an addition to
his house.
People are wending their way to
ward the mountains in search of
huckleberries. Among those making
the trip this week are Walter Frost
A. J. and Will Moxley, the two Wil
kins families, E. D. Hart and R. A.
Chown.
J. W. Dixon and Wm. Bosholm made
a business trip to Portland Tuesday.
J. G. DeShazer transacted business
in Oregon City last week.
Miss Irene Alt gave a party Satur
day evening for a number of her
friends.
Just Feeler.
The English visitor was getting im
pressions as to American education.
"And do you know your alphabet?"
he asked of a small boy In the house
tie was visiting.
"Yep," said the lad A. B. C. D. E.
F, G. I, J"-
"Hold on there, my little lad," said
the visitor. "Haven't yon left out a
letter?" " " . i
"Yep," said the boy. "1 dropped my
H. I wanted to see if an Englishman
would notice it."
"Pertness is a characteristic of the
American child," wrote the English
man later when he prepared his Ameri:
can notes for publication. Harper's. ;
SALEM, Or., Aug. 17. MayoT Jones
of Redmond was convicted of gam
bling last night and five others plead
ed guilty.
Upon receipt of this information
Governor West immediately tele
graphed both the mayor and city mar
shal of Redmond for their resigna
tions .threatening to put the town un
der martial law if they do not com
ply with the request at once.
While Mayor Jones was denouncing
Governor Wes for coming to the re
lief of the people who wanted gamb
ling and immoral conditions cleaned
out of Redmont and was making
boasts that he could not be touched
as the district attorney was with him,
the " governor quickly appointed J.
Frank Burke special prosecutor and
instructed him to get busy. Burfke
sent the governor the following mes
sage today:
"I was appointed special deputy and
prosecuted the Redmond cases. After
a desperate contest, the mayor fight
ing every inch, he was convicted of
the crime of gambling at 2 o'clock
this morning. Five ' others pleaded
guilty. The evidence secured by Dil
lon was complete. Deputy District
Attorney Wirtz came over in the" .eve
ning and assisted. The firm position
on the part of the governor for law
and order, strengthening public sent
iment, was! a large factor in aiding
the prosecution of the cases."
Governor West received a letter to
day from the The Dallas signed "Bus
iness Man," which requested him to
keep" his hands off that city; The let
ter said there were "two well kept
sporting houses here," of which the
business men of the town approved as
they were a protection to society.
"You cannot cure the evil and you
will make no friends by doing it," de
clares the letter.
Governor West does not say how
soon he will take up The Dallas situa
tion, but he is gathering evidence
from many towns and cities in the
state.
Heart to Heart
Talks.
By EDWIN A.. NYE
THE SCAPEGOAT.
The other day I read a letter that
almost made me cry.
The letter was from a young girl of
about eleven years to a friend of mine,
urging him to help save her family
from going to pieces. For a year her
father and mother had been quarreling,
and now they had agreed the mother
should apply for divorce. They sup
posed the secret had been well kept
from the little daughter, but she had
overheard much of the difficulty and
the whole wretched agreement.
My friend was bold enough to inter
vene in vain! ,
And I can still bear the piteous wail
of that poor, child as it was voiced in
her tear stained letter. -
Now. I do not say where a couple is
childless and after long forbearame
and patience it is found itnpossibif to
agree there never should be a divo!",
nor that on Scriptural grounds (here
may never he cause for separation.
But ' ..
I do say. -if tliere are children, the
parents have no ' morr.l , rif-ht;- i
whatever to break up the family anM
blight the lives of those children.
The rig'i'.s i;f the c!i':hlre:i are pora
mount. -Always the?--. !:!ust lir.it "in
taken into ron'siilpraUon. However t!v
Systems and Devices for
every kind of business
and profession. A 'phone
call will bring us, or, bet
ter still, come in and
view our modren plant.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
parentsmay" sTiffer. if is their foremost
duty to keep the walls of the home to
gether and give to the chil-ti'ii the en
vironment of the family.
Poor child:
How could her father . and mother,
however stung or angry at each other
how could they sit down together and
deliberately agree to make their child
miserable for life?
Compared with her welfare and hap
piness what were their strifes and
jealousies? What their misunderstand
ings or discord compared with her fu
ture? -What their sins and weakness
compared with her rights as a child of
th family? ' ' "
Cruelly and without consulting her
they piled upon the slender shoulders
of their child all their sins ami shames.
-Cowards!
What ought they to have doue?
Locked tight the doors of their skele
ton closets, loeked tight the doors of
their lips. ' and suffered the pains of
martyrdom!
But alas! m ' ' '
Always It Is the child who is the
scapegoat of the craven divorcees. In
stead of protecting the child, who
needs protection against itself, they
withdraw the bulwark of the home
and thrust out their tender flesh and
blood. -
A small classified ad will rent that
vacant room.
At the Portland Theatres
LAST CAR LEAVES FOR OREGON CITY AT MIDGHl
Cathrine Countiss, who is nearing
the end of her very successful season
at the Heilig, Corner Seventh and
Taylor Streets, has in "Divorcons," for
her sixth week, commencing today,
the merriest comedy of the summer.
"Divorcons" made Grace George fam
ous. - It is comedy, bordering upon the
farcial.
The up to date dramatization of Sar
dou's friyolity was made by Margaret
Mayo, who wrote "Polly" of the Cir
cus" and "Baby Mine." It has been
secured by special arrangement with
Wm. A. Grady. It satirizes the di
vorce problem from a very amusing
angle. A philosophical man of the
world finding that his butterfly wife
fancies herself unsatisfied and in love
with another man,; neatly turns the
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ILIG
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OLD MAN LOYAL TO
GIRL HE CALLS THIEF
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. David
Napping, 70 years old, a retired farmer,
paid a visit to Mrs, Alice J. Brown in
the city prison this morning, and went
away saying: "She's a mighty fine girl
but I wouldn't save ftei if she was
made of gold. Say, ain't she a stun
ner?" Napping had the young woman ar
rested in Portland and extradited on
the charge of wheedling him out of
$17,000 under promise of marriage..
She ia 27' years old, and handsome.
After Napping had left the prison he
hunted up a florist and took her a
bunch of roses in person.
"Don't get it into your, head that I
am still in love with her," he said.
"I am not, by a long shot. As soon
es I leave here I'm going to hustle
back to my hotel and dress up. I've
got an appointment to take to dinner
the finest-looking blonde you ever
saw. She's got Mrs. Brown beat a
mile fon looks. By the great horn
spoon, I feel sorry for that girl," Nap
ping said. "I'm 70 years old, but I
hope I never live long enough to make
a lot of trouble for any woman."
tables by pretending to humor her de
sire for a divorce. Then the couple
deceive the lover by going secretly to
a private room in a French restaurant
where the fun is fast and furious until
the capricious wife finds that she
loves her own husband best after all.
"Divocons" reverses the situation in
"A Woman's Way," which recently
caused so much amuseemnt at .the
Heilig. Miss Countiss and Sydney
Ayres have capital parts in this viva
cious summer night diversion.
The engagement of Miss Countiss
has been extended to a seventh week,
commencing Sunday, August 25th,
when she will bid a long farewell to
Portland in Clyde Fitch's comedy
"Her Own . Way," as played in New
York and London by Maxine Elliott. "
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