MORNING ENTERPRISE SUNDAY, JAN. 12, 1913
Stories from
ALSPAUGH
Jack Frost has been visiting this
late.
The wind did much damage to the
'telephone wires last week.
Miss Emma Dowty has taken the
job of repairing the wires and she
has .them all in good shape now.
O. E. Tull hs secured a job of saw
ing logs at the Deep Creek saw mill.
The Clackamas River Saw Mill Co.
are doing a big business. They ship
ped at least a carload of ties a week,
have been cutting oak wood during
the past few days.
The Misses Hazel' Githens and Alta
Sarver attended the dance at Estaca
da New Year's night and report
a fine time.
Willie Still who has been visiting
friends and relatives in Chehalis, Wn.
has returned home again.
The Eagle Creek basketball team
will play the Estacada High School
at their hall Saturday night Janu
ary 11th.
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Full were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Githens
one day last week.
Miss Emma Dowty was a Portland
visitor last week.
Mr. Caddley and Mrs. Fitzgerald of
Portland were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Githens last Sunday.
Mrs. Jack Brown was visiting Mrs.
J. W. Dowty last week.
John Githens butchered seven hogs
last week.
KELSO
Mis Hattie Kelly of Portland, was
a guest at the home of F. W. Canning
Sunday.
The meeting of the debating and
literary society was well attended.
The n.ioyment of the literary program
was much enchanced by a violin solo
also, a vocal solo by Mis Hattie Kelly
Other numbers of the program were
recitations by the following: Gladys
Hutchinson, Irene Robertson, Lelah
Robertson, Eunice Jonsrud, Anna Hal
ey, Angela Canning, B. Nelson -and
Joe Decker; a reading by Helen Mil
an and a vocal trio by Mr. and Mrs.
Roberts Jonsrud and Eunice Jonsrud
Saturday evening, January 11th the
following questions will be debated
"Resolved that art is more pleasing
than nature." Mr. Bell will lead the
affirmative and BB. Nelson the nega
tive. All are cordially invited to at
tend. DAMASCUS AND ROCK CREEK.
Winter has set in to stay a while
and from all appearances now we
will have sleighing enough to bring
all the cutters into use.
The singing practice was held at
Mr. A. Newell's Friday evening last
week. 'Thursday evening of this week
it will meet at Mr. Walter Smith's.
The meetings are becoming very pop
ular as it gives the neighbors a
chance for sociability, and the sing
ers a chance to practice.
Miss Carlson of Greshanf, was a
week-end visitor at Mrs. Nathan Raw
ley's. She returned to her home Sun
day. Patrons of Husbandry No 260 met
at their hall Saturday, Jan. 4th, 1913,
to install the officers elected for the
ensuing year. The meeting was open
for visitors, there being quite a
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number in attendance. Mr. J. D.
Chitwood, past master, and now mas
ter of Pomona Grange of Clackamas
County installed the officers, with Mr.
Seth Young as assistant. There be
ing five members taken in. One re
instated and four new candidates.
The lecturer being absent on her hon
eymoon. Parcel Post commenced the New
Year. Numerous packages were held
at the post office on account of the
lack of proper postage. It would be
well for the patrons on the rural
routes to look up the rules regarding
parcel post.
Mr. Mike Johnson is on the sick
list.
The Rock Creek Union Sunday
School is doing nicely, financially, as
well as educationally. It is hopea
there will be larger attendance when
the weather is more settled.
A teacher's meeting will be held at
Rev. Ira Fox's home Tuesday even
ing. Miss"' Hannah Svendsen and sister,
Metha, Mrs. Delsie (Newell) Hunter
and daughter, Verna, Misses Ruth and
Faye Young and brother, Curtis, were
New Year's guests at A. Newell's
home. The evening was pleasantly
spent in playing flinch.
Mrs. Walter Smith spent the week
end in Portland visiting friends.
A telephone meeting was called
Monday at Damascus. The Company's
business is flourishing. Good cent
ral service and the line always in good
condition.
EAGLE CREEK.
This is quite a cold snap that has
struck this part of the country;
Last Tuesday evening a Witch night
party was given at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Woodle. About fifty
were present and the evening was
very pleasantly spent with music,
singing and in playing games. A sup
per of sandwiches, coffee, cake and
pie was served at 'midnight, and all
went home tired but happy.
Will Douglass made a business vis
it to Portland last Thursday.
School district No. 50 has some
new seats, which add much to the
appearance of the schoolroom.
Mrs. H. G. Huntington has return
ed from Portland where she spent the
holidays.
Mrs. Kitzmiller went to Portland to
visit with relatives a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Udell spent Sunday
afternoon with' James Gibson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Douglass enter
tained H. S. Gibson and Russell Jones
at dinner Sunday.
Two new pupils, Dora and Oicar
Judd, were added to the enrollment
of District No. 50 on Monday, making
seventeen pupils in attendance.
Miss Echo Githens organized a lit
erary society at her school last Fri
day. Mr. and Mrs. WiJl Douglass took
dinner with Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Gib
son Sunday.
The rain has ceased and as we
raised the window curtain and look
out we see the stars a twinkling, evi
dence of better weather, which would
be duly appreciated by the farmers
at large, as they are far behind with
their work.
Neva Wooster who has been very
ill of typhoid pneumonia, is reported
a little better.
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Albert Tracy and Ben Jackson, of
Portland, are visiting with the lat
ter s mother, Mrs. C. V. Jackson.
The Christmas tree at Marquam on
Dec. 24th, along with appropriate ex
ercises was very much enjoyed by
those in attendance.
Mrs. E. Spurlin and daughter, An
nie, who reside on the old Riley Mun
ker's place near Salem were visiting
in the neighborhood last week.
A large tree fell near the spring in
front of Newsome's place smashing
a lot of fencing.
Much fencing was blown down in
the neighborhood during the late
storm.
Ellis Riding and Claud Marsh along
with their trained fox hounds were
out hunting New Year's night.
William Allen,, who has returned
home from Portland, where he has
been working will remain at home for
a while.
Ellis Stevens, of North Howell, Ore
gon, visited Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W.
Bentley, who live near Marquam.
They were once neighbors of Mr.
Stevens and a class of neighbors one
is always wishing back again. Mrs.
Bentley lies dangerously sick at this
time with anxious relatives at her
bedside. Mr. Bentley farmed John
Newsome's place on North Howell,
Oregon, for eleven years back in the
80's, with no writing, no agreement
between them, for none were needed
for John soon found he was dealing
with an honest man.
SHUBEL.
A meeting was held at the school
house Dec. 30 for the purpose of or
ganizing a branch of the Farmers
Society of Equity. Mr. Bremer, of
Carus, who has charge of this work
was successful in securing enough
signatures to enable those interested
to proceed and elect officers. The
following names appear on the roll
as charter members: Chas. A. Menke,
Albert Moehnke, John Bluhm, Arthur
Hornshuh, Henry Hettman, Robt.
Moehnke, Peter Hover, L. P. Duffy,
Henry Grossmiller, Elmer Swope.
The following officers were elected:
President, Chas. A. Menke; Vice
President, Albert Moehnke; Secretary
Treasurer, Elmer Swope.
COLTON.
The concert which was given by the
Young People's Society New Year's
eve was well attended. Splendid mus
ic and singing was rendered by the
orchestra and choir.
Miss Hannah Stromgreen who-has
been here visiting relatives and
friends left for San Francisco, Cal.,
last Monday.
Mr. Alfred Berglund left for Cor
vallis last week to attend College.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Swartz o!f
Portland were visiting with the lat
ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Clark,
of Bee Hills.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. E. Lindstrom
a 5 pound daughter, Christmas eve.
Gus Gottberg took a load of hogs
to town Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stromgreen were
guests at Mr. and Mrs. P. Berglund's
last Sunday.
Miss Esther Hult, of Portland, is
home visiting her parents at Colton.
I. O. Dix, of Mulino, was a business
caller at Colton the latter part of
the week.
J. Putz had the misfortune of losing
a cow, while crossing the creek she
fell' and drowned and was carried
down the creek about a half a mile.
Jake Schiewe was a visitor at Col
ton New Year's day.
MEADOWBROOK
Mr. and Mrs. Jake BoliTcnder, the
newlyweds and Fred Bohlender
were visiting their brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs." Wm. Bohlender,
one day last week.
R. L. Oren went to see his father-in-
law, Mr. Huff, of Multnomah Station,
last week
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Holman and son
took dinner at Mr. and Mrs M. D.
Chindgen last Sunday.
Will Bohlender had the misfortune
to lose a valuable mare, which has
been sick for quite a while .
Larch Huff is visiting his sister Mrs
R. L. Oren.
Mrs. C. A. Larkins and daughter,
Alma, called on Mrs. Ralph Holman
one day last week.
George and John Hofstetter called
on Glenn Larkins Sunday.
Mr. Appleton from the East is vis
iting his sister, Mrs. Milton Chind
gren. MACKSBURG.
The universal storm in which the
year 1912 closed has abated and the
last day of 1912 was bright with sun
shine giving the newly-drench land
scape the appearance of spring.
Christmas week, stormy though it
was, brightened up for Christmas day,
and was marked by many family re
unions and other pleasant gatherings.
Mr and Mrs. George Walsh, with
their children, took dinner with Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Hilton; Mr. and Mrs.
John Heppler and family spent the
day with Mrs. Heppler's mother and
sister, Mrs. and Miss Glade; Mrs. J.
Gibson, with her three youngest
daughters visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Keesling; Mr. and Mrs.
Will Roth, with their two small chil
dren attended a family reunion.
Mrs. Lewis Mitts spent the last
Sunday of the year with his sister,
Mrs. Frank Hilton.
Farmers are rejoicing over the pros
pect of transportation for land prod
ucts which the recently changed plans
of the Portland, Eugene & Eastern R.
R. offers to the Molalla valley.
The Macksburg public school closed
on Tuesday, the 31st day of Dec. 1912,
and reopened Thursday, Jan. 2nd,
1913. The -plosing exercises for
Christmas were well attended and
passed off pleasantly.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A, Baldwin have
moved into one of Mr. Ferdinand
Kraxberger's houses to be near school
during the stormy weather. They
will remain till the close of the school
year, when they intend to return to
their ranch. Mrs. Baldwin, Sr., will
keep up the ranch home In the ab
sence of the younger people.
Following are the names of the
primary pupils who have been neither
absent nor tardy during the month of
December: Rosie Kraxberger, Adolph
Kraxberger, Oswald Kraxberger, Hed
wig Kraxberger, Fred Ganski, Mil
dred Keisling, Sophia Etzei; Alfred
Boesche, Harold Gribble, Louis Lor
enz, Bessie Barth, Paul Morenz Oiser,
Julia Nebo, Estes Grabble, Elsie Kalb,
Henry Ganski. The names of the
grammar pupils who have been per
fect in attendance and punctuality for
the same time will appear in next
week's issue of the Enterprise.
Will Roth and Chris Nofziger should
receive heartiest praise from all the
residents of their vicinity for laying a
sawdust sidewalk in front of their
premises thus making walking a pleas
ure even in these flooded times.
JENNINGS LODGE.
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The Jennings Lodge Community
Club met at the schoolhouse on the
evening of Jan. 2nd. The following
officers were elected for 1910: Pres
ident, P. D. Newell; vice-president,
J. A. Johnson; secretary, Will Jacobs;
assistant secretary, C. P Morse;
treasurer, Hugh Roberts. The club
will try- for electric lights on Jen
nings avenue and improvement of
sidewalks The women of the com
munity will be admitted to member
ship.
Ralph Madison and Arthur Roberts
attended the debate at Parkplace
Fridav evening. Ralph had the pleas
ure of entertaining one of the debat
ers, Harley Fellows, of Estacada, who
spent Saturday at the Madison home.
Mrs. H. H. Emmons entertained for
Mrs. Lou Jarbo, of Idaho, on Thurs
day noon when she invited in five of
her friends to lunch.
The Adult Bible Class metrat the
home of Miss Scripture on Thursday
evening, Jan. 2nd. When the mem
bers were entertained with a bell so
cial which followed the business
meeting. The following program
written on a paper bell was the un
ique program: instrumental music,
"Blue Bells of Scotland," reading,
"Creeds of the Bells"; song, "Mt.
Vernon Bells"; reading, "The Three
Bells"; exercises, dumb bell(e)s, rec
itation, "Cuiffew Must Not Ring to
Night"; "Chimes of the Bells," by
all present, who responded by ring
ing some kind of a bell. Conserva
tion with the Bell(e)s ended the pro
gram and the hostess assisted by her
nieces served .refreshments.' The
house decorations were the red
Christmas bells and Oregon grape.
The members were delightfully pleas
ed with the evening's entertainment.
The Clackamas County Poultry
show held in Oregon City on the two
last days of the week were attended
by a number from here. Mrs. Wm.
Gregan from this place received blue
ribbons on two of her White Minor
cas. Mrs. Budner, of Portland, visited
with her sister, Mrs. Frank Fisher on
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Hindes are be
ing congratulated over the arrival of
a little daughter, who came to their
home on Jan. 6th. A nurse from
Corvallis is in attendance.
Mr. and Ms. Henry Smith, after
spending their honeymoon at Molal
la returned for a short visit at the
home of the bride's father, Mr. Ira
Hart, 0f this place, and will leave for
their new home at The Dalles.
Marjory Amelia has been the name
given to the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugo Sandstrom, who ar
rived jit their home on Thanksgiving.
Miss Pollock, of Eugene, is visit
ing at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Hay
nes. Miss Pollock is a sister of Mrs.
Haynes.
Miss Cook, of Portland, is visiting
at the home of her brother, coming
out to spend the holidays with home
folks.
Mr. Valentine, of Portland, was a
business -waller at the Lodge on Tues
day. '
Miss Helen Painton is ill at her
home.
The Circle met with Mrs. Sands
trom on Wednesday. At 1 o'clock a
luncheon was served and the after
noon was spent In sewing. The
guests of honor being the Mesdames
Brownriggs, Leahman and Miss Eliz
abeth Cook, of Portland. Mrs. Sand
strom favored with a reading, "Wo
man's Curiosity."
The Circle gave a shower to little
Miss Marjory Sandstrom. The next
meeting to be held at the home of
Mrs. Wm. Cook on Jan. 15th. A
speaker from Portland in behalf of
the Parent-Teacher Circle wil be pres
ent and will have somthing of inter
est fot us. Every parent and patron
of the school is invited as well as the
members of the Circle.
Mrs. C. P. Morse entertained Mrs.
Povey, of Portland, on Saturday at
a prettily appointed luncheon.
Henry Smith spent Monday evening
with his sister, Mrs. Frank Pratt at
Gladstone. Mr. Pratt is suffering
from typhoid fever. The Pratt fam
ily were former residents of this
place and their many ' friends were
sorry to hear of Mr. Pratt's illness.
Miss Ethel Hart, who has been ill
was able to resume her studies "at
the Oregon City High School on Mon
day.
Mr. Barnes, of Latorelle and sis
ter, Mrs. Brown, of Portland, were
visitors at this place over Christmas.
Mrs. Merritt . and daughter, Fran
cis, have been visiting at the Chas.
Redmond home.
Mrs. Minnie Kirkman and Miss
Gladys Kirkman, of Seattle, spent
Tuesday with Mrs. A. C. McFarlane.
The Christmas party given for the
little folks by Mrs. A. C. McFarlane
at her home on Thursday afternoon
was one of the most enjoyable e'vrmts
of this season. At two the litus folks
began to arrive and the living room
with its large Christmas tree all
aglow with candles and tinsel was a
delight to the little folks.
The other decorations were wreaths
of holly, Christmas ferns and bells.
The mantel and around the lire place
also was decorated with bright col
ored candles. Candy and pop corn
was served and the tree contained a
pretty gift for each child. Twelve
children enjoyed the" afternoon.
Miss Maple Morse entertained her
little nieces on Saturday evening with
a Christmas party. Poinsettas were
used in the decorations and the
Christmas tree was the delight of the
evening. The Misses Lillian and
Francis Sandstrom were additional
guests and Miss Rose of Oregon City
assisted with games and refresh
ments. Mr. and Mrs. J. Waldron left on
Tuesday evening to spend the winter
in California. They -will visit part
of the time with Mr. Waldron's sis
ter near Los Angeles.
Miss Mary Pierce received a piano
for Christmas, which was delivered
by the Eilers auto truck on Tues
day. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Smith have re
turned from their honeymoon.
. The Adult Bible Class will meet
with Miss Scripture on Thursday eve
ning. . Mrs. John Jennings acompanied
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hodgkin, of Van
couver, Wash., who made up the par
ty of Rosarians, left Portland
on Saturday night for a trip through
California.
On Tuesday morning the party,
which is made up of Portland people,
will parade in San Francisco and
plant a rose for each year of Ore
gon's age as a state, at the Oregon
building site at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition.
Mr. George Morse is enjoying a vis
it at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Swan
ders at Hillsboro, Oregon. Mr. Erick
son, of Meldrum is also visiting at
the above home and they expect to
return by New Year's.
THAT
EDWARD
Opportunity for a real Heart to
Heaic talk with the working men so '
seidom occurs that when it does pop
up one instinctively seizes it, and be
gins a discourse without pausing to
consider the point from whicn to
start.
1 spent the months of July and Aug
ust on the Northwest coast, the most
delightful section in temperature in
America, and prolific to a wonderful
degree. If it was equal in its volume
of business to Kansas City, it would
easily be the peer of any territory in
the world.
The national convention of the
Elks being in session at Portland
Oregon, enabled me to see that pro
gressive metropolis at its best; for
the people there were entertaining,
and they had resolved, in a general
way, to prove themselves the most
royal hosts on earth. They succeed
ed, as they always have, in every ef
fort of the past thirty years. And
"why," you ask? Because they are
a happy unit, in action as well as in
thought.
The hotels- of Portland being filled
with some 50,000 or more guests and
everybody "enjoying thairselves" to
the limit, I took a swift-gliding river
steamer for Oregon City, twelve miles
up the Willamette river and made
my stopping place for the time being
in one of the most picturesque and
thriving- towns I have ever seen in
my life; and I have visited every por
tion of America, It was here that I
found my opportunity for this heart
to-heart talk with our toilers of the
middle west, too many f whom are
in such violent discord with their
own interests that they make of their
daily labor a fitful dream instead of
an earnest and happy endeavor. Draw
your chair a little closer, and let's
talk about it.
Across the river froin Oregon City,
and just above the substantial locks
that have been completed at the cost
of an enormous sum of money, is the
plant of the Willamette Paper Com
pany, probably the best on the Pac
ific coast, and giving employment to
an army of men. Nestled close to
the towering cliffs of projecting rock,
from the top of which streches a
beautiful and productive mesa dotted
with the little garden homes of a
happy people, and from which are con
stantly springing forth beautiful wild
flowers that give to the barren stone
a hue that is indescribable; and sur
rounded further with the beautiful
scenery and the clear blue waters of
the rivers moving onward to the sea,
with its toiling people, it is a magni
ficent setting to a picture of harmony
that fills one with a desire to decide
upon that particular spot as a perma
nent home.
There was such evidence of real
The Portland
Railway Light
and Power
Company
Beaver
Building
Main Street
Miss Ethel Grinwald spent Christ
mas with friends at Vancouver, Wash.
""Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Redmond re
turned last week from an extended
trip east. Among th-s many enjoy-
MAN McBAIN
BAKER, IN 'THE INTER-STATE ELK."
delight in toil on the faces pf the men
who were quickly moving about in
the performance of their duties; such
an absence of anything that would in
dicate the simple "killing of time" by
men who are interested only in draw
ing a pay envelope, that I instinctive
ly approached a middle aged man
who was busy melting some rubber
into a big roller in an effort to repair
it, spoke to him cherrily and said:
"This must be a sucessful company
you are working for."
Notwithstanding I expected a
cheerful answer, his reply startled
me. During my years of newspaper
service, I have been so accustomed to
hearing about the rich getting richer
and the poor getting poorer; how the
grinding corporations have an iron
heel on the neck of the laboring man
so that the beer he drinks in saloons
on Saturday nights don't taste good;
and how the time has arrived to take
the ill-gotten wealth away from the
fro wing capitalists and divide it up;
I repeat I have been so used to hear
ing this kind of clatter, that the
prompt reply of this smiling man real
ly started me.
Raising his eyes from his work and
looking me squarely in the face he
said: "Yes isir,. I am working for
the best company in the world." And
'you could see that he meant every
word of it. x
Recovering myself with as little ef
fort as possible to prevent him seeing
that I was partially unhorsed, I was
soon in happy conversation with him.
"In what way do you consider it
the best company in the world. '
"Oh, in every way," was the reply.
"In the first place we are given all
the tools we desire with which to do
better and more rapid work, and the
result is that we have ibout doubled
the capacity of these mills with the
smallest possible increased expense."
What do youv think of that! Here
was a day laborer, working for a pow
erful concern, drawing stipulated
wages, with not a dollar's worth of
stock, who was consciensciously in
terested in the welfare of the con
cern! No wonder this mammoth in
" stitution was a success, when such
employees are talking about doubling
its usefulness as a producer, instead
of eternally seeking an excuse to
spread personal dissatisfaction,
which has a tendency to tear down
by separating employer and empleyee
instead of .uniting them.
"Who is the head of this institu
tion?" I continued. His talk was so
musical that I wanted to hear more of
it.
"I don't know much about the mem
bers of the company,'' was the reply;
"speaking for myself I only know
McBain, the general manager, I
guess, as the head of the concern, and
It answers the puzzling question, of "What
will I get her"
We have a display of Electric conveniences
that will gladden the heart of any woman
Only those who have some labor saving elec
tric utensils can appreciate their work; below we
give just a suggestive list: Electric Chafing Dish,
Electric Discs, Electric Toasters, Electric Irons,
Electric Percolator, Electric Table Lamps.
ELECTRIC TABLE STOVES
We give the same low prices as our
Main Store in Portland, and the same
courteous service.
able things planned by Mr. Red
mond's people in Kentucky was a
family reunion where seventy were
present. Mr. Redmond reports his
three months' trip was a continued
round of pleasure.
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I have been too busy with my work
to ascertain who the others are. You
iuigat rind out by inquiring around
but I guess the oihers are no better
posted than I am. McBain can tell
you."
"Guess you have little or no trou
ble between the laborers and i?'
bossts Here, do you?" )
"What about?" he inquired wiiJi a
very snarp look.
oh, the wage scale, hours of work,
or the general rules."
"No trouble were,' ' he said with a
shake of his head; "We don't know
what trouble i3. Every man gives
to tue mills the best that is nim, ana
the mills gives the men the best that
it has. It is a mutual affair. McBain
don't keep men who do not so im
prove tnemselves that they 'grow up
with the house' as it were. Only
men who are really interested in
making these the best mills in the
world nrd permanent places here."
"And where will I find McBain?"
I inquired.
"As to finding McBain," he replied
as he continued pouring hot rubber
into the ragged hole in the big rub
ber roller, "you will find him in every
man you meet, but if you want to see
him personally you can find him in
that little office at the top of thos9
back stairs.'
And he spoke the truth. I found
McBain in the messenger boy. I
found him in the man who sawed and
quartered the huge logs, I found him
in the clerks, the fellow who opens
locks to let the boats through, and I
found him in the wathemen who wer
constantly walking around. In fact,
I found the spirit McBain everywhere.
And then I understood.
It would be worth while for the
striking laborers of this section of
the country who are so ready to argue
against large enterprises on the basis
that they are corporations of a cold
blooded character, to send a "walking
delegate to Oregon City, in order
that he may see the effects and note
the results of a.happy unity of thought
and action on the part of laboring
men who really take an interest in
the institution that it in its turn en
ables them to build happy homes for
their wives and children.
Those mills at Oregon City seem
to have the labor question solved, for
a more prosperous looking body of
well dressed and intelligent toilers
cannot be found in America, and speak
ing again of McBain; well, a great
many managers of the large plants
of the west might also go to Oregon
City and take a lesson" on how towin
the confidence, the respect and the
loyalty of the men who give to them
the results they are to attain.
Yes indeed, in unity there is evm
more than strengtn.
Mrs. James Waldron, Jr., and three
children have returned from their
visit in the Middle West, Mrs. Wal
dron spent most of. the time with her
mother near Des Moines, Iowa, whom
she had hot seen for seven years.