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OREGON CITY, OREGON. SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1913.
MR HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS
By Gross
HENRY JR. SAYS
MORNING ENTERPRISE
OREGON CITY, OREGON
E. E. BRODIE
Editor and Publisher
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CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER !
bring over those thoroughfares the produce of the farms that are, as a re
sult, made tributary to it. . v
There is no argument on earth that can stand on the ground of logic
against road improvement. It means everything to the farmer and rtot
a whit less to the city. The lecturer who will be in Oregon City next
Wednesday knows a good road when he sees one and knows also how to
tell about those that he has seen. . .
Every road supervisor, every automobile owfier, every farmer in the
territory ought to be present when the subject of good roads is discussed.
An active interest in the subject may mean that the Lincoln and Wash
ington national highway will pass through this city, putting it on the main
connecting lines instead of passing by over some other route." As a matter
of fact, there is no good reason why the oldest city in the state, the term
inal of the first road ever constructed in the West, should not be part of
the main highway that stretches as a monument to the nation's greatest
executives from one seaboard to the other.
COUNTY NEEDS Colonel Charles W. Thatcher, one of the best
GOOD ROADS known good roads experts in the country, will be in
Oregon City next Wednesday to tell the people of the county just what a
yood road really is and how to build one.
Clackamas county has many good roads and, like every other county,
has some that are not so good. When the great mileage of the county is
taken into consideration and when the system under which the road con
struction is worked is given its due weight, Clackamas county stands as well
in the states as any other county with the exception of Multnomah.
With the richest city in the state inside of its lines and the highest valua
ton of any county, Multnomah ought to have good roads. It has the
money to get them and it has the shortest mileage on which to spend that
large amount of funds. But Clackamas county, on the other hand, does
not have a Rockefeller wealth in its treasury for road building and it does
have a mileage that makes good roads seem almost an impossibility for many
years to come.
There are, however, "many of the main highways of the county that
can be so improved as to make them much easier for the traffic that they
carry and that will materially cut down the cost of bringing the farmer's
products into the city for market. Every good road that is built means
that much of a reduction in the cost of transportation. Every item that
can be cut from the transportation bill that the farmer pays year after
year means that much more in the pockets of the man on the land.
Every cent that can be kept in the pockets of the farmer means that
iiuch added to the the material prosperity of the community and the ad
vancement and growth of the county itself. Upon the prosperity of the
man on the land, depends the wealth of any city in any country. Thecity
is but a market for the farmer, it is his buying and selling point, it must
afford him the accomodatons that he wants or it does not thrive and pros
per because he directs his business and his trade to the markets that can
meet his demands.
By conserving the transportation cost for the farmer,' by helping him
save the money that is now wasted when he brings his product to the
market because of the lack of really good roads, the city will materially
benefit itself and will, by aiding in the construction of " better highways,
PUBLIC UTILITIES Oregon City's plans for the beginning of a new
AND FIRE ALARMS fire alarm system have been somewhat upset by
the recent refusal of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company to aid
in making that improvement in the city.
Since the company made its flat-footed refusal . to have anything to do
with the new system, its officers have held a conference or two with the
city officials and have shown a slight tendency to reconsider their position
Though they still maintain that they cannot install the new system, they
seem to feel the criticism that is being heaped upon them for their stand in
a matter that is of such public importance. ,
Their argument has always been that an error on the part of the oper
ator at the station would make the company legally liable for damages if
the fire apparatus were delated in reaching the blaze. The city officials
however, quieted the fears of the company officers along, that line by agree
ing to sign a contract that would relieve the corporation from any respon
sibility for any errors that might occur.
The company then advanced the argument that, though legally it could
not Ije held to blame, the people of the community would hold it re
sponsible for any mistake that might be made and. that it did not believe
the danger of ths criticism made the outlook pleasant for the corporation
if it should agree to install the new alarm.
Certainly, what criticism the company might receive for an error on the
part of the girl in the office would be light in comparison to that which
it wouldmerit were it to steadfastly refuse to aid the city in doing some
thing that means the protection of the lives and property of the people
of the community.
The city officials hope that the officers of the company will soon see
the question in a new light and that they will give the people that co-oper-aton
and service in this particular that is naturally and rightfully ex
pected of a public service corporation.
Many ways soon open to the young
man who is found asking his way to
the bank.
The Bank of Oregon City
OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
There Has Been a General
Decay of Manners All
Over the World
By Lord ROSEBERY. Former Prime Minister ot Great Bnta
THE men of the seventeenth century were, I sus
pect, the gentlest bred ever produced, partly
because they POSSESSED GOOD MAN
NERS themselves and party because they realized
the enormous importance of courtesy and good man
ner,s in the common transactions of life.
Now, English speaking people are never famous
for good manners.
I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A DECAY OF MAN
NERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. GOOD APPEAR
ANCE AND GOOD MANNERS HAVE AN ENORMOUS
COMMERCIAL VALUE IN LIFE. I SOMETIMES
WONDER WHY THEY ARE NOT HARPED ON MORE
Photo by American
Press Association.
Good appearance, you may say, is not at our command. I don't agree.
Good looks are not at our command. They are a gift of the gods, but a
good, straightforward, manly appearance, an appearance without self con
sciousness which is the most disagreeable feature perhaps of all in ap
pearanceis WITHIN THE COMMAND OF EVERY BOY.
Manners are even more important than appearance. Say three boys
are applying for the same situation. One boy may not have the abilities
of either of the other two, but if he has good manners; if, instead of
grunting an answer, like the first one or giving only an inarticulate sound
like the second, he gives a clear, respectful answer to the questions asked
Mm. it is TEN TO ONE AGAINST THE OTHER TWO.
IS CHRISTMAS Is a man hoodooed all of the rest of his married life
DAY HOODOOED just because his biggest and best Christinas pres
ent is the woman he has made his wife?
From the complaints that have been filed in the circuit court of Clack
amas county within the last few weeks, it would appears that Christmas
Day marriage is a very dangerous thing. Several of the' divorce actions
that have been brought in the court have mentioned December, 25 as the
day on which the ceremony was performed and then recite in long and in
teresting paragraphs the various forms of cruelty and unhappiness through
which one or the other party to the marriage has passed since that time.
In the recital of sorrows that have befallen one of the families that ap
peared in court Saturday is the fateful Christmas Day ceremony. It is
but one of several that have appeared in the records lately and that tend
to force the conclusion that a Chrismas present of a wife or a husband is
not allhe happiness that it might be.
The records of the circuit court also show a remarkable number of
cruel husbands in Clackamas county. Many of the complaints have set
out instances of cruelty or fancied wrongs that have been perpetrated by
the husband or wife. Most of the recitals, however, in the last few days
have had to do with the forms of mental anguish that a careless husband
may inflict upon his wife. v ' '
Considering the numbers of other grounds upon which a divorce action
may be brought in this state, it is interesting to note the number of com
plaints as they appear from day to day that recite, as the basis for the di
vorce action, the instances ofeal of fancied cruelty that has been inflicted
by one or the other in the marriage contract. .
"THIS IS MY 53RD BIRTHDAY"
Laura D, Gill
in, t o,o nroitB Gill who nas
bsen elected president of the new col
lege for girls in tae aouin at ouwanec,
Tenn., was born in Chesterville, Me.,
Aug 24, 1860. After reciving her A.
B degree at Smith collage in 1881 she
spent some years in Europe, studying
at the universities of Leipsic and
Geneva and at the Sorbornne in Paris.
Upon her raturn to America Miss Gi l
became a teacher of mathematics at
a private school in Massachusetts.
From 1901 until 1908 she filled the im
portant position of dean of BarnaM
College, in New York City.
Congratulations to:
Mlax Beerbohm, English writer
and artist, 41 years olS today.
Dr. Samuel A. Eliot, president ot
the American Unitarian association,
51 vears old today. '
James Wickersham, the Alaskan
delegate in congress, 56 years old today.
"What is your dog's nancr-"
"Harold Reginald." replied Mr. Cum
rox. "Why, that's the name of the young
man who calls to see your daughter."
"Yes. I arranged It so that when I
occasionally express my feelings she
won't know for sure which I am talk
ing about" Washington Star..
THE LONESOMEST.
The desert vvaste is not the lone-
liest place.
Nor tile midocean. nor the
mountain's crest.
Oh. these be lonesome spots for
men to face. '
But not the loneliest!
One feels alone amid the bus
tling crowd
Of strangers In strange cities,
too, but not
So much alone, though Silence
. shrieks aloud.
As in one lonely spot
1 know of. 'Tis the place you've
visited
Once with a loved one some
time, anywhere -'.
And visit once again, when
years are fled
And that One is not there! .
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
HEAVEN ON EARTH.
Tread all life's way with awed, ex
pectant feet;
Men jostle heaven in every common
street. Langbridge.
3 miles from Oregon City court
house on good road
6 acres under cultivation, bal
ance easily cleared; 1 acre of
family, orchard; 150 cords of
wood; 3 room house, barn 18x
24, chicken house 25x52, horse,
cow, buggy, plow, cultivator,
harrow, 2 incubators, one for
120 eggs, one for 75 eggs, brood
er, bone cutter; fine spring 5
feet from house. Creek through
property. Excellent place tor
raising cows, hogs and chickens.
Price $2100.00.
DILLMAN & HOWLAND
ELECTRICAL WORK
Contracts, Wiring and Fixtures
WE DOIT
TVmier-Fark:er Co.
Heart to Heart
Talks
ON GIVING WAY
Deprived by death of his dearly be
loved wife and son. a New York man
gave public notice in the newspapers
of his loss. "The names are changed,
for the man's grief is and should be
sacred.
This is how his advertisement read:
"Brainerd Suddenly, the light of my
life. George F. Brainerd, Jr. My sor
row no oue knows. My hope is In the
Lord and that 1 soon will be with my
boy mid his mother, who has gono
before. Lite has no more Inducements
for me. His father. George F. Brain
erd. Sr " The address followed.
The newspaper account of Brainerd's
bereavement told of the death of the
wife and mother foir years ago. Dy
ing, she left the son to his father's ten
derest rare. The little fellow was
then three years old
1 am going to leave you both." sigh
ed the dying woman. "Watch over
him. rare for him. love him as yon
have loved me. 1 can ask no more."
Then csune four years of careful
watchfulness over the boy, of pride
in his growth. f love in cherishing
him for the sake of the loved one gone
before. Rut the lad ran in front of a
swiftly moving vehicle and was killed.
Pity the grief of the husband and
father Hut condemn his despair.
If he really felt that life held no
more firducements for him. as he told
the world, in evidently heartfelt sor
row, all the more reason for his living
for others. For surely the man who
holds 'that life ran give him nothing
ran use that life for others.
While there, were orphan girls and
boys to help, poor women to be aided
in the struggle for the means of live
lihood, outcast men to bereached with
the words of hope and sympathy, if
not with material aid. surely Brainerd
could have found some adequate out
let for the love that was in his heart
He Ii:h! felt the hand of sore afflic
tion fall he'ivily on his own shoulder.
As a thinking man. he knew that it
rested on others as well.
' Why not VIp to lift it from them?
In the lifting he could have found
sureease of ins own sorrow, a lighten
ing of his own lumieiiN He rould have
ter who said nineteen
l:
iniit.-it-'il i ii
centuries ai;o
"fouie iilllo
and are heav
you rest "
me" at! ve that labor
i.-den and I will give
THE CORN SONG.
Heap high the farmer's wintry
hoard.
Heap high the golden corn.
No riher gift has autumn
poured
From out her lavish born.
Let other lands, exulting, glean
The apple from the pine.
The orange from its glossy green.
The cluster from the vine.
We better love the hardy gift.
Our rugged vales bestow.
To cheer us when the storm shall
drift
Our harvest fields with snow.
Through .vales of grass and
meads of flowers
Our plows their furrows made.
While on the hills the sun and
showers
Of changeful April played.
We dropped the seed o'er hill and
plain
Beneath the sun of May
And frightened from our sprout
ing grain
The robbers crows away.
All through the. long, blight days
of June ..... ..
Its leaves grew green and fair
And waved in hot midsummer's
noon '
Its soft add yellow hair.
Andnow with autumn's moon
lit eves.
Its harvest time has come.
We pluck ii way the frosted
leaves
And bear the treasurer home.
-John Greenleaf Whittier.
What They All Do.
"Smoking again? I thought you'd
cut it out."
"Well, you see. when I've convinced
myself that 1 can cut It out whenever
I want to 1 start smoking again." ,
Harvard Lampoon. . i
WORDS OF THINKERS.
To do an evil aetion is base.
To do a good action without in
curring danger is common
enough, but it is the part of a
good man to do great and noble
deeds, though he risks every
thing. Plutarch.
All human history is the his
tory of reform. The evolution
of the race, physically, morally
or mentally, has been thus ac
complishedAnon. Honor must grow out of hu
mility, freedom out of discipline,
righteous joy out of righteous
sorrow, true strength out of true
knowledge of our own weakness,
sound peace of mind out of sound
contrition. Charles Kingsley.
They tell you that habit recon
ciles you in time to many un
welcome things. Let us not
trust to this alone. Custom, in
deed, sweetens the rugged lot
when the cheerful soul is in it.
It does but imbitter it the more
when the soul stays out of it.
James Martineau.
Christian Church, Gladstone Bible
school, 10 a. m.; preaching at 11 a.
m.;; junior Endeaver, 6:30; song
service and sermon, 7:30; baptism
at the close of services.
Congregational Church, Geo. Nelson
Edwards, pastor, residence 602 Sev
enth street, phone Main 395 Morn
ing worship at 10:30 a. m.; Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m.; Christian En
deavor meeting at 6:45 p. m.; no
evening service; morning sermon
topic, "The Religion of the Golden
Rule."
First Baptist Church, William T. Milli
ken, D. D., pastor Morning worship
at 11:00 and evening worship at
7:45; Bible school at 10, H. E. Cross
S?SSsSe??S.S
? L. G. ICE. DENTIST
Beaver Building .
$ Phones: Main 1221 or A-193 S
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nu e (Congregational.) Sunday
Schoot at 3:00 P. M Mrs. A.
S. Martin, superintendent. Bible
study Thursday afternoon at
2:30. Prayer meeting Friday even
ings at 7:30. Preaching, morning
service at 11: evening service at 8.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Ninth and Center streets. Serricei
Sunday 10:45, Sunday school immed
iately after.
St. John's Catholic Church, corner of
Water and Tenth streets. Rev.
Father A. Hillebrand, residence 912
Water street High -mass at 10:30
a. m., with sermon; vespers and
btiediction at 7:30 p. m.; low mass
ISa .day 8:'JU a. m weak days mass
St. Paul's Church Holy communion
8 A. M., Sunday school 10 A. M
.Holy Communion 11 A. M. Even
ing prayer and sermon 7:30.
First Presbyterian Church Rev. J. R.
Landsborough, minist Sabbath
worship at 11 o'clock; Y. P. S. C.
E. at 7:00 p. m.; evening worship
a 7:45; union services with Metho
ciist church.
Parplace Congregational Rer. C. L.
Jones pastor, residence Clackamao:
Christan endeavor Thursday even
ing 7:30. Sunday school 10, Emory
French superintendent; preaching
services each Sunday, alternating
between 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Willamette M. E. Church Regular
preaching at 2 p. m., Sunday ichool
3:15 p. zn., Mrs. Fromong superin
tendent v
Zion Lutheran Church Rev. W. R.
Kraxberger, pastor.
United Brethren S. S., 10:00 a. m.,
preaching 11 A. M., C. E. 6:3ft P.
M., preaching 7:30 P. M. Welcome
to all. T. J. Cocidng, pastor.
First Methodist Episcopal Church,
The church of the cordial welcome,
T. B. Ford, pastor, residence 702
11th and John Adams Sts. Sunday
school at 10 o'clock, Mrs. W. C.
Green superintendent. Morning
Evang. Lutheran Church, corner Jef
ferson and 8th St., Rev. . W. H
Kraxberger, pastor Sunday school,
10 o'clock a. m.; divine service, 10
a. m. No service today.
. services: 9:45 Sunday school, Prof.
J. R. Bowland, Supt.; 10:00 a. m.
public service, sermon by the pas
tor; class meating following the
services M. Yoder, leader: 3 p. m.,
preaching at Willamette by T. B.
Ford; 4 p. m., preaching at Ely
ville, following the. Sunday school;
6:45, Epworth devotional meeting,
Chester Tozier, leader.
German Lutheran Church, Ohio Synod
Rev.' H. Mau, pastor Sunday July
20th Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.;
service at 10:30 a. m. Everybody
is cordially invited. Cor. J. Q.
Adamas and 8th Sts.
HOW would you like to talk with
1400 people about that bargain you
have in real estate. Use the En
terprise. HELP WANTED FEMALE
WANTED Experienced housekeeper,
good wages. Mrs. Frank Busch,
City.
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT 7-room furnished bunga
low, electric lights, both, pure
spring water. Third house north
Concord station.
FOR RENT Two clean rooms nicely
furnished, with s'eeping porch, pat
ent toilet, electric lights, ' hot and
cold water. Mrs. Henry Shannon,
505 Division St. back of Eastham
school.
FOR RENT One modern 5-room
house on 5th street. All latest im
provements. Inquire Geo. Randall,
5th and Jefferson Sts.
FOR RENT Furnished downstairs
room for rent Close in, 1007 Main
St.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE Good dry wood, cut one
year. Edgar H. Smith, Oregon City
Route No. 3.
FOR SALE Furniture of- 7-room
house, used only three months. Will
sell all or part. These rooms are all
rented to steady people. A verv.
good buy. Call The Enterprise office.
FOR SALE House anc corner lot.
724 Eighth a'nd Jackson Streets,
City.
FOR SALE 5 acres land joining city
limits of Willamette; cleared;
family orchard, several varieties
berries; 4-room house, chicken coop
and small barn; all fenced; 5-pass-enger
auto. Owner an invalid. Ad-
dres, Box 8, Willamette.
WOOD AND COAL
COAL COAL
The famous (King) coal from Utah,
free delivery. Telephone your or
der to A56 or Main 14, Oregon City
Icif Works, 12th and Main Streets.
OREGON CITY WOOD & FUEL CO.
Wood and coal, 4-foot and 16-inch
lengths, delivered to all parts ot
city; sawing especialty. Phone
your orders Pacific 1371, Home
A120. F. M. BLTJHM.
MISCELLANEOUS
CLACKAMAS COUNTY FARMS
WANTED To trade good Portland
property for Clackamas county
farms. Inquire P. A. Cross, Glad
stone, Oregon. Office phone Main
1987, residence Main 1994.
D. C. LATOURETTE, President.
F. J. MEYBR, Cashier.
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