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may dislike it, he apparently has the upper hand in the politics of his own
country.
To keep the peace, to restrain talk of intervention, to maintain that
neutrality that is accorded to all first rank nations and at the same time
to insist that the present governmental officials respect the rights and
property of the Americans in Mexico, is the problem that now confronts
the president of the United States. It is a hard problem to solve. If Wil
son solve it, he will deserve all the commendation that can be given
to him for bringing to a successful culmination one of the most difficult
feats of diplomacy that has arisen in recent years.
CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
WILSON'S MEXICO President Wilson has announced the policy of
POLICY the United States toward Mexico as that of non-intervention.
He has, in his message sent to congress yesterday, declared that this country
will not interfere in the internal affairs of the sister republic on the south,
but that, at the same time, it will stand for the protection of the rights of
the Americans there who cannot flee to places of safety.
The president calls upon all of the Americans inside of the Mexican
lines to leave the country, to abandon their homes and the property that
they have accumulated there. He warns them that their lives and acquisi
tions are in danger; that the United States does not propose to give aid or
encouragement to either of the contending factions in that rebellion-rent
land, but he says that he will hold the government or any person represent
ing himself to be the executive of the Mexican people responsible for the
safety of the Americans within the borders of the neighboring republic.
It will be interesting to see how the president reconciles these two ap
parently (conflicting ideas in his message. He does not propose to intervene
but he intends to stand for the protection of the American citizens on the
other side of the Rio Grande. Should the situation arise that shows the
incompetency of the Mexican president, Kuerta, to deal with the problem,
the American chief executive will probably have to work out a rather in
tricate puzzle in reconciling his positions that he yesterday announced.
Wilson is to be commended for the stand that he has taken in the preser
vation of peace. Nobody wants to go to war with Mexico but the "jingo
ifts;" but, at the came time, everybody feels that some decided step should
be taken to force the Mexican executive to afford better protection for the
iives and property of the citizens of this country there.
The last few years have been filled with events that test to the limit
the patience of the. United States. The citizens of the country have been
robbed and killed, they have been treated as those of no other nation were
ever treated, and it has taken a president with a strong mind to say that
the armed forces of this country should not interfere to punish those wh.)
have so little respect for the American flag and for the citizens of the
United States.
On the other hand, no other country has the problem to face that has
the United States. The other nations are prohibited from intervention bv
the enforcement of the doctrine of President Monroe. They cannot take
a hand in the solution of the problem if they would. They are at liberty
to demand protection for their people and for their interests. They have
never assumed, because the United States would never let them assume, any
protectorate or influential position affecting the destinies of the countries to
the south.
If the president is able to enforce his policy of non-intervention and at
the same time hold personally responsible the government of Mexico for
anything that might happen to the people or the interests of America there,
he will have accomplished a diplomatic success that will entitle him to
unanimous commendation.
It is a difficult situation for the United States. It is growing more
diffcult and more complex every day. The government of Huerta has not
been recognized. The present administration declares that it does not pro
pose to recognize it. Huerta is generally looked upon by all civilized na
tions as the responsible agent for the death of President Madero. The
world holds him accountable for it. He is convicted in the courts of na
tions. Though the president does not intend to recognize him as the legally
elected chief executive of the Mexican republic, he is the only man with
whom our representatives at Mexico City may deal for, however, much we
Criticism of Schools Entirely Without
Foundation
By PHILANDER P. CLAXTON,. United States Commissioner of Education
WE frequently hear that there are 'too many subjects," "too many
fads and frills," and hence neglect of the three R's. The critics
who utter this sort of criticism SELDOM AGREE ON EX
ACTLY WHAT THE FADS AND FRILLS ARE, but they invaria
bly look back to a golden past when the so called "fundamentals"
reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic were taught in such a way as never to
be forgotten.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE SYSTEM OF TODAY IS IMMEAS
URABLY AHEAD OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OF THE PAST. THE
GROWTH HAS BEEN STEADY. WHATEVER MAY BE SAID AGAINST
THE ENRICHMENT OF THE COURSE OF STUDY. ITS "FADS AND
FRILLS," THE CONTENTION THAT THE ESSENTIALS, SO CALLED.
HAVE SUFFERED IN COMPARISON WITH THE PAST FALLS FLAT.
Those who criticise the bookish curriculum of the public school,
whether elementary or high school, are really striving for what they con
ceive to be the changed purpose of education to REACH ALL THE
CHILDREN OF ALL THE PEOPLE with the kind of training that
will make them not merely intelligent in respect to things that are in
books, but will "EQUIP THEM DIRECTLY FOR THE KIND OF
LIFE, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL. WHICH THEY. WILL LEAD
WHEN THEY LEAVE SCHOOL. ' Those who oppose the innovations
do so because they do not concede this broader though apparently, more
specialized purpose.
COUNCIL WANTS By instructing its city recorder to discover the
EARLY REPORT status of the investigation recently conducted by the
state health board, and to demand a report of the conditions that the offi
cers of the department have found here, with their conclusions as to the
typhoid source, the city council yesterday took a step that will bring about
a speedy answer to a question vital to the interests of Oregon City.
In the view of The Enterprise,' as expressed Wednesday morning, the
city council is justified in demanding an immediate answer to a question
that affecte the interests of the entire community. Either the state health
board has been woefully negligent in its attention to the business in hand
or something has arisen that caused an unavoidable delay in the discovery
of the source of the typhoid in the city.
Oregon City is in the throes of an epidemic. The source of that epi
demic exists somewhere about the corporate limits. The solution to the
problem is in the hands of. the state board of health. The answer that it
will give means that scores may be saved from sickness and disease and that
some will be saved from death. The maintenance of life and health is ;f
the first importance in the state above all other problems that an administra
tion has to face. It is the duty of the state board to co-operate with the
city officials of the several cities and towns to protect the health and lives
of the people of the state.
We are inclined to believe that the state officials have not given the
matter the attention that its importance demands and that the city council
took a stand that will meet with the approval and endorsement of the peo
ple of the community when it yesterday demanded that the state take some
action to relieve conditons as they now exist.
2 ACRES FOR RENT
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acre in potatoes. 6-room 1
story house, 3 chicken houses
and other out buildings. Best
water on west side. Will lease
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Aug. 28 In American History, j
1611 Delaware bay discovered by Lord j
De La' Warr. or Delaware, whose j
vessel was driven into the Dela-
ware from the ocean in a storm. '
1798 James Wilson, jurist and Ssign- (
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1858 Rev. Eleazer Williams, long sup- J
posed to be the "lost dauphin" j
(Louis X VII. of France, died; born j
about 17S7.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. '
Evening star: Jupiter. Morning
stars: Saturn. Mercury, Venus, Mars.
Planet Venus in conjunction with the
moon' 11:43 p. m.
Fall Suit of K'ch Cloth.
Stunning isn't it this autumn suit of
peach Cloth? Why. the cognomen fash
ion sayeth not. but the mere layman
Infers the derivation to have come
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Heart to Heart
Talks
Money in bank is a st?unch friend and
it breeds ether friends.
The Bank of Oregon City
OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
Mrs. Becker Smiles HopefuUy on
Way to See Her Slayer Husband
V- .ft I
THE CONSTANT CLICK.
Mrs Mabel Plumbe, an employee of the
telegraph company for twenty-live years,
killed herself at- Joliet. Ill She had been
made Insane by the constant clicking of
the sounder She left a -note saying:
"My head hurts My eyes are growing
dimmer. The click of the instruments Is
maddening.' News Item.
If you know the strain of joua con
tinued work without needed intermis
sion and who does not V you can sym
pathize with the poor woman.
There is. of course, uo absolute ex
cuse for suicide it is, as a rule, a
cowardly evasion of the responsibili
ties of life but if any colorable justi
fication for it could be found, prob
ably it would be in the Ions strain
such as Mrs. Plunibe could stand no
longer.
Click: Click' Click: To the inex
perienced ear there are few things
more insistent in the world of sound
than the sounding of the telegraph in
strunient It is like the "continus'1
dropping in a very rainy day" of which
Solomon wrote.
Eo j on notice the click in your daily
life?
If you do, and you value your peace
of mind and your health, seek a change.
Before it wears you out and drives
you to the point, or near it. to which
j it took the poor woman Id our text, get
relier
When things go well with us. and
our daily lives run in straight- well or
dered, lines, we do not hear the click.
It is part of the hum of easy running
machinery that is so pleasant to hear.
But let the work become wearisome,
let the brain or the body be fagged,
and the click rises superior to the
music It is a note of discord, an in
dication of a daily life thrown out of
tune with its surroundings.
Time to rest. U let up!
Fin vp' yon ever noticed a veteran tele
graph operator, with his feet perched
on a desk, reading a newspaper and
smoking a pipe? At his side the tele
graph sounder ticks away busily, but
he pays no attention to it. for the mes
age is not for him.
But let the sender send in a message
for him. The paper drops, the pipe is
laid aside, the band jumps to the
transmitter, ready to break in and ask
questions if need arises.
The steady flow of telegraph talk
does not luterest him. It is the un
usual click that draws him to his key.
Wheu the constant click, not ad
dressed to the operator, holds bis at
tention, be becomes nervous and ir
ritable It is the danger signal. It If
time to lay off and rest.
Photo copyright. 1913. by American Press Association
IT'S an old saying that a woman never despairs, l-ike most oits ot wisdom,
it's not strictly true . In the case of Mrs Charles A Keeker Oowever,
the adage seems to apply Mrs. Bec ker is the wife of formei Police Lieu
tenant Becker, who is in Sing Sing prison awaiting death rot the uninier
of Herman Rosenthal, the New Tork gamtiler Mrs Keeker is an interesting
figure just now. Everybody has beard about the Rosenthal case, but not every
body knows that Mrs. Becker visits her condemned husband as orten as trie
rules permit and that she believes implicitly that he. will be freed She is
shown here smiling her confidence on her way to Sing Sing, accompanied oy
her husband brother. John Becker
In Memory of Confederate Dead , was unveiled Lra today with intersst
KlNG WILLIAM COURTHOUSE, ing exercises and in the presence of a
Va 'Aug. 27. A monument to the large gat'ue.;ng and their friends. Con
memory of the Confederate soldiers of ; gressman a. J. Montague delivered tne
King WUiam Courthouse and vicinity j principal oration of the day.
Lamb and the Scotchman.
Charles Lamb said he never could
impress a Scotchman -with any new
truth: that they all required it to be
spelled aud explained away in old
equivalent and familiar words and
phrases. He said he had spoken to
a Scotchman who sat next to him at
dinner of a healthy book.
"Healthy, sir: Healthy, did you
say?"
"Yes. healthy." '
"I dinna comprehend. I have heard
of a healthy man and of a healthy
morning, but never of a healthy book."
Generous.
Father-1 want to tell you this, ray
son. The secret of success is hard
work. Son If It's a secret, dad. you
shouldn't have mentioned it. For
tunately. I'm too much of h gentle
man to take advantage of information
gained In that way.- Boston Transcript
FOB AUTUMN DAYS.
from the downy, velvety smooth sur
face of the cloth from which the cos
tume is made
The color is a lovely apricot shade
that tones to almost purple in the
plushy fabric. The skirt is draped and
trimmed with silk frog ornaments of
a novel character.
These frogs also trim the smart little
kimono coat.
Persian Tobacco.
Tumbac, a tobacco used only for wa
ter pipes in the Levant, is raised exten
sively at Ispahan. Persia.
L. G. ICE. DENTIST t
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HELP WANTED FEMALE
WANTED Woman who has had ex
perience in men's tailoring to do al
teration work on suits. State ex
perience. Address lstter "H" care
Enterprise.
WANTED Girl for general house
work; three in family; easy work
203 Molalla Ave., City.
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT Two clean rooms nicely
furnished, with sleeping porch, pat-
, ent toilet, electric lights, hot and
cold water. Mrs. Henry Shannon,
605 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 rant. Close in, 1007 Main
St.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE Furniture of 7-rooin
house, used only three months. Will
sell all or part. These rooms are all
rented to steady people. A very
. good buy. Call The Enterprise of-xice.
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
drss, Box 8, Willamette.
WOOD AND COAL
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The famous (King) coal from Utah,
free delivery. Telephone your or
v der to A56 or Main 14, Oregon City
Ice Works, 12th and Main Streets.
OREGON CITY WOOD & FUEL CO.
. Wood and coal, 4-foot and 16-inch
lengths, delivered to all parts of
city; sawing especialty. Phone
your orders Pacific 1371, Home
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MISCELLANEOUS
CLACKAMAS COUNTY FARMS
WANTED To trada good Portland
property for Clackamas county
farms. Inquire P. A. Cross, Glad
stone, Oregon. Office phone Main
1982, residence Main 1994.
NOTICES
SUMMONS
Charles L. Quinting, Plaintiff,
vs.
Dolliei Quinting, Defendant.
To Dollia Quinting, the above named
defendant:
In the name of the State or Ore
gon, you are hereby required to ap
pear and answer the complaint
filed' against you in the above en
titled suit on or bafore six weeks
from the date of the first publica
tion of this summons, which first
date of publication is July 24, 1913,
and if you fail to so appear and an
filed in this suic, to-wit: For a de
crse that the marriage contract
heretofore and now existing be
tween the plaintiff and the defend
ant be forever dissolved,
lief .prayed for in his complaint
swer, for want thereof, plaintiff
will apply to the court for the re
in the Circuit court of the State of
Oregon, for the county of Clack
amas. This summons is served upon
you by publication thereof for six
(6) successive weeks in The Enter
prise by order of Hon. R. B. Beatie,
judge of the County Court, which,
order is dated the 23rd day of July,
1913.
ALLEN & ROBERTS,
Attorneys for the Plaintiff.
Date of first publication, July 24,
1913.
Date of last publication. Septem
ber 4, 1913.
SUMMONS
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for the County of Clack
amas. John E. Co'ulodon, Plaintiff,
, vs.
Henrietta Coulodon, Defendant.
In the name ef the state of Ore
gon you are hereby required to ap
pear and answer the complaint of
plaintiff filed herein against you in
the above entitled suit on or be
fore the 12th day of September 1913,
said date being after the expiration
of 6 weeks from the 1st publiscation
of this summons, and if you fail to
so appear and answer such com
plaint for want thereof plaintiff will
apply to this court for the relief
prayed for in the complaint on file '
herein to-wit: A decree of divorce
dissolving the bonds of matrimony
now existing between 'plaintiff and
defendant and for such other relief
as to the court seems equitable and
just.
This summons is served upon- you
by publication in the Morning
Enterprise, a newspaper printed
and published, and having general
circulation in Clackamas county,
Oregon pursuant to an order of the
Hon. R. B. Beatie, judge of the
County court duly made and
' entered of the' 29th day of July,
1913. Said summons will be pub
lished for six consecutive and suc
cessive weeks from- the date of the
first publication, July 31st, 1913.
W. A. BURKE,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
202 Fenton Bldg., Portland, Ore.
D. C. LATOURETTE. President.
F. J. METER, Cashier.
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