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OREGON CITY,' OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1913.
MR HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS
By Gross HENRY JR SAYS
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MORNING ENTERPRISE
OREGON CITY, OREGON
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CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
HEALTH BOARD'S Officially, the state board of health has taken the
INVESTIGATIONS stand that the typhoid fever epidemic that has
so long baffled the health authorities of the city can be traced either directly
or indirectly, to the Star Dairy.
Facts that are startling in the light they throw on the way that disease
may be spread through an entire community by the negligence or lack of
information on the part of one man are revealed by the board's report.
One-third of the customers of the dairy have fallen victims to the ty
phoid germs. Practically all of the cases that have been reported are traced
either directly or in a round-about way to that center of the scourge.
, Wells have been tested and analyzed by the officers of the. board.
Some of them have have been found pure and others have been condemned.
The board declares, however, that no well is safe even after it has passed
the examination successfully. The first rain washes into the well the sew
erage of the surface and again contaminates the water that is the supply for
the families of the neighborhood. According to the board, there is no
such thing as a surface well that is at all times free from the danger of dis
ease. Now that the board has officially located the source of the contamina
rion and has placed its ban upon the dairy, it behooves the people of the
community to follow its recommendations to the letter and to co-operate with
the city authorities in stamping out the epidemic that has raged so long un
checked here.
Only by giving to the city's authorities that co-operation that will make
their work effective, can they hope to stamp out the disease in the city and
to place the epidemic under control. Even with the most rigid adherance
to the rules of the board, other cases will be reported within the next few
days until the epidemic is so completely under control as to gradually lessen
the number of cases and finally eliminate them altogether.
Mayor Jones has followed the suggestions that the board has made, and
'has called upon the people to study the conditions surrounding their milk
supply;, to boil every, drop of well water that they use, and to wash their
vegetables in water that has been thoroughly boiled.
For more than a year, those who have fallen victims to the disease will
be unable to work in anv dairy in the county. The physicians tell us that
typhoid victims carry about the germs of the disease that has afflicted them
for a period of at least 12 months, and that they may again infect a dairy
in which they work.
Under the supervision of the health officers, a most rigid inspection of
all of the dairies should be made. Though the board has accounted for the
cases of disease that have appeared thus far, dairies should be inspected as
a matter of principle whether there is the slightest danger of contamination
there or not.
- The city should, and doubtless will, see that the property owners keep
their yards and surrounding buildings, in the best of condition, for there is
no surer carrier of disease than the ever-present fly. An insect that lives
and thrives on filth, it carries on its legs the germs of all of the diseases on
the calendar and is responsible, in many cases, for typhoid and kindred epi
demics that have spread through cities and have defied the most energetic
efforts of the health authorities.
"Swat the fly" is a good campaign slogan for Oregon City, as it is for
everv other citv. The carrier of disease multiplies with amazing rapidity
Women Not Fitted Temperamentally
to Run Autos
By MITCHELL MAY, Secretary of State of
New York
and spreads the contagion through communities whose milk and water sup
plies are pure;
The board's positive identification of the source of the disease and its
determined stand for- the purity of the city water is gratifying to those who
have been, in the past, just a little skeptical. The officers have rallied
well to the support of the city in its emergency and have given it the use!
of all of the resources of the state in the campaign for the extermination
of the disease source.
Twice a week the city has called upon the officials of the state for re
ports as to its water supply. It has kept sterlized bottles on the train most
of the time either going to or coming from the state laboratory. The best
known experts of the state have given the city's needs their time and atten
tion and have devoted their best efforts to co-operate with the local author
ities in bringing the source of the trouble to the light.
Still, their work is not yet done. When Dr. Norris makes his reports
every few days, they will trace down the sources of the contagion for each
new case and will keep a constant check on the progress of the disease
through the city. If the people give the officers their hearty support, if
every energy is bent to follow the suggestions that have been made, if ev
ery precaution is taken to prevent the spread of the disease and to clean up
those sources that are now known, there is no reason why, in a few weeks,
Oregon City should not come out from under the epidemic with flying
colors and be free again from the demoralizing tear ot the contagion.
It means simply strict obedience to orders and a determination on the
art of every householder, returaunt keeper, hotel man, and others that may
pread a disease of this kind to follow out the instruction that have been
given to the letter.
The board has found the source of the disease. It now developes upon
the authorities and people of the community to benefit by the iniormation
that has been placed in their hands.
RIFLEMEN In tests that have been recently conducted under the super-
OF OREGON vision of the regular army officers, Oregon has made
third place in markmanship.
Both as gunners and as riflemen, this state has an excellent body of men
in its organized militia, men whose skill with their weapons wille an im
portant factor in military campaigns were this country ever to be called in
to another conflict. '
There is nothing that better preserves the peace than a general knowl
edge of one's ability to make a mark for himself were he called into ac
tion. The school boy who is handy with his fi$ts is in fewer fights, than his
chums who are less notorious rough and tumber artists. 1 he other tel-
lows know that he can make himself understood in a fistic argument and
they concede to him the position that his fists have earned for him. . ,
The same rule applies in national emergencies. Not that it is so nec
parv for the United States to have a large standing army in constant
readiness, as it is for that force to be in such a condition as to form a work
ing nucleus for-the volunteer and militia divisions. A thoroughly trained.
wpII nrramVed. romnletelv eauiDDed militia force with a high marksman
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average is a tactor around wnicn tne nation may group us voiumcer ioii.es
in times of emergencies with perfect safety and assurance.
The milit-M no lnne-er consists of bovs. It no longer contains men who
want to shine in their local communities with brass buttons and gold braid
It consists of soldiers men who want to learn the game of war, who want
to prepare themselves for; national and state crises,, who believe that they
can, by constant drill and regular rifle practice, become efficient enough
to nerform for their state and for their country valuable service in times
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when that state or nation may find that it needs those services.
YTIli'tarv training does not create lmnerialistic tendencies nor does it
srouse in the boy or young man the demand for war. The bravest and best
trained men that the country has ever had in all it years of history have
been men who most dreaded armed conflict and who shrank from carnage
and from the field of battle like a woman.
One of the greatest generals of American history, a man whose mili
tary standing ranks close to the top in the annals of this republic, whose
reputation for courage was the best, whose judgment in action and whose
strategic foresight was unexcelled by the commanders of his day was Wil
liam T Sherman. With his characteristic emphasis, Sherman declared that
,rWar'is hell." - , .
He was trained in the school of war almost from the cradle. Through
some of the fiercest battles with the Indians that are marked on the pages
of our history, through campaigns that are fascinating as the best fiction, he
conducted himself a soldier that had been trained.
Real military training, whether it is ever called into play or not, is a
valuable asset to a man. It teaches him self confidence. It developes in
him the faculty and power to useTiis own brains and to depend upon his
own energies and judgment for success. There is no better training than
that to develope out of the school boy a successful man of affairs, to take
from him. that girlish modesty that keeps him to the rear and that makes
him stand back and allow others more aggressive to take their places in
front of him in the battle for success.
WILLAMETTE
WE make a specialty of Will
amette property close to the car
line. The price ranges lor
Lots $62.50 to $300.00.
Houses and lots $450.00to $300p
Acreage $300 to $1000 per acre
We will sell for a' small
amount down, the balance ou
easy terms.
DILLMAN & HOWLAND
Aug. 30 in American History.
1791 The first patent was issued by
the United States government.
1813-At -Fort Minis, Ala.. Creek In
. dians led by Weathersford, a half
breed Seminole in British employ,
massacred 500 whites, including
women and children.
187.7 Admiral Raphael Semmes. noted
Confederate naval commander, cap
tain of the cruiser Alabama wben
she was sunk by the Kearsarge in
18()4. died: born 1S09
1910-Lewis Addison Rhoades. scholar
and educator, died in Columbus, O.;
born lNCO
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Evening star: Jupiter. Morning
stars: Saturn. Mercury, Venus, Mars.
Planet Mercury in conjunction with
the moon 5:05 p. m
Heart to Heart
Talks
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OMEN WHO ARE FITTED TEMPERAMENTAL
LY TO RUN AUTOMOBILES ARE SO FEW
AS TO PROVE BUT EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE.
IT IS UNNATURAL FOR A 'WOMAN TO HANDLE
POWERFUL MACHINERY, AND IT ' IS UNNATURAL
FOR HER TO ACT IN AN EMERGENCY WITH THE SAME COOL
NESS AND JUDGMENT TO BE EXPECTED IN THE AVERAGE MAN
OF A MECHANICAL TREND OF MIND.
Of course almost any woman can learn to run an automobile when
the COAST IS CLEAR and she is not confronted with the necessity
for the quickest sort of thinking and the coolest har,mony between brain
- and hand, combining in the action of a second the possibility of avert
ing grave accident. -
If 1 had my way it would be IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY WOMAN
TO GET A LICENSE TO DRIVE A CAR unless she had passed
the SEVEREST SORT OF TEST and shown the same capacity for
quick thinking, coolness and judgment that the most expert man chauf
feur could show. .
Tt is a crying shame that there is so little proper regulation of the
automobile driving privilege in this country. Then? are over a million
..persons driving cars throughout the country, and thousands upon thou-,
eands of them are UNFITTED MENTALLY. P71YSIQALLY AND
MORALLY TO BE ACCORD-ED-THAT PRIVILEGE. -They should
all be under the jurisdiction of the state and should get a license, to
drive only after being put' through the StIFFRST SORT OF EX
AMINATION. -
If you are afraid of Prosperity, don't
try a bank account.
The Bank of Oregon City
OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY"
New York's Kirst Elevator.
The first passenger elevator in New
York was located in the old Fifth Ave
nue hotel. The car was propelled up
and down the elevator shaft slowly by
the revolution of a large steel screw
inside a sleeve or jacket in the center
of the car. The movement was smooth
and - ordinarily comfortable, and the
elevator served Its purpose for many
years. New York Tribune.
Foot Note.
Two girls were walking together on
the street.
"My, I -feel bad today!" said one.
"My feet are so big and clumsy and
sort of all in the way."
"I don't quite understand you," the
other one said. ' -
"Well, I feel just as if I were you
walking," explained her friend. Chi-
TWO TEETH LEFT.
There's a poorhouse in a little town In
one of the central states. It is a well
kept institution, better than many oth
ers of its kind In it the keepers do
not treat their charges. as human drift
wood, hopelessly astray on the ocean
of life
But the too frequent ill treatment of,
paupers is not this story.
That lies in old Jane. Jane has been
in the poorhouse, oh. ever so many
years! Perhaps it is the only home she
remembers, for Jane is very old, and
the merciful dimming of her faculties
tells of the speedy coming of the Great
Release.
Jaue hasn't much to live for, any
way, looking at her from your view
point and mine Old and forgotten by
her kindred and friends and a public
charge there Is not much happiness in
Jane's lot nowadays.
Once' Jane was young. She sang
then as other young women sing, out
of the fullness of a happy heart.
Jane sings now sometimes to her
self, sometimes to others. But she
sings only cheerful songs. None of the
old time or new time weepy ballads for
her!
To Jane came one day a visitor who
improbably a descendant of the men
who came to comfort Job This visitor
was astonished to hear poor. old. mis
erable Jane singing, and she asked
Jane what she found to be happy
about. .
And this was Jane's reply:
"I'm happy because I've got two
teeth left. AND THEY HIT "
Happy just because she had two
teeth left, and the fate that had over
taken the others had left them in such
position that they "engaged" that
they "hit" as Jane put it..
If they didn't "hit." you see. Jane
couldn't chew with them, and she
would miss one of the very few pleas
ures of life remaining to her
Not much to be happy over? Of
course not! But isn't there a moral to
be drawn somehow from Jane and her
two teeth?
If she can be bappy with nothing
more than two teeth which "'hit. how
much ought it to take to make other
folks happy and contented?
When you hear your friend bewail
ing the fact that his automobile is last '
! year s model, ten mm aoour janes
two teeth It may bring a smile to his
face, and that's a little gain anyway.
Too much content with one's lot Is
not good - It deadens the spirit of en;
terprise and achievement. ; But too
much discontent burns up the soul in
the tire of envy and unhappiness
When yon are tempted to beweep
your unhappy lot and to believe that
the world Is joined In a conspiracy
against yon - " .
. Think of Jane's two teeth. ':
Gentle Art of Spelling. .
"I can spell." announced Roy, aged
five, at the breakfast table, as he took
another biscuit. ''These are made out
of d o. do."
"But that doesn't spell dough," his
mother answered smilingly.
"Aunt Manda says that's the way to
spell 'do,' " insisted Roy.
"Dere's two kinds o' do, chile," said
the old colored cook, who came in just
then with another plate of biscuits.
" 'do' what you sbets and "do' what
you eats "Youth's Companion. '
ELECTRICAL WORK
Contracts, Wiring and Fixtures
WE DO IT
IVIiller-Parlcer Co.
WISDOM OF EPICTETUS.
Never proclaim yourself a phi
losopher nor make much talk
among the ignorant about your
principles, but show them by ac
tions Thus, at an entertain
ment, do not discourse how peo
ple ought to eat. but eat as you
ought For, remember that thus
Socrates also universally avoid
ed all ostentation. And when
persons came to him and desired
to be introduced by him- to phi
losophers, he took them and in
troduced them, so well did he
bear being overlooked. So if.
ever there should be among the
ignorant any discussion of prin
ciples, be for the most part si
lent For there is great dan
ger in hastily throwing out what
is undigested.' And if any one
tells you that you know nothing
and you are not nettled at it then
you may be sure that you have
really -eutered on your work, for
sheep do not hastily throw up
the grass to show shepherds how
much they have eaten, but in
wardly digesting their foot they
produce it outwardly in wool and
milk.
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT Two clean rooms nicely'
furnished, with sleeping porch, pat
ent toilet, electric lights, hot and
cold water. Mrs. Henry Khannon,
605 Division St , back of Eastham
school.
FOR RENT Furnished downstairs
room for rent. Close in, 1007 Main
St
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE Bicycle, cheap, used 3'
months. 617 Main street.
THE ENCHANTED LAND.
Oh, everything is sweet and fair
In the place - we never have
seen!
The flow'rets wild perfume the
air.
And there's never a hint of grief
and care
In the place we never have
seen!
And shall we then arise and go
To the place we never have
seen ? .
Nay, nay! For once arrived, you
know.
The glamour fades and the gold
- en glow
Of the place we never have
seen!
It's better to live our life afar
From the place we never have
seen.
With hope for a staff and love
for a star.
Let's make the place in which
we are ,
TJke the place we never have
seen!
-Chicago Inter Ocean.
FOR SALE Furniture of 7-roout
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
fice. 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.
HELP WANTED MALE
WANTED Man to work on farm.
House and wood free. Enquire 617
Main St., Oregon City.
WOOD AND COAL
COAL , COAL.
The famous (King) coal from Utah,
free delivery. Telephone your or
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, Horns
A120. " F. M. BLTJHM.
MISCELLANEOUS
Our Tobacco.
In America, up to the time of the
Revolution, nearly all the tobacco was
grown in Virginia. Maryland and the
Carolinas. New England began the
commercial growing of tobacco about
1GG0. but finding the industry unprofit
able, it languished, and was finally dis
continued. Early in the nineteenth
century tobacco planting became the
chief pursuit in Kentucky and Ten
nessee, and continued to be the main
crop in Virginia and Maryland. Con
necticut took, up the culture of the
plant about 1830, and eastern Pennsyl
vania, central New York, the Miami
valley of Ohio and southern Wiscon
sin followed. Washington Star.
S 3 J j S $ $-$ J 8 S S
L, G. ICE. DENTIST S
3 Beaver Building " 9
$ Phones: Main 1221 or A-193 8
$'$ $$$$$$$8S S $
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WANTED A few fresh cows. Christ
Naegeli, Hazelwood Dairy Farm, Rt.
No. 1, Phone Farmers 5x.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY FARMS
WANTED To trade good Portland
property for Clackamas county
farms. Inquire P. A. Cross, Glad
stone, Oregon. Office phone Main
1982, residence Main 1994.
NOTICES
NOTICE OF MEEAING OF VIEWERS
to assess damages and benefits
for establishing a street on the
bluffs between Sixth and Seventh
streets.
Notice is hereby given that the city
council of Oregon City, Oregon, at
special meeting thereof held on the
29th day of July, 1913, at 9:2
o'clock a. m., appointed three dis
interested free holders, of said Ore
gon City possessing the quality of
jurors of the Circuit court of said
Clackamas county, to-wit: O. D.
Eby, John Lewellen and Fred Mc
Causland to view the following de
scribed proposed street, to-wit: All
of the property lying between and
west of the following described line:
and the bluff lying in lots 1, 2, 3
and 4, block 34, Oregon City, Clack
amas county, Oregon.
Beginning at a point two (2) feet
southerly from the N. E. corner of
lot 1, block 34 and on- the property
line of High street; thence 5 feet
on a line 45 degrees to the right
from High street to the B. C. of a
curve having a radius of 331.1 feet;
thence on said curve 245.2 feet,
mora or less to the E. C. (said curve
to have a central angle of 42 de
grees, dt minutes; ; tnence - on a
" tangent to said curve at said E C
4 ieet more, or less to the norm
line of Sixth street, at a point 10J
feet from the west line of High
Rtrpt
And make an assessment of the
damages to the property proposed
to be appropriated therefor and also
an assessment of benefits to said
property benefitted by the opening
of such street, and the said city
council assigned Thursday the 11th
day of September, 1913, at l-. JO
o'clock p. m. at lots 1, 2, 3 and 4,
block 34, as the time and place of
such meeting and directed that no
tice should be given as required in
Section 60 of the city charter by
publication in the Morning Enter
price Saturday, tbe 30th day of
August, 1913.
By order of the Council of Oregon
City, Oregon.
L. STIPP, Recorder.
D. C. LATOURETTE, President.
P. J. MEYER, Cashier.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
. OF OREGON CITY, OREGON
CAPITAL $50,000.00
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