OREGON CITY, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1913.
MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS
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SHORTAGE in the air which is already beginning to cast big black
SHORTAGE' in the air which is already beginnng to cast big black
Vi T rl riiic nVr tt minfl ' mpn ' TVnm f-Vl nrpan drpppc if flip ti 1 T i " i ( 1 Pn-
cific through every nook and corner north of the Mason and Dixon line clear
through to the old-time dumping ground of the Boston Tea Party there is
whispered upon leagues and leagues of warm air, down through the ways
of silence, down through the ways of sound, a warning and this warning has
made the blood run cold of every one of the several thousand readers of
this paper. (If it is as hot where you are as it is where we are perhaps
you will be glad to have your blood run cold.) But all joking aside, the
expectant fear has arrived." It comes annually just as sure as dog days. If
set to very bad verse it might read something like this:
O'er hill, o'er vale,
4 Between the earth and stars,
. Comes the usual tale,
About the shortage of cars.
. Notice has now been served by the American Railway Assn. that
there will be a car shortage in October. Managers predict that it will be a
greater shortage than that of last October, although there have been large
additions to the railroad equipment within the year and in many instances
the crops have been lighter. One cf the things we cannot understand is
why the railroad man can always predict a car shortage with absolute cer
tainty. They seem to think about car shortages much in the same way that
-ihp jivra(Ti mnn thinlrQ rf th pKK anrl "flnw nf th.p tAt flint- it- ic rx narf
of a divine institution and that any change in the "eternal orders of things"
would be to disregard traditions, the canons and ethics of their forefathers
which would be a very bad precedent to establish. The annual car short
age is getting to a point where Billiken, the god of things as they ought
to be, should step in and call a halt. The public and especially the shippers
would be willing to see a few rules and traditions "busted higher than a
kite." A car shortage is simplv a very exeat form of waste. Each one adds
to the. cost of the products affected. It has been estimated that the railroads
cf the country, by not having enough cars during the crop moving time,
lose on an average of $1,000,000 a day. Add to this the amount lost by the
growers anJ shippers would probably build a string of cars that would reach
around the world. Each year the railway men solemnly inform each other
HOW the annual shortage could be prevented. Arthur Hale, the general
agent of the American Railway Association says his usual say again this year
that the reason is a lack of team work, and carelessness on the part of
the different roads what they need is system. It would seem to the aver
ager shipper that about all the railroads are made up of is "system."' When
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it tuuiva lu v-n.ui a. iiuflu. 1U1 U(Ulia3 13 ICdU lu UC1ICVC lllal UICIC la
too much "system. If the railroads have too. much system in one way and not
one quarter of one millionth per cent in another, should the growers and
shippers suffer? But knowing that a shortage is coming and knowing how
to prevent it, the railroads of the country still accept it as an unavoidable evil,
or unavoidable something. Railroad men probably know their business bet
ter than anybody else, yet the annual car shortage which has been with us
for a period of many prosperous years is becoming not only a huge joke but
a huge nuisance ; in fact at times it has assumed such gigantic proportions
as to result in heavy losses. The matter should be investigated by the In
terstate Commerce commission before it is too. late to remedy. The needs
of the hour will soon be upon us. v .
'"I "Even if. you have money to burn,
-it is better to feed the stove with
something else. ...
The Bank of Oregon City
OLDEST BANK. IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
Train and Track.
Nowhere Else Do Women
Dress as Foolishly
as
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By J.
WILBUR CHAPMAN, American
Evangelist
THE
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Brazil added forty-seven miles to tts
railway lines last year.
The steel railroad tie. which baa
made very little headway in the Unit
ed States, Is extensively used abroad
and particularly in Germany, where
two years ago the Prussian state, rail
ways alone bought more than 150,000
tons of ties of this character.
The busiest railway station in the
world is that of the Gare St. Lazare.
Paris, for the total number of passen
gers arriving or departing is officially
set down at nearly 45,000,000 annually.
It is estimated that 25,000.000 would
be the number dealt with in a year
at the three great London termini
Waterloo, Liverpool street and Euston.
me Koyai box.
. .
The czar is a clever whistler and can
whistle the most intricate variations
on national airs. He entertains inti
mate friends in this way. .
Japan's ruler, the mikado, evidently
considers that what suffices for his
subjects is good enough for their em
peror and sleeps on a rug with, bam
boo sticks for a pillow.
The rapidity with which the male
lines of younger sons of British sov
ereigns have died out is remarkable.
It is noted that, with the exception of
the king and the Duke of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotba. Prince Arthur of Con
naught is the only living grandson of
Queen Victoria in the male line.'
SIRES AND SONS.
St Louis has In Blodgett Pierce,
aged twenty-Uve. probably the young
est judge In the nation.
.1. G. Phelps-Stokes, noted New York
Socialist has just inherited $2,000 a
year from the estate of his father:
Cardinal Gibbons, whose seventy
ninth birthday was recently celebrated
nt Union Mills, Md., spent part of the
day in a game of quoits, giving a re
markable exhibition of skill and vigo.
for a man of bis years.
Edward Bruce Moore, commissioner
of patents, began life as a page in the
United States senate in 1866. He
studied law and was admitted to the
bar in 18S1. . Two years later he en
tered the patent office as assistant ex
aminer. Sir Frederick Young, who recently
celebrated his ninety-sixth birthday,
was a spectator at the coronation of
King William IV. and later in life be
came a pioneer of British imperial fed
eration, fle wrote "Imperial Federa
ti.ii" In 1870.
General .losias von Heeringen, who
has just retired as minister of war of
Prussia, became an . officer of the
Eightieth Fusileer regiment at the age
of eighteen. He took part in the 'Franco-Prussian
war and progressed rapid
ly from one high military post to an
other until in 190(5 he was given com
mand of the Second army corps in
Stettin.
Why Need They Have Been Slaves?
In Athens in the year 309 B. C. there
were 21,000 citizens. 10,000 foreigners,
and 400.000 slaves.
Not Very Impulsive.
i Maud So he's been calling on you
regularly for ten years! Why do you
suppose he hasn't proposed? Beatrix
Oh. you see. he's the sort of man who
always does things on the spur of the
moment! Judge.
Ex-King Manuel of Portugal and
Princess He Selected as Bride
E CLOTHES THAT I HAVE SEEN AMERICAN
WOMEN WEAR ARE AWFUL, AWFUL! I HAVE
NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THEM ANYWHERE
ELSE; NOT EVEN IN PARIS ARE THEY AS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
1 refer especially to the 'slit skirt and to all the
skirts and dresses so tightly draped around the figure that every curve
and line is thrust upon the eye of the beholder.
; I can only compare the appearance of certain women who are visible
on the streets of our big cities with that of some poor Chinese women
whom I saw in their own country. With their bound, deformed feet they
hobbled pitifully along, a once a ridiculous and a deplorable spectacle,
and I- have noticed an almost identical gait in the American woman who
swathes the lower part of her body in draperies that IMPEDE EVERY
MOVEMENT.
Of course I do not for a moment imply that all our. women are so ab
surd. In fact, I know that the best women in America dress modestly
and appropriately. I believe that they are in the MAJORITY. , But
the hurt and shame of the women who do dress sensationally remain,
and 1 think that the teachers and leaders of the people should protest.
A WOMAN SHOULD WEAR CLOTHES THAT SUIT HER INDIVIDU
ALITY WITHOUT SUBMERGING IT.
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INVITATIONS for the wedding of ex-King Manuel of Portugal and Princess
Augustina Victoria of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen on Sept 4 brought a
cordial response from European royalty, and the young couple were
showered with costly presents. The family of Kaiser Wilhelm was par
ticularly interested in the event because of some III feeling which had existed
between the two branches of the Hohenzollerns. Prince William, father of
Princess Augustina Victoria, represents the older branch or the family tree,
which iiaa been at odda with the emperor. It was aaid that Kaiser Wilhelm
had agreed to attend the wedding. , . -
WILLAMETTE
-1 block from car line. . Good
5 room house. Living room,
dining room, 2 bed rooms and
kitchen. Fruit cellar, wood
shed; Fine lawn with ross. bush
es. 20 apple trees 6 years old'.
10 young trees, all ldnds of.
berries. 3 lots each 70x139. All
good soil fre from stonss. $2003..
For terms see
DILLMAN & HOWLAND
Heart to Heart
Talks
ELECTRICAL WORK
Contracts, Wiring and Fixtures -WE
DO IT
IVIiller-Parlcer Co.
BEWARE OF THE UNDERTOW !
Almost every day in the summer we
read in the newspaper items something
like this: '
"While bathing at the beach yester
day John Jones, a young man, ven
tured out too far and was caught in
the undertow. When last seen he was
struggling to get back to shored ' As
sistance was sent but before the life
savers could reach him he sank and
was drowned. The body has not been
recovered." . :
' Beware of the undertow!
There is Joy in breasting the billows,
in swimming on the crest of the
waves. The water is refreshing, the
sunshine is alluring.
. But when ,the underwater current
moves out and the bather is caught
in its irresistible ebb not even the
strongest swimmer may withstand the
suction.
It draws one out out into the treach
erous waters where the feet can gain
no hold when the arms are exhausted,
and the water closes forever over one's
head.
"Drowned Caught by the Under
tow." reads the headline.
In the ocean of life there is an un
dertow. It is pleasant to swim strongly in the
breakers of the joy of life. It is good
to feel oneself able to bear up when
the tide comes in. to be able to say: "I
can swim with the best of them. I
will venture out as far as any one else
dares go!"
But under the surface Is the under
tow. If the joy of living leads you to
extend your strength too far. to forget
your limitations, to enter upon strange
waters where the billows will be too
strong for your powers of resistance
Beware! There is peril of drowning.
You may not know when you are
near the undertow of sin and reckless
ness. You may not know that you are
going out too far. .
Therefore it is well to sink the feet
now and then to try to touch bottom.
-There can be no safety without a
solid footing. If you cannot feel under
you the solid ground of reputation and
character and honest dealing and the
approval of conscience
There is danger that the undertow
will carry iu out and that your name
will be added to the long list of the
drowned in the ocean of life.
It is well to beware of the undertow.
Early Use ot Tobacco.
I "have heard my grandfather say
that one pipe was banded from man to
man round about the table. They had
first silver pipes, the ordinary sort
made use of a walnut shell and a
straw. Tobacco was sold then for its
weight in silver. I have heard some
of our old yeomen neighbors say that
when they wen to Malmesbury or
Chippenham market they culled out
their biggest shillings to lay in the
1 scales against the tobacco. Sir W. R.,
j standings in a stand at Sir Robert
Poyntz's park at Acton, took a pipe of
tobacco, which made the ladies quit
It until he had done. "Brief Lines Set
Down by John Aubrey." 1009-96.
Fasnion Frills.
Things are never as bad as they
might be. What if hoops bad to be
worn with the slit skirts? Chicago
Record-Herald.
Innovators having begun on the
trousers, we put forward the sugges
tion that, instead of the slit leg the
slashed knee be introduced, thereby
obviating "bagging." St. Louis Globe
Democrat. Never say agfiin that the English are
deficient in a sense of humor. An Eng
lishman visiting this country remarks
that the only fault he has to find with
American women is that they are over
dressed. Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
A
Forest Notes.
A Russian scientist claims to have
discovered an inoculation for use
against forest insects.
There are nearly 6.000 professional
foresters in Germany who are associ
ated with various technical societies.
The University of Washington has
secured the use of two sections of land
on tlK &noqualmie national forest in
connection with its forestry courses.
A tool used to fight fires on the Cali
fornia forests combines a rake, spade
and hpe. It is compact so that it can
be carried on horseback, and weighs
less than five and one-balf pounds. ,
Way of the Law.
Prisoner It's hard to charge me with
forgery. I can't even sign my own
name. Magistrate That point Is Im
material. It's another man's nan
you're accused of signing. St Louis
Globe-Democrat .
The Claw of the Devil.
In the middle ages people recognized
witches and possessed peisuns by seek
ing on their bodies for what was culled
the flaw of the devil. It was a more
or less extensive part of the skin" in
which the subject was insensible to
any touch or prick. The expert intrust
ed with this work would close-the eyes
of the subject and. armed with a sharp
needle, prick here and there the differ
ent parts of the body. The sufferer
was to answer with a cry to each
rick. and the claw of the devil on a
certain spot was ' recognized from the
fact that he did not cry when this spot
was examined. Prom "The Major
Symptoms of Hysteria." by Pierre Ja
loon No Chancts.
A. certain .vomi man who is always
generous with his -touring car offered
to take the old colored janitor of the
apartment in which he resides down
town the-other day "No. suh. boss:
no. suh: thank you. suli.'" grinned the
ancient function:; ry. "1 reckon I'll
wait and go on de street cyah."
"What's the matter, uncle? Are you
afraid?"
'No. suh: me afraid? No, suh; J got
to wjiit."
"Uncle, have you ever been in an
automobile?"
"Nevnh but oncet. an' den I didn't let
all ma weight down. "-"-Argonaut
L. G. ICE. DENTIST ?
Beaver Building s
$ - Phones: Main 1221 or A-193 $
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HOW would you like to talk with
1400 people about that bargain, you
have in real estate. Use the Enterprise.
FOR SALE.
FOE SALE Fine combination saddle
and buggy horse. Lady can drive. For
sale at a bargain. Address 411 Main
street.
New 3:Room House
with cellar and two lots two' blocks
to car, four blocks to five cent fare
to Oregon City, 600 with terms
Inquire of owner, Mrs. Chas. Rad
mond, first house back of Jennings
Lodge station. -
MUSICAL
CLASIFY MUSIC COL . . . r
Mrs. Nieta Bar'.ow Lawrence will re
open her vocal studio, 1206 Washing
ton street, September 16. Reception
days Tuesday and Friday. . Phone
Main 1794.
WOOD AND COAL
OREGON CITY WOOD & FUEL CO.
Wood and eoal, 4-foot and 16-inch
lengths, delivered to all parts of
city; sawing especialty. Phone
your orders Pacific 1371,
A120. F. M. BLUHM.
Home
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT Two clean rooms nicely
furnished, with sleeping porch, pat
ent toilet, electric lights, hot and
cold water. Mrs. Henry Shannon,
ouo .Division t. DacK oi uastnam
school.
LOST AND FOUND
LOST The door to an automobile
lamp belonging to W. L. Mulvey.
Return to Enterprise office. Reward.'
HUaMTI I a wmi TC
Boy of Sixteen, willing to work, wants
place to board and go to school.
Main 2574.
WANTED Furnished house or house
keeping rooms. "H. W. P."
WANTED Work on farm by middle
aged man to milk cows and do other
chores. Address Fred Herzig, Ore
gon City.
Request for Bids
In the District Court of the United
States, for the District of Oregon.
In the matter . of Barde & Leavitt,
bankrupt
As trustee in bankruptcy' of the above
entitled estate, I will receive seal-'
ed bids for the following stocks of
merchandise and fixtures, formerly
the property of Barde & Levitt, sit
uated in the cities of Salem, Corval-
. lis, Hood River and Oregon City,
Oregon:
1. Stock of goods, wares and mer
chandise, consisting of shoes, men's
clothing and furnishings, hats
caps, suit cases, umbrellas, etc.,
together with fixtures contained
in the store room formerly
occupied by Barde & Levitt at Sa
lem, Oregon, said merchandise be
ing of the inventoried value of $17,
566.83, and said fixtures being of
' . the inventoried value of $1,313.40.
2. Stock of goods, ' worss and
merchandise of the same character
as above set forth, together with
fixtures contained in the store
room formerly occupied by Barde
& Levitt at Corvallis, Oregon, said
merchandise being of the inventor
ied value of $17,625.71, and said fix
tures being of the inventoried value
of $2,010.00.
3. Stock of goods, wares and
merchandise of the same character
as above set forth, together with
fixtures contained in the store
room formerly occupied by Barde
& Levitt at Hood River, Oregon,
said merchandise being of the in
ventoried value of $8,605.14, and
said fixtures being of the inventor
ied value of $254.00.
'4. Stock of goods, wares and
merchandise of the same character
as above set forth, together with
fixtures contained in the store room
formerly occupied by Barde & Levitt
at Oregon City, Oregon, said mer
handise being of the inventoried
value of $22,784.63, and said fixtures
being of the inventoried value of
2,147.75..
Total value of said merchandise
$66,582.31.
Total value of said fixtures $5,-
725.15.
property up to and until Thursday,
September 25, 1913, at 12:00 o'clock
noon, at my office, the same to be
received upon parcels as above set
forth numbered Page 1.
1, 2, 3 and 4, and for the pro-
party as a whole. -
bhould the total of the highest
bids for pach of the parcels as above
set forth be greater than the high
est bid for the whole, the said bids
will ba accepted subject to the ap
. proval of the Court for said parcels;
but should the highest bid for the
whole be greater than the total of
the highest bids for each of the par
cels, the said highest bid for the
whole will be accepted subject to
the approval of the Court
All bids -must be accompanied by
certified check for ten per cent.
(10 per cent.) of the amount of
fered.
Inventories of the above stocks
may be seen at the respective loca
tions of the stocks as to
each of said stocks, and in-,
ventories for all of said property
may be also seen at my office, and
the properties may be inspected at
tneir respective locations.
R. L. SABIN,
Trustee
No.. 7-lst St, Room 8, Portland,
D. C. LATOURETTE, President
F. J. MEYER, Cashier.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF OREGON CITY, OREGON
CAPITAL $50,000.00 ,
Tranaaeta a General Banking Buslnaaa. , Opm from 1 A. M. t t P. at.