OTU'JGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1913.
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MORNING ENTERPRISE
OREGON CITY, OREGON
E. E. BRODIE
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CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
HAWLEY'S ANNUAL Every year Congressman Hawley rushes into
SOP TO CITY the lower house of congress with a bill appropriating
$100,000 for the erection of a federal building at Oregon City. In the
mysterious ways that bills are killed in congress, that appropriation meets its
annual death. It rises only to be slain. It is possible, that its promoter
realizes that the time will never come when he will be called upon to push
that bill through the committee or to defend it in the halls of congress.
At any rate, it never gets past its first reading. It is either laid on the
t;:ble and indefinitely postponed or it dies in some other circuituous method
which the legislators of the national "congress know so well how to use
The congressman has never yet failed to introduce his bill and to stand idly
by while it is killed by the committee to which it is referred.
Uregon City needs that postofhee. It has needed one for many years.
The lease that has been granted to the Weinhard estate is merely a temporary
nffair that only tides the city over until the time when it can stand conditions
no longer and when the actual administration of the postal affairs here will
be so crippled that something drastic will have to be done.
If Congressman Hawley cannot get this city the appropriations that it
needs the voters should see that -somebody is sent to represent this district
- who can get the results. Every other town in the state that needs a federal
building manages to get one somehow and there are many towns scattered
through the west that have appropriations for federal buildings large enough
to seat the entire town population. There is no reason why the actual
needs of this city cannot be met by the congressman nor why he should stand
by and watch the bill that lie has introduced get killed in committee or other
wise pigeon-holed for all time to .come.
If he cannot get results, the city must insist that somebody is sent there
who 'can. What this city wants is results not an annual sop. It has long
ago tired of the Congressman's effort to flatter it into a good humor and to
make it forget that it wants a postoffice. He has palmed off the old excuse
long enough and the town now either wants a postoffice or it wants a new
congressman.
Political excuses go well enough for a time. As old Abe once remarked,
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, you can fool all of the
people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time."
The Congressman apparently hasn't made the discovery that Abe made some
fifty or more years ago or has forgotten that there are sometimes people in
a community who can get "wise" to a game that he has been playing for these
Agriculture Must Be Made
Profitable For Farmer of
Average Ability
By CHARLES F. SANFORD,
President of the Farmers' National Congrest
several years. They have reached the point where they feel that they have
been fooled long enough and they want some results to show for all of the
alleged effort that the representative of this district in congress has been mak
ing ever since he was sent there.
It is just barely possible that there are some few other citizens of Con
gressman Hawley's district who could get the results along the line in which
he has so beautifully and signally failed. It might also be that the people
at the next election would choose to send some other citizen of that district
to represent them in the national halls. If for no other reason, the congress
man will have to get that appropriation "to save his face" for the people
ci the city want that postoffice and they have felt for years that it is badly
needed here.
It is. not a question of getting into the pork barrel with hundreds of
other towns through the country. If there were any -question that the new
postoffice were needed badly here, the Enterprise would not be so enthusi
astic for the appropriation for this paper does not believe in the pork barrel
of congress nor the pork barrel methods. Wherever, however, the conditions
are as they are in this cityr-the good of the service demands that an appropri
ation be made for a federal building. There are many things that Oregon
City needs but none worse than a new postoffice. Even the structure that
will be erected under the lease granted by the government will not meet the
conditions for a long time and merely handle yie situation for the moment.
Oregon City wants a new federal building and either Hawley or Hawley's
successor will get it for her.
CITY HOMES
7-room house $7500.00
2 houses on 1 lot 5500.00
9-room house, 2 lots . . . 4500.00
9-rooni house, 1 1-3 lots. 3500.00
6- room house 2700.00
7- room bungalow, new . 2200.00
5-room bungalow 1500.00
5- room bungalow, new.. 1500.00
6- room house .". 1000.00
5-room house 800.00
DILLMAN & HOWLAND
THAT BAD MEAT "We told you so." Oregon City is not the only
IN PORTLAND town in the .state where the health inspectors have -to
make a flying visit and clean things up once in awhile. The city health,
officer of Portland has just announced that there are 20 tons of meat unfit
for food shipped into that city every day and that the conditions are such
there that the council has been asked to make an appropriation for a meat
inspector at once.
Inspectors are great things. They tell us where we fall short some times
and show us how to better the conditions that are surrounding us. Half of
the time, the people of any city do not know the conditions in which their
meat and other food supplies are prepared for the table and do not realize
the process through which it is sometimes put to make it presentable in the
markets.
Portland has found that the conditions there are just as bad if not much
worse than they were here when the 'inspectors made the visit a few days
ago. That city has its meat troubles in a much more aggravated degree than
does Oregon City in spite of the nice little things that the deputy food and
dairy commissioners said about the town when they made their report.
Other cities have found the plan of having an official meat inspector of
its supplies a good one and a feature that works out in the protection of its
public health. Portland seems to feel the need of such an inspector to pro
tect it from that daily output of 20 tons of contaminated meat. If the figures
of the city health officer are correct, it is about time that the city council of
that city made such an appropriation and that plenty of power be given to
the officer to enable him to properly discharge the functions of his office.
Oregon City may be bad. Its health conditions may be as deplorable
ss the state deputies have said they were. But there is some consolation
in the fact that we are not alone in the matter. At the same time, it does
not excuse us for the conditions that the inspectors have said, exist here and
the people should cooperate with the merchants in placing the town on a
plane where the inspectors will be unable to make, such damaging reports
in the future. They don't' help the town any more than they help the
merchant who allows such conditions to exist in his place of business. Ore
gon City already has a black enough eye and it is time that steps were taken
to cure it. Covering up the actual conditions is not a step toward that cure,
ft merely aggravates it. -
we'give especial attention
to the husbanding of small accounts,
so that they grow into substantial re
sources. -
The Bank of Oregon City
OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
THERE is a great margin of expense somewhere between producer and
consumer which leads to the justly founded complaint of the ulti
mate consumer of the high, cost of living.
This leads to confusion in the public mind as to the REAL STATUS
OF THE FAKMEK and the profits arising from his ocupatidn.
During the last two decades the AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY
HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH THE INCREASE OF POPULATION,"
falling behind 15.3 per cent. During this same period there has come an
extraordinary increase in the valuation of farm lands until it is NO
LONGER AN EASY OK SIMPLE MATTER FOR THE AVERAGE
MAN TO BECOME THE OWNER OF A WELL IMPROVED FARM.
Moreover, the percentage of tenant farmers is steadily increasing, in some
states with alarming rapidity. It cannot be said with any show of reason
that the growth of a tenant class indicates a stable or desirahle economic
condition.
WITHOUT MINIMIZING IN ANY DEGREE THE IMPORTANCE OF
EFFORTS TO INCREASE PRODUCTION AND TO CONSERVE THE
FERTILITY OF THE SOIL IT MAY BE SAFELY AFFIRMED THAT
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE WILL NEVER BE PERMANENTLY ESTAB
LISHED UNTIL IT IS MADE POSSIBLE FOR IT TO BECOME PER
MANENTLY PROFITABLE FOR .THE FARMER OF AVERAGE ABILITY.
While the man of exceptional ability or exceptionally favorable cir
cumstances MAY BECOME WEALTHY by reason of increase in land
values or cood fortune in the vields of pood r.rons. the Rtahilitv of arrifnl-
ture and the ultimate prosperity of our entire citizenship depend chiefly
on the measure of prosperity which attends the labors of the average
farmer in the average farm home. -
eart to Heart
Talks
By CHARLES N. LURIE .
RIGHT ABOUT FACE!
They need the sharp stimulus of a
positive command to face about the
folks who live in the past and let the
years that have gone govern the pres
ent. Of such are those who hug their
grief until it becomes, part of them
selves. The fusion is not and cannot
be complete, and the body of the living
acquires and retains resemblance to
the dead.
When time has made of your grief
the sacred memory that it should be
come, in time ,
Bury it
No man, no woman, has the right to
live In the constant, cold, chilling shad
ow of a sorrow that is long past Get
out into the sunshine of the present.
If you must cherish your grief. If
you feel that it is a tribute forever due
to the memory of the lost, seek out
others of more recent bereavement and
share their sorrow. The benevolence
wsy lulo "von to bear your own trials
and will alleviate theirs.
In 1898 the French steamer La Bour
gogne was lost at sea. More than 500
persons were drowned in one of the
worst marine disasters in history.
Many persons in America and Europe
lost loved ones who were among the
passengers and crew.
Now, many years after the wreck,
when it requires an effort of memory
on the part of most persons to remem
ber it, every day an old,old gentleman
goes to the pier of the steamship line
In New York to ask whether La Bour
gogne has arrived. The ship lies at
the. bottom of the ocean, but still he
puts his pathetic,-question daily.: .
'His wife and -his son -were oh; the
vessel and were never heard from
They are dead beyond the possibility
of a doubt yet still the husband and
father asks for them.
It is sorrowful, of course. We must
sympathize with the old man's grief
In his case it is the expression of a dis
ordered mind. 5
But in many others the cherishing
of a grief that should have received
decent interment years before is the
outward and visible manifestation of
a weakness of the will, of an Inabil
ity, real or assumed, to face the world
bravely.
"Sorrow's crown of sorrow Is remem
bering happy things' says Tennyson.
But it Is a crown of thorns, not of
FORUM 0FTHE PEOPLE
OREGON CITY, Ore., Oct. 22 (To
the Editor of The Enterprise) Satur
day night my wife and I walked down
Mainstreet and across the bridge. As
we were strangers in town, the walk
was interesting, but we met with
many unusual things and saw many
strange sights.
In the first place, we did not see
a policeman, but we did see many
drunken men, and the language we
heard as we passed the pool halls
and saloons was shocking.- Boys,
scarcely out of the grammar school,
stood on corners smoking cigarettes
and pipes. If I am not mistaken,
there is a law prohibiting the sale of
tobacco and liquor to minors. Never
theless I noticed several young men
still in their 'teens very much intoxi
cated. No one seemed to hesitate to spit
on the floor of the theatre or on the
sidewalks. In fact the man in the
seat in front of us in the theatre
chewed tobacco and spit on the floor
as unconcernedly as he would in the
woods, and yet, I read a city ordin
ance prohibiting such acts.
What set me thinking, though, was
the language I heard. Some seemed
to 'swear just as -loudly and say as
dirty a thing when a lady passed as
when - they were alone. The condi
tion really is deplorable.
Thinking you could suggest a way
of stopping this condition, I write this
to you for I know you are anxious to
see a better and cleaner town. Would
a Y. M. C. A .be a help? I notice they
have none here.
MILL WORKER.
ELECTRICAL WORK
Contracts, Wiring and Fixtures
WE DO IT
IVIiller-IParlcer Co.
CUT FLOWERS AND POTTED PLANTS
Also all kinds of Fruit Trees, Roses and Shrubbery for sale at the
new green houses at Third and Center Streets. Funeral work done
at lowest possible prices. Orders received over phone Main 2511
. 1 H. J. BIGGER.
LAKE ERIE AQUATIC CARNIVAL
Huge Sum Appropriated For Water
Sports July 23 and 29.
One of the greatest sets of inland
aquatic sports ever held in the country
is scheduled to take place on Lake Erie
July 28 and 29. There will be races
for yachts, uiotorboats and hydroplanes
at Toledo and Put-in-Bay.
The celebration will have the co-operation
of the government and all the
states bordering on the great lakes, to
gether with the state of Rhode Island,
where Commodore Perry was born,
and the state of Kentucky.
The government has appropriated
half a million dollars, and each of , the
states bordering on the lakes and the
states of Rhode Island and Kentucky
have appropriated $150,000. It is un
derstood that the state of New York
will appropriate $250,000. .
inis places ro obligation of any
sort on you, we simply wish to be
of assistance to any worthy person.
HOW would you like to 'talk with
1400 people about - that bargain you
have in real estate. Use the Enterprise.
LEON DAILY, Lathing and Plastering
Contractor. Lowest price possible.
HELP WANTED FEMALE
WANTED German girl for general
housework. Call Main 1501. ..
MISCELLANEOUS
Detroit's Star Young Pitcher.
Zamloch is the most promising
youngster on the Detroit pitching staff,
according to Ilughey Jennings:
ROOM AND BOARD WANTED-Room
with board in private family, by
young man of good habits, having
office position. Address B, T ,Mc
Bain, Oregon City.
As a Curiosity.
"Mother's C-oiiiplinu'iits." said a young
ster recently to a certain butcher who
kept si shop in a busy suburban thor
oughfare, "and she sent me to show
you the big hone brought with the
piece of beef this morning."
"Tell your mother next time I kills
a bullock without bones in it I'll make
her a present of a joint," said the man
of meat.
"Mother's compliments," continued
the boy, "and she says next time you
find a bit of sirloin with a' shoulder of
mutton bone in it she'd like to buy the
whole carcass as a curiosity!" Ex
change. '
Approval.
Si Simlin says his wife may be
A little bit Inclined i
To throw the dishes round too free
When speakin' of her mind.
But Si won't let her manner quaint
Cause him to pine or fret.
He simply says he's glad she ain't
A London suffragette.
When Si his well cooked dinner carves.
Although her smiles are few.
He's glad she's not the kind that starves
Herself and men folks too.
And when she lets a skillet fly
More forceful than polite,
"Three cheers for Marthy Jane!" says
Si.
"She don't use dynamite!"
Washington Star. .
An Economist.
"Now, look here, my man," said the
philanthropist to the tramp; "there is
no use of an ablebodied fellow like
you passing his days in idleness.
Come to my office and I'll give yon
work." - "
' "Thank you, sir," said Weary. "But
I'm afraid I can't come., I'm tryln' to
keep my income down under $3,000
so's as I can save the income tax."
Judge.
Her Accomplishment.
She knows a silly smatter of a lot of pet
ty things.
She twitters of the poets, a she really
thinks she sings. I
She always calls It Paree v4 V?he chops
a little French. f
She owns a bleary poodle, vl wins rib-
. bons on the bench. L
She's Just a fluffy .ruffles. Sift nobody
' thinks she's bright v- ;
But watch her dance the tango, 'for she
always gets it right. 5
Cleveland Plain Pealer.
" HOME MANNERS:
The old saying tht people never
know one another until they dwell
under the same roof is a true one,
for nothing so severely tests the
disposition as constant intercourse
and the wear and tear of every
day life. Hence it is more im
portant to strive to be agreeable
at home than to acquire manners
that will make us brilliant and
popular in our circle of associates,
though the two are not at all incomparable.
A Welsh registrar of marriages v
the story of a very self possessed
bridegroom, a 'builder by trade, who,
in answer to the question as to length
of residence, said icily, "Fifty feet by
S Pacific Tel. Home
S Main 420 A-145
S E. M. BOND, M. D.
$ Physician and Surgeon
S Specialist in Children's Diseases
and Obstebrics
1007 Main St.
L. AUSTIN, the tailor, for men and
women. Suits made to your meas
ure; alterations and Tefitting.
Prices reasonable Room 9, Barclay
Building.
A CHANCE One acre suitable for
chicken ranch; '6-room plastered
house; chicken houses and barn;
creek, well and hydrant. Price $1800
half cash. See G. Grossenbacher,
Canemah.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE One week only, counter
show cases. Lents, next door to
postoffice.
FOR SALE Four lots, six-room house
good well, wood house, two hen
houses, 40 fruit trees on improved
street, Oregon City. Inquire owner
413 Willamette street, phone Main
1684.
FOR SALE OR TRADE House and
lot in Eugene for Clackamas county
property. Address Wm. Moehnke,
Oregon City, Rt.' 4.
FOR SALE 8-room house and lot, on
Main street, modern improvements;
good Investment. Reason of saie,
heirs want to settle estate. Inquire
at this office.
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S GUSTAV FLECHTNER
? Teacher of Violin $
S wishes to announce that he has $
S resumed teaching at his studio,
3 612 Center Street. - S
Solo and Orchestra Work S
? Phones: Main 1101 Home M-172
$3SSSSjJJSS8Se?S-
$$$ SsS3SSS Q "v $
? L. G. ICE. DENTIST -
Beaver Building '.
S Phones: Main 1221 or A-193 ?
: Candles and Gas.
It requires fifty- pounds of candle to
produce as much light as 1,000 cubic
feet of gas.
LOSS OF APPETITE
Is the fifrst signal of disorder and
decay. The usual loss of appetite is
often caused by functional disturb
ances in the stomach. The stomach
fails to do the work required, the ap
petite is gone, and the body suffers
from lack of nourishment. Such a
stomach needs to be cleaned and
sweetened. Meritol Tonic Digestive
is made especially to assist the stom
ach to digest food, and promote a
healthy appetite. This remedy is sold
on our positive guarantee, and we ask
you to give it a trial. It is a genuine
tonic. Jones Drug Co., sole agents. .
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FOR SALE BY
JONES DRUG COMPANY
FOR SALE House and lot on- Mon
roe street- lot 62x105 feet; house
has five' large rooms, bathroom,
pantry, three closets, a large wood
house and wash room; street im
provements all in and paid. Apply
811 Monroe street.
FOR SALE Progress Automoatic Ad
justable dress form. Iquire Mrs.
Carrie Paetz, R. F. D. No. 5, Box 28,
phone Main 1891.
FOR SALE, at a bargain 2-cylinder.
7-horse, late model Excelsor motor
cycle. Equipped; has tamden seat.
Ask for E. Brown, Eaterprise office.
FOR SALE Gasoline wopd saw;
good as new, and 2 sucking colts, 4
months old. P. Steiner, Oregon
City, Rt. No. 3. Tele. Beaver Creek.
FOR SALE Fresh cow with calf.
Grossenbacher, Canemah.
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. . Phona
your orders Pacific 1371, Home
A1ZU. jjy M. BLUHM.
- STOCKHOLDERS .MFFTINir:
The annual meeting of the Ktfwkhniri-
; ers or tne ugie Mountain Mining
Co. will be held in Knapp's hall,
. Oregon City, .Qregonw Monday, No
vember 3, 1913, at 1:30 p. m., for
- the purpose of electing officers and
the transaction of business usual
at such meeting. All stockholders
the earnestly requested to be pres
ent.
J. B. FAIRCLOUGH,
President.
W. J. WILSON,
- Secretary,
D. C. LATOTJRETTE, President
P. J. METER, CaMr.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF OREGON CITY, OREGON
CAPITAL $50,000.00
Transacts a General Banking ButlnMi. Open from A. M. to S P.