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MORNING ENTERPRISE
OREGON CITY, OREGON
E. E. BRODIE
Editor and Publisher
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CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER.
THE PRESIDENT'S Some newspapers have recently gone into hysteria
MEXICAN POLICY over the stand that President Wilson has taken in
the Mexican situation. They fall back upon the old moss backed attitude of
precedent and yell because the president has no other incident in American
history to sustain him in the position that he has assumed.
It is regretable that this country has a presidential back bone. It is piti
able that the chief executive of this land now has the nerve to back up some
of the threats that have been made for the past several presidential adminis
trations and that he can ACT as well as talk. On account of this old song
that "it has never happened before and why should it happen now?" this
country will never get anywhere if it does not have officers who are able to
meet the crises that appear from time to time and that do not happen to have
similar historical incidents upon which to base further action. Precedent
is a general nuisance. The man who' is guided by it, who allows his actions
to be controlled and his thought hampered by moss covered histories and
mouldy law books will never branch out into the fields where original thought
is necessary to meet the crucial tests that come.
But, casting aside this question, the history of this country will show that
other presidents have pointed the way to the path that Wilson has taken.-In
the days when Monroe was president, his message to the congress of the
United States in which he announced that doctrine that has since guided the
political affairs of this country relative to the southern nations, his language
was the opening wedge in the protectorate that the United States has estab
lished. Following conclusively to its logical ending, there can be no other way out
but for the United States to guide the affairs of the south and for it to take
a stand on matters that effect the general welfare of all of the nations on our
other border, especially when those affairs concerns us as deeply as do the sit
uations in Mexico.
"We can view in no other light," says the presidential message in the early
days of American history, "any interferance on the part of any European
power than as an affront at the United States" or words to that effect. The
message could not have been stronger. It pointed the way. It lighted the
rath that all future presidents of this country have followed, whether they
be of the republican or the democratic fold.
There is precedent for you. It is the light that has blazed down the
pathway of our political relations with our southern neighbors. It guided
the hand of Wilson as it has guided the hand of every other president.
In the days of the Civil War, when the storm clouds were breaking over
these United States and when the country was torn from one end of the
land to the other by factions and by parties, Abraham Lincoln took several
steps that broke the law of precedent and that verged out into the field where
others had not yet gone. Almost every president that we have had has. at
some time or other, taken a step that broke the law of precedent and that met
the crisis that came before him. Guided by precedent, hemmed in by old
moss back theories of government, locked by notions that would have held
us in chains to the British lion and that would still leave us the original thir
teen colonies scattered along a rock bound coast, this country would have
Is Football
Worth
What It
Costs?
By Colonel C P.
TOWNSLEY
Inju
Photo by American
Press Association.
I
nes and
Deaths
Big Price
to Pay
Superintendent of
West Point
EXPERIENCE seems to indicate that football is likely to produce more
lasting injuries than riding or gymnastics.
IN VIEW OF THE COMPARATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF
CADETS WHO PLAY FOOTBALL AND THE VERY HIGH PERCENT
AGE OF DAYS LOST IN THE HOSPITAL FROM FOOTBALL INJURIES
TO DAYS LOST IN THE HOSPITAL FROM ALL OTHER CAUSES
DURING THE FOOTBALL SEASON, FORTY-SIX PER CENT, ALMOST
ONE HALF, REGARD IT AS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER THE VALUE
RECEIVED FROM FOOTBALL JUSTIFIED THE RESULTANT IN
JURIES. The man who has been trained to BOX, WEESTtLE, FENCE
WITH GUN OR SABER, RUN, JUMP, VAULT AND SWIM and
knows that his muscles are trained in these and that he has physical en
durance in them, CANNOT FAIL TO BE A GOOD SOLDIER IN
THE FIELD OF ACTION.
never amounted to a toothpick upon the sea of time. .
The man who breaks precedential laws, who thinks for himself, who
stands by himself and bursts out into his own fields is the man Who dees
things. The man who follows' the" line of thought that has been laid dowii
by others, who'is guided by the accumulations of the past and who cannot get
away from those notions that were probably appropriate in their day but
which have been outgrown is the man who will always remain the rut and
who will never get out long enough to get the advtantages given by the ad
vancement of ideas throughout the country. . ; -. :
Wilson has taken the only stand that he could take. He has seen the sit
uation in Mexico. He has been patient, long suffering. He has seen Am
ericans made prisoners in filthy jails. He has watched them shot down be
fore a stone wall by Mexican bullets. He has seen the distress and suffer
ing, the factions and war that have spread from one end of that country to"
the other and has watched the storm clouds as they have brough destruction
end devastation worse than the typhoons of the-east or the hurricanes of the
Mexican Gulf, -
It is time that something were done. No longer can the American peo
ple be patient. Not only their interests but the interests of the nations of the
world are at stake. The people of the other first rank countries look upon
the United States, because of that doctrine ennunciated by President Mon
roe, to handle the situation there. It remains for .American statesmanship,
American brains and ingenuity to solve the problems.
o .
THE TULSA In view of the protracted and disastraous drought in
CONGRESS Missouri, Illinois, and other sections this year where
natural rainfall is ample, and often more than ample, for crops in all but
abnormal -seasons, there should be unusual interest in the proceedings cf
the Dry Farming Congress and Exposition at Tulsa, Ok. If the principle
of dry farming had been applied this year, the corn crop would not have
been so generally a failure. It is the general impression among both farmers
and laymen, that dry farming is a method of cultivation of utility only in
the semi-arid regions lying along the base of the Rocky Mountains, and uf
no interestst whatever to the farms of other states. This idea is
founded upon ignorance of its character and underlying qrinciples, and is
a natural result of the fact that it was first developed in eastern Colorado
and western Kansas, where the rainfall is ordinarily deficient under the
old methods of cultivation.
Dry farming ts not a method of growing crops without water. There
is no such method. Crops must have water, either through natural rain
or snow, or by irrigation. Dry farming is only conservation of water al
ready in the soil as the result of rains and snows, so that the store of moisture
in the ground when the crops are planted may be fully utiltzed, and the
rops be able to grow in spite of the absence of additional water trom rains.
Except in the fully arid regions, enough rain and snow fall during the winter
and spring to make an ample store of moisture, if taken into the ground and
kept there, instead of being permitted to run off the surface. Deep plowing
makes a reservoir for this water,, the ground becoming saturated with mois
ture as far down as the soil is loose enough to absorb it. This water,.how
ever, rapidly evaporates from the surface whenever the top soil becomes hard,
because of little ducts that form, through which the moisture rises to the sur
face. Constant cultivation of the surface breaks up these ducts and stops
evaporation, thus conserving the moisture for the use of the growing plants.
Preserving a dust mulch on the surface is the simple principle of dry farming,
added to the deep plowing. Had the corn farmers . of western states
in this way conserved the moisture which was in the ground when the corn
was planted, it would have been ample to mature a good crop.
This is a question which interests consumers as well as farmers. Con
sumers pay the bill for improper or careless agriculture, just as they do for
wastefulness in lumbering, expensive handling of coal, inefficient manufact
uring of any of the things for which they must pay an added price because of
poor methods. This is why the spread of agricultural knowledge at govern
ment expense is a work beneficial to all the people, and not alone to the farm
ers. Dry farming knowledge, therefore, something we have been accustomed
to consider as of interest and value only to the residents of the Rocky Moun
tain littoral, from Wyoming to the Texas Panhandle, becomes of equal in
terest to both the farmers and the people of other sections, when they under
stand what it is and what it means.
You need never pay a bill twice if you'
pay by check. The check is positive
proof that you have paid the money.
The Bank of Oregon City
OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Lewis C. Dunton and wife to Jane
Newton, 44.10 acres in D. L. C. of
Thomas Jackson; $1.
H. F. Jones and wife to C. T. Belch
er .tract in S. E. section S3, T. 1
S., R. 2 E.; $5500. -
Willis Mayfield and others to Sands
Hayden Lumber company, S. W. N.
E. 14 section 27, T. 3 S., R. 3 E.; $1.
TJra S. Crewell to A. B. Combs, lots
three, four? five in block 12, Mount
view addition to Oregon City; flO.
. Frank W. Beard and wife to A. B.
Combs, lots six, seven, block one, in
Kingston; $10.
Fred Clark and wife to William M.
Smith and wife, lots four and five, in
block 34; $1. -
Michael McCormick to Charles G.
Martin, one acre in section 17, T. 2
S., R. 5 E.; $150.
E. Grace Sailor and husband to
Laura M. Blair, lots 11, 12, in block
eight, Canby; $450.
Ellen Maria Rockwood to Bronte S.
Gravat lot 12 in block 11, Ardenwald;
$400. ' .
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many friends
and acquantances for the many kind
nesses extended us during our recent
bereavement in the death and burial
of our husband and father "G. W. Big
ham, also for the beautiful floral of
ferings. We wish to thank the B. P.
Os E. No. 1189 especially.
MRS. G. W. BIGHAM,
MRS. G.-L. DURELL,
MRS. G. M. CANSEY,
JACOB BIGHAM.
SUIT IS FILED
Suit for divorce was filed in the cir
cuit court Saturday by Louis Roth
against Mercedes , LaMonte Roth on
the ground of desertion. He mentions
charges of intoxication against his
wife and says they were married Aug
ust 5, 1906. - .
4-ROOM HOUSE AND LOT ;
For $525.00 '
4-room house, clothed and pa-
pered. - Lot 50x100. $200.00
cash balance on. small monthly,
payments. This is a snap.
DILLMAN & HOWLAND '
eart to fieart
Talks
By CHARLES N. LURIE
ELECTRICAL WORK
Contracts, Wiring and Fixtures
.WE DO IT
Miller-Parker 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.
H.J. BIGGER
MAKING -A MAN.
Many a man "makes" himself; still
more are made.
Not all are endowed by nature with
the initiative, the push which sends a
man to the top. Most of us have 'to
get the shove from outside.. .
There are official shovers. Of such'
are the teachers of youth, the preach
ers who address themselves mainly to
adults, the writers who try to inculcate
the lessons of thrift, study and effort.
But of all the factors in the advance
ment of a man his womankind are the
greatest. , -
Hats off. then, to the ambitious man's
wife!
In nine cases in ten his success may
be traced back to her. '
Or it may be his mother to whom the
praise is due. In either case the prin
ciple is the same.
The French say "Cherchez la
femme." which means "Look for the
woman," when they want to fix the
blame for a man's misdeeds. Let us,
with more charitableness, use the
same words with a worthier implica
tion and seek the woman when we de
sire to apportion praise for a man's
achievements. - -
Kipling wrote:
Down to Gehenna err ap to the throne.
He travels the fastest who travels alone.
But not all of us agree with Kip
ling's rugged philosophy. We would
rather behold man aDd woman going
hand in band up the mountain of suc
cess. Let us think of Andrew Johnson,
later president of the United States,
taught to read by his wife. Let us
think of his immortal predecessor,
Lincoln, who said. "All that I am. all
that I hope to be, I owe to my angel
mother."
We hear much nowadays of women
leaving the home to take care of itself
while they make careers for them
selves The fear for the future of the
home is largely imaginary. .
Women who are wise know that they
can serve their own Interests best by
standing stanchly behind their hus
bands, encouraging them in the hour
of trial and desponderv-y. shilling with
gladness in the success when won.
" Behind the two and enveloping them
is the home, the greatest of human Institutions.
Beyond 'Words.
When Senator James Hamilton Lew
is was practicing law in Seattle he had
for a client an old lady who was af
flicted; with asthma. She came four
times a year to have the colonel make
out her pension papers. The colonel
never failed to ' show a tender solici
tude in her welfare and always re
ceived a wheezy but pleased response.
One morning when the colonel asked
his question about her health the old
lady turned to her granddaughter, who
accompanied her, and motioned. The
girl stood and stared. The old lady
wigwagged frantically. The girl look
ed stolidly at her. The old lady w,heez
ed and coughed and panted. . The girl
stared straight before her.
Finally the old lady burst out furl
ously:
'Drat you. Mary Louise! Didn't I
tell you you would have to. talk for
me? Can't you see J can't say a word
to save my life?" Saturday Evening
Post '.,.... '
A Collector's Bequest.
"My wish Is that my drawings, my
prints, my curiosities, my books in a
word, these things of art which have
been the joy of my life shall not be
consigned to .the cold tomb of a mu
seum . and subjected to the stupid
glance of the careless passerby. But
I require that they shall all be dispers
ed under the hammer of the auction
eer, so that the pleasure which the ac
quiring of each one of them has given
me shall be given again in each, case
to some inheritor of my own tastes."
From the Will of Edmond de Gon-court
Reasonable Suspicion.
. "I don't know what to think of my
husband."
"Why?"
"He seems almost too good lately to
be true. When I got him to help me
rearrange some of the furniture yes
terday he sKinned his knuckles and
didn't blame it on me." Chicago Record-Herald.
To Remove a Splinter.
Wash with soap and water. Dip the
member in diluted alcohol or pour this
over it Sterilize in alcohol a needle
and the fingers of the hand that ts to
hold the needle: then pick out the
splinter and pour diluted alcohol Into
the wound.
Mothers' Pensions. . .
The idea of . granting pensions to
mothers in recognition' of the service
fhey rendered the state originated in
Australia, where women vote.
Brown's Son.
The ending "ing" to a surname sim
ply means "son of." ' Thus Browning
means "son of Brown," and Dunning
"Pimui'x son." ,
Wants, For Sale, Ett
MISCELLANEOUS
WANTED Lady roomer, use of piano
light cooking. $2.25 per week.
Inquire this office. :
WANTED I would like to have a job
. of work on the farm. I am a mar
ried man; was raised on the farm.
" If anyone wants a hand, address
( J. C. Eads, Washington stret, 1105
Oregon City.
L. AUSTIN, the tailor, for men and
women. Suits made to your meas
ure; alterations and refitting.
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.
Ugly Buckingham Palace.
Buckingham palace provoked charao
teristic expressions of contempt from
Mr. Creevy. - "The new palace still re
mains the devil's own," he wrote In
1828. And in 1835, after he had been
orer it, he wrote: "Never was there
such a specimen of wicked, vulgar pro
fusion. It has cost a million of money,
and there is not a fault that has not
been committed in it You may be
sure there are rooms enough and large
enough for the money, but for stair
cases, passages, etc., I observed that
instead of being called Buckingham
palace It should be the Brunswick ho
tel. The costly ornaments of the state
rooms exceed all belief In their bad
taste and every species of infirmity.
Raspberry colored pillars without end
that quite turn you sick to look at, but
the queen's papers for her own apart
ments far exceed everything else in
their ugliness and vulgarity." London
Spectator.
Where Cato Was Remembered.
In' 1798 the little settlement around
Font Schuyler, New York, aspired to
the dignity of a village charter and
the question of a new name arose. A
number of the citizens met in Bagg's
tavern to discuss the matter, and it
was decided to draw lots for the name,
each person present to deposit in a
hat a slip of paper with his choice
written thereon. The first name drawn
out was to be the one accepted. Thir
teen slips were deposited, and the first
one drawn forth chanced to be that
written by Erastus Clark, a man of
scholarly interests, as was illustrated
by his choice. He had done honor to
his favorite Roman, Cato, by inscrib
ing on his slip the home of Cato's adop
tion in Africa. Thus was Utica, N. 1 ..
named. Ladies' Home Journal.
HELP WANTED FEMALE
WANTED Lady to take invalid to
her home. Moderate salary.. Call
' at 712 Polk street, Oregon City.
WANTED German girl for general
housework. Apply, 610 Washington
St.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE Some close in, well im
proved income property. This will
bear the strongest investigation. I
am leaving town. Call at 304 4th
St., or call Home phone A-98.
FOR SALE. Fine team, four-year olds,
weight . 2600 pounds. See A. O.
Achilles, Box 149, R. F. D., Molalla
road.
Notice of Acceptance of Street Im
provement Notice is hereby given that the city
engineer of Oregon City, Oregon,
has filed his certificate of the com
pletion and approval of the work
done by the Oregon Engineer &
Construction company, contractors
for the improvement of Sixteenth
street, Oregon City, Oregon, from
the west side of Jackson street to
the west side of Division street, and
the city council will consider the ac
ceptance thereof and all the objec
tions to the acceptance to the said
improvement at the council cham
ber of Oregon City, on the 26th day
of November, 1913, at 7:30 o'clock
p. m.
Any owner of any roperty within
the .assessment district or any
agent of such owner, may at such
time or any time prior thereto, ap
pear and file objections to the ac
ceptance of said improvement, and
such objections will be considered
and the merits determined by the
council at the above named time
and place.
This notice is published in the
Morning Enterprise and the time
and place "were fixed by the City
council of Oregon City, Oregon.
L. STIPP; Recorder. !
FOR SALE, CHEAP Two rooms of
new furniture. Rent $5.00 per
month; must sell this week some
terms. Call this office.
FOR SALE, at a bargain 2-cylinder,
7-horse, late model Excelsor motor
cycle. Equipped; has tamden seat.
Ask for E. Brown. Enterorise office.
LOST AND FOUND
LOST Spectacles in case, on Main
street bteween Third and Fifth. Re
turn to Oregon City Shoe store. Re
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT Furnished room in priv
ate family. 315 Cor. 5th and Center.
FOR RENT Five-room furnished cot
tage for rent. Inquire at 1002 7t'u
' St., phone Main 2312.
L. G. ICE. DENTIST .
Beaver Bui'ding
Phones: Main 1221 or A-193
Pacific Tel. Home
$ Main 420 A-145
S Physician and Surgeo .4!
S Specialist in Children's Diseases
and Obstebrics
4 1007 Main St.
E. M. BOND, M. D.
WOOD AND COAL
OREGON CITY WOOD & FUEL Gf
wood and eoal, 4-foot and 16-iach
lengths, delivered to all parts of
city; sawing especially. Poma
your orders Pacific 13-71, Home
A120. F. M. BLUHM. .
Pabst's Okay Specific
Does the worK. You all Atty nn
know it by reputation. .UU
Price T
FOR SALE BY Z
JONES DRUG COMPANY
D. C. . LATOTJRETTE, President. . . -. ---r - F.- J. MBYBR, Cashier.
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