MORNING ENTERPRISE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1913 MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS - By Gross f I ' i ; : -, : . ; ; : , - - 1 - i HENRY JR.5AY5 soup ABSOLUTELY NOTHirJG- jv(ELL ILL I Be J 3 -3p f J l i YGOTTV HMD IT To TH He's cite. MORNING ENTERPRISE OREGON CITY, OREGON E. E. BRODIE Editor and Publisher Entered as second-class matter January 9, 1911, at the postoffice at Oregon City, under the Act of March 2, 1879. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION One year, by mail $3.00 Six months, by mail : : 1.50 Four months, by mail 1 1.00 Per week, by carrier .10 The Morning Enterprise carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porch or in the mail box. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the office. This is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 2 or B-10. CITY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER. SECRECY IN Just the minute some men 'get into office, they seem to be HIGH PLACES become weighted down with the responsibilities of the whole government and are afraid to take the people into their confidence as to their plans for the improvement of conditions in which the people are in terested. . - This is particularly true in military circles. The government has issued orders to all of the commanders of the regular standing army and to the mi litia of the several states. Those orders instruct the officers to have their men in readiness to go to the front at a moment's notice. They also require the ranks of the organizations to be filled to war strength and all provisions and equipment in first class fighting order. The troops have been scattered along the Mexican border for sometime and are concentrAted at points where they can most easily and readily be dis charged into Mexico in case of trouble. - There is not the slightest doubt of all of this. The troops of the United States including the militia forces of this state and of this city are being held in readiness to go into Mexico should there be the slightest necessity for it and the brazen denials of military men generally have nothing whatever to do with the facts in the case. They feel called upon to deny everything that might be said about military affairs' and assume that secretive attitude that is supposed to denote impending activity among the troops. Conditions have come to such a pass that the people of the country no longer believe any of the denials that military officers make and trust rather to the reports that come from other sources as to the true preparations that are teing made in case of hostilities of any. kind. In fact, officers, both of the regular standing army and of the organized militia, are "in bad" with the people. Secrecy does not help matters of this kind. If the officers would come out flatfootedly and tell the people that they propose to place the army on a war footing and that the situation in Mexico has much to do with that de termination, the interest in the military affairs of the country would be ma terially increased and the confidence of the people in its officers would be strengthened. Instead of an open and above-board policy, they give secret orders to the various commanders and try to keep the work of preparation under cover. Just the minute that the public discovers what is going on, the officers feel called upon to deny everything that has been said and the local officials gen erally take their cue from their superiors. Nobody, nowadays, pays any attention to what a military man denies. They expect him to deny everything and anything. He is the greatest denier on earth except Theodore Roosevelt and Peter, the Apostle. The people have learned some things after several experiences with military men. It is regretable that these conditons have come about but the heads of the departments are to blame for the lack of confidence in the masses in their work. In matters that effect the common interests as do the military affairs Marriage Certificate by No Means Is a Fully Paid Up Policy of Marital Happiness By the Rev. Dr. MADISON C PETERS, Baptist Preacher, Lecturer and Writer - , TJOW to be happy though married." This alarmingly suggestive I I phrase, hrst used by an English preacher named Skelton, in culcates the important and frequently forgotten truth that HAPPINESS IN THE MARRIED LIFE HAS TO BE WORKED FOR. THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE IS NOT A FULLY PAID UP POLICY (OF MARITAL HAPPINESS. THE ONLY WAY TO GET AN ABSO LUTELY GUARANTEED INSURANCE POLICY ON MATRIMONY IS TO KEEP ON PAYING AT THE HOME OFFICE THE ASSESSMENTS OF LOVER-LIKE ATTENTION. - Many men guard their appreciation of their wives as though it were a Masonic secret. Don't let your sense of proprietorship make you feel that you need not bother to be polite. If women would spend as much time huilding cages after marriage as they did in spreading nets before they would keep away the other bird in the form of a dear charmer. DON'T BE AFRAID TO PRAISE YOUR HUSBAND. Make him feel that you think he is a good one, and it will be a strong stimulus to his being so. If you are foolish enough to let him know that he has. lost the name he nay goon 1mthJvq the reality. oi the nation, the people should be told everything that they can learn with safety. There is no use in contending that the government is secretive as it is because of its fear that other nations will learn what it is doing. The min ute that the officials determine upon any particular line of policy and put it into execution, the governments of the world are informed and secrecy from them is no longer possible. The people of the United States are more in the dark about their own affairs than are the nations of Europe about what has happened or is going to happen here. '- .Why don't the officers say straight from the shoulder that the army is to he increased to war strength and that the situation in Mexico has placed the department on its guard for trouble there? It would interest the people in the general welfare of -the army. It would bring out that confidence in the heads of such departments that the people ought' to have. Secrecy breeds suspicion and suspicion breeds contempt. If a man is a good fabricator, his very cleverness sometimes arouses ad miration. But the military officers are so crude in their work that their state ments can be checked up afterwards and the falsity of them proved beyond a doubt. Above all things, public officers ought to play fair with the people and give that publicity to the affairs of government to which the people are entitled. O INSANE A few days ago, a New York woman left $50,000 to found a BEQUESTS home for dogs. The administrator of her estate will have to establish an orphan's home for stray animals and appoint officers to take charge of the. institution and manage its affairs. This is another one of the foolish and insane bequests that have come from New York in "the past few months. Fifty thousand dollars spent on a home for dogs! It seems" impossible that women of the United States in such cimcumstances as was this one could be able to write a will that would pass through a court and could not be contested on the ground of insanity and yet sign away a. fortune for such an insanse purpose as this. Yet it has, apparently, been done. With that $50,000, all sorts of bene ficial work could have been accomplished by the people of New York in the way of relieving the suffering that exists among the tenement districts of the city. The Associated Charities, for instance, could have used the amount to advantage and would have been able to make the money of some direct benefit to the residents of the East Side,.-. .,- Or that $50,000 might have been used as Carnegie has spent a large part of his fortune-in distributing and carrying education to the masses through a series of libraries. All over the United States a movement is on foot to carry the education that is contained in the large city libraries to the masses in the country who are not able to reach the centers in the congested districts. Such a movement would have been well aided by that $50,000 and permen ant and lasting good would have been accomplished had the money been used in some such beneficial way. There are organizations, too, over the country that are well able to care for all of the money that people have in inclination to spend and do not know how to spend most usefully and in a way that will do the greatest good. Had this been given to education, to charity, to any of the thousand and one other sources that tend toward the improvement of the' general conditons, some good would have resulted. LADIES FIND It is a great convenience to place a portion, of their pin money with us, to be checked against. Pay the shop keepers with checks a better plan than to risk the loss of a purse in a crowded store. The Bank of Oregon City OLDEST BANK W CLACKAMAS COUNTY EWDARD WOODRUFF 4 - t i -V DO YOU WANT TO PELL YOUR CITY PROPERTY? IF YOU DO LIST IT WITH THE REALTY MEN WHO DO THINGS." DILLMAN & HOWLAND Prepare For Cold, Says Seeress "This winter will prove to be the coldest that Oregon City has ever ex perienced also Portland and surround ing, vicinity. Much damage will be done by frozen water pipes, and those who have pipes above the surface of the ground, should guard them care fully between Frebruary 2nd and Jan uary 6th. To protect them at small expense, melt an equal quantity of pe trolatum vaseline and wax, (paraffin) After wiping the pipes dry being care ful no moisture is on them paint them a thick coat of this mixture, while hot. It can be heated by a lamp on the stove or by a candle, and kept in a thick form. Regardless of how cold it may be, pipes will never freeze with this coating." This statement was given out today by Mme. Pearl Tangley, a woman who apparently On of the Baker Players in the "Grain of Dust" If'"1- ! ft f -f transmits one's thoughts, and whose strange powers have mystified mil lions of people throughout American and Europe. This is her first trip West, and throughout her tour, her work is highly spoken of. She appears all next week commencing Monday at the Bell Theatre and during her engage ment, will advise anyone-on all ques tions of their past, present or future, that they care to ask. Thousands were turned away at Eugene, Salem and Portland in the past few weeks. The solutions of many murder cases are attributed to the powers of this wonderful woman, and those Who are inclined to be skeptical can do no bet ter than attend per performances at the Bell and satisfy one's curosity. Adv. ' KILL CATARRH GERMS USE BOOTH'S HYOMEI Try the sure and most effective way to reach the raw, tender, inflam ed - mucous membrane infested with catarrh germs use Hyomei. You breathe it no stomach dosing.. If you- suffer from raising of mucus, frequent Sneezing, husky voice, dis charge from the nose, droppings in the throat or any other symptoms of ca tarrh breathe the germ-destroying air of Hyomei. It acts directly on the inflamed membranes, destroying the disease germs in the nose, throat and lungs and- giving quick and perma nent relief, or money refunded by Huntley Bros. Co. The complete outfit, including pocket inhaler and bottle of liquid, costs $1-00. Extra bottle of liquid) if later needed, 50 cents. Farmers and Paint. It is said that American farmers use more paint on their buildings than any other farmers of the world. The peo ple of this country paint. every two years on an average, but in France. Holland and other European countries the painting is done on an average of every five years. Americana use more bright colors than any other nation. ELECTRICAL WORK Contracts, Wiring and Fixtures WE DO IT Miller-Farlcer 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 dona, at lowest possible prices. Orders received over phone Main 2511. , H. J. BIGGER PARTY HOSTESS "(Continued from page 1) the opportunity to show the regard in which he is held, and presented him with a handsome signet ring as a sou venir of the occasion. Music, guess ing contests and refreshments were features of the evening. Mrs. Bowman will present Miss Morieta Hickman in recital early in January. Madame Nordica, who heard Miss Hickman on her recent visit to the coast, was greatly interested in her voice as well as her chaining per Miss Marian- Pickens has as her guests for the week-end, Miss Eliza: beth Malbeauf and Miss Laura Rands, of oPrtland. " cook. Phone Main 36 or address Box C, Oregon City. WANTED German girl for general housework. Apply, 610 Washington St. FOR RENT. FOR RENT Nice new furnished housekeeping rooms. Inquire 7th Street Hotel, on the hill. WOOD AND COAL OREGON CITY WOOD & FUEL CO. Wood and eoal, 4-foot and 16-inch lengths, delivered to all parts . of city; sawing specialty. Phona your orders Pacrfic 1371, Home A128. F. M. BLUHM Pert Personals. The German crown prince is always sorry that he did it, but he always does it Philadelphia Ledger. Snntos-Dumont has just made anoth er successful ascent, this time into the Legion of Honor. New York Sun. With Dr. Henry van Dyke as United States minister to . the Netherlands wall mottoes should become as com mon as windmills in Holland. Chicago News. John Kling, catcher for the Cincin nati National league team, has retired from professional baseball, this mak ing John's steentn annual farewell. Philadelphia Inquirer. Notice to Bidders Sealed bids will be received by the di rectors of school district 34, of Clackamas county for furnishing transportation for pupils from the western end of the district to the schoolhouse and return for a period of four months. The number of pupils to be transported will not ex ceed 14. Bids must be in the hands of K. McLarty, R. F. D. 5, Oregon City on or before Nov. 28th, 1913, at "7:30 p. m. Fashion Frills. Mere man wouldn't kick about the scant skirt of the period if he had to do his kicking in it Cleveland Leader. Any tailor can put two hip pockets in a pair of trousers,- but no tailor can satisfactorily explain why he does it Philadelphia Ledger. "What could be sillier than a derby bat?" asks the president of the Wom an's party of Chicago. Answer, a plug hat Cleveland Plaindealer. "Get a Gown to Fit Your Mind," says a headline on the woman's page. It looks as though some of them have been doing it Cleveland Leader. Wants, For Sale, Etc MISCELLANEOUS I WANT to buy two dozen pullets, seven or eight months old. " M. Yo der, Molalla Ave. or phone '1681. CANARY birds for sale If you want to buy choice canary singers, ap ply to Mrs. M. Yoder, Molalla Ave. or phone 1681. ' ' L. AUSTIN, the tailor, for men and women. " Suits made to your meas ure; alterations and refitting. Prices reasonable Room 9, Barclay Building. LOST AND FOUND LOST Gold cuff button. Finder please leave at Enterprise office. LOST A gold watch on street car or in Oregon City. Return to Enter prise; reward. HELP WANTED FEMALE WANTED Girl for general house work. Telephone Main 1571. WANTED Experienced housekeeper for small family. Must be good Notice to Water Consumers of Willamette It has been rumored by those sup porting the charter proposed by the council of Willamette, that if the char ter is not adopted at the coming elec-. tion the water rates will be raised. THIS IS ABSOULTELY FALSE. The water plant is now being run with the least possible profit to the owner, and as soon as the business will war rant it the rates "will be lowered to such a level as is consistent with good service. I hereby pledge myself to continue the present rates and I promise that the price will NOT be raised while I own the system. - JAMES DOWNEY. November 13, 1913. 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 r)perty 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 injthe Morning Enterprise- and the time and place were fixed by the city council of Oregon City, Oregon. " L. STIPP, Recorder." L. S. ICE. DENTIST - Beaver Bul'ding Phones: Main 1221 or A-193 Pacific Tel.- Home Main 420 A-145 Physician and Surgeon Specialist in Children's Diseases and Obstebrics $ 1007 Main St. E. M. BOND, M. D. Pabst'sOkay Specific $3M Does the worx. You all , know It by reputation. Price FOR 8A-LE BY JONES DRUG COMPANY D. C. LATOURETTE, President F. J. MEYER, Cashier. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON CITY, OREGON CAPITAL. m000.00 Transects QeneraJ Banking Bueineea. Open from 1A. M.UIP.a