Clackamas County Record
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Entered January 6, 1903, at Oregon
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under the Act of Congress of March 8,
1879.
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THE WEEKLY PAY DAY.
The weekly pay-day law enacted
by the last legislature of Indiana had
a brief and .troubled distance. The
supreme conrt of that state cat short
its career as an exponent of the work
ingman's needs by throwing it out
as unconstitutional upon the broad
ground that the legislature may not
thus restrict the freedom of contract
between employer and employe. "It
is possible," says the Outlook, "that
some clause in the Indiana constitu
tion necessitated this decision and
made unconstitutional in that state
just such a law as Massachusetts has
had for years, to the increasing and
general sutisfuotion of employers as
woll as employes." It is a simple in
controvertible faot, borne out by un
iversal ezporieuce, that the credit sys
tem is the wago-earner's snare. Its
worst form is exemplified in the insti
tution known in mining districts and
logging camps as the "company
store," but in the ordinary walks of
life and in all its humbler vocations
it is the bane of accumulative en
deavor. Its loast pernicious example,
perhaps, is found in the store bill of
the farmer, but even there it often
makes sad and unexpected inroads
upon the harvest returns, and in my
riads of cases it has laid the founda
tion for the mortgage that finally ate
away the title deed to the farm.
Zn the vocations of labor, skilled and
unskilled, ' the weekly payment of
wages tends to overthrow the custom
of buying on credit, and to the extent
that it doefc this it Is the bases of sav
ing and an' incentive of thrift,. Pro
fessor Hadley, a careful student of
economics and many years Labor Com
missioner of Conneioticnt, set up the
contention, says the Oregonian, that
the custom of buying on credit leads
not only to extravagant purchases and
unoolleotable dobts but also to higher
prices to all careful and honest pur
chasers. This contention easily sus
tains itself in the common experienrce
of any community. The propensity
of the store account to out grow the
wages upon which it is based is a well
established fact. The wookly pay day
has been found the most effective
moans yet deviced to check this pro
pensity and to enconrago the whole
somo dosiro to live strictly within the
family income. Fredoni of contract,
says the publication above quoted, is
no more nu unlimited right than
freedom of conduct. 'It adds: "In
diana, for example, forbids contracts
calling for more than 8 per cent in
terest on tho ground that they are
injurious to tho borrrowor. If the
tttato may forbid such contracts, how
much more should it bo able to forbid
contracts by which tho wages of lab
orers shall not bo promptly paid
them?" Ovor and above all other
statements upon this matter stands tho
simple declaration: "The laborer is
worthy of his hire." Having earnod
his weekly wages, he is entitlod to
receivo it, to tho end that it may be
applied to the bost possible advantage
to his own and his family's needs.
There is more justice and reason and
plain well provon common sense in the
domaud for a weekly pay day than in
many points in the contentions be
tweeu employer and employes upon
which strikes are ordered.
INGRATITUDE TO CARNEGIE.
The resolution of a criminal to re
form meets with universal encourage
ment The sinner is usually en
couragod in turning from his wicked
ways. Yet Andrew Carnegie, who
is probably neither one, but possibly
a little of both, is not permitted to
peaceably spend the closing years of
bis life in benefactions and charitable
deeds. (
Among his many donations for the
establishment of free libraries was one
to a small town of Indiana. He gave
this grateful village $50,000, to be
used in the erection of a library build
ing. Now it has come time to dedi
cate the new building and the Trades
Council of the town has voted against
inviting Mr. Carnegie to attend the
dedicatory services. Snch lack of
gratitude is not uncommon in the
case of individuals toward their bene
factors, but it is unusual in munici
palities and all organizations of men.
Mr. Carnegie may have pursued a
reprehensive course in the acquisition
of his wealth. If so all the more is
he to be commened in his determina
tion to distribute it for the use of
the public, rather than to leave it
locked up to heighen the growing
clamor of penury against riches. Mr.
Carnegie, in dispensing his large for
tune for the benefit of his fellow men,
is pursuing a course considerably
apart from nature's past. Few men
can be brought to realize that the
end is the gaining of a fortune and
the usual tendency is to cling the
more closely to amassed riches as age
grows on.
Mr. Carnegie's example is a good
one. The great fortunes of the pres
ent age wonld not be such a menace to
the future welfare of the masses,
were his idea of distributing his for
tune during his lifetime to become a
more general practice.
REVISION OF THE CREED.
At Los Angeles next Thursday will
take place the opening session of the
Presbyterian General Assembly.
Marked revisions of the creed are
under consideration. It is to be hoped
the ohanges will be made, as the creed
of Westminister contans artcles of faith
that are in fact a dead letter today.
The church s bitterness toward Cath
oloism and its belief in infant con
demnation have ceased to exist in its
present membership, and the written
creed should certainly be revised along
these lines, as well as in other points
of minor importance.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Miss Luretta Bridge has commenced
a three months' term of school ' at
OottrelL
. Miss Bertha Oberst has been en
gaged to teach a three months'
term of school at Salmon River.
Everett Cross had his leg badly hurt
last night on the merry-go-round.
The flesh was torn from his limb and
his injuries are painful.
Mrs. Robert A. Miller returned
Saturday from a few days visit with
friends in Seattle. She will go to
Salem Saturday to give a Shakes
perian reading.
WON IN THE SEVENTH.
Home "Team Got Six Runs From Big
Baiting Streak.
The home team got 'a batting streak
in the seventh inning in the'game at
Cancmah Park yesterday afternoon
with the Soldiers' team from Van
couver Barracks and touched up Pel
key for four hits, scoring six runs.
This won tho game for OregoH City,
and up to that inning the visitors had
ono point to the good. Califf mndo a
homo run In the seventh inning, but
there was no one on bases, or the score
would have been worse. Ho put the
ball clear over the right field fence,
and the local sympathizers went wild.
Tho feature of the game was the
pitching of Nefzger, and Vancouver
was allowed only four hits. Nefager
left today for Coos Bay and this was
his last game for Oregon City this
season. The attendance was larger
than at any game since the opening of
the grounds this year. The runs
and hits by innings were :
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Oregon City 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 8
Hits 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 8
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SUMMARY.
Stolon base Shaddeau, Bowen, Bre
gjor, Miller, Gase 3, Lee 2, Case.
Bases on balls off Nef zger 2 ; off
Pelkey 2
Struck out By Nef zger 10 j by
Pelkey 9.
Home run Califf.
Left on bases Oregon City T j Van
couver 5.
Time of game 1 hour and 35 min.
Umpire Fields.
Sooror Stipp.
Mr. and Mrs. William Edward
Lewthwaite, Margaret Goodfellow,
M rs. Wayne Howard, Mrs. Matilda
Gauong Miller, Bessie Kelly, Eber
Chapman,, John B. Lewthwaite and
Obet Tonkin were confirmed in St.
Paul's Episcopal Church yesterday.
CONTRIBUTORS TO
BUILDING FUND
MASTER OF MAPLE LANE ORANGE
P. OF H. GIVES FIGURES.
Total Receipts Were WISS and ( This
Amoant J8I.7 Was (Uvea By the Pat
rons Small Cash Balance oa Hud.
MAPLE LANE GRANGE No. 269,
P. of H.
To the business and professional men
of Oregon City, also to the citizens
of Clackamas County, in general, and
of Maple Lane in particular :
It has been my intention to make
publio the financial condition of
Maple Lane Grange, giving due credit
to each couributor to the building
fund, and stating as plainly as pos
sible what had been done with their
contributions.
In the first place, Jhe Grange itself
raised by initiation fees, dues and en
tertainments, the sum of 40. This
amount was used to purchase a lot in
Maple Lane on which to build a halL
At his time it wast thought best to
incorporate; the necessary papers
were accordingly drawn up by Bro.
W. S. U'Ren. This was our first
co.itribution as Mr. U'Ren made no
charge for his time and trouble. The
next step was to have our incorpora
tion papers properly placed on file, one
copy was accordingly filed with
the Secretary of State, costing $3.50,
one copy with the county clerk, cost
ing f 1, and one copy with the Grange
secretary.
A committee was then appointed to
solicit aid in our undertaking and the
result of their activity is shown in
the following :
The business and professional men
of Oregon City gave as follows :
Geo. O. Brownell, $10 ; J. R. Shaver,
5; F.'hA. Sleight, $5; Commercial
Bank, $5 ; A. Robertson, $5 ; Henry E.
Stevens, $2.60; Enos Cahill. $3.50;
Thos. F. Ryan, $2.50; E. G. Caufleld,
$3.50; J. Everhart & Co., $3.60; J.
F. 'Nelson, $2.60; Robert Miller, $3;
R. Petzold, $1; Casfi, $1; A. Luell
ing, .60; Wilson & Cooke, keg nails;
Pope & Co., $3.50 in nails; Frank
Busch, keg nails ; Geo Grace, $3. 85
in nails; Huntley Bros., $3 in paint;
Charnian Bros., $3 in paint; Total
cash, $50.50. ; Mdse., about $17.
Outside parties gave as follows :
Dr. J. S. Casto, $5; Clackamas
County Pomona Grange. , $5 ; William
Gristenwaite, .50; pie social, Nov.
15, 1903, $3.95; basket social, Deo. 13,
1903, $11.10; basket social, Mar. 21,
1903, $25.80; Total, $50.85.
The patrons themselves have given
as follows:
A. Moutz and wife, $20 ; Wm. Beard
and wife, $10; N. W. Richard, $5;
Frank Beard, $5; A. J. Hobble, $5;
Alouzo Ketcheni, s0;S. F. Rowatn,
2.50; Mrs. C. W. Swallow, $ 2. 50 ; C.
E. Nasi), $3.50; Mrs. Clara Moore,
2.5o;DecJ), 1902, Grnngo Dinner, ?5.7o
Jan. 3, 1003, Grange dinner, $5.20; Feb.
7, from Grange treasury, $12; Total
81.70; Grand total cash received,
$183.65.
The foregoing amount of cash has
been disbursed as follows :
J. Everhart & Co. , 14 m. shingles ;
$2fi.00; J. Everhart & Co. 80 lbs.
shingle nails, $1.20; J. Everhart &
Co. 3 6-in. thimbles and collars, .25;
Wilson Cooke, locks, hinges etc.,
$3.20; 10 windows and freight on
same, $2010. ; A. Moutz, lm. shin
gles., $3.50; 2 fares to Portland, .90;
Fob. 3, 1903, Wm. F. Harris, lumber,
$50 ; Feb. 9, Wm. Harris, lumber $25 ;
Mar. 23, Harris, lumber, $20 ; record
ing deed, .90; 1 bbl. mortar and sack
sand, $1.25; Frank Beard, labor, $4;
400 brick, $3. 20 May 8, Harris, lum-
b r, $20; bale nee cash on hand May
13, $3.45 total $183.55.
The following has been received
in labor.
A. Moutz, 23 days Wm. Beard, 28
days; A. Eetchem, S days; Frank
Beard, 8 days A. Baumann, 3 days
John Gillett, 4 days ; Mr. Dickerson,
8 days; W. Richards, 9 days; Geo.
Shortlidge 1 day.
1 1 hereby certify that the f regoing
report is correct
WM BEARD, Master.
R. L. Holnihn, leading undertaker,
Oregon City, Or. County coroner.
RIDING HIS HOBBY
BISHOP MORRIS TALKS ON EVILS
OF NEWSPAPERS.
Says the Power of Evil Poared From the
Pre u Is Astonishing and Reaches to a
Deplorable Extent.
Right Rev. B. Wistar Morris, D.
D., Bishop of Oregon, made a little af
tertalk at the close of his confirmation
sermon at St. Paul's church yesterday
morning. The bishop's spiel was
devoved to the newspapers, and he
rode his hobby to the amusement and
entertainment of the congregation.
It seems that in Portland there ia a
weekly publciation called the North
west Churchman and this paper is the
official organ of the Episcopal Church
of the Oregon diocese. The Bishop
is very much interested in this paper,
in fact it is his special hobby. At the
termination of the closing hymn the
bishop faced the congregation, who
wondered what was coming and said :
"The service this morning has been
unusually short and I am going to
take a little of your time to talk to
you about a hobby of mine. They say
that every man has his hobby this
may be mine, but it is a matter that
I think about a great deal and do not
think I have spoken of it to the mem
bers of this church before. If I have,
you will parden me for speaking of it
again. In the diocese we have a church
paper, called the Northwest Church
man. It is a publication in which I
have a great interest, for it has a
bishop's column, enabling me to talk
to the brethren and the clergy through
this medium. But the Churchman
receives little or no support from the
members of the church."
The bishop here turned the his at
tention to the newspapers and the way
he scored them was a caution. He
said nothing of the good accomplished
by them.
; "The power of evil that is poured
from the press Is astonishing, said
the reverand gentleman. "It reaches
io a deplorable extent. It furnishes
light, trifling and trashy matter to
respectable families and I consider
it my duty to interfere with the cir
culation of trashy newspapers.
"The church papers in the east are
money making concerns and are sup
ported by advertisements. I believe
that advertisements in church papers
are a disgrace. They should not be
there and the people should not sup
port it. If I was rector of a church I
would send the Churchman to every
family in my congregation. " .
Bishop Morris went on to say that
the subject was a large one. "Some
people think I have a hobby," said
he, "and I ought to have half a dozen,
but this a growing one, through the
influence of bad boots and news
papers. I Krt w this morning on the
srrrHs of Portland hi ys who ought to
be ;u church and Sunday school, sell
ing Sunday papers, which people
rtad when they should bo doing some
thing else. Mr. Parker, who con
ducts the Northwest Churchman, with
my approbation, is to be commended
for his efforts to make a success of
the venture. His paper is better
than nothing, and costs only 60 cenjs
a year. Just think, this is only five
cents a month. Can yon not take
one car ride less a month 'and subscribe
for this paper?
"I did not tell youi rector that I
was going to say anything about this"
concluded the bishop, "so do not
blame him ; just blame me. "
J. F. Searles, an employ of the
O regon City Manufacturing Co. was
hurt Saturday afternoon, but his
injuries are net serious. A piece of
the machinery fell about nine feet,
striking him on the head, making sev
eral severe cuts. His head was band
aged by a physician and has return to
work is only a matter of a short
t me.
County School Superintendent Zin
ser has received four copies of the re
vised school law for every districti n
the county, one for each director and
clerk, and requests that ' they be
called for as early as possible.
;, The eighth grade examination in
Clackamas County will commence
Tuesdya, May 19, and be completed
Friday, May 22. There will be no
examinations held May 21, on account
of the visit of the President.
Clackamas County Record. fl.?3
Have You a Fa?m
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""yE have sold twenty-four farms in
Clackamas County since Decem
ber 1st.
Let Us Sell Yots
We have issued a phamphlet showing
the County's resources, advantages,
etc., and will be glad to send one to
your Eastern friend if you will give
us his address .
C. N. PLOWMAN & CO.,
Over the Bank of Oregon City.
Great Alteration Sale
Strain Tailoring Co.
2C5 Washington Street, 4 Doors Below Perkins Hotel
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Suits from the Royal Tailors, Lamm & Co., High-Art
i McOarty, the $50-no-more-no-less tailor of Chicago.
We are the sole agents for all undelivered goods from these tailors.
Union journeymen tailor-made (see label), sewed with double-test pure
silk, all thoroughly sponged and shrunk, all hand made throughout,
with broad shoulder effects, suits that were made to order at from $20
to $G0. They come in every color and style of material known.
SPRING OVERCOATS.
df f fZf and nP to $15 for choice of all our $20 to $50 uncalled
iJ or, spring or winter, short box, medium length box,
or form-fitting garments. This includes our elegant
full satin and silk lined from the Royal Tailors, Lamm & Co. , and
High Art McCarty in all colors of correct cloth, Vicunas, Stocknets,
soft worsteds ; also meltons, dress weight Kerseys and cheviots.
PANTS.
$2.50 to S3"60 for choice of over 2,000 pairs that were made to
. order at from $5 to $12 a pair. Black, blue, nobby stripes,
checks, plaids, and mixtures; a list of trousers that would please a king.
MADE TO ORDER.
$25 clloice 200 styleB in tweeds, cheviots, worsteds and cassimeres
that all Portland tailors charge you $35 to $40 for. Strain
'Tailoring Co. wants your trade by deserving it.
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