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OltKfJON niTY KNTEiUMnSll. Fill DAY, OOTOHKU 11, 1012. Groceries, Produce, and Commission Lime. Cement, Land Plaster etc Cor. 10 4 Main, Oregon City, Oregon LOCAL BRIEPS Jacob (iroaaiulllnr, on of Iba prom inent farmer of Hliubul, wa lu Ibis city Friday. Jesse liuKliy, on of III well known resident of Molalla, wit Id till city Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. C. H. Illuhm, of (lilt oily, bit Kim (o Heaver Creek wber din I visiting bur daughter, Mr. L. M. Dav is. K. F. Ilruiii, of Bandy, on of lb well known residents of Ihnt place, was In Ihli city on builursa Satur day. H. J- Vaughan, of Canby, on of lb woll known horinmtin of Clackamas County, wm ln tlili city on bualness Tuesday. Mid Mil Klrlyon, of Sbutixl, was In this city Monday vciiIiik with hli sister, Mr. Itnli, who I undergoing medical treatment at th Oregon City Hospital. Frank Astman, a former business man of tlili city, but now a buslneis man of Canny, waa In till city on bueln Friday, and while bur vlilt rd friends. Dr. J. W, Powell, a former resident of Oregon City, but now of Molalla, wa In thla city Saturday and while her visited hie daughter, Mr. Fred ' W. Humphreys. limjamln K. Forrester, of F.agle Creek, on of th well known farmer of that tac, wa In thla city Tues day on business, and while her visit ed bl llater, Mra. H. K Hrrlptur. Mr. and Mr. Joseph Myera, of Port land, were In thl city Friday. Mr. Myera baa guii Into th grocery bus iness In Portland, b and hi wife coming lo thla city In their automo bile. D'key Thomas, of Portland, who baa been visiting with friends at Ca rua and Heaver Creek for the past week, returned to bla horn Saturday, passing throiiKh this city and visiting with friend here. Mlaa Clara Mitt holt. MUsea Mary and llaii'l Mitchell, accomiiaiiled by Mlaa Mary Waeipe, of I'ortland. who la at present In tbla city, went to tlreaham Haturday evening, w tier they attended the Multnomah County Fair. Herman Fisher, of Carua, waa ln thla city Sunday on Ms way to Port land, where ha visited hla wire, who la undergoing medical treatment at tha hospital. II wa accompanied by hla futher-ln law, Q. Dlotrlrh, of Eldo rado. Mr and Mra. Frank Kolnkey and little aoii, and Floyd Kadford, who re ld near florin, at Mayberry, who have been In this city visiting at the horns of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Parker, of Fourteenth and Jefferson atreota, loft for their home Monday evening. George K. Swafford, wife and three little daughters, arrived In tbla city Haturday. After visiting In thla city for about a week Mra. 8wafford and children will go to linker City, where they will visit with ber par ents. W. P. Klrchem, one of th promi nent farmer of 1-oimn, waa In thla city Thuraday and Friday. Mr. Kir chein la one of the prominent mem bers of the Harding Orange of Ixgan, and waa one who assisted greatly In having thl grange get the Drat prUe at the recent Clackamaa County Fair. Rev. II. Mini, of Rhubel, who bna been at the Paclflc Coast Conference which waa held at Olympla, Wash., October 1 and 2. nnd which I com pored of the (lerninn Lutheran churches of the Northwest, waa In thla city Friday on hla way home. Rev. Mini has been appointed secre tnry of the conference. Ilnrry Pollock, who hits been lu Han Francisco since lat February, has arrived In tills city nnd Is visit ing his pnrcnis, Mr. and Mr. Wil liam Pollock, of Willamette. Mr. Pollock, before coming to Oregon City visited Heat tie, Wash., also In llrttlh Columbia. After remaining here for several weeks ho will prouubly locate ln Seattle. Mr. and Mr. David Ilelso, of Nor ton, Knn sua, who arrived In tbla city In May, and have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wllllnm Kttors, of Park place, have rented the Love place on the Cl.icknmns river. Mr. and Mrs. Heine have decided to remain In Ore gon for a year and may decide to per niancntly locate bore. They will take poHPi-alon of the Love place next week. Mr. nnd Mra. Jullu Moshberger and family, who have resided at Ca ms for the past ten years, have sold their farm at that place to a Portland mini, nnd will move to that city the mini purchasing; the farm to take possession Immediately. Mr. Mosh berger received $10,000 for (be land, which I one of the best 'arms ln that pnrt of the county,' Mr. and Mra. MoHhberger loft for their new home Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Walsh, of Ket chikan, AliiBka, have written friends In this city stilting that they will be down from Alaska In about five week and will spend Hie winter In Mllwau kl and In Portland and Mount Angel, at the lutter place visiting with Mr. WaUh's parent. Mr. Walsh I one of th owner and proprietor of a large cannery at Ketchlknu, and some of the Itiieet canned aalmon la ship ped froig their plant. Mr, Walsh Is a Mllwnukle boy, and bus done well since golnK North. it. H. Cue., of Canby, one of tbo prominent fruit grower of Clacka tua County, waa In thla city on bus lues Monday. Mr. Coe, who I one of the well known strawberry grow er of thl county, bas Magon ber rles ripening on bis farm euougb for ramliy use and for Ills friends. Al though there ha been aeveral slight frosts these have not Injured th ber rle. Mr. Co ha 300 bushels of ap ples picked at hla place thl year, employing young women and women to do the picking, as male help la bard to find owing to th building boom that Canby I now enjoying. Th women are making good wages, and ar good plckera. There are many more apples to pick before the ( loss of Hie season. Among the var letles he hsa are tbo King. Home Heauty. Heek No Further, Newton, Kpltsenburgs, Hhode Island Green Iiiks. Mann, lien Davia. lialdwln, Ort lay and other. He I finding a ready market In Portland for hi Himalaya berries that are still ripening on bin farm. Horn, Thursday, October 3, to the wife of I,. M. Davit, of Carua, son. Mr. Davia waa formerly Mia Anna Illuhm, of thl city. PAPER KILL SHIPPING CLERK IS BENEDICT The marriage of Mra. Marie Kanak and tieorge Hrown, of West Oregon City, was solemnised In this city Tuesday, October 1. The bride came to ibis iy from Chicago and the bridegroom haa been for the past three years hlpplug clerk of the Crown Columbia Pulp A Paper Coin pan jr. The ceremony w aa pel formed by W, W. II. Samson. Mr. and Mra. Hrown have gone to housekeeping In Oswego. Only relatives of the con trading parties attended the cere mony. The afternoon wa devoted to dancing and music, and was. fol lowed by a chicken dinner. Th house wa beautifully decorated with cut flower and forna. The bride and bridegroom received many handsome artlclei of cutglaaa, china, and linen. Mrs. Hrown wore becoming travel ing ault with hat to match. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Carlle and family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hnse, Mis Ncta Hrown, of Portland; Miss Toblt Kanack, who recently arrived from Chicago; Mlaa Ieslle Kanak. Ml uses Mildred, Flora, Lavlna Kanak. In the evening Mr. Hrown' friends arrived at the Hrown home and fn"or ed him and hla wife with a serenade. WIFE, SUING, SAYS Declaring that her husband stole a diamond ring valued at $250 from ber August 27, 11)12, while they were liv ing at 291 Cherry street Portland, and deserted her, lllunch Wilson Thurs day filed suit for divorce against Har ry J. WlUon. They were married In Scuttle April 2, 1911. Non support 1 alleged. The plaintiff aska that her maiden name, lllunch lluker, be re ftored. Minnie K. Smith ask a de cree of divorce from William C. Smith. They were married In Clov erdaltt. Or., December 2,1896, and plaintiff allege that her husband left her September 15, 1911. Alleging that her husband gave her $12 before deserting her, liernlce ltuliner filed suit for a decree against Ueorge Rainier, They wore married In Port Innd July 15, 1912. She ask the cue tody of thnlr child. I.ulu Honk seeks a docree from Dorr Honk, aliening cruel and Inhuman treatment They were married July 2, 1904 In South Haven, Mich. She asks that her maid en name, l.ulu Sherwood, be restor ed. 2 Couples Oct Llcen. Licenses to mnrry have been lunucd to Lillian Hell Thebo and Albert O. iloese and Alice K. Oliver and A. Leo Larson. . Why People Cough Is a mystery when Dr. Hell' Tine-Tar Honey will cure any cough. Look for the bell on the bottle. It markr the genuine. For aale by Harding's drug store. WHEN IT HAPPEN8 LIKE THIS when the other fellow's to blame for the mishap to your carriage or wagon we'll fix It up for you In good ahape and the other chap pay the bill. Yon may be iur w will neglect no detail to make a good Job of It for you. There' many a ample of our fin work running around town. OWEN G. THOMAS 4th and Main St Oregon City GRANGE APPROVES HIGH SCHOOL LAW COUNTY COURT TO BE ASK ID TO OFFER BOUNTY FOR JACK RABBITD CH1TW00D IS RE-ELECTED MASTER Governor' Plan to Purify Portland Approved, But Many Msmbar Do Not Think HI Meth ods Best Pomona Grange, at a meeting In Molalla Wednesday, approved the ef fort of Governor West In trying to purity roruand, uul the methods em ployed by hi in were not lullsfuctory to many, of th member. It waa auggoHled that he might have obtain ed better reaults by employing other means. The high school hind law, which will b voted upon In this county at the coming election, wa approved, the following resolution be ing adopted by a unanimous vote "Wheieaa, the Pomona, Orange of Clackama County stand, for all thing that tend toward the better ment of country life and the educa tion of the children of the country equally with those of the city, and. "Whereas, believing that the adop tion of the high school fund law by the voters of Clackamaa county would be of gnat benefit to the whole coun ty, but more especially to the rural communities, therefore: "H it resolved, thst the Clacka mas County Pomona Grange at Mola la assembled does hereby heartily In dorse the measure and recommend to all subordinate grange that they aid In seciirln.- It passage at the next general election." The law was passed at the last ses klon of the legislature, but before It ca nbeccme oieratlv each county must vote favorably upon It. Several counties have done so. It provides for levying taxes on all property for nign school purposes. Any district that can maintain a high school, un der the law, may draw upon the coun ty fund for $40 annually for each pu pil up to twenty. The election of of ficers resulted as follows: Worthy Master J. I). Chltwood, Damascus; Overseer W. W. Ever hart, Molalla: lecturer Mra. A. J. Lewis, Maple l-ane; Steward Pierce Wright, Mullno; Assistant Steward V. K. Ijirklns. Clarkea; Chaplain T. K. A. Hell wood. Mllwaukle; Secretary Maggie Johnson, Mllwaukle; Treas- urer It. A. Wright, Mullno; Gate keeperA. J. Lewis, Maple Lane; Ceres Hannah Mudget. 'Highland; Pomona Mnhula GUI.' Logan; Flora Mrs. W. W. Everbart, Molalla; A slitnnt Steward Miss Selma Cum mings, Highland; Executive Commit tee J. W. Thomas, A. J. Iewls and W. W. Everhart. Reiorta were made by aeveral mem bers that Jack; rabbits were doing serious Injury to crop and a commit tee was opiiolnted to urge the county court to offer bounties for the akin of the animal. More than 150 mem ber attended the meeting; and a deli cious dinner was served by the worn- en member. Several candidate were Initiated at the evening aesslon. T W. 11. Btadord, who live at Mount Pleat ant. about one mile from thl city, ha a big crop of Concord grapes thla year and hla harvest will oe at least three tona. Although Mr. Staf ford ha a email place every Inch of ground la utilised. He la growing grapes on one-third of an acre of ground, and the excellent care be baa given the vines hna given remarkable results. He also baa coming on now a fine crop of Seedling peaches, the treea of which are about four year old, and the crop of these will be over four bushel, although be ha but a few treea. Mr Stafford waa awarded many blue ribbons on bis vegetable at the Clackamas County Fair at Can. by. MILK MAN SERIOUSLY Cbauucey O. Smith, while driving a milk wagon for Ludwlg Hartke, the dairyman of Mouut Pleasant, waa se verely Injured In a runaway Saturday morning while coming to tbla city, and near the plank road at the bead of Fifth i-treet. Smith was In com pany with Louise Hnrtke, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Hnrtke, but the lad Jumped from the wagon and was uninjured. Smith did not escape ao luckily. He waa thrown from the wagon, and two wheels of the vehicle pnssed over his body. Although no bones were broken he suffered other iujurie?. Thd, horse became fright ened when the singletree of the wag on broke. After running some distance one of the horses fell. Smith wns taken to the home of Mr . and Mis. Hartke and his Injuries were given attention. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES 8PEAK AT WILSONVILLE Walter M. Pierce, recently a candi date for the Democratic nomination for Representative In the United State) Senator, was the principal speaker at a meetln held Wedne day night at Wllsonvllle. The attend ance waa gratifying to the speakers. Other who spoke beside Mr. Pierce were M. E. Oaffney, candidate for recorder; Ernett Mass. candidate for sheriff: P 8. Noyer, candidate for representative ln the legislature and J. E. Jack, candidate for aaaeisor. Mr. Pierre and the randidatea ad dressed a crowd at Estscada Tuesday evening. 2 Divorce Granttd Circuit Judge Campbell baa granted decree of divorce In the following rases: Lena M. nevla against Hugn M. nevla and Kat Hunter agalnat J. E. Hunter. C.A. FINE APPLE DISPLAY George A. Harding, who lis been at Hood Itiver, tb guest of Charles Albright, a former resident of Ore gon City, returned to hi home In this city Monday evening. Mr. Hard liiK brought home) u fine sample of apple that were grown In the or chard of Albright Church. Mr. Church Is aon-lu-lnw of Mr. Albright and also a former resident of Ore gon City. Mr. Harding has pluced the apples' In a window of hi drug store and they ar attracting much attention, AmonK the vurlntie are the King, Ortley, Winter llanana, lluldwlii. Hpllltburg, Pweeiukee, acid Oregon Hed. Albright k Church will ship from 1500 boxes to 2000 boxes thu year and will receive the high, est market price paid for Hood Itiv er apples. They are without blumlxh and would take a prlxe at any apple show. Mr. Harding while at Hood Itiver had th pleasure of picking ome of tha famous Hood River ap plea. Mr. Harding, who accompaa led her husband o Hood River, will remain there for several daya. GLADSTONE COUNCIL The Gladstone City Council Tues day evening granfed franchisee for twenty-five year to the Portland Railway Light Power Company, to furnish light, the Home Telephone Company and tha Paclflc State Tel ephone t Telegram Company. Tb companies agreed to use the aame poles. The Portland Railway, Light k Power Company will furnish fif teen street lamp free of charge for the first five year, twenty-five lamp the aecond five years and thirty lamps for the remainder of the time. The telephone companies will pay $100 a year for the franchises. It wa announced that the minimum electric light rate would be the same aa that In Portland. An ordinance, provid ing for the Improvement of Arlington street wa passed. E. D. OLDS DECLARED OF Circuit Judge Campbell haa held that E. D. Old, of Oak Grove la the owner of a epring In the road In front of hi property. Alfred L. Thompson, V. L. Clark and 11. C. Krum, w ho own property on the opposite side of the road sought to prevent Olds from dig ging a well In bla yard, which 't was declared, would atop the spring. The spring ha been leased to Olds by the County Court, and be had given other th right to use It, and. finally. It la claimed, tb lease had been trans ferred by him. Croas t Hammond. representing Olds, set up a claim that the county court had no right to lease the spring, and that It belonged to Olds, for It waa directly ln front of his property. Judge Campbell so held. S.S. 8. 8. Mohler, of this city, who left here May 1, and who bas been plant ing fish on a contract for the govern ment, returned to Oregon City Thurs day evening, after a most successful trip. Mr. Mohler lost few flah, and one trip covered more than sixty miles. He distributed 110,000 flah of many varieties ln ninety hikes. Mr. Mohler endured many hardships, but he returned In the beat of health. He passed through some of the finest country In the Nortwest Mr. Moh ler' work haa been very satisfactory to the government, and he haa re ceived much praise for hla work In distributing the flah. .HIATT SERIOUSLY E J. W. Hlatt, a well known resident of Mount Pleasant, had a narrow es cape from being killed Wednesday in a runaway. Mr. Hlatt was in com pany with a man and hla wife, who had come to thla city for the purpose of buying a farm, and the three were passing along the South End road above Canemah In the Hlatt buggy, when,' the horse "Ginger" driven by Mr. Hlatt became frightened at an umbrella. A large furniture van was In the road ahead of the horse driven by Mr. Hlntt when It became fright ened and threw the occupants out of the buggy, the wheels passing over Mr. Hiatt. He was rendered uncon- sclous. but was soon resuscitated and brought to Oregon City. The other occupants of the bugKy were unln-! Jured. The horse, after going a p hort distance, stopped and was brought back to Oregon City hitched to the buggy which waa somewhat damaged j by the collision with the van and the bluff. Mr. Hlntt is tuffering from an I Injured leg and a cut on bla bead. T SUES FOR $25,000 John Bcrtschinger, who lost his left leg as the result of being injured by a stump-puller Monday filed suit for $23,000 against Edgar Horple, wno owns a larm near urnnsvuie. The plaintiff alleges that he was driving a team February 24, 1912, which was attached to a stump-pul- lerler when a double-tree broke and he was struck by the "sweep." HL leg was so badly crushed that ampu tation was necessary and he says he was otherwise injured. D IN RUNAWAY MILWAUKIE REPLY TO UIN (Continued from page 1) the Hlngle Tax Conference held to New York a short time sine. 'Ih Joseph Fels Fund Commission wu In session and tbny laid their plans to work on the merchant and manufacturer, showing wherein It would lie to their advantage to bave Hingle Tax, and no whore did they mention that Single Tax would bene fit the luborer or farmer. You was present at that conference and on page 6 of said pamphlet, tbe following appears: "Ths Commis sion ha nt out a quantity of such llttratur a I obtainable, and plan ar now undsr way for th prep aration of a merchant's and manu. facturcr' booklet, th object of which Is to show that land value tax. atlon mssn a saving of dollar ao tual profit of dollar to mere. )t and manufacturer. On page 11 of ald pamphlet, tbe following appears: "The object of which Is to carry conviction to mer chants and manufacturer by show ing from official figure of various cities In different states bow tbe gen eral property tax I a tax upon pro duction and all bualneis, and how merchants and manufacturers will get pocket book profit from th land valus tax." You also bave a long list of mer chant In the latter part of your pur ported copy of tb tax roll,- who would absolutoly escape taxation un der your Single Tax system. Mr. L. Adams, tbe largest merchant ln Ore gon City, In 1910 paid $390.00 taxea, you say In your Single Tax roll that be would pay nothing; Mr. H Aden, a wealthy merchant at Wllsonvllle, paid $93.00 taxea, you say that he goes acott free also under your Sin- gle Tax method, and ln fact all of tbe merchant whose name appear on the tax roll are marked In heavy black type by one of your Fel Agent aylng, "All would bave been exempt from taxation under County Single Tax Bill.' Hut we find ln your aame roll, girls doing clerical work for their llvllhood, with the taxes upon their little home more than doubled. With our public school, magazine and dally-papers, it seems to me that, our cltixens should be able to decide Intelligently upon thl queitlou in stead of being baraaaed by a lot of paid employeea of tbe Fela Fund, who 4n my estimation are tb most corrupt disturbers that we now have on the Paclflc Coast Under tbe Initiative and Referen dum, every legal voter la a part of the great Legislature of tbe State, and If he accept money for hla ser vice and Influence in securing legis lation that I favorable to bl employ era, tuch aa merchants and manufact urer whom your Fel Fund Commis sion statea will get pocket book prof- Its from your system of taxation, i Juat a corrupt as the member of tbe State Legislature wbo accept money for bis services and Influence ln se curing legislation beneficial to bla employer. It you bad made a correct copy of tbe tax roll aa you agreed, or If you had even made correction that tb Aastssor requested you to make and which you promised to make before you circulated your purported roll I would consent to debate tbe Single Tax question with you, but I do not desire, to debate the question with anyone who 1 working under a sal ary for a system that If carried Into execution, would) make pocket book profits for tbe-merchant andmanufact urer and practically destroy private ownership in the home and farm, pay $19.75 SUFFRAGE LEADER The Maple Lane Grange held a meeting at tbe grange hall Saturday the attendance being Urge. Among the feature of the at'ernoon program was the address of Miss Ethel E. Griffith, on "Woman's Suffrage." Misa Griffith made a' flue impression. Wil liam Heard discussed the bills to be voted on at the. coming election) Dinner was served at 12 o'clock by the women of the grange. One can didate was given the first and second degree of the order. L At the monthly meeting of the Mll waukle School Hoard Principal Goetz reported an average attendance of of 264 pupil in all departments. Thlg 1 an Increase over the first day's at tendance, which was 248. It is ex pected the enrollment will be 300 by the first of the year. A gratifying report was made by the principal of the high school. He said that there Is a larger class than ever before in this department, and a still further Increase Is expected. It ' 18 expected that next year a separate inl:n achool may be established, as a aufflclent number of students are looked for from Milwaukle and the surroundinK districts. P.M. Lillian May Rlnearson, granddaugh ter of t'eter M. Rlnearson, a pioneer who had a large donation claim in thla county, and H. C. Heath, of Ever ett. Wash., were married Tuesday af ternoon at the courthouse. Circuit Judge Campbell officiating. They went to Everett, where the bride groom la engaged In business. Immed iately after the ceremony. Tbe bride la a daughter of Jacob Rlnearson, em ployed at tbe Crown-Columbia Paper Mill. P. M. Rlnearson owned what is the present lite of Gladstone and many acres ln tbe neighborhood. Sick headache la caused by a dis ordered stomach. Take Chamber lain' Tableta and correct that and tbe headache will dlasappear. For sale by Huntley Bro. Co, Oregon City, Hubbard, Molalla and Canby. SINGLE TAX FOE CONVINCES SCORES Continued from page 1) milt still aillirrrd to the Henry (jcori;c and Joseph Fcl theory, Mr. Shicliln anwrrnr all the ques tions akcd him in a straightforward And convincing manner, lie was never at a hn, although it was evi dent that at least three of the men who quizzed him had gone to the hall for the purpose and had select ed question they believed would be most puzzling. In reply to a puestion why he had not invited Mr, U'Ken to divide the time with, Mr. Shields said that he had paid for the hall, arranged for the meeting, and that Mr. U'Ren, being a resident of this ciry, had am- pie opportunity to addrets the voter of this city. "I am not trying to evade Mr. U'Ken," declared the ipeaker, "and after the appointments I have made have been kept I shall be delighted to meet aim anywhere he detiret and as often as he wishes on the platform and I shall give him all he is looking for too." Mr. Shields scored a telling point and was applauded afterward for more than a minute when he explain ed the so-called "Single Tax" of British Columbia. This was in an swer to a question if single tax had been a success there, why should it not be a success in Oregon. The reason is," shouted the speak er, "that there it no single tax in British Columbia." Mr. Shields then read the tax laws of British Columbia, which include personal property tax, poll tax, tax on canneries, and taxes on various other kinds of property. The only property exempted there is buildings. S. McDonald, and C. S. Noble asked most of the questions, and re vealed their unfairness several times by refusing to accept the answers of the speaker which were to the point and were convincing. They were urged by others in the audience repeatedly to keep their seats, but Mr. Shields insisted that they con tinue, declaring he was eager to an swer all questions. Mr. Shields' denunciations of sin gle tax was neither vicious nor ill- timed. It was logical. He proved his statements invariably. As an introduction he explained why it was that he was acting as sec retary of the Oregon Equal Taxa tion League, under whose auspices his speech here was given. Secretary Shields said that he was vice presi dent of the Spokane Grain Com pany, of Seattle and that when the single tax agitation came up in that city he decided to work against it, feeling from ten years' study of the subject that it was vicious. "And no one can say," said Mr. Shields, "that I was consulting my own personal interests. The single tax measure offered in Seattle would have resulted in my concern saving $2,000 a year in taxes. Instead of paving that sum we would pay noth ing." Mr. Shields added that out of his own pocket he raised $3,000 as a preliminary in the Seattle fight. MAX TELFORD WILL NOT BE CANDIDATE Max Telforu, pioneer Bull Moose worker of Clackamas County, ha de clined the nomination for Joint repre sentative in the Seventeenth Repre sentative District Mr. Telford' let ter of declination to George Arthur Brown, Chairman of the Oregon State Central Committee, Progressive Par ty, Is aa follows: "As I bave the best Interests of the Progressive Party at heart having been one of the original members of the game, and having taken an act ive interest in all of Its conventions, I regret that I waa nominated as Joint representative of the Seventeenth Joint representative district of Oregon at the mass meeting between Clacka mas and Multnomah counties held in Portland, Oregon Saturday September 28, 1912, and as I am ln tbe movement from the standpoint of principal rath er than for office, I believe that I can do better work for the success of the cause, as a private citizen in the ranks, and I therefore hereby de cline the nomination." L ARE SENT TO CLERKS County School Superintendent Gary Monday apportioned the school fund for the first half of the year and will send the vouchers to the clerks of the various districts today. The pro rata of the state tax is six cents less for each pupil than it was last year the amount for each, pupil this year being $1.86. The county fund, however, is larger making a larger total. The law provides that the ap portionment of the first half shall be made the first Monday in) October and the last one in April. MRS. C. H- MEI3SNER BUYS FINE RESIDENCE Mrs. C. H. Melssner ha purchased from Charles Gottberg the property on Washington) between Ninth and Tenth streets. Mrs. Melssner in tends enlarging and Improving tbe house. FELS MEN CANNOT ANSWER SHIELDS LCAGUC 6ECRITARY 8HOW8HOW SINOLE TAX WOULD HARM TATE HENRY GEORCE PLAN IS DESIRED 8peakr Dselars that Word "Grad uated" I Only Cloak to Hid Behind for Tim Be ing It wa declared Tueaday by per sons who had heard Charle H Shields, secretary of the Oregon Equal Taxation League, apeak at Wil lamette Hall Monday evening, that the Seattle man made a convincing argument agalnat Single Tax. Mr. Shields aald at on time tb Single Taxer claimed that Oregon would go for Single Tax, and that he bad then told tbem that If hi assist ance counted for anything, Oregon should know the real fact of th case before voting. He told of the orig inal agitltlon of Single Tax thirty three year ago by Henry George In bl book, "Progres and Poverty." He aald the aim of all Single Taxer wa the ame a tb aim of Henry George tbe abolition of private property In land. "You will iee," be aald "that many Oregon Single Taxer attempt to deny this but they have been smoked out Assistant Secretary C ridge of tbe Graduated Single Tax League and a fela paid. Single Tax writer Bay, that Single Tax Is not op posed anywhere In Oregon. But Mr. U'Ren, th Oregon paid agitator. wrote to the Oregonlan July 31 a fol low: "The Single Taxer have preaented two Blngle Tax measure. On 1 th local county option law for Multno mah also offered In Clackama and Coo couutle. Tbe other I th Grad uated specific tax exemption amend ment." "Here we have Mr. U'Ren himself declaring that Graduated Single Tax I a Single Tax. and thl 1 the truth. But Single Taxers will rarely admit It Aa a matter of fact Graduated Single Tax la a purely Single Tax measure." He continued: "Single Tax I of fered to you a a tax reform, a a ays tern of taxation that will relieve all the Ilia of Society. A a matter of fact It I not a system of taxation at all, and far from being a tax reform. It bas but one object that of restor ing privately owned bind back to the state." Taxea should be paid, said the speaker, by those who bave the where with-all. Graduated Single Tax ig nore this. ' "The Graduated Single Tax I not a revenue getter and will not be a revenue getter," he declared. "Tbe Graduated Single Tax payer say it will break up large holdings, reduce the price of land and bring emigrant and bomo-sedker by the thousands to take advantage of the low values offered. "Now, If this I true." said Secre tary Shield, and be wa exception ally earnest, "tbe revenue they figure out to come from tbe large land own ers will not be forth coming. In the meantime yon bave exempted person al property." REPUBLICANS WOULD CUT D01 EXPENSES The Republican candidates ad dressed) a large crowd at Mullno Friday evening. The, speakers, who Included E. C. Hackett candidate for Sheriff; Guatav Schnoerr, candidate for representative; Chris. Schuebel, candidate for representative; J. F. Nelson, candidate for assessor and E. P. Dedraan, candidate for recorder, declared that Republican administra tions had always given more econom ical service than Democratic admin istrations. Mr. 1 Hackett asserted that if elected he would conduct the office of sheriff at a less expense than it had been conducted by Democratic . Incumbents. He declared that the Democrats had been prodigal in their expenditures. PLANS CAMPAIGN A well attended and important Meeting of the Prohibition Club was bold in Dr. Mllliken's atuJy Tuesday night, when the election of ill'ters was held, resulting as follows: Dr. Mliliken, chairman; S. McDoua.d. sec retary and treasurer. Dr. Ford, chair man Clackamas Coun'y committee and C. W. Clark i-ecretary cf wane committee were .ir.thorized on behalf of the Prohibition Club to tet sever-' al thousand copies of the platform j published for circulation. It was an ' nounced that fifty speakers rvouM I make a tour of the county. Money to finance tbe work has bem premised ON LOCAL OPTION A petition that local option be vot ed at the coming election in Canby has been filed with County Clerk Mulvey. It has about fifty signatures Canby is now "dry" but it is under stood that men formerly interested in the liquor business there have tak en the lead in urging that the ques tion be voted upon again. The peti tion was filed by Frank Astman. How Much Will You Pay to bave your eye cured; Suther land' Eagle Ey Salva only costs 2ac the eyei. For sale by Harding's drag tore.