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Oregon City Enterprise Published gvsry Friday. C. E. BRODIC Editor and Publisher. Entered at Oregon City, Or, Post office as second-class matter. Subscription Rates: Ons Tear JI M Six Months Ti Trial Subscription, Two Months 2i Subscribers will find the date ot ex piration stamped on their paper fol lowing their name. It last payment U not credited, kindly notify us. and the matter will receive our attention. Advertising Rates on application. NAILING rhta week's Courier, In Its ONE LIE efforts to further be smirch the county court, announces as nearly as Its ' pled" type will permit It that the "county owed $60,612.88 on Friday, August 1." The Courier then Koes on a long and wordy ramble to the effect that the county has got "over $0. 000 In debt In less than four months." and wants to know where It will be In eight months. All of whlch.is pretty good for The Courier. It Is about as near the truth as The Courier has found lts?lf in many, many moons. As a matter of fact the county is not In debt for $t0.- 000, nor any sum like It. Atthepres-! ent time it probably owes some $30, 000 that Is today there ar outsUnd , Ljn. . - .v.. -Kt tm. ing uuts iu iuj 000 more than there is today In the . , . no lis to support these men. The com countv treasury. But today there is, . . ". ....... $32,813.98 availab'e In the hands of County Treasurjr Tufts and when The Courier's eight-months are up It is -worried about where the county will be In eight months taxes will have come In, and the chances are that the county wont be In debt to any startl lngly noticeable extent It oaems The Courier wants the county to be out of debt all the time. The Courier does not take into con sideration the fact that such a happy state Is only enjoyed by tramps, who havent any credit, and who therefor can't get into debt The county busi ness, like all other business, is run largely on credit, and work Unordered done and paid for on the expectation that the warrants will not be cashed until annual or semi-annual tax pay ments come In. The county doesn't have to pay cash every time it builds a bridge or lays a road. Its credit Is good. Maybe The Courier, through un famtllarity with the credit system, doesn't undertsand this. However, taking The Courier's fig ures at their face value, they don't amount to so much after all. The months of April. May. June, July, Aug ust and September of each year are the months when most of the road and bridge work is done in this county. The other months are too wet The rest of the year the county only has to meet such current expenses as sal aries, county poor charges, widows' pensions, and such things. . But In the six months enumerated It has to charge up to Itself a vast lot of im provement work and accomplishment, always with the expectation that this work will be paid for shortly. Now then. The Courier having found out that the county Is $00,000 "in debt," or that It has outstanding, may be, bills to that amount. It seems to be a pretty good showing that tba couny could get through the first four months of this usually expensive per iod and not get any further "In debt," as The Courier puts It. It doesn't show extravagance to spend only such a sum for public improvements in four months, it doesn't show incom petency, or any of the other things that The Courier says "you should worry" about It doesn't show any thing. In fact, ex '. that the county Is going on running Its business as It usually runs it, with a strict regard to the interests of the public. The only things that The Courier's outburst show are that The Courier isn't familiar with the usual system of business credit that The Courier Is trying to manufacture some charge against the county court that will have at Ijast a semblance of truth, that The Courier doesn't tell the truth when It says the county la "$60,000 in debt," because striking a balance today, as a clerk would In any business, show that actual liabilities are only about half that sum, and that The Courier is pretty hard pressed for "dope" when it tries to make a sensation out of such things. Opportunity A bank account enables you to grasp opportunities requiring investment capi tal. When you have money, you can pick up many good investments land, houses, partnerships and stock. The Bank of Oregon City OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY YOUR DUTY Kvery cHlsen of Clack SATURDAY amaa county has a pub- Ho duty to perform next Saturday, and should plan to perform that duty, Nothing should be permitted to stand In the way. No other engagement should be allowed to Interfere. The duty of every man and woman who Is locally Qualified on Saturday Is to VOTE. Saturday Is the day when the people will decide whether faithful county of flclala ar to be recalled because of the pique and Jealousy of a few dis gruntled folk who seek to run this county for selfish purposes, nd who want to garner to themselves "plums" which shall be paid for by the public money. Saturday is the time when the trumped-up chargea ot the valiant trio will be put to test, aud ao that there shall be no doubt about lh pub lic verdict, every legally qualified voter should go to the polls and VOTE. Some citizens entitled to the ballot may not have registered. The . law provides for such contingencies, amir If there are any who have failed to observe the preliminary formalities. they should take six fraehold-rs to the polls with them and swear their ballot In. Hut most Important of all, every body should VOTE. The main hope of those who are trying to besmirch the records of I County Judgj R. 11. Heatie and Coun ty Commissioner N. Hlair Is that their I supporters wll'. be overconfMent. and . . n.arv , . , the Ini el.'c loa Is not a time for any dis play of coufldence save in one form, and that Is by. VOTE. Charges have been preferred, but not supported, which concern every cltlxen of the country. These charges ara not generally believed. Teople who do not believe them should not step at mere denial, however; they should rebuke Olds and Brown and Hagemann and Castro and Schuebel and the others of their camp by ex pressing their opinion at the polls. They should VOTE. The most important thing to do next Saturday is to VOTE. This means you! BIG CROPS The banner crop year EVERYWHERE In the history of the country was 1912. It Is too much expect that such a year will be fol lowed by another to equal or surpass It but the annual crop report of the Continental and Commercial National ban: of Chicago indicates that 1913 crops will closely approximate those of 1912 and even surpass them In some products. The aggregate Indicated wheat yield of the year is 739.000,000 bushels against 730,000.000 bushels last year. Our exports are likely to be 170,000, OOObushels this year, against 143,000. 000 bushels last year, largely because there still remain 30.000.000 bushels of last year's crop in stock. This is over one-fourth ot the world's total wheat exports, which last year were 660.000,000 bushels. Based upon cur rent prices, our wheat exports for the year will bring us $155,000,000, while the total value of the crop will be about $600,000,000. The largest domestic crop Is corn. This year the crop, while considerably above the average, does not equal that of 1912. Tha general average for the past ten years is 2,670.000,000 bushels. The yield this year is estimated at 2. 800,000,000 bushels, against the 1912 yield of $3,125,000,000. The value of this year's yield will be between $1,500,000,000 and $1750,000.000. The barley and hay crops promise to be at least equal those of 1912. The oat and rye crops, while they will fall somewhat short of last year's figures, are still well above the average. Altogether, the year 1913 promises to be an excellent one on the farms, and that means prosperity in com merce and industry generally, for these depend, fundamentally, upon agriculture. A8 ONE MAN The Molalla Pioneer, VIEWS IT a newspaper which has kept entirely out of the recall discus sion, and which heretofore has taken no side In the fight, now announces itself as opposed to the movement. Editor Taylor has suspended judg ment in the matter until he could hear all sides of the argument and hav ing digested the information obtain able, expresses himself as follows: "We have read everything we could get bearing on the present recall elec- OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. VltlDAY.' AUGUST 15, 1013, tlon. We approached it without prejudices. We did not know per son In question. Not even the edl tor scrappers In the case. Our con viction la thut there has not been a case nial J against the court string enough to warrant their recall." THE CRUX OF When the attempt to THE MATTER oust County Judge lleatle and County Commlsslonary Itlatr first was put under way Iu Its present form, there was much to-do over a reort embracing a series of charges. This tvport was duly Inves tlgated and reported upon by the biased "committee ot three" appointed at a ''mass meeting." and the valiant trio gave forth the annouueemeut tat they had found the charges true In every particular. It was natural to suppose, therefor, that the rauipalKn against the members of the county court would be mnde along the lines set forth In these charges. However, such hits not been the case. The original charges have not only been denied, but have b:en re pudiated by some ot the men who put the official "O. K." of the wallers up on them. The Courier has t!mo after tint printed Inconspicuous apologies for "errors" and "misapprehensions that found their way Into their report, and Robert Schuebel, one of the In vestigators, has issued a statement de claring that Judge Beatle, In his reply and refutation of thse original charges, has been telling the truth. The whole fight has been made upon n.'w charges, trumped up from week to week, and flaunted In the fact of the public until they were disapproved and then forgotten and cast aside for other charges no more trustworthy. In a desperate effort to throw some slimy mud at the county officials that would stick the wallers have stopped at nothing, but to date they have made no charges which even their preju diced witnesses have been ab'e to sub stantiate. Prominent leaders of the wall have had the He passed to them in person at various public meetings, and have sunk te their seats abashed. Such has been the puerile weakness ot their campaign. Yet they ask that two men, against whose public record there has been no valid complaint made, be dragged down from their office and disgraced, so that a few selfish and disappointed gentry can gain plums at the. expense of the public. Their campaign, futile and aimless save for the purpose ot slandering and besmirching the county judge and one of the commissioners, has fallen flat In the last analysis. Yet they ask voters to go to the polls and carry out their will, so that their own little ambitions may be satisfied, and so that they can claim that their attacks have been justified. It is in deed a pitiful spectacle. Perhaps no better summary of the absolute weakness ot the case against Judge Beatle and Commissioner Blair can be given than a letter from O. D. Robblns, a well known and prominent citizen of Logan, who wrote to The Court ?r to set that paper straight In regard to the entire recall matter. The Courier dared not refuse to print the letter, but they burled It as best they could. The Enterprise herewith reprints this communication, and ad vises every voter and every person in terested In fair play to study it care fully, and to base bis judgment upon the question upon Mr. Robblns" re marks. The letter follows: Logan, July 2S, 1913. Editor Courier: The Courier has expressed a desire to smoke out Bomeone to defend the county court and as I do not generally avoid an opportunity to defend men or measures that are attacked when I believe In them. I wish to give some of my reasons for opposing the recall. In my humble judgment the direct charges of extravagance and the Im plied charges of fraud have not been sustained and to make the statement stronger, I believe the court has ac complished more tor the county than any court wo have ever had. The mistakes have been grossly exagger ated. The good things have bn Ig nored or denied and the mostly un founded and unproven charges have been so Industriously and persistently made that a lot of suspicion has been aroused. Because taxes have been high a little evidence with a lot of statement has made a big impression When Judge Beatle canvassed the county he stated In every precinct, presume, as I know he did at Logan, that while times were good, he was in favor of increasing the tax rate to gradually pay tha debt. That looked good to me then and it looks better to me now when the court has carried it out and made a substantial reduc tion in the debt. In fact, Judge Beatle claims that Mr. Hackett's report, which can easily be verified from tbe records, shows the county was nearly $100,000 better off at the end of March, 1912, than at the end of March, 1910. This, besides building many permanent steel bridges with concrete piers; the annexation to tbe court house, and the large amounts spent on tbe roads. If there is any way to pay off a county debt without reaching into the tax-payers' pockets, show me. And while you are about it, show me that It Is not wise to pay off the d-ibt and make permanent im provements In the way of roads and bridges. If taxes are higher for a while it Is the road to lower taxes in the fu ture. When I was In debt I worked hard to make as large payments as possible. I've never regretted it and as a citizen of the county I uphold a similar course In the county court. The mass meeting committee that examined the county records evident ly made the mistake of blaming the total taxation on the county court when tbey claimed tbe court was In bad to tbe amount of $163,000, as compared with the court of DID. Judge Beatle's statement published In the Telegram enters Into minute de tails and gives exact figures of tbe taxes of 1910 and 1912 and separates the mandatory taxes from the other for both years. These mandatory taxes such as the state and special road and school taxes, the court has nothing to do with It In levying or expending and this puts an entirely different feat on the matter and shows ss before stated thst thscounty had gone ahead nearly $100,000 in the two years besides paying an In crease In mandatory taxes of over tHZ.'M and that the Increase of taxes of 1912 over those of 1910, for which the court was responsible, was less than $9,000. It will be remembered that before tbe previous county judge was eloo;d he had promised to get the county out ot debt before the expiration of his term, but his courage was not equal to the necessary Increase In taxation and he gave un the Job. Shall we show by our actions ami votes that we do not appreciate It when we get a court that has the courage of Its convictions and does the necessary and proper thing! I suggest that It the Courier Is sin cere in dealt lug to publish a defens by Judge lleatlo, that It publish the complete statement by him, published In The Telegram of. I think July bth as the clipping is headod the 15th. I would ask all candid voters to read It carefully and ask thenis dves If It Is rot a complete and satisfactory reply to the charges of the Pomona Orange resolutions, which head the article, I presume the article was published In The Kntetprtao also. As to the bridge contracts, If any thing wrong was proven It was a lechulcal violation of law not neces sarllv showing the county was wronged, as the other part of thi charge depended, as I understand It, on the evidence of one expert, as did the court often differ and make mis- takes In such ruses. And the timber cruising, who knows It would have been cheaper to do It by day's work and Is there anyone In tbe county with sufficient experience to warrant thorn In bidding less? I believe In the recall law, but I do not believe In using it as a boy might a new Jack-knife on any furniture that conies in his way or as the obstreper ous Irishman said: "Just to show my authority over ye." I navj the highest respect for the recall candidates, especially the nom inee tor Judge, whom I w.ill know and under other circumstances I should bo pleased to have s chuncj to vote tor them. O. O. Kobblns. BEAR IT 8ome people fulled to r?g IN MIND tsier In time for the wall election. If they are qualified voters, they tuy yet cast a ballot on August 16. All that they will have to do Is to have six free-holders escort them to tha polling place, and there have them swear In the vote. Requirements for voting in this state are very simple. The voter must be an American cltlxen, and must have resided In the state for the six months preceding the election. That is all. Some cities require that for ctly elections the voter must have been a resident of the ward and pwlnct for a certain time, but such nil 's do not apply In the coming vote. The state requirement is all that Is neces sary, under the law though In the line of common sens it la to be un dersood that the voter must also be a resident of the county. FORUM OF THE PEOPLE ESTACADA BRIDGE AGAIN Editor, The Enterprise: 1 see a "no tice In Tbe Courier stating that the Estacada bridge across the Clack amas river is all right, and that The Enterprise sometime sgo published an article about It which The Courier says Is untrua. I want to say. In fa vor of The Enterprise, that its state ments were true. Mr. Hnyden, Mr. Hayner and I tightened up the bolts and rods in the bridg. and found ona bolt only part way through the churl I took out the rod and put in a new one instead. I also found some truss braces short. I had to put wedges In to tighten them. I know what good framing on bridge work is, and I count this framing a poor job. I do not blann the county officers for the poor work done on the bridge, as their business is to at tend to county affairs ss best they can. I. N. PARK. Sprlngwater, Oregon, Mors on That "Promise" MOLALLA. Ore.. Aug. 11th. (Edi tor. The Enterprise) In The Courier of last week its is stated that if the county court wins In tha recall fight. Molalla precinct is to "come In for favors, a new bridge across the Mo 'alia near Schafer's mill, at a cost of ten thousand dollars," insinuating thut this bridge has been promised as a bribe to this district to support the present court. Tbe people who have been most ac tive in urging the necessity of the bridge resent this. The facts are that a bridge at this point had been urged long before the present court were elected. The whole community both of the Coiton and Molalla sections have urged the building of this bridge. Cit izens have subscribed over a thous and dollars to gravel and open roads to the bridge if built The court has made no promises on condition of sup port or in any way has used this as a leverage to get support Anyone wishing any further Infor mation in regard to this matter, I would gladly refer them to L. W. Rob blns, J. II. Vernoon or Albert .agle, each of whom have been very active in urging the Immediate need of this bridge. There Is no evidence that if the bridge Is built It will cost ten thousand dollars. Fratern.illy yours, W. W. Everhart, IS Recallers who are after the scalp of the county court bad a lovely time at their meeting Friday night at Molalla. Candidates Anderson and Smith spoke as did Ed Olds and tbe Rev. Dr. gplcss. From time to tlmthey addressed their remarks to County Treasurer Tufts and Attorney O. D. Eby, who were present snd every time they tried to put over a campaign false hood, their efforts were promptly nailed. Tbe audience seemed to hugely en joy the discomfiture of the campaign ers. Much of the time of Olds snd Dr. Speiess was taken up with de nouncing The Enterprise, which they seemed to regard ss a campaign Issue. W. W. Eberbard got considerable at tention wben be challenged the re callers to state where they had got their Information, published In Tbe Courier, that If tbe present county court was retained In office there would be a nice new bridge built for tbe district He said It was a lie. pure and simple. A Mr. Meredith, who was present, answered, saying thst he knew where the Information came from, but that he didn't care to state the source. Eberbard said Mo lalla didnt even want a bridge, snd was not seeking bribes to vote the wsy Justice demanded that it should rots. I AXES USELtSS Hi WILLAMETTE RUlINO OP JUDQI CAMPBELL IN DOWNEY CASE HIT! CITY "BELOW BELT" NO CHARTER POWER TO LEVY HAD Neighboring Municipality Incorpor ated, But Lacks Right ts As citis Property to Psy Its Clvlo Expenses Circuit Judge J. V. Campbell has hand -d down a very Important deci sion In the case of Jnmes Downey vs. K. T. Muss ss sheriff of Clackamas county. Mr. Downey who was the first mnyor of Willamette, and wno is the present owner of the waterworks of thut town, brought suit stain! the sh-rlff as tax collector of Clackamas county, restraining him from collect ing a special ton mill tax levied ty authority of an ordlnanc of Willam ette passed in Dvember 1912. At the time there, was a rumor, perhaps with out foundation, that the ordinance was enacted for lh express purpose of ef fecting Mr. Downy, who was the :irgest property owner In town. Mr. Downey In his complaint alleg ed that Sections 320rt 7 of Uirda Ore gon liws are uncons'ltiitloual and void for the reason thut said act delegutes to the county court legislative power. also (hnt the constitutional amend ment giving the people residing In any proposed territory power and author It y to Incorporate is not 'If execut ing, and that the town of Willamette attempted to IncortMirate but did not adopt a charter and had no power to levy any taxes upon the taxable prop erty within Its lmlts. This last contention was upheld by .lodge Campbell, who gave a d vision holding thnt there was no provision of law authorising thr ton of itlam ette to levy a municipal tax. following the deceislon of the supreme court of Oregon, In the rase of Corbett vs. City of Portland. 31 Or -son. page 47 (5IM. It fiil'owa from this decision that Wil lamette finds herself In odd predica ment: she cannot levy a legal tax up on property within her limits to pay the currmt expense. Willamette has lately expended more than usual owing to the fart that two ap'lal an nexation elections have been he'd. At 'the lint tilectlon tbe territory de sired to be annexed was bounded by th center of the Willamette river and Included about 2 5 of the paper and pulp mills snd the electric plant on the west sldo of the river. At that rleetlni, those residing outside of Wll Inmette. and In the desired district to be annexed, rejected the offer by a majorlry of three. WU'amette. not at all discourager", resolved to try again and drew a line w hich would In clude those who favored annexation and exclude those who did not see thine In that light. The line began a: Willamette, went to the center of the Wlllimette river, fo'lowed this for about a quarter of a mile until nerr the Young and Moehnke resi dence, then ran around them and came out again to the center of the Willamette river: thence to a point h'sKllfllmaetttxad'taxednt to Include about one-half of the mills; thence following the road to Willam ette, Including a tier of tracts and parts of tracts In Willamette Falls Acreage tracts. In one Inslance tht Una whs so drawn as to take nearly all of the property hut the house. The voters In the house Immediately moved Into tents snd established a lo gal residence In time to vote. Thera were rumors current to the effect that at the election the crews of the river boats, "N. R. I.ang" and "Ruth" voted. This upon Investigation was found not to bs the exact fact Six men. who make their home, sleep and work on the. I-ang. which Is every night tied up In the district desired to be annexed, did vote. Hut they acted upon the advice and counsel of the Hon. A. M. Crawford, attorney gen -ral of Oregon. Thev had no oth er domlcl'e, and for years had consid ered the Lang their home. 2-DAY CELEBRATION mui.ai.i.a, Aug. . Tlie prepara tions for the big celjliratlon on Sep tember 19 and 20 are making excellent, progress. Already application are be ing mado for concessions for the two days of the fair. There will be an excursion from Sllverton, Woodburn and other south em points as well as from Portland and points north. The P., E. & E. will provide two bands and pay the expenses themselves. The P., E. ft E. are doing lots of ad vertising of the enterprise and it Is thought that there will be at least five thousands people here on the 19th. A letter to hand from Governor West, while not binding himself to a date so far in advance, assures us that if It Is at all possible he will be here. The last of the month he will be able to tell us definitely. A number of Macksburg people have asked to have the train stop near the railroad bridge on the day of the ex cursions that they could have an ap portunlty to ride on the first passen ger train to Molalla. Probably their re(U-st will be granted. PACIFIC HIGHWAY VANCOUVER, B. C. Aug. IL The fourth annual convention of tbe Pa cific Highway association met In this city today for a three days' session. Delegates from Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles snd a number of other cities sre In attendance. The association alms to secure the con struction of a first class road along the Pacific slope from ss tar north as possible. Except for two short breaks In llritish Columbia, tbe highway stretches continuously from Hazelton, B. C. to Tntnk, Arlx. During tbe winter large swtlons of the road sre Impassable and the as sociation Is working to secure the co operation of the different communit ies tod ward an early Improvement of the conditions. BIG BATCH Of FIRE Fifty nine fire wardens, all of Inn road supervisors of Ihe county, hnv.i been appointed til protect the. forests and other exposed parts of tiulr dls trlcts from fires that spring up over night and that hsvs hen responsible for a large loss of lltninr und property In the last few years. I'ndcr a new system, the wardens will be paid for ths tlms tint thy are actually tit work sal wl l liavn lliu expenses that thuy Incur In thi pro lection of the forost paid front Uiu eouuiy funds. The dutl-s of tin uu officials will Include I'm wsrtilnit oi hunters snd campers lo nitlngiil.ili all tires liefor leaving their raiiipluu grounds and to pntr il those mhIIuiij of the county where fins are liable to rage for aoiii 'tltmt without discov ery. Many (Ires startd by campers aud others travelling through the woods have ln put out by Ilia wardens be fore they had dn any dninage and Urge tracts of limber saved by the discovery of the fires wulle they wer small enough to be extinguished by one man. HOMESTEAD BURNED Fire Wednesay evening complele'y destroyed hat Is known aa lhi (ileii morrlo ranch home, sulttiateU Just out side of Oswego, In the real esla'e tracts known at tllnnniurrle. The dwelling was the early home of Cm Mory family, but recently bad been used only as tha selling office of the firm that la haudllnths tracts. Fred Morey, local agent Tor lb company, also made bis bonis In I lis bill din it. The fire broke nut suortly after six In the evening, apparently from the large fireplace on Ihe ground floor. The flames spread rapidly, and varly in thnlr progress burned off wires which furnished power fur a pumping plant on the proper T. thus making It Impossible to fight the fir. With no water with which to combat th flames, attention was turn! lo saving the furnishings ot the home, many of which are of great historic value. Practically everything of Intrinsic worth was removed from the building, which was burned to the ground. Kstlmutes of the loss vary from IVltK) to $10,000. Tha house was large In slut, snd was of tnaislvv con struction. ADVICE TO HUNTERS IS GIVEN BY STATE The stnte hoard of fish and game ronimlsalouers have recommended the following suggestions to bt used by sportsmen In the field In order to pre vent accidental shooting and lo relieve r.t'rsona who are Injured or lost In the forests and mountains: To prevent accidental shooting, ev ery hunter should weur a red rap, shirt or sweater, or some other article of clothing that ran easi'y be Identi fied from game birds and animals, especially when hunting deer in the forest. HiintTS should never shoot at mov ing brush, le nves or grass with the exn -elation of killing game. It la dan gerous, for the moving object Is likely to he a man. Never shoot at any ob ject until you are absolutely poslllvt uf Identification. To prepare for an em-rg'enry, every hunter aud angler ahnu'd carry In hla Iwkrt a piece of randls and mulches in a water-tight mach safe. In case of becoming lost or Injured, on ran readily start a ramp firs. When a man Is lost or Injured and needs help, a slgnnl by shooting should be given. This signal will be the firing of a gun once, with nn In termission of ten second before the second shot, then an Intermission of sixty second, then a third shot. If no answer Is received, thls signal should he repeated after an lltterjnlsslon of five minutes. The iierson who Is lost should, af ter hearing an answer to his signal, roiinln at lh place where be gave I in" nignni until nie rescuing party ar rives, otnerwise ;io nmv take thn op poslto direction and not bn found at nil. No. 85C6. REPORT OP THE CONDITION OP The First National Bank of Oregon City it Oregon City, In the Stats of Oregon, at the oioss of business, Auguit rth, 1913. Resources. Loans and Discounts 96,S5i.SJ Overdrafts, secured and unsecured U. 8. lionds to secure circulation 12.6M-M Other bonds to secure Postal Savings JJ,W"- lionds Securities, etc 63,169" Hanking House, Furniture and Fixtures 15,0). Oue from National Hanks (not reserve agents) Due from State and Private Hanks snd Iisnkers, Trust Companies, and Savings Hank ; W'f flue from approved Reserve Agents 99.7I1"1 Checks and other Cash Items 6tf" Notes of other National Hanks 2.754,t Fractional Paper Currency, Nickels, and Cents s Specie Legal tender notes 1,010.00 42,7" Redemption fund with U. 8. Treasurer (J per cent, of circulation. .. '2S0' Total $377,131 M Liabilities. . Capital stock paid In $ M. Surplus Fund .Jj" Undivided Profits, less Expenses and Taxes paid ' 3'7"Ji! NatlonalHank Notes outstanding .',r, ' ,9 Due to State and Private Hanks and Hankers 11 . Individual deposits subjoct to check 286,051 Demand certificates of deposit 12,26?" Postal Savings deposits JVJ Total 177,131 M Htate of Oregon, County of Clackamas, ss. . , I, F. J. Meyer, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear v th? cboro statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. I J. METER, Cashier Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August. 1913. (SEAL) J. P. CLARK, Notary Publle- CORRECT Attest: D. C. LATOURETTl C. D. LATOURETTft M. D. LATOURETTB, Directs' NFV MAIL RATF5; n i nrr iaj Nmi AID MERCHANTS PARCEL! POST CHANOli u PICTIO TO TIMULIT LOCAL TRADING HAIL ORDER HOUSES NOHapQ leorssae of Buslntit Bttwen s.V, srd Small City Btvrtt Aniu. paled ss loon as Changs Msdt An amendment lo thi pnn regulations wlilcli n,' welKi.t l.n.lt of parcels uf f.H.rthcilZ mall mutter for delivery !,.,. first snd second loims from n ii pounds, will go Into eff,t Aii,,,,, ,V Following this dute the limit , of parcels of fourth class inn tur T livery within the first , (ones will be lucrt nsed from t'u pounds. The rate of pllu, 0, eels excelling four ouimv, ' will bn 6 ceil is for the first pouud t rent for each additional t0 bouJ? or fraction thereof l,i, t,.n,; j , local delivery, and 5 c.-nt.( (r h', IHMiud and I rent for ., h j,ti i, pound or fraction i;i,.nMf m,,, tended for delivery at o'her nrZ wphln the first and s -roud u, , Thn rale lor local d.-llv ,.ry n, ply to all parcel. riLillrd at p,,,,"! lire, from which a rural rout ,Urt. for delivery on such ruum, tr faAly t auv point on such rout,! furd u,-. at any other point ther -on. ir w tk, oftii e from which the roum itam, on any rural route surfing tlwrrirt,. and on all matter nmibd at i ci;, carrier office, or at any point l:hli Its delivery limits, fur d illmry brcin rlers from that oflli , or at my of fice for local delivery. Postal officials expect tlint tht rates will prove of rxetptlunal . Iractlvenesa to people living a Wf, burhan and rural romtminliin, uu) will bring about a great lurreus h 'oral mall buslni'ss It Is bdkttfi that It will particularly Lrtng la rreaae In shipment of small tarn lad dairy produre to local marketi, ut that It will also inrrrase tin drtllao between small city stiuvs and U people of tha surrounding coumrj Preparations are being made by tin department for rtnp'ovnK-nt ofabw numtier of extra office rlrrki to hnndle the exper d business In Increasing the wcichta of mmii that mar be sent through tint first ttt ones, the (Hist office department be llevis that It baa not opened in fl-U for larue mailorder houses to iir great extent, ao proprietors and osi ers of small stores are not nytJ to tile objections. The rhnnx ll toe fit the larger mailorder homes but lltt'e. owing lo tbe fact that th.-y n mainly situated In the chief rltlet of the country, nnd will nut be able to lake advantage of the two, tone li rress. Merchants In smaller cities, however, will he enabled to utllliotho ratea and so will be able to greatlr It crease th.dr trading fle'd. HAVINO FUN ON TRAIN LANDS YOUTH PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. -A Ml bright youth of 1H who tare lit name as James Miller, of Orecm ("It;, a srr'strd Friday nUht slant In o'clock at East Water and ItiwtSorn streets, upon complsint of two cnt ductors on an Interurb.tn train, bo told the patrolman on the cornr that he had been "rough hoimlnx" the rif and pssseng rs a I the way Is If" the Clackamas metropolis. Thoyouti was taken to thn ollre station In tb hooshgow automobile, and there tailed to produce sufficient cash to bill hits self out, so he was locked up for the night on a charge of dls inl rly cm duct. At the police station the jrouti did not feel half aa much like cultlm up ns he bnd on the Interurliao trala. and begged plteously to be reVu4 There was nothing stirring. Good Reason for His Enthuilnia. When a man haa suffered for i'' al days with colic, dlnrrhoes or otir form of bowel complaint and l ! cured sound and well by on or P doss of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholm and Diarrhoea Itemedv, as Is often tkj case. It Is but natural that Its riouM I enthusiastic In his praise of tb remedy, and especially is this tbeex" of a sr.re attack when life Is threat ened. Try It when !n need of suck a remedy. It never fulls. Hold brw dealers. $41,873.20