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; Th. tnl.rorl.. I. th. ft 1 1 1 tl H II l I I A I fVl IWf A I I U M I ' L-i a. amIu r- x m It a m m a r'niinl J J, mlmt mm mm r 1ft v ml m m mm mm ar at m. - w wiaw nei u wwvtn . .. FORTY-EIGHTH YEAR No. 7. OUIWON CITY, OREGON, FIJI DAY, VTAUIUAHY 13, 1911. ESTABLISHED 186 CHILDREN LEARN REAL FARMING A HISTORY OF CLACKAMAS ROADS DISTRICT NO. ( '' ' 4' Will 958 62 Oni Million and Quarter 4' 4' Total expendlturn nil , rHil districts, since m IUII 2.400 49 FIVE CANDIDATES FOR GOVER NOR MAKE A START WITH ONE TO HEAR FROM ANOTHER OREGON CITY MAN WOULD BE GOVERNOR OF OREGON, INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT BUSY ORGANIZING SCHOOLS UNDER STAtT MELDRUM SAYS LAW HOLDS HIM RESPONSIBLE FOR ROADS BUT ADOPTS POLICY I U I S 1,497 84 11(13 1.405.01 GEORGE C. BROWNELL WOULD KILL MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF LIQUOR ywir"lo7 CLACKAMAS NOT U'REN WILL RUN LACKING AMBITION AS INDEPENDENT NO PERMANENT WORK THIS YEAR PROHIBITION IS IN HIS PLATFORM . 91,21'J.D'JI.KG 4-' I folnl I10.CK3 1 1 Af Show by Districts District No. District No, District No. District No. District No. District No District No. District No. District No. 8 . District No. 10 33,027 04 I M.i i r, t;o Ppeclul levle III 1908, 1912 inU I 2.217.11 33,m:i.:i7 9,000.40 22,124 4il lK.lliil 02 28.31 1.51 51 N.xri .in 25.1 40,67 Totul Expenditure .. Tim largest monthly On out east frnin llorltix 11 couple rf mllea you reach Hi" Itoiitularlra of Itoad District No. . nil road uf which r either mud or plunk. To be spec nr. lot mail district boast of 14 nllc of plunk roada, and I lie balance f Id ylcin 10 mlli'i "illrl." I'here are no riH-k or icravil roud In ilstrlct Nod, for the reusou that wood ,.1N,II01.02 expenditure 1 1 1 r I it at the seven year I nolulily thai of Junuiiry, under ih 1907 expendl (urea, which anionnta to f 19.1(1. 65. cr niom than third times aor oilier inonlhly disbursement during I lie yi-ur. Kor I lm moat hurt however, the Inric vat expenditure have been made dor In K tho aniiinier nioiilha In thla dis trict. In 1913 2 mil' 1 of plank run 'In were litillt, t tin totul expense for that yeur. Including a $1isr,20 special levy, n in 011 nt 1 iik to $2,40.71. It la a well known fact that many of thn older plank roada In District No d. are today In very had shape, Early In thn winter the auto ataKti had to; renan operation between Horlng and . 1. CRANT DIMICK SETS FAST PACE Browned, U'Rren, Gill and Millar Gat Into th Running With Harvey Starkweather to Hear From Thero a nothing backward about nii'kamaa county when It coinea to going after thing political. The gubernatorial ol nearly fell Into the fire Monday when F. J. 8. Tooze, an per!nteiiient of Dm Oregon City aehoola, was accused the term la used OPPOSED TO THE LICENSED SALOON PRIZE WINNERS WILL CO TO FAIRS Advocate Stat Highway Syetem of Hard Surfaced Roada by Graduated Tax on Inheritance! Wllllum B. U'Hen, qoted far and wide aa the man who urged thn people of Oregon to adopt th Intlatlve and referendum and the recall, with a con alderable decree of aui ceaa, and who later fulled to bring about the enact ment of a alnele tax amendment ban advlaedly of beliiK a Hull Mmiae can-j concluded to run for rovernor aa an n n.i coumry ran i .e, ..re., n.uri. , ,,, , nmny pur,,a , ,,,,, r Init la ao bad that team travel la not Thla dlatrlet Include the Hiindy I 011iv nerve rucklna but haznrdoua. Well oiintry, and the Kelao country aifitl 1 known pnrtlea fnmi Sandy, In Oregon mbrarea In all about 15 mllea, anme- (m,. oniy yt,.riiy. in anawer to the hat lurcer than any of the prevloua llalrleta dlaruaaed, toucbliiK thn Mult lomah linn In one place and running mllea below Hundy. New roada which have been laid out n Olalrlct No. 6 alnce the yeur l!o7. inpnivementa or repulra to the roada hen In eilatenee and the plank roada hcb have been made alnce then, ave coat lilntrtct No. 6 the total auin r $18,901 02, over $2itifl or which ha een ralaei) by the liihabllanta of the lalrlct a apeelitl levle. liy yeara. Ulatrlet No, ended aa followa: J07 ..; trng o iuery: 'Mow are the roaila nut in your country?" laconically replied, Itotten!" The road from Ilorlng to Sandy 11 11 dergoea an linmenae tmfflc, and It la anld thnt the plunking tiiuat lie re pluced on I hut account every two or three yeara. I'nder our preaent aya tem. however there la nothing for the county to do, hat to keep pmir'ng In fund for repulra In Dlatrlet No. 6, un til aurh a time aa real permanent roada can be built In thla locality. Hupervlalon Iuih been centered In DlxtrU't No. G. Charlea Kreha ha been aupcrvlaor continually alncp 190K; 3.(1:!.', (Hi I John Ktraua hud charge of tho work In 2.2IS 01 ' 1907. 8 haa ex- ...$ 4.47 iTx DISTRICT NO. 7. Way off In the uortheaat corner of larkamaa county, lying between the ullnomnh line and the Sandy river, inning out enat from Hull Hun for a atnnca of almoat 25 mllea, Ilea Dla lot Number 7. Thla dlatrlet, emtirac R I large area of aparaely acltled mntry, aalde from the vicinity of Hull tin, clalina .IK mllea of roada, of Itlch three and one-fourth mllea are avel. 11H mile are plank, and 23 '4 lie are dirt. Kor road Improvement and ronatruc in alnce the year 1907 Dlatrlet Num T Seven haa apent: 07 $ 907.47 o 1.616.50 n 3,300.32 10 a.44.f9 11 2.33121 12 1.946.41 13 6.245.36 Total $19,735.86 eclallevlea 1908, 1909, 1910 tad 1913 $ 8.575.65 Total expenditure alnce 1907 $28,311.51 luring 1913, Dlatrlet Number Seven lit one mile of cruahed rock, one l of (ravel, renewed one rollo of itravel and built one and one-half mile of plank road. Total expenditure 1913, $0,245.30 general, with a apeclal levy of $3,417.81, or an amount of $9, 603.17. Supervlaora In number aeven have been: 1907. Jamei Keaglea; 1908 to 1911, Inclualve. Prank K. McUugln; 1912 and 1913, K. R. Leaf. A Correction. The Knterprlae haatena to make correction In It a dlaruaalon of Itoad Dlatrlet Number Three, published ro- cently, Thla paper stated that dur lug 1913 niimher three built one hair mile of cruahed rock, and one mile of gravel. Theae figure belonged to Dlatrlet Number Two for the tame period and were Inadvertently pub- llahed under number three. Dlatrlet Number Three, during 1913 construct ed four and one-fourth mllea of crush ed rock roada, and In Juatlce to the people of the dlatrlet we make thla cor rection. Mr. Klllott, the Dnmascu merchant who called our attention to the error, alao atuted thnt the Knter prlae made an error In the figure for expenditure of 1913, but Investigation of the hooka today show the sum of $4,421.78, Including both general and apeclal levle for that year, as pub lished, waa correct. Ed. DISTRICT NO. 8. rt,ei' ha been a comparatively all road expenditure In Dlatrlet mber Klght lnce the year 1907, I dlatrlet Ilea Immedlntely south of nd Dlatrlet No. Seven wny off In 1 northeast corner of Clacknmaa inty, and embrace about 45 iquare ea, a long narrow atrip In the Cher 'llle country, running east for al at fifteen mllea. With the excep n of Dlatrlet Number Four number ht haa expended lea money than r of th district prevloualy dicuai The total amount for aeven year mtlng In two apeclal levle In 1908 I 1909, aggregating $1091.11, mint to $9150.51. bla rather Isolated district contain otal road milage of 27 mile. One b mile or thla la built of planking. 1 can goes what the other 26 mllea , eapeclally at thla aeaaon of the r. Somewhat over half of thla one 9 mile of planking wna con strutted Ing the paat year, the total for I being $991.72. mount expended In number eight new roada and Improvementa and ntenance to old highway alnce r, are ahown by yeara a follow: S61.11 817.71 926.42 1.897.94 $.083.36 791.14 991.71 Total $8,069.40 'i 1 levle 1909 and 1909. .$1,091.11 T al expenditure $9,160.61 r0' an examination of the record 1 a.,own that practically all of the expenditure In this district were made In the summer month, epeclally no ticeable been u so In many of the more expenalve dlatrlcta the reports bIiow that the work was done during the months or January, February, and De comber, when tho roada are hard to work. Suprvlalon of number eight haa been In charge of David Douglas for 1907, 1908 and 1909; Thomas McCabe 1910; David Dogulaa, 1911, 1912; and John IHichholtx for 1913, From a glance at the totals above, showing the first eight rond districts of the count, It can he aeen that these district, altogether have apent $173, 104.64, or about one-seventh of a mil lion. A there are 69 dlatrlet in the county, a glance will show how tho enormous expenditure of $1,222,994.86 nas oecn reached In the county. This la-an appalling expenditure of the taxpayers' money, for the reason that vast sums have been scattered about over the country on Improve menta or repairs which at the best, are or temporary nature, and muat eventu ally be replaced. 8tlli more startling almost a third of a million will be spent during 1914, and If used under me present plan, the Inrgest part of this sum will be thrown about over the country pursuant to the fancies or the various aupervlsora, a dab here and a few thousand there, occasionally util ized for a mile or ao of permanent roads which may or may not last de pending on the engineering ability of mo uiervisor out ror the most part repairing the aged and Infirm high way which the county has already bought and paid for at good round figures. dldute for governor. That gentleman, however .while a greater admirer of T. Itoosevelt and an Interested stu dent of public affairs, promptly dis claimed any Intention of reaching out for the big Job. However, there are many other Clackamas resident and ex-resldenta who are not so modest w Uncus: (irant II. Dimlck, who nearly won the Republican nomination four year ago, and who baa served a term aa county Judge of Clackamas, five term as mayer of Oregon City and haa now become a mere editor. Republican. William 8. U'Hen. lawgiver, ilngle taxer, father and mother of the Initia tive, reierenuuin, recall and corrupt rim una m i. iiiuepenuent (forge f. Hrownell, prohibitionist, advocate of national aurfrage for wo men, runner state senator, acting gov eriior of Oregon for a few minutes whm he waa president of the state senate. Itrpnnllcan. V. M. 0111. leglalator. author of the defunct pertnaiitut (?) reglatratlon Hill, recently moved away from Clack amaa to eastern Oregon. I'rogres- stve. Robert A. Miller, attorney, ex-reg- later or tne l nlted States l-and Of fice, when It was located at Oregon City, and who followed It to Portland. Democrat. Harvey (J. Starkweather, who naa not yet yielded to the voice of ambi tion., but who has his ear to the ground, granger, student of rural credits. Democrat And yet some Ignorant people eay Clackamas is a slow county. FIRST PETITION FOR PRIMARIES COUNTY RECORDER AND WOMA WHO WANTS TO BE CLERK PLACE NAMES ON FILE NO OFFICES WILL CO 6ECGINC Plenty of Candidate Will be In th Field Before last Chance Is Gone Sheriff I Covet ed Place for 80m E. P. Dedman. county recorder, filed hla nomination petition In the office of the county clerk for a place on the ballot at the forthcoming primary elec tion. He announced himself a candi date for the position for a second term aa a Republican. Mlaa Iva M. Harrington, chief dep uty, aspires to be county clerk and rued ner petition for the primaries In May. hlie is the first woman In the state to come out for an office above that of a municipality and has been connected with various offices In the government for the county for several years. S. U Casto announced thnt he would become a candidate for the office of clerk though his petition has not yet been filed. H. W. Koehler will be In the race for sheriff aa a Democrat as will also II. W. Strelblg, while W. Wilson comes out as a Remibllean None of these petitions have yet been piacea in the county records. (Continued on page 7.) Ifflf INSTITUES CONDEMNATION SUIT It baa been Instituted In the clr- court of Clackamas county by the mette Valley Southern Railway any against H. Kyllo and wife and 8Pahr for the condemnation of 'of way 60 feet In width through roperty of the defendants and de fd aa the north half of the north quarter of section 14. township t t, range 1 east. NEW ACREAGE TRACT IS NOW PUTTED A plat showing the subdivision. In the Sunshine Valley acrea near Haley atatlon on the EsUcada line waa filed In the office of Recorder Dedman Fri day. D. C. Southworth I the agent of the concern. The tract of 443 acrea I di vided Into 83 section containing from five to 10 acres. The land la located in the other end of the county towards Roiing. DEUTSCHE VEREIN HAS ITS MEETING The Deutsche Vereln h pM Urn rAirii. lar monthly meeting at Knapp'a hall Sunday afternoon and was largely at- The meeting was called in nrdsp h President Schnoerr and the followlnr iMunram was wen rendered: Opening (l'JPe,,. Hon. Gustav Schnoerr; song u vuuru., Morgen Roth," Vereln; recitation, Mis Augusta Honn- quartet. "The Knlghfa Farewell. Mrs. w..B.T oennoerr, Miss Augusta Hopp; "1"Br- "an Rotter and Carl Schandt; recitation, Frank Welnert; address, R. Petxold; closing song. "Die Wacht am Rheln," Vereln. At the close of the program, all en- joyeu 01 a oountirul Herman dinner, after which a social hour waa apent In games and Instrumental selections. BANK PRESIDENT ABSCONDS Independent. He names the follow ing statement: To the voters of Oregon I have de cided to be an Independent candidate for governor, though for many years I have been 1 Republican, and voted for the party candidates when tbey were even moderately progressive. Hut for the following reasons I shall not aeek the party nomination: (1) The measures necessary to complete what Is called the Oregon system are essentially people's meas ures rather than the property of any political purty, many of them opposed to the Republican parly. These meas ure provide for conduct of the govern ment by officials who are directly re sponsible to all the peopje, Instead of to a party organization for their first , allegiance. (2) 'All the standpatters and reac tionaries who made up the anti-Statement No. one and assembly crowd, in 1910 and who, a they boasted In 1909 In the Orcgon'an, would "put the knife Into each and all who declare for Statement one" are a anxious now as ever to put that same knife Into me. They are as bitterly opposed now as they were in 1910 to the actual use of the Initiative and referendum, to the corrupt practices act, to the recall, and to all the people's power meas ures at wnicn tney still sneer as "I'renlsm" and tho "I'renlc" theory of government. (3) I would rather have those gen tlemen fighting me from the front aa open enemies because of the measures I stand for, than knifing me from my own ranks, a they hv done for many years paat with all Republican candi dates who were known to be progres sive. Mr. V'Ren's platform In part Is as follows: "If I sm elected I will advocate Im mediate enactment by the legislature, and by the earliest possible vote of the people, If their vote proves to be nec essary, of the most practical plan that may be offered at that time for a state highway aystem of hard surface paved roads, with adequate lateral roads of the same kind. To pay for building these roads, I advocate a graduated inheritance tax on all that part of the estates of de ceased persons appraised at more than $50,000. i win try to nave tne necessary measures submitted to the DeoDle. through the legislature If I can, by initiative petition If I must, to estab lish the short ballot syBtem and abol ish the multiplication of departments. commissions and public officers creat ed to do each other'a work, and the like of which does not exist in any 01 ner country, "I favor a law to provide free school books for the children in all the DUblic is in tne state, and In no other schools, I have lolned with anmn frlon.U In preparing the submitting of 81500 homes tax amendment now before the people. The adoption of this amend ment I believe will give relief to the small farmer and home owner, and will repeal the unlimited exemption of dia monds. Jewelry, and slmillar Personal effects In actual use, which was pro- posea oy tne state tax commission and adopted by the people In 1912. It was said to be a bill to exempt household furniture, but the unlimited exemption of the property and of diamonds, Jew elry and other things makes It class law In favor of the wealthy. The homes tax exemption amendment treats all home makers alike. "I am opposed to the licensed sa loon and liquor traffic. Every town that sells a saloon license thereby be comes a partner In the profits of the saloon business. No other revenue costs the taxpayer so much aa the share they get of the profits of the liquor traffic. During all the time I have been working with others In the movement for laws to Increase the people's power In Oregon, the saloon Interest haa been one of the most per- sistent opponents or any and every proposed Improvement In government "In my experience, the saloon Is not the place where men are Inspired to strive for nobler manhood, or for bet ter citizenship, or to sacrifice their selfish interests for the good of the state. The greatness of our state Is measured by Its sober citizens, be cause no citizen can be intelligently patriotic when he la drunk. Therefore, whether I am elected governor or not, I shall give my ac- ve neip in the future as I have for many years paat. to the movement for the abolition of the liquor traffic and the saloon business In Oregon." First Honors Entitle Holder to Trip and Expense at the Frisco Exposition To go to 8alem Fair Three schools have been organized through the county in the Interests of Industrial education. M. C. Marria, In dustrial field agent, and Prof. J. E. Calavan spent the day running from place to place through the county and organizing the children of the various schools for the conduct and manage ment of the work the supervision of the county and state educational au thorities. Willamette, Parkplace and Glad stone were placed In the column or schools that have Joined In the In dustrial work and Molalla will be vis ited Tuesday by the officials. At each place, the children elect their own of ficers and get Into the swim for the prizes that the state and private In dividuals have offered for the best samples of produce raised. Corn, potatoes, domestic science, dairying and bog raising are Included In the departments for which compet itive prizes are offered. The state of fers a trip to the exposition at San Francisco with all expenses paid as Its first prize while two boys from each county are to be given their ex penses to the state fair for one week. These representatives will be given special Instruction In various depart ments of the school work while they are in Salem and will have the oppor tunity to se the products that other counties of the state have raised. One thouaand dollars In smaller prizes are also offered by the state for the best exhibits. ACHJOBMOSTCOSTATLEASTJIOOO Will Keep His Hands off Unless That Amount is to be Spent on Any Particular 8pot In Dis trict Line ROOK A EN TIS LOCKED III JAIL OFFICERS GET MAN WHOM THEY 8AY PRETENDED TO BE REP RESENTING MAGAZINES 1 TRAP IS SET FOR HIM BY DEPUTY Scheme to Get Him to Sell Books to Woman Work at Oak Grove and Man Held to Await Hearing Guy D. McMurry walked Into the trap eel for him by Deputy Sheriff W orthington of Oag Grove, sold a magazine that he did not represent to Mrs. Worthington, wa8 arrested, and is now In the custody of Sheriff E. T. Mass In the county jail, according to the atatements.of the officers. bberiff Mass says the man has col lected more than $100 from the people of the city and county representing that he la an agent for various maga ztns and that he has sold subscrip tions and taken money for them. The officer contends that he does not rep resent any or the magazines that he is selling and that the companies are be ing defrauded out of their Bbare of the sales. After the sheriff had received word that he was operating through the county, the deputies at various points were notified. Deputy Worthington worked out the plot at Oak Grove and the man is said to have fallen into the trap. He was promptly arrested and has been turned over to the sher iff to await In the county jail the re sults of the investigations of the grand Jury. Plans for permanent road Improve mentnext year will be drawn up by D. T. Meldmm .county surveyor under the provisions of the state law. Mr. Meldrum Interprets the state road law In the same way that the county court has construed It and believes that only Jobs that will en tall an expenditure of $1000 In any particular locality must be let by con tract and come under the supervision of the county official. On all other jobs, be says, the supervisor will be in charge of the work and will not have the directing band of the sur veyor to guide the repair or Improve ment. Surveyor Is Bos. He believes the law makes him the county roadmaster, that he Is required to take charge of tbe highways Irre spective of the county court's deci sions, that he must construe the law as he sees It and carry out the pro visions of the statute as they are ap plied to him. Hut be does not be lieve that the work in all of the county districts nrust be let by contract i( the uismcis nave one tnousand dollars In the road fund but only when that amount would have to be spent on the work In some special locality. He thinks, for Instance, that If a bridge costs $500, the supervisor would have charge of the work and that be would not be required to take a general man agement of Its construction. If. on the other hand, that bridge cost $1000 or more, be would have to draw the plans and specifications for the work and would have to go to the ground to see that the work was properly done. Applies to Job Only. The mere fact that the district has $1000 in its treasury for road purposes has little to do with the Issues, he says. The requirements, as he un derstands them, are that the work must cost $1000 and that he must su pervise the work if the cost Is to reach that figure. This is the. same stand, to all In tents and purposes, that the county court has taken in Its construction of the law. The attorneys of the city, the attorney general of the state, the district attorney, and the members of the good roads committee of the com mercial club have all agreed that the law referred to those districts that bad $1000 in the treasury and that no repair work could be done unless it were let by contract and done under tbe direction of the county surveyor who was made by the statute the coun ty roadmaster. C. Schuebel, how ever, thought differently and the coun ty court took the opinion of Mr. Schuebel to guide It in the solving of tne road problems for the year. Mr. Meldrum does not think it pos sible for the county to do much In the way of permanent work this year. He expects, however, to draw up the plans and specifications for the work of next year and to have them ready by the time that the highways are In a con dition that vork will bring in returns on the money that ia expended upon them. BECOMES CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR Entry of Former State Senator Makes Third Man In Gubernatorial Race From This County George C. Hrownell, for 12 years a state senator from Clackamas county, and a prominent attorney and one of the best known politicians In the state, on Saturday announced his cadldacy for tbe Republican nomination for governor upon platform that fairly bristles with denunciation of the liquor traffic. He favors both a state and a national law prohibiting the sale and manufacture of liquor except for sci entific, medicinal and mechanical pur- GEORGE C. BROWNELL Who Saturday announced hia can didacy for the Republican nomina tion for Governor. OREGON CITY GIRL STARS PARKPLACE WIN TWO GAMES IN BASKETBALL MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Feb. 9. Ten di rectors, of the Mercantile bank, one of the moat Important financial institu tion In the city, riled a petition today In Chancery Court, charging that the i?nk ,WM ,nolve"t as the result of the alleged mlsannrnnrUHnn nr than I7R0 nnn h. r u . , ' ,UB econ same oeiween tne phr:.n.de7n6t0r,hber,,!!tU,o :r R"ne' ln7J Molalla .Ore.. Feb. 7. (SDeclall The Parkplace basketball teams took both games of a double-header played In that city last night when the girls won from the Molalla aJrls' team to the score of eight to 11 and the bovs defeated the team of tbe Oregon City Haptiat church by the score of 10 to 14 Thla Is the second game between the (Eugene Guard.) $ A girl, the only co-ed tn the $ class, and a football star put to g shame a class of 65 University $ students In a recent examlna- tlon at the University. The girl t $ la Evelyn Harding, a sophomore from Oregon City, and Anson $ Cornell. Oregon's all-northwest quarter-back. Is the other star Intellectual performer In the Eng- $ llsh Industrial hisiury course. Mlaa Harding received a grade of 100 and "Ans" Cornell was a r $ close second with 98. Miss Hard- Ing will receive the only "H" that will be given In the course this year, with the star quarter- back of the northwest leading the "S" division, which is the second $ highest grade. This class, 'which is the first course taken In the economic department by fresh- men, contain a 64 men, and one co-ed. Miss Harding. The other 54 besides Cornell, are both fresh- g 3 men and sophomores. $ Miss Harding ia a member of 3 tbe Cht Omega sorority, and la a prominent woman journalist on the campus. Cornell is too well known to need an Introduction. 0 8UIT ON NOTE N. E. Moffltt brought ault against I. I. Johnson and wife on a note for $1340 at eight per cent from May 1. 1912. The plaintiff asks foreclosure on the note and the sale of property given as security. BIG LAWYERS AT WORK ON PAPERS BONDING HOUSE ATTORNEYS PREPARE STEPS TO BE TAKEN BY COUNCIL CUT OUT CHANCES OF MISTAKES League and Father Believe all Oppor tunities for Error Are Elimin ated by Having th Steps Well Outlined Boston bonding attorneys are drawing up the preliminary ateps that will have to be taken by the city coun cil In submitting the question of a $325,000 issue to the people for the construction of line to the south fork of the Clackamaa. The firm waa employed by an ordi nance of the council some time ago and the lawyers have been at work since that time in getting the papers in shape for the counctlmanic consid eration. The Pure Mountain Water league will have a meeting tn a few day after the papers have been pre pared and will plan for the next steps of the campaign. Th council and the league figured that the employment of attorneys who were recognized and whose sanction of a bond issue would meet with the ap proval of the eastern money centers would be a financial saving aa well aa economical in time and appropriat ed the cost of the work. To have the attorneys Uke theae atepa before any move la made by the council means that the city can make no mistakes In issuing the bonds that would later re quire another election to-.etralghten out. The city council. In submitting the question to the people, will follow the outline that the attorneys give aad will cany out every feature of the program that is arranged. poses. He is an avowed champion of national suffrage for. women and winds np his declaration with the statement that if any other of tbe Republican candidates for governor will come out boldly and stand on the same platform that be proposes, that he will then withdraw. Mr. Brownell's entry Into the race makes three candidates for governor from Clackamas connty, with the pos sibility of a fourth, it having been re ported that H. G. Starkweather, of Oak Grove, would be a candidate for the Democratic nomination. The oth ers are Grank B. Dimick and W. S. U'Ren, although the latter may con clude to run as an independent candi date. Mr. Brownell's declaration follows: "I have waited with the hone that some of the numerous gentlemen who are candidates for governor in the Re publican primaries and otherwise. In announcing their candidacy, would make some declaration as to how they stood upon the National Problem of the sale and manufacture of intoxicat ing liquor In the United States. I have also hoped that there would have been some expression as to how these gen tlemen stood, or would stand on the question of an amendment to the Con stitution of the state of Oregon abol ishing the sale and manufacture of all intoxicating liquor within this state, except for scientific, medicinal and mechanical purposes. None of these gentlemen have seen fit to make any declaration or commit themselves in any way upon this great issue, which I think and believe to be the most im portant for the welfare of the people generally and to the maintenance of our Christian civilization that now exists. Reluctantly, after due consideration, I have concluded to become a candi date for Governor upon this issue as) the principal one of my candidacy. I take this position, that the intelligent opinion of all fair minded men and women Is unquestionably that the liq uor traffic, as now in use and force, la a menace to civilization, and is the result largely, of crime, poverty, de generacy and moral decay, to such an extent aa to become a startling danger to the human race. I have no personal light against the man who is running a saloon. 1 really feel more like con demning and censuring society for per mitting this great evil and power to exist and to obtain the Arm hold that It has In this state and In this country. If I had my own way. I should feel as If society Itself, ought to be punished to the extent of compensating men who have engaged In this business. sanctioned by the law, In a reasonable way to recover their investment that they have made, on the same theory that Abraham Lincoln favored the buy ing or tne slaves and colonizing them, in order to settle tbe slave problem. Of course, I think and know, that the people of this state would not favor compensating men who have Invested their money in tbe saloon business, neither am I advocating It a a part of my platform nor program In this fight, I am simply suggesting It to the conscience and fair minds of the peo ple of this state, for them to give such consideration as they see flt, recognizing as I do, that whenever so ciety feels that It la in danger. It haa a right to abolish and to destroy any thing that endangers Itself. In other words. I stand on this proposition, as Lincoln stood upon the proposition of slavery. He was willing to save the Union with slavery, or he was willing to save the Union without slavery; hla object aJid purpose wa to save the Union, my object and purpose Is to try to arouse the public opinion and the conscience of the people of ( Continued on page 4.),