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OREGON CITY KNTEKPRISR. FRIDAY. MAKfill 27, 101 1 nniiiiiTTrr iiiiiu r a STATEMENTPUBLIC OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE Publlihtd Every Friday. E. BRODIE, Editor and Publlirnr. Entered at Oregon City. Oregon. Costofflce ni seeondelas matter. .$1.6.1 Subicrlptlon Rates: One year Six Month! Trial Hnharrtntlon Twn Month . Subscriber will find tho date of evplrntlon jumped on their paper! fol Inwlnv (heir nanu. If Inst navment ii not rrrdtted. kindly notify u. an the matter will receive our attention. .i5 Advertising Kate! on application. H.WTO BRING THE PRODUCER CLOSER to the consumer with less expense and less time is a problem of paramount importance to the neonlr of the entire nation. It concerns the man in the city for when it is solved it will mean a lower cost of living for him and it is of vital interest to the farmer because if the middleman's profits can be reduced am tnA file r-iilmn.l mnin.ini'' r:lte lll.lde less he will SlVUfe IllOre for his trnns. Tbe problem is of vital interest to Cl.uiamas County, bivause of the 30,000 persons in this county, by far the greater part of them are pro- ducers. Ezra Tuttle, a farmer of East port, N. V., sold beans at 40 cents bushel and paid the freight himself. The commission men got 10 cents out of the 40. Mr. Tuttle found the same beans being marketed at New York, about 60 miles distant from his farm, at 15 cents a quart, or about 4.50 a bushel, a profit of 1200 per cent. II. B. Fullerton, another Long Island farmer, sold cauliflower for 45 cents a barrel and discovered it being retailed in New York at 25 cents a head. An Oklahoma farmer sold a car load of melons at five cents a piece, amounting to $52.50 for the carload The railroad company chanred $75 for transportation. The melons retailed tor $630. It is estimated that it required $7,000,000,000 last year to trans port $6,000,000,000 from the producer to the consumer. These figures are taken from a well known and reliable eastern newspaper. Such conditions affect two general classes, the farmer and the cunstim er. In fact, it might be said that these conditions affect all classes, except the middlemen and the railroads. These conditions mean lower prices for the farmer's crops and higher prices for the consumer's food. It is acknowl edged that to a large extent the waste between the farmer and the city man is largely responsible for the high cost of living. It is taken for granted by those who are versed in the subject that con ditions are growing worse. Their opinion is based, not on mere pessimism, but on actual anr reliable statistics. At the present time, legislatures and leaders of government are trying to find the solution to the problem, news papers and magazines devote entire pages to its answer, and the matter is of vital importance to every citizen in the country. In hunting for the solution to the problem, it is first advisable to study other countries and learn what steps thev have taken. If there has been one country which has secured prosperity, providing that that country is under the same general conditions as this, their plan should be studied and if pos sible adapted to the United States. In the northern part of Europe, in a latitude further north than that of this country, there is a nation called Denmark. Its soil is far inferior to that of the average in this country, if an average could be taken ; the total number of persons in the nation is 2,775,000, less than in several of our states; the climate in the winter is severe, and although the population is small, Denmark is prosperous and the products from its farms are sold in all the countries of Europe, competing successfully with the home produced crops. In Denmark the farmers live in large comfortable homes, but their barns are even larger than their houses. The residents of the country live as happily, and with as much comfort as the man in the tow n. The secret of the prosperity of Denmark is co-operation. Co-operarion is that which brought wealth to the Dane farmer, has enabled him to com pete with foreign producers in their own markets, and has solved the pioblcm of the waste between the producer and the consumer, in the same problem which confronts the people of the United States. Ten or twelve years ago, the farmers of Denmark formed a co-operative association. In the beginning it was small, few farmers joined, and but lit tle produce passed through its hands but as success met those first humble efforts, others seeing the profits of the members of the new organization, joined until every part of the country was represented. From the time it first began the growth has been steady and substantial and now almost every farmer is a member of the association. The association collects the produce from the farmer at his farm, sends it to the city, places it on sale at its market or ships it to the foreign coun try, and sells it. For this work only enough profit is added to pay the meager expenses and the expenses are meager, for the thrifty Dane has re duced the workings of the association to an exact science with a rule for every move. Special arrangements are made with the railway and steamship com panies, contracts are signed with foreign firms, and every action of the asso ciation is made with a keen insight into business conditions. Every deal is part of a system, every action reduced to an exact science. For example, every farmer is numbered and every product which leaves his farm must bear that number. If Jones, while eating his breakfast of toast and egg in a fashionable London restaurant, discovers that the egg is not all that is to be desired in freshness, refers the matter to the waiter. The waiter locates the number on the shell and within the next few days the farm er, whose hen produced that egg, is informed by the local manager of the as sociation that the best time to sell eggs is when they are fresh. But co-operation extends further in Denmark than merely the gather ing and sale of crops. There the association plays the part of big brother and instructor to the farmer as well as marketing agent. Bulletins are sent out, prepared by experts, which tell the secrets which make the difference be tween successful and unsuccessful farming; lecturers travel over the country, and every thing possible is done to make the working and living conditions of the farmer better. There is no doubt as to the success of the Denmark sys'-m for co-operation there has make a poor country a rich and prosperous one. The question for the farmer of the United States is: Can this system he applied here with success? What changes would be necessary in the Danish system to make up for the difference between the two countries in lire, in population, in livinu conditions, and grneraly make-up? An answer to this question would be one answer to the problem of how to eleiminatr the middleman. An answer to this would have the possibility of stealer prosperity in the United State. NE OF THE FEW FAULTS of the Initiative and Referendum is the opportunity it gives for rich and selfish interests to place the lv.ll.ir tlimin'h naid circulators of petition. By drafting a proposed law with an obnoxious feature hidden us a joker ami by giving the measure much paid publicity through newspapers and Irvtuieis. there is alwais a chance that the voters w ill pass a law which is detrimental to the welfare of the state. '1 hese mtete-ts ate always willing lo take tins chance for by the mere expenditute of money they have hae a gambling chance of securing the enactment of a law which would Ik a gir.it aid to their own particular selfish ambition. Such opportunities four the voter to be c.iieful of even vote he c.Ms and compels citizens to organize clubs to combat these proposed ''V rV be 11 ni:ii!i t'llllt UHl-i UMu I'l'lIM. r . .IUI'.I ,,11 uv i im ' often vote down a good measure merely Uvaiise he fears that somewhere :.. l.'.l.l..., I,. n,-. I Icil nln.i-.rn". there is a clause which wi ild III lit i mm 1 1 m nit i H'liii'iiiiino -r make the bill the tool of a special interest. Without paid circulators, these interests could never secme one meas ure placed on the ballot. The entire secret of their power is tluou-h their money. It is by the use of their bank hook that their campaign is begun, carried on, and finished. If futced to rel on friendship they would te dis couraged before they began. It this evil is to be cured theie is one way to do it and that is to piohibit the circulating of petitions bv paid solicitors. A measure that poroses true Mierit would not be affected by such a restriction for it would bae friends enough who would go to the petition rather than forcing the paid cii dilators to bring it to them. Such a measure is to be brought before the voters of the state if the plans of ex Senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr. are carried out. This bill will provide that paving the circulators of a petition shall be unlawful and the names so secured shall not be counted. Merely to show the merits of the plan, the petition proposing this change will be circulated without the aid of paid petition circulators. Copies of the measure will be sent to various iH-rsons throughout the state who are in favor of the plan and they will secure the necessary names w ithout pay. BUSINESS MEN INDORSE PLAN OP PURe MOUNTAIN WATER LEAGUE FIGURES WANTED FROM OPPOSITION Argumtnti of Doth Side! Should lit In th Hand! of Evry Clturan Say Mmhn of fht Commit! j? OWER TAXES and fewer state boards and commissions" that the bait which a most every candidate is rvtendinir to the voter in an ..T..rf ,i, l-m.l KI vote- tlvif i the friclc he which the mndid.tte. con fident in his own wiles, believes that he can be elected to the desired position No candidate so far discovered has hid this feature of his platform ehitul complicated expressions or at the end of his statement. It stands at the head of the list, tempting and enticing, printed in the boldest tpe in the shop and expressed with all the clearness that short terse English words will . n-u . I I ..t permit. I here is no UouM as to tne meaning; it is torcetui aiui to me point. But the question is, why is this issue so popular with the office seeker? It is popular with the office seeker because he believes that by its use he can get the greatest number of votes and because the question is an important one before the people of the state. The politician takes this stand because fie believes that it will entice votes to him and the statesman because he be lieves that he can remedy the conditions. High taxes are a sure sign of an unbusinesslike or inefficient government. Where there are high taxes there is waste or corruption. It is the pre ail ing beb'ef that high taxes in Oregon are due to the great number of paid boards and commissions which encumber the state government. There is no doubt but that the state taxes can and should be reduced and there is no trouble in finding a candidate who is pledged to do it. The problem for the voter is picking a candidate who will carry out his promise. I'latforms are of no avail when they are not backed up bv earnest intentions. It is an easy thing for a candidate to promise to reduce taxes but it will take a firm official with a wide strip of first class quality of backbone to get out and cut them down. After carefully cheeking over Ihe fll!iire of the Cure Mountain league mill Itivcsllgntlng the assertion that hy nn lnerHi of water rule of tin per rent the tionil Inhiio could he paid, the MtHtuiiieut of the commit ( of U buslne men linn lieen given to the puhllc. The eoiiiinltt" e met Wednesday even I Ing III the parlor of the oommeri lal chili. Every detail of the plan of the witter league wa examined. The member of the eoinllllttee were cho en to represent men who had taken no divisive maud xlllier for or agalnt I tie project ho that a fair mid luiuirtlal Verdict roiild he obtained . The statement follows: Oregon t'lty. Ore.. Mm li 19, 1914. To our Follow ('It I (en mid Water Con-. sinner of Oregon t'lty: We tiollove It I Just mid rltt that , all mailer mid argument for mid miiiliiHl the present water supplr, a j well a for and agallut the proponed i I'liin of obtaining pure moiiutuln w The Fact Remains No amount of nmrcprcsentotion by the pcilJlcn of olum taking powden, no jug. gling with chcmicalu, or pretended onalymg, or cooked-up certificates, of falsehoods of any kind, can change the fact that Royal Baking Powder lias been found by the oil.. c!al examinations lo be o! the highest leavening cfllclcncy, free from alum, and of absolute purity and wholcsomcncss. Royal Unking Powder is indispensable for making finest and most economical food. "T" ----- WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL HEVIEWl Orjon D'vtlopmtnt Nw in Lln of linluttr, Payroll! and I'rvj of Labor and tnUrpria. Tillamook county cheese factorb produced 4.101 ii..' II,. n 1913, a agalimt S.ti:i;.:.'.o lb In iih: Car on iho flint Interurban lreet car Him at Mlfortl m-kii to operate March H'ttl. IlllUlxiro Common lul rluli I Imi k Inn I he lloockor Wlikerwork factory, and a project for a new amlll. ter hy a pipe line from ihe outh fork "' l'" klna plant with cold A ateel and wmxl tnu lni.tj, he huill i roa Cheloi river la (W until y . A ti n hour law fur turn l uti hy ihe ri enl di'llon of llm Orf4 iipr, ui court. A Halem hank rapltalUxd at ( , oou .a i'.io taira -alt rci , It capital ! k, i- j i . I no c.tifc-iii onioinc mi i tUD I of the Clackitmaa river. hould printed and delivered to every ettllen We have rarefullv examined the fol lowlnir eatlmate of the rout, e pell He and mamiKcmcnt and maluleiiuiice. mill the provtxlou for the payment of hond and Inteivat for (he proxed new water aupply for Oremm City. We tielleve the alaleinenta and ratlmnte art, reaonahle and miWclent to cover all ion h etpeiiae and payment. Bellava 1100 Rat! Would Pay. We are fully convinced that the hoiim-holiler who now pay $12.1 per! month for WlllameUe river water will not have to pay more than 1- Oil -r month for the minm iiuantlty of Kood water hy the pn'cd pipe line from! the aouth fork of the Cluckamu river. For tho future health and well he- j I in? of all the pivple, a well a the' future liiialiie proitpcrlty of OreKoti! City, we repectfully recommend the. prtipoHed new pipe water aupply fori !, i atiirnKK faolliilea on large wale ami make accuritic foi'torlea and part uioiuri il at Ki'dmond II. J. nn huii of ihe Alhany hakery. ha the hacking of Montana capital lul tor citlahllahltitf a rrai k r factory The Oregon Welfare coiunillon I coimlderlng nilaln' the apprrtitlrrahlp period for women learner to rlghirni molitha Contract have lieen let for th" con trii,tlou of eluht cirticretn bride! on (he Columbia river huhway. Atorla Manonle lodge will erect a flrepnxif office building and lodge hall. The nhlpbulMIng ludiitry at Hi. Helen lncreae In activity. A favorable lgu all over Orguti la the e(ahllhmcul and ettenalou of lo cal packing plan! with cold torng fncllltlea. Itoarhtirg and Kugene reiMirt pnia pect for a very favorable building (Oil Knclneer Fontaine of the Wlltam your favorable eonalderallon and hop !,,, ,..,,. Mr, :.,M,0 mu will ruati IrifsJ HE GOVERNMENT is not dealing fairly w ith the star route mail II carriers. When the existing contracts were entered into the jjovern- nient was enjj.icd in merely transporting mails which in most cases amounted to nothing more than a few baps of letters and papers. Hut with the advent of the parcel post all this is changed. The government is accept ing packages for rates far below that charged by express companies and the result is that the amount of mail is greatly increased. Star route contractors find themselves overwhelmed with a kind and volume of business which was not contemplated when the contracts were signed. They are forced to take great loads for a price which not even pays the expenses of their trams or automobiles. Routes which were served by one team hne so increased that additional horses must be secured anj more equipment bought. Before tin present low rates routes which could be taken in a few hours now require twice as long. All the contractors are losing heavily but to protect their bonds, they must continue to fulfill every term of their contracts. The bondsmen are liable in case the person bonded fails to carry out the provisions of the con tract. To all practical purposes the government is perpetrating an injustice in that it is forcing the contractors to fulfill an obligation which was not taken into consideration when the contract was made. The natural result is that the postal officials are experiencing great trouble in securing new contractors for routes on which the contracts have expired. 'Men who were formerly interested and who would under other conditions have bid for the work refuse to even consider the proposition. What steps the postoffice department will be forced to take has not been announced but it is thought probable that an increav is the only measure which will remedy the situation. With the limits of parcel post placed at 100 pounds and the greatly-Increased amount of common mail matter one thing is certain and that is, there must and will lie a change. o you will vote for the nercawry charter amendment at the perlal etietlon to he held on Wedlleduy. the Mtl day og April, 1914. Want Flgurei From Opposition. A tu tho of our fellow rltliena who claim that the new aupply of good water would coat them $2.00 er month for thoae who are now paying 11.25. we urgn them to mako their de tailed eattiiiutea public, that the name may tx fairly tnvetlgated. ronaldered and crlllclKiil by all Iho nltlren. V bae our opinion upon the fol lowing estimate of reeelpta and i peuaea fnm tho propoard water aya tem: The land now owned In On'gon City by the water department with the building, pumping and filtering ma the rallnwd between Kugene Mnnthftold to completion bv fall. and of rir important in it i,mu. work for tho coming year. CollaKn (irovn bualliea llim hli coiiiinllloo ralalng ten thoiijii4 a liu Mock auhwrtptlon for a c 'Ihe shipping that went oitf ( Coo liny bar lu 1 V 1 3 g recall uoo tuna The hutorli al court hoiin of y,tn count r I being remodelled b (in the fifteenth lime. A new armory I lo be le.Mll at fa land on the rt side, to ( Jm Ihe Knight of I'ythtaa willnwi twoalory lodge building at .Vrj I'laln rclnlleli.il will vote on .'.0.inu ' bond tti nomplelv Ita gravllr The I'hix-nU Htotio quarry i tk( la county claim to tiavo iii..vittk hlrgot block of aliMia cm n-nTl-U by If by K5 f.H unbroken. In the I'anlliia and Ilea Chute f aervr 41111.111N) acrea of public Una are to he thrown open lo boiiaflda a tlera Chickens Journey From Lakeview by Parcel Post Despite Lam A roomer and hi family of It lien nrrlved In Cladtoii .Monday after Journey from likevlew by sri el Mial ehlnerr bill ee.-nllmr th w.ter rlirhl ' UcHpue ine nil.l.g ol wie po.n.in. e oe. and water . heel, we brieve .-III l. i lrtlnent BKalll! llch lllllllellt aufflelent to provide for tho outnnd lug warrant for the water department amountliiK to nlHiut J.'.o.miO. Eitlmat Ineomi. They were permitted lo make Ihe Journey becniie the poHtmaaler It l.akeew, whence the chicken Were ilutxitclieil. forgot to rcmcmlier that i the iniuiater general had nut auch There la no n-aaon to believe that i thlnga under the ban; and after h the. yearly water collection! can ever; had nom halantly aei.t the chicken! on A SINGLE DOLLAR by itseli seems a trifle, yet it is the collective effect of many single dollars spent that holds so many men down to tbe dead level of mediocrity, and the collective power of many single dollars saved that lifts others to suc cess. The man who despises a single dollar seldom commands a thousand. Have you a savings account here earning 3 per cent interest. The Bank of Oregon City OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY THAT THE GREATEST ENEMIES of the g'iil roads movement are politics and politicians is the statement of a certain well known Pacific Coast newspaper. It believes that men who take a stand for I '-r against good roads merely because they believe that such is the popular side ;,nd will draw the greatest number of votes will do mote to harm the good j roads movement than any other. There is no doubt but that there is much truth in the statement that politics has had its bad effect on every worthy and progressive movement but it merely illustrates the d'-ceit to wliic i .-. . I persons will stoop to gain a desired end. be leaa than they wer for 1913 Tho amount for that yenr was I1S.33S.00 Add to thin 60 percent, which amount to 11,003.80 (Thla Increaaa of BO per rent would ra! the price to the houaeholder from $125 up to $2.00 per month). We are advled by men who nhould know, and we Ixdlva they do, that the preaent water power and water wheeia owned hy the water department will rent per year for 5.00000 their joiirin y there wa nothing to do but hold I lie in and let them uliirve to death, or feed them and aeml them through The kind hearted gentlemen who rtiKile ihe mull at BulmiuiUm K. Klfih iiit1 Cllnau lOrn-l. Cortland, fed the chicken ami hurried them on. The unlawful iMircel coiiialmd 13 Mine Andiiluiilnii one roonicr and a doteii hen. Tluil In, there were 13 when the crate b ft Uikevlew, accord ing to the tag, allhoiich after the par rel wo delivered only ihe rentier and II hen were to le found. What be came of the other hen the pimtuff Ice department ha not bieti nhln to dla- rover. When the imrcl. tn tn roort" ; crowing In un,.r Ignorance ,( tbr f II that lay ahead, ,.rt Ukevle rt1 ' lt week went to !'air, 'alM did hot know what to il., with It ' cepl to aend II on to Cortland. The wnn I a crow left In ihn gi,,ien chicken when he arrived In I'ortlaai and he and the hem looked dejeriel ' and alarved. ; M. A. Campbell, aanlalant niper tendent of malt! In Cortland. In rlmrf i of the atatlon: Tom Van Auken ano Cliarley Kaufman, rlerka In that city. pmvlded 1 luncheon of breadcrumb The parcel wa aent to (ilailnlone front rortUtnd hy It. K. Ilenkle. clerk, although he aald yeaterday It waa Jlf. flcult to tell whether Ita fnrw had beet fully paid, Itecaun the chicken hW devoured aome of the alamp en rtn and had begun to nibble at the tv ' The chicken are In a woman'! a S, try yanl at Cladatoiie. ntervlee5 f there Tueaday, the rooHter aald he f gald to get through aafely, althoiigk ! lime! Ihe dining aervlce luid been po Total Income $31,310 SO Expenditure!. Yearly lntere! at 5 per cent on $:i2.A0 of IhiiiiI and yearly 'charge of 3 per ceftt,, for the ig-lnklng fund to pa nrlnell of bond. .$2,000.00 YeHrlj.ffTipret'' on preent bonded debt, of tlO.ijnoo at 4 per cent 1.KO0.00 Ilalnnce of Income allawcd for oh rating exM'iiBe of the department and rare of the pipe linn ,540.80 ALL LOOKS BRIGHT FOR SPELLING BEES UN FAILURE, HAN KILLS SELF Cut 10 school! In Clackamaa county SANTA MONICA, Cal., March 24. have failed to respond to tho in Vila- ''"Her lnvcHtigatlon by Coroner llart- tion of Superintendent Calavan to en ter the scheduled spelling bees and the greater number of these turned down the offer because their school year will close early this spring. The schedule wan completed Satur day. There will be 11 contests dur- hVf i m0H f Ar'r"' At ,he end of fallur', of whlcn ca,i'e Dim to end his '" - """"""J ""I oe represent- oik. no cine to the man'! Identltv ed hy a team of ihe. 17 k.o. .h 1 v. . eo iiiuy l ti BjirurB t uinAvereu. in an mi laamas. Then has rwn well proves today that the body found yesterday In a canyon north of here is that of a suicide, not a murdered man as at first sun potted. f A crude gun, with an amateurish silencer connect, found near the wag iie weapon used, a note found In one shoe explained that the man was the Inventor of the gun, the some doubt In the minds of the aehool auiuoriiiea wnerner chalonvm be sent to other counties aa at first Agree to Disiolve. WASHINGTON, March 21 After Planned on account of the Ue.. 1 ZZ , 7 . . ". K"tiatl""". the de the season but SwriTr. ''l.W. van said Saturday that in case no con 1 niX ' "artrora rallnwd to test could be held ,b,.scho,Tve .he'l "inr4 that they had reach work would be renewed next fl ftJ.?5"'" f"r dilution of the New Haven. Total expenditures $34.310 80 The item for operating expenses and care of the pipe line Ii nearly twice as much as the actual cost for such ex penses and care of the Corvallls sys tem and ple lino, which was $3,840 last yenr and Corvallls auppllca morn consumer than Oregon City hag now. It Is true that the pipe linn Is a few miles shorter than the proposed line for Oregon City. There ha been almost no expense for repairs on the Corvallls pipe line during the past eight years. We have allowed nothing at all for the sale of water to other towns nor for Increase of consumption of Ore gon City. This Is an lmiortiint Item, but we have loft It. wholly out of ac count, because It might he said that such estimate would ho only guess work. Nevertheless, we believe there will l,e a very considerable increase of of the income hy the sale of water to adjoining towns, as well as hy Increase In the number of customers In Oregon i.uy. WM. 8HKAMAN. JOHN WAI.KKIt, W. H. tl'ItKN, CI.YDK n IMIVn.KY. J. K. JACK, JOHN W. I.ODKR. K. i. VAN AI'KKN, A. C. HOWI.ANf), KftNKHT C. HANDS, DON K. MKI.DKUM, Hf ''Jlf S. MOUNT, KRKD SIMMONS,. U STIf'C, c. schi:khei,, P. J. MEYER. GEO. A. HARDING. A HISTORY OF (Continued from l'K U IMuidllurcs 1909 l'JIO mil r.i2 1911 since IUU9 are aa follow Regular H pedal $ 1.197.30 $ . 1.1K7.65 1.993.42 l.f,3H.0 7.r.4.77 7,710.50 $13.4X1.84 $ 7,7lfi.r,0 7.71C.P3 Find Antldot. SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 An antidote, or "cure" for bichloride of mercury poisoning haa been found, ac cording to Dr. Velrlln C. Thomaa. of nan Francisco. Buch an antidote ha been sought by the scientist! of the world for a long time. Total $21.198 34 Condition of ronds In district No. 47 on January 1st, 1914 wus oImhiI as fol lows: Crushed rock, mile 3 (Irnvel, mill 2 Chink, miles n Dirt, miles '. 23 Total, miles 28 Many of these 28 miles of roinl are among tho county's older highways, so It cannot l, nsHiimed that all roiuls In this district have lieen constructed since 190. During the year 1913 one mile or crushed nrk was constructed. Over $15,000 was spent In this district during the Inst year under Ihe regular and special levy used. The assessed valuation of ihH district waa $992. 83f..'!2 IhhI year, under which Nn. 47 wns entitled to about $4000 aa Its share of the county road funds. Ed Harrington supervised this dis trict In 1909 and 1910; John A. Nelson in 1911, and O. C. Roethe during 1912 and 1913. 4 4 4- 4- h G ih 4, h it, ih a. IN DISTRICT NO. 31. It. DeNeul, supervisor of Road District No. 31, nestres the En- t terprlse to explain why It waa that his district exceeded It p- portlonment of road money In 1913. He says that one bridge 110 feet long and 28 feet high wa constructed, and a concrete cut. vert, 40 feet long, 10 foet wide and 12 feet high, was made, ill cost of about $1000. Ha aln States that O. P. Kham. whn w. sppolnted supervisor In 1912. died p to arter nis appointment and never mrtnA In ih mm.ii. a. superrisor. a 4444444 FORUM OFTIIE PEOPLE Oppos Improvtmtnt. MII.WA1KIE. Ore.. Mar. 2$.--(To the Editor of the Enlerprlae) It ' the aene of Mllwaukln (irange. No I 2KK, that we are opposed to tho bn4 lug of Cluckamu county for rati i hulldliig. KATE t'ASTO. I Secretary of Mllwauklu (Irani,', i Prepar for Toll Dsbat. J WAHHINtiTON. March 21. 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