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OTY t rn rrvs n to res II J) II VX r Th Click'" County U JS vV I Fair at Canby will big I Th nMp"M I nly Clm Cewnly a Ml'P,f ,h1 F"M 4 i ( " ' .rmg County. f OHT V tlOHTH YEAA-N. V. OUKOON CITY, OUWJON, I-'IMDAV, .H'M' 10, 101 i. f ITABLIIHEO If. OREGON ENTE ALLDF CLACKAMAS OBSERVES FOURTH f,CMC AND FORMAL CELEOAA TiONt ARC HELD IN EVERY PART Of COUNTY Offfl tin HAS A QUIET DAY ine Morning fur Program C'ven 'n Country District AH of l, li county Joined In (Hi- tl Fourth of July rolcl, ration Hat nnl.ii hi I Im larger towns, Or'K'ia Ciry. Milukl ami Candy, there waa n,i luriHHl celebration, liul I ho poopl of cities all l f 1 fur Hi" country ilu m nit fashioned rrli'tirutloli were M'l A number or plrnlr parties wenl put ft. 'in Oregon City Halurday mora n( anil hundred nil In town ami ruin in other counties anil ori-n In other Intra lo spend the day. Hov ers! riciiraloiia w em given on I ho rlirr ami each of tlip claimed a thorn nf the people of Ihn town. All of th park near Oregon City ere filled, mostly with amall partle fn,tn Cortland. All of Ihn early tralna out of thai city hound for point on both Km Katacada and Oregon City brnr!ir worn crowded In raparlty and special tralna with four and even fl imllxr wer run. Many auto anot'll - panic li ft Portland for Clark ami cunty rotnmiiiiltlra, imh aa Hamlr. Clnrka, Motalla, where formal relrtiralloiis vTf bi'ld. I'tol.tlily nn of Ihn moat extensive rrlrl.railona In tho rouiity waa ho it Mululla. A pared". rompod antoiiiiil.lli a. rlge and early dncoiated finals, wmt through Ihn town In h mornltiK and In Iba afternoon th rriiwil went to MrFaddon'a grove about a nil le Ironi Molalla, wher; tlio pro tram hold. Ilaoee, halt Kam Vt-a M"!illa and Liberal. pee niakltiit. and contest of many kind ( Hie tii i la of Iho day. Walle II. Kiana, nf Portland, aKikn In lb midlife of ihn afternoon. A lurg cm, a'tonlcd tho celebration, many mmluc from Candy, Mullnn, Libera nlihull ami olhrr avrtlona, Mix li'ortrmln MvlnlK aa fioddoai cf l.lix rly at Handy, A paradn formnd la th lnwrr part of the town In tti twniiiiK and marched tlirouah tho city to MolnlK'a rrovo w hom Ihit proxram 1 Dia day waa llvnn. (ioorKn (' 'inil, of OrxKon Clljr, dollvnnd Ih i adilrraa oof thai day at II o'clock In th niornlna. Hnawa. flrtiworka and dnnclng complotvd thn event of the day Thn only cnlohrntlon near Mllwaukle aa at Cryntul Ijiko, where the Modern Woodmen Rave a picnic- w hich waa at toiulcd hy nieinliera of rortlnnd lodxi' Tho lleavrr Crook and Clnrka' rriinne Ratherod at the Clnrka' lilC' nli' Krounda In thn forenoon and apont tho day. Thla affair waa attended al timnt iiltoKother liy tho fnrinor of the community. Chris Schunbel, of Ore ton city, waa the orator of tho day At noun the crowd hroko up Into iimtll pnrtlin for luncheon. Throe thouaand peraon were at Kb t.uiulii Hiiturdny. Kach enr out from l'ort liiiiil up to lite mlddlo of the after noon adiled to tho crowd at KtitarnilA imrk and (be Portland Hallway, Light Power company found It neceaHiiry to run extra triilim to handle tho great tli run i: which went to that town to Join In tho celoliratlon. The cololira linn wna nlven under Ihn auspice of thn Civic Improvement club mid It was duo largely to tho efforts of this organ Iniilun Hint tho day was audi n biic ce, a parailo, compoaed of four sec' tUm, marched through the stronts. In the afternoon prlws were glvtm for tho winner In nuinoroim races and con (rtitii held In tho park. A bull gamo nnii Kiinelub vhoot followed tho par ail'1 In the morning The l.uther league hail charge of the celoliratlon at Colton. Thoo who at tended the. picnic, which wna held nt Hie Canyon crock park, gathered nt Colton n lid In tho form of a parndo, marched to thn purk. Walter Dlmlck, Blnte nenntor from Cluckamiis county, niui Hev. Chirk Itenhnrd woro tho urln clplo Npenkers In tho program which glvmi In tho nflornoon nt Canyon crooK An old-fuRhlonnd bnukct plcnlo was Riven In the licautlful natural pork at Hull Hun. Special trulns woro run out from Portland and tho plcnlo wns largely at tended by persons from that city The Union Sunday school of Ilonvor crook gave a plcnlo at tho Heaver crook- grove, which wns we attended by the younger pooplo of thot com. uitjjiy. ?tt IS BEGUN TO m . ff thnt Property which was wii fll,,"ry a J'tuKmont against him S I bp""Ko to his wife, J. H. Colt "a Hotnia colt have slartod suit l.J' c- Allon and 8herlff E. T, fin. i luckamas county to recover 0rei, i Property! several lots In yr'iinrd Home. aah!i.nL,l'K7 Allon flcurd Judgments Kainst him in Docembcr, 1911, for the e ."n ' ml,n of 40"-89. with Inter- lovernf I0.8'8'. a"(1 thttt Car ln 12 ln 0rcnRrd Home were Mu. ?c"f thlB l"dnt by Sheriff aV' ' fhRV hta Property back, Colt mniioi -" Docrin uiu noi limit J "n" on tne "al0 wlthln the erP,v8C Cd!bX laW ftnd ioId the jmpcrty a great deal iinilni- It ..! vn ,,a twi One wav nnl in l i. . mora iim : ua "ipy ia 10 nave hat,o70ttwnhhn,0ney ,hM'M know TRACTS ARE LET Bf The roiitrat for hiilMIng lo Uel lirlilai. both (paiia Idi'Mbal n lookUi iihI atrwliir, a r Ian CU kiina i.oiniy rum, ha l.in e to A. C S'ealM'rry by lln rounty rourl. The aniouht Ilia lounly l gp-eid on Iho l.rldi;e I I.' I.: 17. 1h apaii are In rai h 210 foul loli. On will rroat Ilia Claikainaa rlirr at liartnti and HI lia an l prow h Ituufo. l iiii. I da oilier will hrtdan tho Mululla river ar Ilia town of lint n ma. Only a I") fixt approach I Horded fur Ihla brldi. Work will atari aoon and Ihn lirldr III ready for om within a few niouih. STREET MARKET TO OPEN El DECISION IS REACHED AT MEET INO Or COMMITTEE FRI DAY AFTERNOON RACKS WILL BE BOUT Of! FlfTH Charles Babcock Will Erct Stalls on On Sid of Strut Farmers Invited to Bring In Thlr Produc rXday. July 10.. will tie the opetiln day of the Orrun City atreet market Thl waa decided Krlday at mooting of Hi Joint committee from the lloard of Trade and the council. Cbarlea llalicock, ctimmlimloner of lrH'la will have charge of Ihn market and early thla "week will erect the ttoc eatary alalia and racka on Fifth atreet, Jiint raal of Main atreet. The alalia will be built along one aide of the atreet In the aame manner aa thoee on Yamhill atreet In I'ortlanil. Kach tall will have a counter fuclng the aldewalk and a root to protect the gooda from elihcr th' aun or the rain. It lit planned to hold the market each Friday. Farmer will be Invited to bring In their produce and Iho conaum- or In the town will gather on the ap pointed day to buy their fruit and vege table. The board haa made no die elimination of any kind In the uae of the market. The Idea of a public atreet market flrat originated with the lloard of Trade eeveral week a ago and a com mittee waa appointed, of which J. J. Tobln wa chairman, to learn the prac- Icablllty of a atreet market In Oregon City. The committee made a trip to Vancouver, Wash., and nporit tho great er part of a dny In the Washington town watching tho market and came nek not only with the recommenda tion that the market bo etnlllnhod, but also with practical Ideas ss to bow thn market should be operated. The first difficulty to be overcome wns the securing of a street. The committee, after several sot barks, wan able to icur a permit from property owner on Fifth atreet and from tho council. At the meeting of the coun cil last WcduoHduy night permlsHlon wns given for the one of tho street and tho street commlttoo of the council was Infltruclcd to co-operate with the board In tho work. E DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE TALKS TO LARGE CROWD IN METHO DIST CHURCH That overy ntntuto In Oregon should be enforced until the poor ones had boon Ink on from the law books, wns tho statement of Dr. C. J. Smith, I)otn ocratlo nomlnoo for governor, nt his talk at tho Molhodlat church Sunday evening. "Law books are bursting Willi laws," ho said. "If the legisla ture should fall to moot the first of next year, the slate would bo none tho worse off. Dr. Smith took for his subject, "An Era of Law Enforcement," and his talk from beginning to end hinged in one way or nnothor on that tonic Ho brlnfly Bketcbod tho hltttory of the na tion from tho pre-revolutlonnry days to the present time to show that ev ery war in which tho country had on- gaged was for law enforcement. 1 Ho predlctod a "Christian De mocracy within tho next few years lilch would equalize all classes. He told of a case whore one employee had an Income of 15,000,000 n year and then quoted governmental statistics to show thnt the average Income of each Indi vidual wns S 1 50 a year. The speaker Bald that tho great prob lem Dorora the people of the state and tho Pnclflc conet wos the emmlgratlon which would result from the comple tion of the Panama canal. Wlthjn tho next ten years, lie said, the population of the state would be doubled and It would be the duty of every citizen to help In absorbing this groat mass of foreigners. He stated that the women of the state, since suffrage had been extended to them, wo.ild aid greatly In this work. Dr. 8mtth wag Introduced by Rev, T. Ford, pastor of the church, and tho choir of the church and the 6. A. 11. quartette, of Portland, furnished spe cial music. Constitutionalists now control more than half of Mexico and by the same token a largo Dart of the world'a hid. ply of cactus. IDA MODIFIED LOCK T DEED DELIVERED OOVIRNMINT RCCCIVES 00CU- MINT C0NVIVIN0 OREGON CITY Mlf CANAL IffllfflCIOM CUM AITCREO Principal Chang I Inclusion of Pr gnph Whrby Unlltd ttat Oo Not Walva Navl. gallon Control roilTl.AND. Or.. July -The mod IMid deed of llin I'ortlund KalUsy, l.lalil A I'oatr ruifipaiiy route) lug to Ihu I'nlli'd Htalea thn cmiul and locka al (ircKnfi City, wa given Colonel C II. Mi Klnalry, dUtrlii govornmeiit rn flii'-r. fur trannmlllal lo Ihn l'ulld Hiali-a attorney general today, agree ment a lo tonne of thn deep having l. n reached. It la aald, by attornoya repreaetitlng the governnii lil and the l reel ear company. The principal ad. da Ion I a i lame whereby the govern m -tit In taking over Ihn canal and locka doea not waive any right lo the control of navigation. Thla right of con I nil la patabllahrd by alauiite, I InalU-nahln hut was not iN-cirically ataivd In the original d-ed and for thla reaaon principally, waa objected lo by tho l ulled Htalea at torney general. The plana contemplate a double ca nal at On-Kim t'"r. "n M" '"r P0or. tliv other side for boata. If, iy any contlng' Ucy, power right ahould have been given preceiloncu It might have been poeilblit during a low water pe riod that water for power purpoaea would not have left aufflclonl for navi gation. Any em h pomlhlllty I defi nitely averted In the term of the mod Ifled deed. Th.) local agreement la not, however, final. Approval by lb attorney gen eral and the war department tnunt be had. Thla, It waa aald from tho Cull ed Klate district attorney's office this morning. Is more a matter of policy than of law. Hut no matter how pedy may b (ho ettlment from tbi time, aald Colonel McKlnatry thla morning the low water period of conatruction thl year haa panned. The delay mean a material aotback In getting started on actual conatruction. Tho consideration In conveying tho locks to the government Is 1376,000. It Is a Joint government and state, en terprise for which the government ap propriated $:ioo,ooo. In giving hla opinion advising agalnat tha acceptance of the deed In the orlg lual form the attorney general aald: The acceptance of the proponed deed of conveyance by tho Culled Stale would thurefoN seem to In volve "An explicit concession of the rights of the Willamette Pulp & Paper Com pany and of the Columbia Paper com pany lo divert the water of the river In accordance with tho terms of thtlr leases. "A clearly Implied concession of the right of tho vendor companw and oth er persons to divert the water now util ized by thorn. "An obligation on the part of the government to provide a power canr.l noparnted by the division walls A, II, O, and F from the navigable portions oof the canal, tho purpose of which Is to permit these companies to divert tho water used by them without Inter fering with the operations of tho navt gnblti pnrt of tho canal. "The act of June 25, 1910, provid ing for tho acquisition of tho canal docs not authorize, expressly or by im plication, an administrative officer to walvo tha right of the United States to control, now or at any time in the futuro, the entire flow of the Willam ette river, If the necessity therefor in the interest of navigation should arlso. "The flow of the stream of a navl gnblo river Is ln no sense private prop erty and the determination of the con groon thnt such flow Is needed for tho Improvement of navigation cannot be tho subject of question at the Instance of a prlvnto owner of the bands of the stream. Every structure placed In such waters by private parties Is sub ordinate to the right of navigation and must he removed even If tho owners sustain a loss thereby, If the congress In tho assertion of Its powers over nav igation bo determines." CITY ENJOYS SATE E ONLY THE SPUTTER OF SMALL FIRECRACKERS DISTURBS QUIET OF TOWN Tho gentle sputter of the small va riety of firecrackers wns tho only re minder of the old days In Oregon Cl'y, when Independence day wns observed by almost, constant roar of fireworks of every kind. Mayor Jones and iJhlef Shaw carried out their declaration that they would enforce the ordinance regulating the use of flrewotijs. , In former years tho Fourth of July was a busy day for th9 doctors and druggists of Oregon City. One drug store owner would fill his window full of bandages, salves and other first aid necessities on the morning of every Fourth of July, and before the dny was past his window would bo empty. In order to check these accidents, the council passed nn ordinance two years ago limiting the use of fireworks to small firecrackers. In Estacada no ban was placed upon the use of fireworks aad the celebra tion there took on the form oC the old fashlonod Fourth of July, with parades, speech-making and most necessary of all the constant noise of firecracker). COMPROMISE IN TAX IS That Ida rounty l willing lo com pruiiile In thn ault which Wi-at I Jim Ima fl.nl lo collect rml (ate, wa un officially reMrtd at Hm iinilng of ihn Wiat I. Inn roum-il 'I m j night. It wa rejiorlrd that llie court would offi r to give 10 percent of the total road lai colli led whl, h would amount to al.ioit f'jooQ. Ihn apiioliitiiM-nt of II. N. Hick aa iiy attorney and Hay Hiufford aa city engineer by Mayor John l-wlbwalte wa approved by Ih" council. City Treasurer Clancy m, hi quarterly financial report whl''), ihoaeij that In ihn Inal three tiionl llm n-eelpt of Iha city bavn -n .'7n;'J; Ihn dla l,ur iix nt ll.'iKHi; and th balance on hand, deducting all outalaiidlng warrant tm.39. E VAN BRAKLE RECEIVES REPORTS FROM ALL PHYSICIANS OUT SIDE OF OREGON CITY YEN FEW CASES IN CITY ARE FILED Acting Health Officer Will Prepare Information and Send It to Stat Board of Health a Usual Dcnplte the order of tho state board of health delivered to the doctors of the county that they llle all reports di rect with the Aate board, and Ignoia Dr. J. A. Van Hrakfo, every doctor out side of Oregon City ha filed his re port for June with lr. Van llrakle and several reports have come from evn Oregon City, where the flr.bl against the acting officer Is being waged tho strongest. Thla was the statement of Dr. Van Krakle Tuesdsy evening. Dr. Van llrakle will prepare the re nnrta which hn haa received and anb- jmlt th'tm to the state board In the usual way. He said Tuesduy that he wa unable to understand the action of those who had submitted their re port direct to him, whether it waa an accident or a sign of partial submis sion. The first of June It became known thnt Dr. Calvin White had notified the local physicians that they should le port direct to the state board. The order Included the statement that Dr. Van llrakle was not county health of ficer, although the county court re fused To recognize the opinion of the state board and an action to oust Van Ilrckle was nou-sulted several mouths ago In tho circuit court As eoon aa Van Uruklo learned of this action of Dr. White, he began to collect Information so that the matter could be brought to an Issue. Tba state law provides thnt every case which 1b not reported to the county health officer shall constitute a separ ate offense and It was through that clause that Dr. Van llrakle intended to test out trie case. PORTLAND, Ore., July 4. Two boys who are now held In tho county Jail for auto thefts, Harry Currigan, 16 years old, and John Kolleher, 15 years old, woro before Judge Gatcns of the juvenile court yesterday and were giv en Bevere lectures. They were paroled on condition that they leave each other strictly alone ln tho future, and that they have nothing to do with Charles Gnnoe and Virgil Yates when those two are released from Jail. They must also leave all automobiles strictly alone. Currtgnn and Kelloher were caught In Oregon City a week ago, where they had gone with nn automobile belong ing to Dr. L, M. Loomls. Damage to the machine was estimated at $57.50, nnd each boy must pay $10 a month until the damage is paid for. Chief Probation Officer Mcintosh said that thoy loarnod to operate automobiles from Gun oo and Yates, who are being held Indefinitely for breaking their pa roles given nearly a year ago when they were arrested for an automobile theft. 1, LONG LOST, TO E SANDY, Ore., July 8. Mrs. J. Mln ner, of Hill Crest, was lost ln the woods on Monday reaching her home at night exhausted, having wandered about 12 hours, and at no time being more than a few miles from her home. She went away early In the morning, when Bhe became confused, and was completely lost. Sho wandered for hours over fallen logs and through brush without food or water nil day. In her wanderings she accldently dis covered a forked tree near her home. This gave her her bearings and she struggled home, which she reached ln a fainting condition. Her husband, re turning at noon, not finding his wife, hunted all afternoon. Lots of men walk miles to hear a po litical speech who wouldn't walk a block to bear a sermon. COUNTRYDOCTORS ORDERS CHAUTAUQUA IS OPENED BY III PRESIDENT OF ASSEMBLY WEL COMES PEOPLE OF VALLEY TO ANNUAL SESSION IS Oregon City Commercial Club Win Cam Front Clackamaa T. W. Sullivan and B. T. Mc Baln First Battery The twenty first anniversary of thn Willamette Valley Chaulau'iua ess -rn-bly waa opened Tuesday afternoon at i o'clock before a first day audience of l'oo person. The feature of the afternoon program waa the e!oU--nt address of Dr. Kb'icher lloman, pres ident of Wlllameltn I'nlverslty and for the last two year president of the cbaulauqia. fair akU-s smiled on j Gladslonn park and thn tent colony I nestling among thn giant fir present ed a most picturesque scene. There are more tent on the ground than ever before thl year and almost looo rhautauquan have stolen away from home and bualneas care to enjoy the 13 day assembly. Addrett Well Received. Dr. lloman wa warmly received In hi opening address. "We welcome you." said the speaker, "to a Jolly good time, to a release from care and to thn rnewnl and making of friend ships. The rhautauqua la to promote truth a place where bonost men apeak out of honest hearts to search ers after truth: truth clothcr In wit. In wldom, poetry, and prose, In music and In picture, garbed In charming ar ray on thl Chautauqua platform. Chaucer say that 'Truth la the bright est thing that many may keep.' The Chautauqua haa always been against wrong. Governmental and po litical wrongs have received their death blow here and ever will. It I the forum of the world's reformers. The face of evil Is hideous, but the face of truth Is glorious. Dryden has well said: 'For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.' So beauty of life, my friends, Joy of living, glory of right, and purity of purpose, shlno forth at Chautauqua. 'The Chautauqua exalta humanity. tho man, the maker, the Inventor, the toller, the thinker, the aoul ol th world. We welcome you here, you men, to tho consideration of great problems. We welcome you women to think upon the needs of the world We welcome you children, to happi ness, play and profit." W. S. U'Ren Replies. W. S. U'Ren responded to Dr. Ho- man's remarks In a short talk. He brought out the Idea that the Chautau qua idea enforced the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, and teaches the world how to live, each for the other, rather than each for him self, and the Chautauqua was one of the big Influences of the day In bring- ling about the realization of this uasclf- lsh bumnntty. Summer School Organized. The various summer school classes which are to be a strong feature of this year's assembly, were organized at the conclusion of the auditorium program Tuesday. The instruct ors are: Mrs. Mattle Hardewicke Jones, elocution; Prof. A. M. Gr'.lley, physical culture; Prof. J. H. Cowen chorus work; Wr. C. F. Hodge and Mr. L. H. Weir, University of Oregon lec tures; Dr. Edna Eugena Lows, health lectures; Dr. W. B. Hlnson, of Port lnnr, Bible school talks; and domestic science and art classes to be conduct ed by the Oregon Agricultural col lege experts. The Oregon Congress of Mothers' headquarters will be one of the de lightful resting plnoes and Interesting places during the coming session, 'f hey have provided abundant literature helpful to motherB as well as a rest room and a kindergarten which 0kus today ln charge of Mrs. Samuel Nor ton, an expert formerly from Iht? Itos ton schools. Mrs. George C. HrowunU, Mrs. F. J. Tooze, Mrs. John Rlsley and other well known women are active in (Continued on Page 4.) SUIT IS DISMISSED The suit recently instituted ln the circuit court of Clackamas county against Robert J. Upton, a Portland attorney, by Mrs. Helle Crownrigg wherein she charged Upton with fraud ulent acts ln connection with obtain ing a sheriff's deed to certain property owned by her, has been dismissed and the charges of fraud retracted. Mrs. Brownrlgg says that she was mistaken In her understanding of. the facts and for the purpose of exonerating Upton and retracting the charges of fraud against him, has filed the following statement with the papers In the case: "While at the time of making and verifying the complaint herein, I thor oughly believed that the allegations thereof were true, certain facts and circumstances, of which I was not then aware, and others, which had escaped my recollection or were not clearly un derstood by me, have since been brought to my attention and explained to me, ln the light of which subsequent information and explanation I am sat isfier that the allegations of fraud and unfair dealing on the part of the de fendant. Robert J. Upton, as set forth ln the complaint herein, were made through mistake and misapprehension and are wholly unwarranted. 1 there fore wish to be understood as having withdrawn all such allegations." Very few reactionaries would refuse to cash In even on Democratic prosperity. FARMER LOSES 5500 SUIT AGAINST ROAD (Jcorit Ifendrlckaon. farmer !lv lug near Caiiby, loet In a uamagn anil for I '.00 Tuexlay afternoon agalnat lh Houthern I'aclflc, when a Jury la l tie circuit court returned a verdl'i for Ihi defendant. On Ihn evening of Augunt 17, 1911, llendrlckaon waa driving acroa the railway track at Canby when -a train afrui k and killed bla bor-, di-rnol-Inlo-d bl buggy and allghtly Injured him. Thn attorneys for Ihn defendant claimed that llendrlckaon did not atop, look and lUt-n. a the la dlrnrt. and therefore, that the accident waa bl own fault. 29 BILLS WILL GO ON BALLOT PROHIBITION AND ABOLISHMENT OF SENATE MEASURES ARE ON THE LIST , ELEVEN REFERRED EY LEGISLATURE Quetion for November Election Vary Widely Petition for Many Amendment Are Not Filed on Last Day SALEM. Ore.. July 2. The elector ate of Oregon will have the privilege of voting upon 29 general measures at the election In November. Tbls Is nine leu than at the last general elec tion. Contrary to exjiectatloo there was no rush of petitions today, the last day for filing thorn. A number of the most Important measures proposed will not appear on the ballot. Secretary of State Olcott will have the petitions checked at once for lrreg regularities, but It Is believed that all filed are within the law. Eleven of the general measures were referred by the last legislature. In addition to the general measures there are three local ones. There were seven at the last general election. Probably the most Important amend ment to be voted upon provides for state-wide prohibition. It prohibits the manufacture or sale of Intoxicating liq uors In the state. John H. Albert, a banker of this city, and others Inltl ated It Another Important amendment abol ishes the state senate. It was Initiat ed by the officers of the Oregon state grange, Oregon State Federation of Labor, People's Power league. Farm era' Society of Equity and Proportional representation bureau. An amendment for proportional rep resentation. Initiated by the same or ganizations as the one .to abolish the state senate, provides that every voter may vote for any one aspirant for rep resentative In the legislative assembly and on more. The voter may write or stick on the ballot the name of the person he votes for. The 60 aspirants who receive the greatest number of votes throughout the state shall be declared elected. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., ex-United States senator, who advertised widely measure proposed by him prohibiting the payment of circulators of petitions, tailed to file a petition for the bill. A petition was not tiled for an amend ment, proposed by A. M. Crawford, empowering the governor to veto cer tain sections in legislative bills. Completed petitions were filed for measures designed to put an end to single-tax agitation, and restore In part the assembly. They were Initi ated by David M. Dunne, of Portland. The first measure provides the leg islative assembly or the people shall pass a law for uniform and equal rates of assessment and taxation of real and personal property within the state, ex cepting municipal, educational, liter ary, etc., and a nominal exemption of not more than $300. 11UKIE AFTER $6611 ROAD TAXES PETITION FOR WRIT OF REVIEW IS FILED BY TOWN TUES DAY AFTERNOON A petition for a writ of review was filed by the town of Milwaukie Tues day In the circuit court against Clack amas county, asking that $6611.10 in road taxes be given to the town by the county. The city charter of Milwaukie pro vides that "Milwaukie shall constitute a separate voting precinct in all city and county elections and a road dis trict and the council shall appoin a street commissioner who shall be ex offlclo road supervisor for Milwaukto. The street commissioner shall report to and be under the direction of the council of Milwaukie and shall not be answerable . to the county court of Clackamas county in any respect." In the years 1910, 1911 and 1912 the county treasurer has collected several thousand dollars from the city of Mil waukie for road purposes and only a part of this money has been paid to the city, according to the petition. The balance, the representatives of the city claim, is $6611.10 in favor of Milwaukie. A petition to collect the money was filed with the county clerk May 26, 1914, and at the regular June session of the county court, held June 5, the petition wag refused. The action Is the same as those brought by the cities of Gladstone and West Linn and which are now pending in the circuit court MANY BILLS FAIL TO GET SIGNERS INITIATIVE MEASURES WOULD EFFECT SMALL HOME OWNER IN NUMEROUS WAYS FREAK LAWS LOSE CUT AT SALEM Pet Bills of Reformer Will Not Ap pear en th Ballot at th Fall Election 300,000 Pham phlet Printed SALEM, Ore. July 7. (Special) Imagine yourself a tiipayer who In 23 years of hard work haa atnaaiwd ten thousand dollar worth of real estate, one fourth of which I a home that la not bold for aale or speculation, and then contemplate the prosp.-ct of still higher taxe. You will begin lo study tne 45 Initiative bill and referendum from new atandpoint. How many of them are aimed at your accumula tion? How many of tbem are for your relief? Steadily you have seen valuation and taxation Increase. Thn larger the Urge! the easkr It la bit by the special levies and the multitude of boards, commissions, expert, and wont of all the legislature. You draw a lch of relief when you realize that of the 45 measure there remain but 31 to be voted on In November. 14 hav- . Ing failed to get enough ilgners. Among the fourteen were ome of the wont measure offered. There wa one to tax all property but public property meaning church property. There was the governor' pet to con solidate many board and commission and limiting itate tax levies to four mills or about double what avers;': levies have been for ten years. CIo. Ing store, theatres, bowling alleys, poll alleys, pool room, cigar stands. Ice cream parlon and all bualneas but the druggist and the undertaker on Sunday was among the stillbirths. Governor West's bill to remove county officials and name others who would stand for law enforcement according to his Ideas, wss In the discard. The Central Labor council's enterprise to revoke the franchise of the Portland Gas sV Coke Co.. making a state fight of a municipal investment fell down. Another pet of Portland reformers to allow only double the value placed by the assessor ln case of condemna tion one of the most subtle weapons of confiscation went to the Junk heap. A prohlbltary license against peddlers was ditched. To require vot ers to live ln the precinct only 15 days aud grant traveling registration papers smacked too much of repeaters and floaters and lost out. To extend all county offlcen to four years, an old trick of legislating a man Into a long er term, was not popular enough to get signers, uenerai Crawrords bills to make it easier and less expense to In itiate bills and to allow the governor a greater vote power, lost interest for him when he failed to get the nomina tion for governor, and the people nev er were Interested. The Socialist Idea of a voters Qualifications and the Socialistic proposition to give Ore gon manufacturers a five per cent sub sidy never got far. Probably a number of other petitions will be rejected for being short of legal names or being In Improper form. It will be several days before we know exactly what will be on the ballot In the meantime all are Interested In pre paring arguments for and against measures that do get on the ballot. About 300,000 voters' nbamDhlets will have to be printed and there will he a postage bill running into tens of thou sands of- dollars. The phamphlet will be at least 200 pages from present out look, and the expense will run upwards of $50,000. In California there will be 1,800,000 voters' books. The ballot for women doubles the expense of elec tions, and increases the political activ ities. Many of the boards and com missions aud some of the worst forms of bills come from women voters, like the Sunday blue law from the Christ ian Endeavor societies. There is going to be stacked up against the state an enormous load of accident insurance liabilities. The la bor commissioner each week pub lishes a column of accidents, a few fa talities, and the rest injuries serious and minor, mostly minor, such as cut and bruised toes and fingers, etc. Each becomes, the basis of a claim against the funds paid by Industries and the state. In Washington before the law is in effect two years an official report shows that the compensation commis sion has ISO people on the payrolls and the largest offices at the state govern ment, with 20,000 unadjusted claims piled up. The Evergreen state legis lature appropriated four million dol lars to pay claims for two years. Another form of the most advanced legislation along Socialistic lines is the amendment to the constitution pro posed by C. S. Jackson and F. W. Mul- key. It proposes to confiscate in the name of the state all short lands suit able for public docks and warehouses to the middle of each stream if not yet so occupied. In Portland sites for mu nicipal docks bo far have cost $1,200, 000. LOCAL SPEAKERS IN As usual, . Oregon City contrbuted . generously to the celebrations in other towns in the number of speakers. Lo cal men went not oqly to towns In Clackamas conuty but to points outside of the county lines. Judge Grant B. Dimlck was the speaker of the day at Aurora; Judge Gordon E. Hayes at Woodburn; Chrie Schuebel at Clarks; James Cary at Gladstone park; George C. Brownell at Sandy, and Walter Dimlck at Colton