OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1904 CRGON CITY COURIER. Published Every Friday tj fifi3N CITV COURIER PUBLISHING CO. Shirley Buck h. l... mccann Edi tors literal iB Oregon Uty Puntoffioe as 2nU-class matter Lnd ring-iule, now is the accepted time. Vote the Democrats ticket straight, and elect men who are able and courteous, and who are at liberty to serve the whole people, being under obligation to no man or clique of men for the position to which they will be chosen. 80B3CR1PTION BATES. raid In advance, per year 1M fix months '5 Clubbing Rates toreon City courier and Weekly Oregonlan .S2.tR OreaonCity Courier and Weekiy Courier- Journal - 2.00 regan City Courier and Weekly Kxaminer.. 2.50 ftmiion Citv Courier and the Cosmopolitan..- 2.25 rren City Courier and the Commoner 2.00 Oregon City Courier and Twlce..aWe(k Journal 2 25 Con City Coorler and Weekly Journal .... 2.00 Oregon City Cornier and Dally Journal 4.50 9 The date opposite your address on the inper denotes (he time to which youhave paid. l!this noticeia marked yonrsubsoiption is due. Democra tic Soni i nee . 8upreiiie Judge Tuomas O'Day. Congressman 2nd Diatrjet Robert M. Yeatch. LET US HAVE FACTS. The voters of Clackamas county should be, and no doubt are. interested in the financial records of the county. With this in view we have been glancing over some of the semi-annua' reports and have discovered some very interest ing facts. In the report for the six months ending March 31, 1903, the Sheriff certifies that he had turned over to the Treasurer during that period the turn of $156,119.47, and had yet ia his possession $119.85, making a total of $156,239.32 collected. The Treasurer certifies that he had received, from the Sheriffduring the same period, the sum of $71,273.01. It will readily be seen that tha Sheriff collected $84,966.31 more than was turned over to the Treas urer. Now, as ihe Sheriff specifically states that he line on hand only $119.(5, where was the $84,846 46? No one will accuse the Sheriff of haviug it in his Dairy and Food Commissioner S. M. : hand9' for n'' c ,rtias 61,11 he h ll Paid Douglass. Presidential Electors John A. Jef fcy, T. H. Crawford, VV. B. Diller, J. H. Smith. For Joint; Representative for Clacka mas and Multnomah J. E. Hedges. . For Representatives 0 . W. Evans, S. Hutchinson, John W. Loder. For Sheriff Chas Ely. Fjr Clerk Millard Oriss'al. ' For Treasurer N. F. Nelson. lor Assessor T. R. A, Seliwood. Recorder H. W. Lang. For Supt. of Schools II. G. Stark weather. For Commissioner J. H. Kitcbing. For Survevor A. M Kirchem. Tub shooting affair at Corvallis Sunday morning in which a boy,Ohester Keady, was killed, and two men wounded, is proof over again, that no person, unless lie De an oihcer of the law, has any liUoijpes carrying a gun. This is all the more applicable to a man or a boy who is in the bahit of drinking. In the person of O. VV. Evans, we have a legislative candidate who is hove reproach. A successful business man, a hard working mechanic, a gentle man of culture and refinement, be com islands the reepect of all, and will un doubtedly be chosen to represent Clack mas county in the next Legislative Assembly. It is disappointing to the' citizens and well- labors of Portland to note that ihe 1903 government ettimate of that city's population is only 98,655. Never mind. Uncle Sam's estimate at tie same time, on, the population of Seattle is 92,020. Tlie total for the state of Ore gon ia 437,302, while that for Washing ton is 581,626 t "Many an honeet man," says John WanHiniiker, "fails because lie is a poor advertiser." In view of the fact that llr. Wanamaker is one of the most sue tfShful advertisers in the world his statement is worth considering by our local merchants. Every successful bus inees man will tell you that judicious advertising always pays provided you nave the ariic;e the people want. Mc Minnville News. We condemn all conspiracies and com binatiotiB intended to restrict business, to create monopolies, to limit produc tion, or to control prices, ami favor such legislation as will effectually restrain and prevent all such abuses, protect and promote competition, and secure the rights of producers, laborers, and all who are engaged in industry and com merce. Brave words in the Republican national platform of 1900 but soon forgot ten. Tiiickk ia an old saying that nothing succeeds like success and an equally true saying is that the way to build up home industries is to patronize home in dustries. No one argues for a moment that every person should not buy where be ran do the best, but it is not always the man with the biggest stock, the big r' nt, located in the biggest ci'y that can supply his patrons with the best prices. In other words there is no rea son why the Oregon City business man should not supply our wants as well as the rorthind merchants. In a spirit of fairness, let us at least give him a chance to name prices before going eNowhere. Onb of the just complaints made jainst both the Democratic and Repub lican parties is, that nominations for of. floe are made at the instigna;ion of airing of professional politicians, or are dic tated by some boss. Happily, such com plaint can not be made against the Clackamas Oouuty Democrats. The convention in this comity was completely the hands of the delegates from the various precincts. No slate had been prepared. No concerted action left the inference that tho convention had been "fixed". Nominations were entirely In the bands of the delegates, they select ed the men of their choice, and thoy chose wisely. For once the voice of the people has been heard. If it la desirable that we get rid of boss iem it t ; the Treasurer, and beld the latter's receipts for the same, Nor will anyone suppose for an instant that the Treas urer had possession of it, for he certi fies that be had not received it. Where was it? Again, the Treasurer surely did not receipt for more money than had been turned over to him, yet the Sheriff specifies that he holds the form er's receipt for $156,119.47. Where did he get the receipts for the $84,846.46 that had not been turned over? In an appended report, the Treasurer states that he received from the Sheriff between March 31, 1903, and May 6, lo03, the sum of $88,067 27. It would seem then that the $84,846 46 that bad "vanished into thin air," on March 31, again "miiteiializea" about May 6. But the interest on $84,846.46 for one month and six days, at six per cert amounts to $509.07. A neat little sum, indeed! A NOBLE LIFE. In this age of haste in the accumu lation of wealth, it is refreshing to meet a man who has devoted a lifetime to rearing to himself a monument consist ing of noble woiks, and constructed by untiring industry yet it is strange how little Buch a life is appreciated by those who should know most about it. There are people living in Oregon City scores of them who do not even know the name ofa former resident of Willamette, whose fame as a bitanist has spread throughout the whole scientific world. We refer t) Thomas Howell, now resid. ing at Uisley, but who lived at Willam ette uutil recently, for a period of five years. As an illustration of the truth that "a prophet is not without honor save in his own country", the folio. ing is related. A few years ago, a Pot land gentleman sent a rare wild plant to the Smithsonian Institute at Washing ton, asking for its classification The reply was, substantially, "Send it to Mr. Howell, of Willamette. Yon have one of the greatest botanists of the world right at your door, but you will probably not appreciate that fact until he is dead." Mr. llowell crossed the plains in 1850, being then eight years of age. For forty years he lived on Sauvies Island at the mouth of the Willamette. For more than thirty years lie has been studying the flora of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Fifteen years ago he began preparing his great work "Flora of No'thweet America" expecting to complete it with in two vears . But the magnitude of the task was greater than he had sup posed, and as the work progressed his expanding knowledge of the plant life of this prolific regiou led him to enlarge the scope of his undertaking; so that the book fn its complete form came from the press only last February. Fifteen years of hard labor and deep thought spent in preparing a work that w ill probably never rapay the money actu ally spent in its production; for it is a work that none but scholars understand or appreciate. et we feel that Mr. Howell is already repaid for his labor, for the work is conside'ed by scientists throughout America and Europe us one of vast and enduring worth. The reali zation that he has contributed so much to the sum of human knowledge must be gratifyiug to the subject of this bketch ; yet he also feels the lack of ap preciation by those among whom he has lived eo long. FINANCIAL CONDITION COUNTY. OF THE No one who is interested in the wel fare of the county, and desires to see this part of the state receive its full share of the immigration that is now pouring in from the East, will wilfully over-estimate the indebtedness of the county, or state the rato of taxation to be greater than it really is. At the same tfme, no honest man will under estimate our liabilities, but will state the truth as he sees it, and will try to better conditions that are uot what they should be. With such thoughts in mind we have undertaken to arrive at the true finan cial coudition of the county. In cases relating to the amount of indebtedness which a countyvmay carry, the courts have held that uncollected taxes may ba counted as assets. This may be a very gaod rule, but if a farmer or a merchant were to count as assets what lie expects to receive during the succeeding year and refuse to deduct the expenses that he must incur during the same time, his statement would be considered grossly misleading. Yet this very thing is done in the semi-annual reports of the county officers. We are not now saying that these reports are "padded" nor that they are otherwise than as contemplated by law. Bnt we do say that the system used is misleading to the average reader. Nor are some so-called explanations of such a nature as to throw any light on the subject. According to the Report made on the 31st of March, 1904, there aie outstand ing warrants to the amount of $126, 061.53. Estimated accrued interest on same $8000. From this total indebted ness of a little more than $134, "00 ia de ducted $10,000 of unpaid current taxes, an I $9000 of delinquent taxes for the years 1898, '99. 19( 0, '01 and T2, total ing $9000. Thso deductions leave a net indebtedness of $81 637.22 However, this i not the true financial condition of thi county.' In the first place, no t ixes for 1898 are collectible. Second, it is not possible that all delin quent taxes for the other years will be collected during the present year. Third, of the $35,000 of nnpaid current ta-rs, $20,000 must be apulied to the payment of the balance of Clackamas county's state taxes and there is still due to the school fund a little over $9400. After the payment of these claims which can not be put off, there remains but $5600 applicable to, the payment of county warrants, instead of the $10,000 a9 Btated by the county clerk. Again, as the tixea to be collected during the remainder of tha year are considered as aseets, common sense will declare that the current expenses for the year should be counted as liabilities. The expenses for the year endin March 31 last, were over $55,400, exclusive of road work. The-e is no reason to sup' pose that they will be less for the eneu ing year. The interest of outstanding warrants m ly be placed at $5400 as a minimum. Collecting these data we have the following as an approximate estimate of the real condition of affairs-. LIABILITIES. Outstanding warrants .$ 126,061 53 Accrued interest .. 8,000 00 interest on say$W0,lK)U for ensuing year Due rchool fund Current expenses for ex penses for ensuing year. . riii'i!ii"iiilifli:'7;i'H'iiiiiilfl'v Bjn...iB?iMF.ijBl3.iui.p;1..ittf.Mi..gi.MirTfrrfl-Birl.jftuTIfljH.tl IIMIllll'l1llfl1","l'"'l'1itw"llllTI1111""111"""11" mportant Announcement 'MlnflPflfflrPllllfflll'IV!!!!! IllPflllllllfl'nilllllr!!' i'ffflrrJIIITPI mrniiiifiiiiiiipiiiiiiipiiiiiifpiJ'W r 5400 00 9401 00 55400 00 Total ....... $204,"02 53 RESOURCES. , Funds in hands of Co. TreaB. .$33,394 31 Unpaid current taxes uppli. cable to payment of county w arrants 56 0 00 Delinquent taxes to be col- lecte-' (probably) 5000 00 Fees (estimated trom past year's collection) 7000 00 Total $50,994 31 Net ii debtedness after col lection of this year's taxes and payment of this year's expenses $153,268 22 The readers of the article are asked to notice that we have taken the Reports of the county officers as the bsia of our calculations wherever they are not pal. pably misleading. However, we have in a previous issue shown that the Treas urer's and the Sheriff's books do not agree according to their last report, by more than $14,500, and in another column of this issue, we show that a year ago'laBt March, there was a dis crepancy of more tnan $84,000. With the records kept in such manner, it is impossible to kuow the real condition of affairs. But we believe the statement of county clerk to be misleading to the extent of more than $70,000. We admit that the Cleik has prepared his report according to law, but assert that euch a report does not show the true condition of our county finances. 4 9 3 rhas been apparent for some time that Clackamas County was not receiving its just share of immigra tion flowing into the Stats. This has come about largely from the fact that other ' localities have made special effort, through local organizations and in the distribution of literature, to induce and invite new comers into their respect Counties. Clackamas County has to pay a large sum as its part of the appropriation for the Lewis and Clark Fair, and it ought in all conscience to receive its proportion of the rewards in the way of new settlers to buy up our surplus lands and aid in the building up of new industries. For the purpose of helping myself, and. directly and indirectly this great County, I have opened a real estate office in Portland, at 233 Washington" Street, Labbe build ing, first floor, and will be open for business on and after April 1st. Capt. James P. Shaw, late of Hood River, who was associated with the real estate department of my office some years ago, will have charge of the Portland office, and will be a full partner in the real estate department of the business, both in Portland and Oregon City. Having lived many years in Portland, Capt. Shaw has an intimate ac quaintance with the metropolis and its people. From now on we will have special opportunities for selling real estate left with us. We shall make a specialty of the following properties: Clackamas County Lands. Oregon City Investments. Gladstone Property. Hood River Fruit and Berry Lands. And shall at all times try and attract Capitalists to take advaritage of the untold resources of this great County. We wish to increase our list of farms for sale and can promise faithful and efficient service. Would be pleased to have visitors to Portland call and get acquaint ed with our plan of selling lands. The firm name will be :-: Cross & &haw :-: Main St., Oregon City, Or. 233 Washington St., Portland, Or a L W-W fll"l;IT;ll,l"Tl""y''"'f 'Mlll'ipiipM mm jiiHliiimiif mmi? THE COLORADO REBELLION. . The Governor of Colorodo evidently thinks he is "it." He has not only assumed to place large portions of the state unde martial law, and to treat like dogs the citizens of a free state, but has at last declared himself superior to the civil courts, and refuses to obey the mandates of the same. , Tho state has been attempting to en force order among the striking miners of Telluride and Cripple Creek, and in this it should have the support of every law abiding citizen. The miners have been unnecessarily violent, thus bringing upon themselves the censure of all peaceable persons. But the recent action of the military authorities acting under the orders of the Governor, places the execution in a worse light even than the striking min ers. The folio ing from the Louisville Courier-Journal, explains the situation fully: It appears from the dispatches that Judge Stevens at Ouray ordered the body of Charles H. Mover, president of the Western Federation of Miners, produced In his court. In other words, the Judge has issued a writ of habeas corpus in order to enquire whether Mover was legally detained by Gen. Sherman Bell, who is Adjutant General of the State, and in command apparently of certain State troops at Telluride. Bell refused to obey the writ, and was adjudged in contempt of court, as was also CapJ. Wells. Each was fined $500, and the court ordered that they be arrested and confined ia the jail at Ouray. Gen. Bell is reported to have said that if the Sheritf took him to Ouray it woutd have to be done over the bodies ot the sol- dier in his command. This led Judge Stevens to mike the rem rk that theae officers appeared to be in insurrection against the court. He also Haid that it was a grave question whether the Btrik- i' g miners or the Governor of Colorado and the national guard are in insurrec tion and rebellion against the laws of theStae. When Gov. Peabody was informed of the action of Judge Stevens he said that the military authorities would not ap pear before the court and that Mover would not bo released. The court, he snid, had no right so long as martial law prevailed to give orders to the militarv. This is his interpretation of the law and it differs essentially from the view held by Judge Stevens. The Governor and Adjutant General refuse to obev the court, but Judge Stevens' court is not one of last resort. There is a Dronosi- tion to ask the Supreme Court for a writ of habeas cornus. So far as the efforts of the Givernor and Adjutant General have been directed to upholding the law they are, of course, entitled to praise and not to blame. But in attending to this duty thev might to be very careful to proceed by legal methods They appear to baBe their resistance to the court on the ground that martial law prevails. It Is an old leital maxim that inter arma silent leges the laws are silent in time of war But this rnle h id been so much abused that our fathers took special pains to impose limitations. The writ of habeas corpus has been justly regarded as one of the greatest bulwarks of the liberty of the citizen, and extraordinary pains have been taken in most of the States to limit thecase9 in which it can be sus pended. Martial law cannot prevail in its full force when the writ of habeas cirpusis operative, for that enables any Judge to order a man arrested by the military to be brought before him, and if his confinement is adjudged illegal he must be discharged. Whether Gov. Peabody bas a right to proclaim martial law and suspend the writ of habeas corpus is ni f clear, but that power is not usually lodged in a Governor, and the action of Jndge Stevens seems to imply that he thinks martial law does not legally exist. Of course, the Governor of Colorado with his soldiers is too strong for the Judge, who will not be able to enforce Ids orders aga'nst the entire mil tary force of the State. Whether the Gov ernor and Gen. Bell would -stand out against a decision of the Supreme Court is not so certain, but if one court is powerless the others might also be throttled. The difference is that the Supreme Coort can say what the law is wjth authority, while an inferior court cannot. Gov, Peabody and Gen. Bell are Re publicans, and their party has been rather noted for suspending the writ of habeas corpus. The theory that the Constitution cannot be preserved with out violating it originated with the Re publicans, and it is frequently found that in upholding the law they are not willing to confine themselves to legal methods. They may be now within their rights, but it seems extraordinary that the disturbance there should be so serious as to constitute a state of war and require the entire suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. Elk Horn Livery Feed Sale Stable HORSES BOUGHT AND SOLD FineRigstoLet at Reasonable Prices D. .R DIMICK, Manager, SfiSr&i OKEO-oisr ciLTrirr, Oregon Brunswick House and Restaurant Newly Furnished Rooms, Meals at All Hours Open Day and Night Prices Reasonable. N ...Only FirstClass Restaurant in the City.,.. 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