TAXPAYERS
BLED FOR FAIR
Constitution 1 Is Only, a Paper
Barrier.
DECISION ONLY A FARCE
Legislature Ma Compel Peo
pie to Pay Debt Incurred
By Fair Corporation.
To the voters aud taxpayers of the
state, of Oregon aud their represen
tatives, the Oregon Legislature :
We are informed through the publio
press, common rumor and other, and
especially interested parties, that ten
years ago the state board of Commis
sioners, conusisting of the Governor,
secretary of State and State Trias
Brer, for the sale of school and uni
versity lands and for the investment
of the funds arising therefrom'
loaned ten thousand dollars of the
common school fund to the state fair,
a corporation, and took a mortgage
upon the fair grounds to secure the
payment uu the same with interest.
i No interest lias been paid on this
loan for all these years ; it should have
been paid annually. Reoently the
state fair company has been called
into court, beiore Judge Galloway,
who rendered a decision in favor of
the state, for the sum of nineteen
thousand dollars, more or less. This
action of the court became necessary
to prevent the mortgage from lapsing
or oeasing to ant as security at the
expiration of ten years. No defense
was made by this debtor; for the
very good reason fiat there was none
at baud, and so judgment was taken
by default.
No further action will he taken in
the case, says the attorney general,
till the Legislature meets; 'and then
if something is not done by the Legis
lature to pay this debt, he will pro
ceed to sell the fair grounds property.
What is expected, or hoped for from the
Legislature is more than intimated,
it is plainly stated they are to do
something and that something to is
pay the debt. How do Legislatures pay
debts in their official capaoity? It is
answered by appropriating your, the
taxpayers' money.
Here I will insert Section 8 of
Article eleven of the Constitution of
the State of Oregon :
"The state shall never assume the
debt of any county, town or other
incorporation whatever, unless such
debts shallJhave been created to repel
invasion, suppress insurrection or de
fend the state in war."
The state fair association is the
whatever incorporation. Of course
Section 8, Art. 11 bars the Legisla
ture from any attempt at relief of this
corporation or power to tax the loan
ers for their own money loaned and
interest on the same ; but it is only a
paper barrier, hitherto found too
often powerless to restrain the Legis
lature from scoopiug the state treas
ury, in the in ierest of themselves or
friends. But for the frequent and
wickedly wrongful use of the peoples'
money, made by the Legislature,
this reference to the Legislature of
, the nineteen thousand dollar claim,
from the fair company, already passed
into a judgment by the court in favor
of the school fund, could excite no
alarm, because of its very absurdity.
Who shall pay this debt? The
court says the borrowers, but the fair
company have taken an appeal to the
Legislature and named the judgment
expected, that is that the tax payers
shall pay this $19,00O cancel the
mortgage and leave the company free
to come to the school board for a
larger loan and presumably to be paid
in the same way and secured on the
same property. Never was a more
just deoision rendered by the court.
If this decision of Judge Galloway
can be set aside by the Legislature,
then all decisions of courts can be set
aside or abrogated, in the same way.
What the Legislature may do, or
neglect to do, in the interest of
wealthy associations or corporations
A ia not written in books of law or his
tory, but depends upon other induce
ments; there the danger rests and past
experience warns.
More than twenty years ago the
price of school lands should have been
fixed by appraisement at prices rang
ing perhaps from five or more to fifty
dollars per acre ; this would, doubt
less, have produced a fund, ere this,
of eight or ten millions of dollars,
instead of two, perhaps none in the
school fund ; but speculators had to
be served, hence this unpardonable
sacrifice of the school interest Now
and from time to time, having nearly
exhausted the source of the school
fund, they attack the ttata treasury
direotly, borrow the school funds, seek
to outlaw the debt and when pre
vented by the court from this out
lawry, appeal to you, the taxpayers,
through the Legislature, to pay their
debt.
The Legislature in the six years
last passed January 1st next, has
already appropriated the sum of
ninety seven thousand, six hundred
twenty eight and forty four hundreth
dollars, ($97,628.44) to pay premiums
for the society ; and yet not a oitizen
of the state, unlesshe.has paid the re
quired gate money, can enter these
fair grounds.
All the money takeiiin (goes to the
fair associationn while all the money
paid out, comes from you, the tax
payers. Again it is rumored that
the Salem fair company, alone', hope
or an appropriation of $20,000 and
this perhaps in addition to the trans
fer, by the Legislature, of Judge Gal
loway decision to a judgment against
the taxpayers. It may be remarked
here that two fair companies in East
ern Oregon receive appropriations of
$1500 each annnaly. And two in
Southern Oregon $700, and JJ1800 re
spectively, are paid annually, with
more to be organized, I fear.
A rural fair, as -1 understand them,
are organized for pleasure and profit,
by the associations, principally the
latter. Let those who receive all
the profits pay all the expenses. .The
state should be unhitched from these
associations and leave those that
dance to pay f.he fiddler.
These fairs, or even jthe Salem fair
alone, cost the state annually more
than the entire income, from the
irreducible school fund, derived from
one eighteenth part of all the land in
Oregon. What a farce is legislation
and the Legislature and others, what
criminals. Of course I speak of the
past Legislature.
Taxpayers, paste this article upon
your pantry door, read it night and
morning, aud when tliis source of
robbery shall equil one third of all
the necessary expenses of the state,
remember I forewarned you of your
doom.
Eternal vigilance is the price
liberty.
f
WM. A. STARKWEATHER
A Famous Remedy for Sick Headache.
The cause of this complaint is not
in the head at all, it comes from the
stomach. A stomach that has become
clogged by over eating, drinking, or
abuse in any manner, will warn you
by bringing on sick headache. Cera
the pain and distress in the stomach
and the head stops itself.. All bilious
attacks, dyspepsia, belching, bad
taste in the mouth, muddy complexion
aud yellow eyes, are cured by this
remedy. It is called Dr. Gunn's
Improved Liver Pillb, one for a dose,
and is sold by druggists all over the
U. S. for 25o per box. For sale by
Charm an & Co.
"The Huskln Bee."
A whole hayload of fun is promised
by ' Miss Clara Louise Thompson,
nnder whose direction "The Huskin'
Bee" will be produced in Shively's
opera house next Tuesday evening.
The program was completed this
morning. These are the hnskers :
Upland Hay William Wright
Mrs. Hay Mrs. Francis Freeman
Sunflower Hay Ona Renner
Flaxy Hay.. Mabel Tower
Timothy Hay Allen Adams
Farmer Cornhopper j. .James Vaughan
Mrs. Cornhopper. . .Mrs. Ralph Miller
Shucks Cornhopper. ..... .Dollie Pratt
Tassle Cornhopper. . , :. .'.Dady Bighara
Lope Cornhopper .Len Cofer
Buck Strawpile . . ,..Lee Caufield
John Gee-haw George Hankins
Silas Sit-and-whistle. Charles Putman
Dorothy Doughnut Marion Bell
Pompey Ralph Miller
O'Flannagan Ed Taylor
SPECIALTIES. .
Overture f. Orchestra
Opening Chorus (...Company
Jimmy Crow Eva Califf
Song. "Bit 0'Blarney"....Ed Taylor
Hey Rube Dance ; . . .
Allen Adams, Roy Grace, Earl
Latonrette, Rhea Cole.
Wooden Shoe Dance
Wava Harrington, Amy Thomas,
Bessie Sleight, Bessie McMillan.
Song Maccabee Qnartette
E. T. Fields, Len Confer, E. E.
Taylor, R. E. Woodward.
"Has Your Mother Any More at
. Home Like You?"
Hazel Farr, Gilbert Morris, Belle
Cassell, Vernon Welsh.
Pinkey-pankey Poo. . . .Mrs. J. Betzel
S. S. Walker, Captain ; Mary
Welsh, Hattie Farr, Nellie Roberts,
Martha Dungey, Orlena Kellogg,
Flora Morris, Ijetta Waldron, Eva
Frost, Marv Cannon, Grace Mar
shall, Nellie Titus.
Plantation .walk around '
George Washington Brown, leader;
Andrew Jackson and Lucinda Snow ;
Julius Ceaser and Sunny Georgia;
Abraham Lincoln and Dinah Light
foot. 20th century belles
Belles: Bertha Koerner, Edna Park.
Gertrude Hamilton, Vera Phillips.
Chappies Anna Aldredge, Sedonia
Shaw, Ethel Park, Ogle McClure.
Sousa Girl Ona Renner.
Hardware On the Hill.
C. W. Frederick has disposed of
his blacksmith business in Ely and
has opened a hardware btore on Sev
enth Street, in the Little Building,
between Center and Washington
Streets, where he will carry a full
line of hardware, and all kinds of
OREGON CITY'S
Walter A. Dimick, who has been elected reoorder of Oregon
City, is a native son of Marion county and is 25 years of age. He is
a son of G. W. Dimick, a well known citizen of Hubbard. Mr. Dim
ick attended the public schools of Hubbard and graduated from Pa
ciflo University at Forest Grove i in 1902. He read law in Forest
Grove and in Oregon City with his cousin, Hon. G. B. Dimick and
was admitted to the bar in October, 1904. Mr. Dimick is a young
man of energy and ability und
profession.
farming implements. Mr. Frederick
thaukB the people of Clackamas
county for the business they have
given him in the past and aRks for a
share of their trade.
Formerly Resided Here.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Toner,
the wife of John O. Toner, was held
Tuesday morning and the interment
was in Mountain View cemetery.
The body arrived on the overland train
from McMinnville, where Mrs. Toner
died Sunday. The deceased was a
former resident of Oregon City and
was well known here by the old
residents.
Cured His Mother of Rheumatism.
' ' My mother has been a sufferer for
many years from rheumatism," says
W. H. Howard of Husband, Penn.
1 At times she was unable to move at
all, while at all times walking was
painfuL I presented her with a
bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm
and after a few . applications she de
cided'it was the most wondref.nl pain
reliever she had ever tried, in fact,
she is never without it and is at all
times able to walk. An occasional
application of Pain Balm keeps away
the pain that she was formerly
troubled with." For sale by Geo.
A. Harding.
Estray Notice.
Strayed from my plaoe at Meadow
brook, one 2-year-old Jersey heifer,
red and white, . spotted, dehorned,
crop of left ear and split in right.
One 2-year-old brindle steer, same
dehorned and earmarked same. In
formation leading to discovery of
same will be rewarded. R. H. Snod
grass, Meadowbrook, Oregon.
We fit trasses and have a full line at
low prices to select from. Charman
& (Jo. , Drug Store.
Hew Lot
We have received a new lot of Coal that is superior to
anything we have had in stock. These cold nights and
days too, create a demand. Try Coal. You will never
go back. Delivered free in any part of the city by
the sack or in large quantities.
Qrtgon dtp 7r and Cold Storage Co.
1 2-th and Main Sts. Phone Main 1 734
The imported Perclieron
tallion
B
anseur 146225 40070
Black; foaled May JO, 1 900. Bred by M. Gaalard,
Belleme, Orne, France. Sired fcy Bon Courage (42729)
Dam Biche (38548), by Visconti (2049 ).
M'LAUGHLIN BROS., Owners.
Will Be at tne Fashion Liveiy Stable
Saturday. January 14.
J. M. k R. M. Slonaker, Agents.
NEW RECORDER
will make his mark in his chosen
New Road District.
A new road district has been
formed, and will be known as Tnala
tin, No. 81. Ic consists of a territory
taken from the New Era and West
Oregon City districts. A portion of
the Oswego district has been attached
to the West Oregon City road district,
taking in that part known as the
Shipley road.
Greatly in Demand.
Nothing is mure iu demand than a
medicine which meets modern re
quirements for a blood and system
cleanser, suoh as Dr. King's New
Life Pills. They are just what you
need to cure stomach and liver
troubles. Try them. At Howell &
Jones' drug store, 25o, guaranteed.
The Whole Thing in an Egg Shell
HOW 7 0 GET
200 EGGS A
YEAR PER HEN
H'HE second edition of A Practical Poultry
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Feeding, which Is known to be one of the best
means of making a profit from Poultry.
Some of the chapter headings are: Brooder
Chicks; Profitable Poultry Raising; Princi
ple Difficulties: Remedies for Roup; During
the Moult; Economy In Feeding; Poultry as
a Business; Trap Nests, with plans and illus
trations. This chapter Is worth the price of
the book. Tells the practical way to make
poultry pay. Price 50c
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and Dairy Departments. Subscription price,
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we will send the paper one year and A Prac
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THE PACIFIC TREE AND VINE
PARK HOTEL BLDG., SAN JOSE, CALIF.
of Coal
Annual January gj
Prices at Huntleys
T? ' t i . ' 1 . . . lid
1x- you are not iaKing advantage ot the great re
duetions marlp n rair onnnol 1 5a?
auctions made by our
are not practicing true economy. Hundreds of jr?
pleased customers have saved from 10 per cent to 1
50 per cent on all purchases except patent medi- f)
cines, school books
Are you getting your
dows
Games and Game Boards
1-3 off
Flinch and Pit 48c.
Bicycle Cards...... 19c.
Congress " ...... 38c.
Solid Gold Fountain
Ps 85c.
Our Dollar Watch... 85c.
Umbrellas, I? 1.00 and
under. 10 per cent dis.
Umbrellas, over 1.00
20 per cent dis.
15c. Paper Bound
Books 10c.
25c. Sheet Music... 10c.
ioc. Sheet Music... 5c.
400-page Dictionary 20c.
Closing out our Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines pVi
1-2 Price. 03
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Gap,;6rain and Teed
digbtst ItlarM Price Paid
CALL AND SEE US
Corner Main and I If h Sts
Brunswick House and Restaurar t
Newly Furnished Rooms, "
Meals at All Hours Open Day and Nighi
Prices Reasonable.
.Only First Class Restaurant in trie City .
Opposite Suspension Bridge, Oregon City, Ore. '
OREGON CITY
12TH AND
PHILIPP BUCKLEIN, Proprietor
All kinds of machines built and repaired
We Want Your Trade
At Harris Grocery
And are going to make special
inducements to close buyers
Cash and Small Profits is Our Motto.
George C. Brownell
ATT'Y AT LAW
OREGON CITY, ORECON
Colombia river and for tale.
0. N. Gbkmmam.
rf-t
annual January sale, you pK
share? Watch our win-
H
Cutlery. 20 per cent dis.
Mirrors. .25 per cent dis. rtj
Stationery WS
20 to 40 per cent dis. &j
Crepe Tissue 8c. Ps
Pictures.50 per cent dis. j)
Tooth Hicks, 4 pkgs. flN
for 15c. W
ioc. Toilet Paper...' 6c.
Cod Liver Oil Emul- Pj
sion 39c. flj
Beef, Iron and Wine. 39c. J
Large pkg. of Sea CV
Salt 18c. Fig
Smelling Salts 19c fTS
Hair Brushes KsA
20 per cent dis. P4
MACHINE SHOP
MAIN STS.
O. W. Eastham
LAWYER
Legal work of all kinds carefully attended
to. Charges moderate. Office over
Bank of Oregon City. Oregon City,
Oregon.
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