lTN0 PAPER COVERS THE ADVERTISING FIELD OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY AS THOROUGHLY AS THE OREGON CITY COURIER-TRY IT
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OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1906
No 18
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EES NEW PARTY
TROUBLE MAY
FOLLOW THEM
MONEY IS DUE
FROM COUNTY
VISITS VESUVIUS
9REQON
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1, PHILLIPS ON FINANCE
ople Will Demand Double
Standard and Possess
Adequate Volume.
tsinan, Sept. 13.-Although the
CTStioand Republican parties
ibandond tlio silver ihsuo, there
udud of eilvor ami gold with
liled coinago of botli metals at
litioof lfi to 1. Yet the question
fiom settled, if'ouly sloepeth.'
jere a rejorendum vote takeu
Ld that issue the double stand-
Kith all it implies, would ro-
,1 two-thirds vote of the poople.
1 can boo in tho dawning a now
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k arising that win can ior me
ititntioual money ot tho Nation.
t at the ratio of 10 to 1, tlion at
oilier ratio declared by tho popolo
uili an aot of thoir congreBB.
in coinage of both silver ana
woald pat more nioiioy in oircnla
uooDg the poople a couditiou
Mlj prayed for. Bat why was
limitation euactod? Simply to
into the hands ot tho rioh at the
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xie or tiia poor, a in,
lander Hamilton.
96 the proBidout of the bankers
Idition, of New York, said to the
e of the United States:
know how to manage the
jaffairsof tlm Nation, you do
leave the matter all to us. 1
the people acknowledged the
that they wera ignorant in such
m, and that the bankers know
again, legislation for
I'icli as against the poor.
pithitauding, the constitatiou
"Oougross shall have power to
te tho value of our ooins
wmo are so cnroloss an to claim
peculators in trado should bo
j'ejfrora day to day to say what
jnrtli of our coins should bo,
ignoring tho constitution, both
spirit aud in its .otter, us well
imperative demands ot justice.
pmty in vnlues anywhere, but
t' to tho manipulation of bullion
Ml
to oar 1810, tho English gov
Fat passed ail nnk Mnnlnrinnr Hint
tu ..... ' ' V
luiure jungusli gold coins
only be rated in value in
wun tiia commodity price
w Bullion tiioy wore made of,
u 41. .
""'senaoi the first ten years
iwnrament found that un to
W) ouiico of cold bullion
'tied in ,riCB 1)B ujnoh as seven
nd a half, leaving such un
!ylnt!in value of coins as to
l'V disturb trnrln rnlnMons.
s0OUSenUt111im. tlm ant.
""a nxea vuiue was set ou
'coin,
tit mm t
- mugio or g0(j standard is
umi direction it seems
deny. The nxnnrimnnt; of
SllOUld teftnli no a. Intonn
n profit by the experiment?
01 it money caifcoutinue to rule
"narrt aud limited coinage,
U-ill LI.
"utne volume of money
; 11 t trade.
uiegnimate demands
on
not deny. Under the keen
Breed, enennnrnnori v... tov
"j
..i COnW monopolize millious
'"gain lmvB lmd protect
there i8 ingitimat6 tra(Je ftnd
m !.. Can all reach this trade?
ottonl greed 'Allowed to steal
:t... " aw,jy from the less
, i"e aggregation of wealth
a U4B1u which the singl
h a ' glve 08 a amitatioo
. H U6 ID nniiiarrQi rtitra
I both silver and gold at
i or
;' their
a"y other ratio the peopl
cougrest mav nrefer.
te again to use the Lincoln
Property Rights of Children
Are In Jeopardy.
NO RECORD OF MARRIAGES
One Hundred and Eight
Licenses Granted In 15
Years Where No Re
turns Are Made.
Clergymen and others authorized by
law to perform marriage ceremonies
are liable for heavy fines over their
failure to return to the office ofjthe
county clork a copy of tho marriage
City Files Claim With Court
For $2251.
ROAD FUND CONTROVERSY
County Is Anxious to Turn
Care of Bridges Over
to Municipal Corporation.
Clackamas County and JJiis city
may lock horns over a claim of the
city for $2251 that was filed in the
county court Friday by City Prose
cutor Campbell. The court adjourned
groou-back. Under such conditions a
Burplus tariff would not be needed,
nor scurcoly would the people fool the
tax wo would be compollod to raise
irough revenue.
It is claimed by some that govern
ments have a right to use any sub
stance they choose to convert into
monoy. This may be true of others
but our government is by the consti
tution commited to silver and gold us
money metals and the court has add
ed paper, and while tho present ratio
may . be changed either higher or
lower by any congress, yet any
matorial change; from 10 to 1, as we
now liavoi t would work a hardship
souiobody.
This ratio sooms to be as old as
istory, It obtained in Israel
long before Saul was appointed king.
Again it 's claimed that the oitizen
has a right to choose for goods sold
setvices rendored, the kind of
mouev he nrnfers. This view is in
correct and morges near to treason.
Ab well say "I will not defeud my
country againta invasion unless I am
liowed to fight in my own way.
Monoy was created to supply a
necessity of trade, aud every citizen
mnst bow to its legal value,
Again it is claimod, "only gold
will find favor in other markets ot
the world," This , too, is a mistake.
Any kind of monoy that will buy
goods or other articles of value, in
any part of tho United States will
pass at its fnoe value in foreign parts
where we liavo commercial relations.
In the campaign of 1840 one of the
mum issues was paper money, xne
merits and demerits of such money
was thoroughly discussed by tlx
parties contending. It was claimed
aud not denied .by'l he parties'contend
ing that at that time Southern State
notes were at par, or passed at their
face value in the Liverpool market.
These notes were issued by authority
of State charter, This chartor re
quired $!50,000 coin to bo deposited as
security agaiDst $150,000 paper money
the incorporators might strike for
circulation.
As won Ii less as these bank notes
were as compared with oiii they were
willingly taken by commercial nrms
of Livorpool aud ot other European
oities. And why was such money
thus accepted? Simly because sucli
notes would buy Southern products at
foreigu wharfs, or in ports oi tne
Southoru States, the same as "oin :
cotton, sugar, rice, lobaooo, syrup and
hemp, in fact most any Southern pro
ni.k mneot negroes were
bought in ports of the South by(
foreign skippers and paid, for in
Southern State banknotes.
I will say in this connection that
this southern States mouey, hecause
of its geographioal origin, aud be
cause of its lack of legal-teuder qual
ities, was not current in the North or
East, and the same can be siua oi
Northern State bank notes, while
the West sometimes ventured small
dealings with each,
Now the moral I wish to draw is
this. If such bank notes were such
valuable faotors in trade, how much
more valuable in trade relations
would he Uucle Sam's full legal
tender money, whether this legal-
tender monev was made of paper, of
silver or of Rold, or the three differ
ent ainda be declared a triple stand,
ard of mouey? Aa we have trade re-
latious with most every port of the
world, our money would find accept,
anoe) there and would be returned
direct to us in exclmoge for onr pro
ductions, WM. PHILLIPS.
certificate within 80 days after the without taking action on the claim,
tho coremony has been solemnized. The chartorof the city specifies that
Tho Oregon statutes provide that the the municipal corporation is entitled
penalty shall be not less than $10 or
moro than $50 for eaoh five days after
tho elapsation of tho SO days in which
tho return should bo made.
Ignorance, carelessness, negligence
or what not is responsible for the fail
ure to make returns "on no less than
108 licenses to wed during the past 15
years. Prior to that time the Oregon
law did not require that returns be
made and Deputy County Clerk JBolle
A. Sleight has gone to infinite pains
to make a summary of the licenses
granted during the period.
The matter is a more serious one
than is usually imagined, as in 108
cases there is absolutely no reoord of
any kind to snow that the people to
whom the lioenses were granted were
ever married, and in after years great
trouble may follow over proporty
rights of children.
RoBalie Soott and J. H. William
were granted a license to wed in
December, 1900 but there is nothing
to show they were united in wedlook.
Others involved, who are rather well
known are ;
Jessie Hoover and Frank Nehreu,
lioense issued February 23, 1901;
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toaud shall roceive GO per cent of all
monies collected from the county road
tax on proporty situated within the
corporate limits. The legislature of
1903 passed a general law specifying
that 50 per cent of all road money
must be expended in thn district
where oollected. The county court
in authority at that time held that
the general law repealed that section
of Oregon City's charter providing
that the corporation should have 60
per cent, and as a cousequence several
hundred dollars has not been paid
over to the city which the municipal
officials condend they are entitled to.
The claim presented to the chuuty;
court by Attorney Campbell is for
theldifferencebetween 50 per cent and
60 per cant on the taxes of 1903, or
$544, and in addition he. has a claim
amounting to $1707, a large portion of
which bears a relation to the question
as to the authority of a county court
to levy a separate tax for bridges. It
is stated that there is no provision in
the Oregon law for a tax for bridges.
In 1904 however, the road tax was
divided 3.53 mills being levied for
roads and 2.47 for bridges. The court
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PRESIDENT NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS
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SIGHT-SEEING IN THE EAST
Oregonians Peer Into Awful
Crater That Belches
Forth Destruction.
Liverpool, England, Sept. 1.
(SpecialCorrespondence). One month
before the last great exit of fire,
smoke aud lava from old Vesuvius, a
party of Americans stood upon its
crater's brim. They congratulated
themselves that Amerioan methods of
railway engineering had overcome
the old, old mountain and would en
able them to gratify an insane but in
tense desire.
At night, they saw from Naples,
four great streams of red hot lava
trickling down the slope forming an
immense capital M. By day, they
saw only the dark smoke belch forth
from the top. At sunset, midnight
and early morn, Vesuvius prevailed
above all things. The desire to go
intensified into a plan to seo it, to be
near it.
Wo left Naples by steam-railway
and went as far aB Pngiano, which
rests on top of the buried Heior;-
laueum. A stamp of the foot oa the
earth verifies the hollowness of this
modorn city's foundation.
An electrio car then took ub to the
famous cog-wheel oable line of
Thos. Cook & Son. Here, 8550 feet
high on the mountain, are situated
the observatory, where the faithful
scientist and his American engineer
still hold their vigils, and nearby are
the offices of the cog-wheol railway
company. As we ascended, the swing
ing seats adjusted themselves to a
oomfortable equilibrum. Swinging
along the strong cable at an angle of
about 80 degrees, our hearts' puis
atious were lulled by an American
sense of "dare and do." Up aud up
we went, to within 250 feet of the
top. Here, Vesuvius had defied
further progress by burning out the
two upper stations a month before,
thus Fileutly calling "Halt."
But courage is strongor than fear in
some natures, and there was a way to
go on for those who love to dare aud
see and learn. Three men would
gladly carry a chair suspended be
tween two poles aud earn an American
$2.00 in that way. The ascent tills
one with awe whioh neutralizes into
audacity, as he climbs to he knows
not where nor what.
As the guides puff and blow up
he last 60 per cent slant, the ail con
quering American sits iu his chair and
looks down upon cities which look
like "tiny specks below". The Bay
of Naples seen through the haze offog
and smoke seems miles and miles,
away. On top at last I Joy becomes
remorse !
Smoke, ashes, sulphur, stone-chips,
lava smites him on the faoe, hands
and body and bid him dare no farther
As if to proteot, still more sulphur
fumes enter the lungs and admonish
"Return! Return!"
"Go down, go down" murmurs the
low growling vcice of the crater.
It's smoke bliuds the eyes, it's fumeB
enter the lungs, leaving one only
enough breath to whisper to the guide
"yes return, return. "
The voice of the orater ia the sav
ing grace.
Lower down and safe, the uncon
querable thirst to see it all, prevails.
Breath and courage return. One must
see the burning flowing lava seethe
beneath his feet, red and blaok and
hot as Bheol ought to oe. One must
bear away a coin dipped into the
seething mass aa a trophy of his
presence there. Who knows how frail
the cool lava crust is, or how soon the
molten mass below may undermine
the fragile bridge?
Oh, man and woman of mind!
Your reaBon gives way to luck in this
case, fcr you set roason to rest or to
oringe on a pedestal, put trust in
your heart and luck in yourjoet and
Btill go ahead to the very brink.
A glowing molten mass is flowing
over the preoipice, writing its huge
M on the mountain's sida. One step
amiss would annihilate all, yet man
defloB tho power of whatever is Above,
whatever is Below, and stauds en
tranced. Again the odor of sulphurouB fumes
admonishes aud one gasps, ''Re
turn." The guide hastens to obey
and fjilently men and women of refined
mind and manner are led away by the
ignorant and frightened guide.
One makes the descent to Naples by
the same method aud feels that that
one experience is the only one of its
kind on earth. Never again will he
tempt the power of life to that extent
again, yet withal, thankful that he
"has lived by the power of the Gods"
to tell the story.
INJURY MAY
BE SERIOUS
HUNTING LAW
IS VIOLATED
Two Cat us Women and Baby
Thiov,n From Buggy on
Seventh Street,
BOISE. Idaho, Sept. 6.-The four
teenth Natioual Irrigation Congress
closed its sessions this evening after
voting to hold the next onngress at
Sacramento, Cal., and electing as
president of the fifteenth congress
Governor Georgo E. Chamberlain, ot
Oregon. The enthusiasm of the Cal
ifo'nians over Sacramento's victory
was tho more pronounoed because of
the narrow margin by which the
victory was won. The attractions or
the Jamestown Exposition had been
oleverly presonted, and on the first
ballot fot the convention city, James
f, ma in the lead. Sacramento
won ou the seooud ballot, with 807.
Jam38town received 155 votes. Ore
gon adopted the unit rule earl and at
an early morning caucus decided upon
Sacran ento as the convention city for
1907.
Governor Chamberlain was the
unanimous choice of the congress for
president, and when he was escorted
to the platform and expressed his
appreciation ot the high honor accord
ed him by the representatives of 30
states of the Union, he was given a
tremendous ovation. Governor Albert
E. Mead, of Washintgon, presided at
the final session and introduced the
new president. President Chamber
lain said :
"I assure yoo that this great honor
conferred upon me is appreciated, be
cause it came unsolicited. I promise
you the best effort of my life will be
devoted to the interests of irrigation
during the coming year."
Open Season For Upland Birds
Does Not Commence
Until October 1.
Mrs. White is probably soriously in
jured by being thrown from a buggy
on the Seventh streot hill Saturday
afternoon. The shock resulted in con
cussion of the brain and she is now
Ivino nt. the Harrington hospital in
Galdstone in a precarious condition.
Mrs. White, who is well advancod
in years, was coming into the city
about 3 o'clock Saturday atfernoon,
it.h her in the buEKV were Mrs.
Hasbrouck and baby. Wheu near the
Eastham schoolhouse the horses bo
came frightoued and started down the
hill at a brek neck pace, overturning
the conveyance and throwing the two
women and tho child to the ground.
Mrs. Hasbrouck's hip was painfully
injured but the baby wasjiot hurt.
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Pot hunters of ClackamaB County
were out in force Injviolation of tlm
game-laws Sunday and tho popping
of gnus was heard all around the
suburbs of Oregon City. The open
season for all up land birds does not
commence until October 1, tiiough
ducks, geesefand swan may be hunted
between September 1 and Tobiu iry 1.
It is not known whether or not
hunters are ignorant of the game laws,
but is presumed that the local
Nimrods have been misinformed. Tim
only exception to tho general law is
in Wasco Oouuty where prairie
chicken and quail may be hunted
from August 1 to Octobor 15.
Thore is a growing Fentiment in
this county among the sportsmen for
an amendment to the feamo laws of
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IWSEE ABOUT THE RIER'S CLUBBING UST. OUrToB PRINTING DEPARTMENT HAS THE FINEST EQUIPMENT FOR PRINTING
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