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KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE COURIER IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHICHJAR THE RELIABLE BUSINESS HOUSES IN OREGON CITYTHEY ADVERTISE IN ITS COLUMNS fi n II t 1 it ft ' ' i i v i a 11 13 w f n it till , i it till m it i 24th YEAR. - OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 25 1907 ' No 37 GOODY-GOODY ELECTION LAW Mr. Huntley Would Abolish Corrupt Practices GIVES POOR MAN CHANCE 1 reatine With Liquor and Cigars . is Prohibited Im prisonment For Vot ing Frauds. Representative C. G. Huntley, of Clackamas, has introduced a "corrupt Practice Bill" which makes sweeping changes in the present election sys tern. A limitation is placed on the amount each candidate for nomination and election may lawfully spend in gaining political preferment, 'and elec tioneering of every description Is strictly qrohibited on the day of elec tion under penalty of a fine. The In numerable petty schemes for mulcting candidates are also placed under the ban. The penalties under the pro posed bill range from a ten dollar fine to three years' imprisonment. The bill limits the amount any can didate can spend in his campaign for nomination and election to 20 per cent, of one year's salary of the office to which he aspires, except that candi dates for the' legislature are allowed to spend $100. It prohibits promises by a candidate to appoint or assist in the appointment of any other person to any office or employment or posi tion, public or private, for the purpose of inducing that person or any other person to support the claims of that candidate for nomination and election. If any person not a candidate spends more than $50 to assist in the elec tion or defeat of any candidate or po litical party or organ or measure be fore tb4 people he must file a sworn statement of that expenditure. Every candidate and every treasurer of every political party or committee oi organ within 15 days following the election must file with' the City Clerk, County Clerk or Secretary of State, depending on the character of the office; a sworn statement of all ex penditures and must include therewith vouchers for all payments included therein that exceed $5 In amount. To the end that every candidate may get his merits before the people on equal terms, and every political party as well, every candidate for State, district or county office may file with the Secretary of State, a statement of his reasons why he should have the nomination and elec tion, and a political party may file an argument for Its party success. The Secretary of State shall cause to be printed and mail to every .voter a pamphlet copy containing the names and the statements of all the candi dates for whom the voter has a right to vote, together with the arguments of each political party. No candidate can have more than four pages In the pamphlet, and the price ranges from $100 for one page In the pamphlet for a candidate for United States Senator to $10 per page for members of the State Legislature. Additional pages will cost $50 each, and political parties will be required to pay $50 a page for their argument. Candidates for office may have their photos published in connection with their statement if they so elect, with out additional cost. The bill makes Illegal the treating of voters to liquor, cigars, tobacco or anything to eat with Intent to in fluence votes unlawfully. It prohibits the employment on election day by a candidate of a man to do anything ex cept to act as challenger at the polls and to watch the count of the ballots. It prohibits the soliciting ot votes for any candidate or for any purpose on election day. Electioneering may be engaged in almost without limit, prior to the day of election, but the purpose of the bill Is to make it possible for the voter to be entirely free from all annoyances of every description when he goes to the polls that he may be allowed to vote as his own sober judg ment dictates. It Is also made unlawful for any re ligious, charitable or other organiza tion to solicit contributions from a candidate for nomination or election or one who Is in office, and prohibits the paying of any "such contribution by the candidate himself, save to such church or organization of which he has been a member for at least six months. The law does not apply to public speakers, editors or publishers whose services in the interest of any candi date or candidates are given gratui tously. Every letter, poster or other publication must bear the name and NEW OFFICERS ARE INSTALLED Milwaukie Grange Had Pleas ant Time at Installation WILL2ERECT NEW HALL Have Purchased Ground For New Building and Work on It is Started Now. Continued on page 4. Milwaukie Grange met In regular session at the Woodmen hall at Mil waukie, Saturday, beginning at 10:30 o'clock a. m. The morning session was devoted mostly to hearing the reports of the past officers, after which the regular routine of business of the Grange was transacted. At noon a sumptuous dinner was served by the ladies' of the Milwaukie Grange and were assisted by the gen tlemen of the same grange who de serve a great deal of credit In the manner they awaited upon their guests. After all had enjoyed one of the best dinners ever served by any grange and to which all did ample jus tice, the hall was cleared and a public installation followed, the Impressive ceremony being opened with a prayer by T. K. A. Sellwood, of Milwaukie, and this was followed by a short ad dress by O. L. Clyde, master of Aber netfiy Grange, Parkplace, after which State Deputy William Beard, of Maple Lane Grange, assisted by Deputy Mas ter J. D. Chitwood, of Damascus. Ow ing to the absence of the Milwaukie Grange Master, Mrs. J. A. Casto, who Is in California, O. L. Clyde, of Park- place, presided as master during the installation, and Miss Mullen presided at the organ. The following elected officers were Installed: Master, Mrs. J. A. L. Cas to, (absent) J-overseer, Monroe Nye; lecturer, Mrs. May E. Getchell; chap lain. T. R. A. Sellwood; secretary, Mrs. Clara H. Pennock; assistant sec retary. Mrs. Margaret D. Reed; stew ard, Floyd W. Scott; assistant stew ard, Leo Shindler; lady assistant stew ard, Miss Rosa Pfenninger; gate-keeper, Elford Gertsen; Flora, Mrs. M. A. Winnia; Ceres, Mrs. Perellus; Pomo na, Mrs. Elsert; trustee, Elford Gert sen, As each, officer assumed his charge he responded to a call with a few brief remarks, after whlvb the visit ing members of other granges were called upon, who 'gave short, but in teresting talks upon the work of their home granges. Among the speakers START RIGHT BECIN WITH ELECTRIC LIGHT IT IS CHEAPER 1 ' Make 1907 an ELECTRIC YEAR in your Household as well as in your Store and enjoy the convenience, the labor-saving, the healthfulness, the safety, the economy and the prosperity that attend the use of ELECTRICITY. - . FREE LAMP RENEWALS: The Company will henceforth furnish free of charge, to all meter customers, new Edison base lamps of 4, 8, 16, 32 and 50 candle power, in exchange for burned out or old lamps heretofore furnished by the Com pany. Lamp renewals will be made at the Com pany's Office, Main Street Oregon City. FREE LAMP RENEWALS mean better light, and is Equal to a Substantial Reduction in the Cost of Lighting. Call MAIN 6688 for information. ortland Railway & Power Co. C. G. MILLER, - - Contract Manager for Oregon City 8 8 P Light Ion this occasion were Capt. J. t. Ap- ' -nr, nt Ahnmpthv Brum spoke of the origin and growth of the Grange. He was followed by William Beard, who told of his 33 years' ex perience as a granger. Mr. Chitwood of Damascus, who has been a mem ber of the Grange for the last twelve years, spoke on the advancement of the institution and of the good work that is being accomplished. Mrs. Mary Ingram, lecturer of Abernethy Grange, who has had a large experience In grange work, followed with a few in teresting remarks, and Mrs. Getchell. of Milwaukie, also gave an interest ing talk, followed by many others. kttnr an hniir'g ClOB8 attention tn interesting talks, a closed session was held in which two members were ini tiated into the third and fourth de gree. The following visitors from Aber nethy Grange were O. L, Clyde, mas ter; Mrs. Ida Kent, overseer; Mrs. Minnie Ingram, lecturer; J. t. Ap- person, treasurer; Mrs. A. M. Bray- ton, secretary; Juanua Kent, Ceres; Hnnrv Noehand. gate-keeDer : Mrs. Zona Smith, Mrs. Theodore Brown, Mrs. DeFord, Mrs. I. Hayford, Mrs. Christina Rivers, Mrs. Carrie Zinser ling. Miss Effie Morris, E. H. Cooper, Walter Morris. Maple Lane win. Beard. Wnnfllnwn Mrs. Anna M. Stansher- ry. lecturer; J. E. Stansberry, assist ant steward; Mrs. H. Zingsheimer. Damascus J. u. cnitwood. - Clackamas Mrs. Davis. MUa .Tunnle Rowen. of Vancouver. and M. B. Wells, of Portland, were atnnnir tha visitors. The, Milwaukie Grange is in a flour Ishring -condition and was -organized by J. P. Casto, it being one of the oldest granges in the county, with a membership of about 120. The mem bers have been striving for some time to secure a hall of thefr own, and re cently purchased a lot from Richard Scott, and are to push the work im mediately on the new building, the lumber being on the ground for the same, and the excavating is now un der way; The supervisors of this structure are Monroe Nye, T. R. A. Sellwood and Richard Scott. The property upon which the building is to be erected is considered to be one of the finest building lots In Milwau kie. The ladles of the grange have given Beveral-ntertainments to help defray the expense of the building, one being given January 8th, at Wood men hall. It was called "The Family Party," and was a big success. Dur ing the evening the following well selected program was rendered: Solo, Mr. Davis; recitation, "It's a Pretty Fair World After All," little Marjorie Pennock, who responded to a hearty encore; solo, "After Thejr Gather the Hay," Mlsa .LIllie Pfenninger, Miss Pfenninger has a sweet voice and was forced to respond to an encore, sing ing "Evening . Star." A number of phonograph selections weiu rendered by Mrs. Driscoll. The ladles are planning for a num ber of entertainment:, to be given in the near future. - The next meeting of Milwaukie Grange wi'.l be--.Mil Friday evening, February 1st. wl-'n Brother" Merle Kelso, who has recently returned from a three years' trip in Alaska, will give an interesting discourse on that coun try. All members of this grange are requested to be prepared to quote some anecdote of Abraham Lincoln. The Abernethy Grange, Parkplace, has extended an invitation to Milwau kie Grange to meet with them next satnrrtnv .Tnnuarv 2G. the latter hav ing accepted the invitation and a good time is anticipated. NEW OVERHEAD CROSSING. Southern Pacific Plana to Eliminate Dangers at Tenth Street. During this week the committee ap pointed by the Board of Trade to work in harmony with and to assist the Southern Pacific Company in the con cfrnpHnn nt an overhead crossing at Tenth street and to provide additional shipping facilities, win nom a meet ing to discuss plans. The Southern PofflfvTnnAnv has for more than a year contemplated the abolishment of the dangerous graae crossing ai Tenth street, where several lives have been lost and where ouly last Saturday a valuable horse belonging to O. A. VanHoy of Maple Lane, was killed by colliding with a train and a heavy wood wagon was demolished. The purpose of the company is to run an elevated team and pedestrian crossing from bdoui me center oi uie Incline on Singer Hill coming down hn tmrlts at a point where nviormon'o hum la now situated and then fall gradually on the west side of the track to Tentn sireei. ine im provement would be of mutual benefit and tha flrst nhntacle seems to be in obtaining a price from the owners of property In the block below the hill on the east side or main street do tiM Ninth and Tenth streets. The company wants to appropriate about thirty feet off the east side of the en a In Addition to tha con struction of an overhead crossing, con templates an increase iu us iracKage vnh tha nhiect of making it possible for shipping to be more easily hand led than it is at tne present time. Barnabas N. Bundage. Tha romalna nf the late Rarnahas N. Bundage, who died Sunday morning at his home in Mount jneasant, agea 76 years, 6 months and 16 days, were olilmwrl tn Drcenn Illinois, where the llllljV.ll w ' ' O " , ' wife of the deceased was burled, her body being sent mere at tne time oi her death In September, 1905. Mr. Bundage resided on Ladd'g farm and is survived by one aaugnter, Miss Alice Bundage, and two eons, John W. anil Charles I. Bundage. He came to Oregon with his family In 1903. His death was caused by neart trouble. James Monroe Cain. .Tames Monroe Cain, the father of J A. Cain, of the Oregon City Trust Co., died Monday morning In Port land, and his remains nave been taken to Eugene, his former nome, for In terment. He was 53 years of age and w KiirvWfrl bv three sons. J. A., of Oregon City, and B. L. and Geore Cain, of Portland. OGLE MINERS ROUGH TIME Experience Quel Hardships On Way To Mountain SHORT OF PROVISIONS Strong Men Yield Tr Bitter Cold and Are Rescued With Extreme Difficulty. ran to the mine and told the miners that help was needed. William Wilson was In sight of the mine before he gave up the struggle. Mart Sprague and Early succeeded in getting Hatten in the house, when P. A. Fairclough arrived, and worked to bring the dazed man to consciousness while Early and Sprague went out to bring in the other members of the padty. The mine is one-quarter of a mile from the mill, but the miners thought they were lost, and wanted to find camp, as the trail was broken. Mr. and Mrs .Wright came out and the plucky woman walked all but six miles of the entire distance from the mines to Molalla. There was three and one-half feet of snow at the mines when they left. FREE FOR ALU FIGHT News has reached this city of the cruel hardships experienced last week by a party of miners who left this city January 10 for the Ogle Mountain district. They made Molalla the first day out and reached the Shaver bee ranch the second day, and as all of them were extremely hungry, they de voured most of their provisions, and the next morning discovered that they had barely enough- for three men, which meant no dinner for all hands. There was a foot of snow on the ground, the flakes were still falling with a cold east wind blowing. The men had only one pack horse and he could not carry all of the stuff they were taking out, so some of the men took small packs on their backs, James Hatten taking the lead with a shovel, knocking the snow off the brush, but as the men went farther jedaap euiBoaq mous eqi joau em dn and at the foot of Butcher Knife moun tain there was 18 Inches of snow. Hatten had kept the lead until they got to the mountain, which Is five miles from camp', where the party stop ped to rest, and here John B. Fair clough assumed the lead. Hatten was wet and soon chilled and laid down in the snow, and no amount of p.--suasion could induce him to -go on. The men then took the pack off the horse and placed Hatten on the ani mal's back, but he soon became numb and fell off. He was then lashed to the horse. The snow was then two feet deep and getting deeper. When the party arrived at Parker's camp Tom Fair clough was all In. Sam Gerber was the next to fall by the wayside and Owen Hatten and Ed Grace were left to bring them Into camp, but the rescu ers soon became exhausted and could hardly help themselves. John Fair clough was the next man to become exhausted, saying; . ' , ., "Boys,. it'B all off; I cau't cut it," ana droppe-tr doVn in the suow. C'has. Early commenced to fire signals of distress, with the hope that someone would hear them at the mine. The shots were heard by Mrs. Wright, who St. Paul House Scene of Disturbance and Three Are Arrested. The St. Paul House was the scene of a free for all fight Thursday, when one of the proprietors, Antone Dick llch, and an Australian countryman of his, named Cordes, a negro dis hwasher who answers to the call of Oscar Richards, and the negro cook, engaged in a fistic encounter that landed three of them in the justice court, where they pleaded guilty. Dlcklich paid a fine of $20, Cordes was separted from $10 and Richards went to jail for 10 days. Richards started the row as he came into the house in an intoxi cated condition, possessed of a full bottle of whiskey. He created a fuss and hit Dicklich over, the head, and his employer retaliated by going after the negro with a ladel, which he used with good effect, breaking the skin of the nego's head. The negro cook jumped into the fray and Cordes saw the signs of trouble and struck the negro over the head with a chair. Richards ran towrds the railroad track, and finally brought up on Main street. The police made an investigation and made the arrests. Dlcklich is the man at whom Hum phrey Trombath fired two shots Fri day night, finding his wife in a room with Dicklich, who was his partner in the St. Paud house. Neither of the shots took effect, but Dicklich had Trembath arested and landed in jail. The following day, however, he was released and his preliminary hearing set for Thursday, but in the meantime the affair was amicably settled out of court and the prosecu tion dropped. Mr. Amrhein Takes a Wife. Invitations have been received to the marriage of Mr. Joseph Amrhein to . Miss Catharina Grunenfelder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Grunen felder, of Frances, Wash. Tito cere mony will be performed in the Catho lic church at Frances, Monday morn ing, February itli, at tt'o'ciCfk. -'.Mr. Amrhein spent several years in this city where he was engaged in me chanical work on the Weekly Enter prise. He has a jewelry business and photographic bushiest! at Frances.' CHANGES IN REFERENDUM Representative Jones Has New Law Prepared MORE POWER TO CITIES Four Years Experience Has Demonstrated .Fully That Improvements Are Neccessary. Question, has been raised as to the power of cities to amend their char ters without an enabling act and there is no law to carry into effect the pro visions of Section 1 of Article IV of the constitution of Oregon, as to local, special and municipal legislation. In order to correct these conditions Rep resentative Linn E. Jones this week introduced a bill in the legislature that will enable the initiative and ref erendum provisions of the constitu tion to be carried out on local, special and municipal as well as general leg islation. The law Is proposed to take the place of the bill enacted four years ago and makes changes in that law that have been suggested by experi ence. The bill carries an emergency clause, and has 16 sections. It cre ates a Btatute to provide the method of using the initiative and referendum and repeals the law that was enacted by the legislature of 1903 which has been In use for the past'tour years, and during that time events have dem-" onstrated that there i3 room for Im provement. ' - Still fresh in the memory of the po litical public is the bitter complaint that v, as registered by the prohibition ists over the title to. the local option amendment .which stated ihat the amendment was for the purpose of giving the anti-prohibitionists and pro hibitionists equal privileges. Similar was the title of the act for 'the pur chase of the Mount Hood and Barlow Toll Road by the State. Mr. Jonea' bill provides that instead of allowing parties who file a petition to deter mine the ballot title themselves, It is made the duty of the attorney gener al to write . the ballot titles for all measures. People who are dissatis fied may appeal to the Circuit Court-, and its decision is final, as there is no appeal allowed to the Supremo Court The attorney general, is permitted to uhq 100 wards to state the objuct ot Ui measure.-., - - , ' ' The new bill makes very little cliango in the form of petitions, but provides for private signatures by af- Conlinued on page 4 I APPLE TREES and OTHER TREES 1 filST BE SPRAYED Kg 1 ,c -i 11 A M $ 'Hfv.v w!y k V'Vi? 1 1 rmXMt'i -1" N b iM -' 1 i-j n if p i T-JI last received, GENUINE REX RED LIME and SULPHUR SPRAY SOLUTION. Eastern importation. If you furnish can, 40c per gallon, or $2.00 for 5 gallons and we farnisn can. One gallon REX SPRAY will make gallons of Spray. Recommended for the San Jose Scale by the Fruit Inspector. FRANK BUSCH Opposite Court House, Oregon City WE CARRY FULL LINE OF SPRAY PUMPS X