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OREGON
COURI
25th YEAR.
OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRDAY. FEBRUARY 2J, J908
No 41,
CITY
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ROBABLE TICKET
Tc7 Jersey Says
etts Says Guild, But No Bar
I gain Has Been Fixed Up.
N.IAN THAT HAS THE FOLLOWING"
Says Taft Management-Woodford Exptoiting Hughes'
Merits-Says He's Faithful To the Public
Trust-Sawing Wood.
I
Taft and Fort, New Jersey's Gov
ernor, is the latest suggestion from
New Jersey, and Taft and Governor
4 Guild seems to be Just as likely a
combination as from the Bay State
ji ond of the view. Of course, the wise
I heads aren't saying anything, they are
nutting the big follows figure out their
f following, and the one-that is the
j' strongest may be permitted to get in
j to the big harness with the Ohioan
ami mrnln Roosevelt has not been con
sulted about these matters or, if
' he has been consulted he has not
f made any statement, and it isn't time
f for that yet. But the man behind the
' gun will speak when the time comes
i. and tho rest will simply go back to
their holes.
But here comes Woodford again.
He says Hughes is a sure winner, and
the man from the Empire State, where
big majorities roll up, Is not any small
fry; he is setting the President on
the raw edge, as he has done In times
past, and in the acceptance of the
leadership of the Hughes League in
New York Monday night, General
Stewart L. Woodford said that "the
situation was serious. The Democrat
ic party, hungry with long fasting,
will do their best to get together and
win the coming election. We cannot
count with certainty, as so often here
tofore, upon their blunders. If we
would win this fight, we must make
no mistakes ourselves. So serious is
Keep, Bright and You
Will Keep Busy
fpLECTRIC LIGHT is the magnet that draws trade. The bright store ia
the "hypnotic eye" of business. People can no more resist the at
traction of a brilliant, Electrically lighted store than resist the clarion call of
a brass band. -
Is your competitor with the Electrically illluminated show windows,
bright interior and sparkling Electric Sign getting an advantage over you?
The moth never flutters around the unlighted candle 1 Up-to-date stores
nowadays consider shop-window lighting a necessity, whether they remain
open after dark or not. Competition for'ces modern methods.
A show window brilliantly .illuminated with Electric light will make
many a sale "the night before.'1,' Electric flight compels attention, makes
easy the examination of your display, shows gQods in detail, and fabrics in
their true colors. , ,
And don't neglect the Electric Sign. It is soliciting "tomorrow's"
business every moment it is lighted burning your name in the public mind,
it is a solicitor that never becomes weary never stops work costs little.
Portland Railway, Light & Power Co.
e. G. MILLER, n&ent
Oregon Gfty, T3 Oregon
WHO
Fort, Massachus-
the situation, so much depends on
what we now do-, that mistakes now
are more than blunders. They will be
almost, crimes." ,
So the Republicans generally con
cede that the question is serious; that
is, they are actually afraid that the
next President will be a Democrat
and the public appears to know full
well who the Republicans fear.
The Taft people have not promised
second place to any one, not to Gov
ernor Guild, of Massachusetts, nor
to Governor Fort, of New Jersey.
The . yare too astute for that. What
they have done, and that which is
perfectly natural and in line with all
the rules of the Republican game, is
to hold out hope to the friends of
various gentlemen in the East that
they may secure the second prize.
Among the men talked of in the Taft
councils the Governors of Massachu
setts and of New Jersey figure promi
nently. Just now the latter s?ems to
be In high favor. There seems, to be
a prevalent idea that the Vice-Presidency
will gn to the East, although, of
course, the West will not agree that
this is necessary or even logical. If
it does go to the East, Governor Fort
will stand a good chance, as under
the recent reform movement, managed
by the able-bodied man of message
fame. Governor Fort has been prod
ded into line, and that State is now
known as the Roosevelt-Taft farm, ,
This appears to be the logical sum
ming) of the situation as to the
Republican stew-pot. Taft is making
long strides and many well-worded
speeches Hughes is at Albany sawing
wood. '
Christian or Buddhist Which?
The question in the Courier of the
7th Inst., "What Makes Me a Christ
Ian?" it seems to aie, can be easily an
swered: Belief, in such case, constitutes per
sonality, To believe in the fundamen
tal principles of the Christian religion
constitutes one a Christian. And so
with the Buddhist or the Confucian
religion. A Christian, a Buddhist, a
Confucian may be in prison for life
for crimes committed find yet, in re
ligion, be a Christian, a Buddhist, a
Confucian still. I do not see how we
can easily escape such conclusion.
The contention that it Is necessary
to be a Christian to obtain or secure
eternal life it seems to me to be far
"fetched, and Is not more necessary in
the case of the Christian than In the
case of the Buddhist or in the case of
the Confucian, eternal life is not
gained by effort, or bought by devotion,
but is an Inheritance of each and
every human soul that ever existed
or ever shall exist. An entity of infin
ite life can never die, nor be separat
ed in the least from the eternal foun
tain of which It Is a component part.
And its eternal life-work is to seek to
harmonize with the pulsebeats of the
eternal Heart.
- The cross as taught today Is not
necesary to salvation, and was only
intended in the first place as an alle
gory to Illustrate a divine truth of
nature, of which truth the Christian
world seems to be wholly in the dark;
yet the allegory points to a truth of
which we all should strive to learn
more about.
The origin of the allegory of the
cross Is lost in the antiquity of ages.
We find the cross was preached in
Egypt more than 3000 years ago and
by other nations In subsequent ages;
was also exhibited as a drama on the
stage in Athens, some writers say,
1500 years before the mythical drama
on Calvary's hill.
To be a Christian today one must
believe that unscientific claim; "Na
ture is a creation," the absurdity of
which claim, it seems to me, needs no
argument. If jiature is not a creation,
there was no Creator, If no creator,
to whom or to what does religion bow?
Religion bows to its highest ideal of
right. And it Is man's duty to strive
to raise that ideal to a more sublime
plane of thought and action to a
plane in which we can more, com
pletely harmonize with all that is pure
and good.
To be a Christian today one must
believe in the unphilosophical claim,
"A human being was born without a
human father." Many such claims
have been made in life's history, from
Thulus of Egypt to Jesus of Zazareth,
and among lower olasses of country
people as late as the Fifteenth cen
tury. But who can believe all these
claims were true? Who can believe
any one of them was true? The laws
of reproduction are the same through,
out the ages. There is no power can
change them,
WM. PHILIPS,
It is mean to -charge Congressmen
with duplicity, They are at least
sure to be frank on their envelope!
IN THE TOILS
OF THE LAW
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SAYS PRAC
TICE NECESSARY.
PROCEEDINGS SOON BEGIN
Government Now Taking Action In
Rebate Question.
The Government is preparing! to
prosecute the Southern Pacific Comp
any and certain officials of that rail
way organization on allegations that
they paid rebates to shippers.
Information which is to be a basis
for these prosecutions was obtained by
Franklin K. Lane of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
By direction of the Interstate Com
merce Commission Mr. Lane visited
the Pacific Coast and for several weeks
conducted his enquiries into the alleg
ed charges of rebating. His report in
cludes a transcript of the testimony
taken by him In a formal hearing, as
an Interstate Commerce Commissioner,
The report has been approved by the
Commission and a transcript of the re
port and the evidence adduced at the
hearing has been transmitted to the
Department of Justice for "such prose
cutions under the law as may be war
ranted."
An interesting feature of the evi
dence was developed at the conclusion
of the formal hearing, when Mr. Lane
refused to place on the witness-stand
W. G. Luce, general freight agent of
the Southern Pacific Company, The
request that Mr, Luce give sworn tes
timony in the case was made by P. F.
Dunne, counsel for the Southern Paci
fic Company. Mr. Lane declined to
administer the oath to Mr; Luce be
cause he frankly stated that he did
not wish to accord Mr. Luce, by ad
ministering an oath to him and taking
his testimony, immunity from prose
cution for violations of the law. He
offered to receive a statement from
Mr. Luce respecting the rebate prac
tices of the Southern Pacific Company
and enter it as a part of the record in
the case, but he made it clear that this
statement was not to be made under
oath,
In the oourse of his report Mr, Lane
says that his inquiry was conducted
last October and that from the evi
dence adduced he finds;
The existence of an extensive sys
tem of preferential rates granted cer
tain shippers on interstate business
by the Southern Paclflo Company. The
record discloses a list of 106 firms,
corporations and individuals who en
joy what are known as "special rates"
less than the rates published to the
general public on the movement of
certain designated traffic between
points within the State of California.
That shippers paid the full rate pub
lished in the first instance and were al
lowed the refund on claims which went
through the auditing department un
der instructions from the traffic de
partment that such special rates
should apply upon interstate shipments
without tariff authority.
That such refunds amounted in vari
ous months of the years 1906 and 1907
to from $30,000 to $50,000 per month.
That such refunds given to one firm
amounted to the sum of $23,994 during
the period from April, 1906, (the date
of the San Francisco fire, when all
records were destroyed), to Septem
ber 23, 1907, and such refunds to other
shippers ranged in amount from $13,
C90 to $22,251.
BEACHED ON THE CLIFFS
AMERICAN SHIP EMILY REED
GIVES UP NEAR THE END' OF
VOYAGE TEN SAILORS
r.n nnwN WITH CARGO.
It remained for the steam schooner
Washington, which arrived in Portland
mj nltrht tn hrlne- the news of the
wreck of the Emily Reed on the cliffs
in tho vintnltv of Tillamook.
It was about 2:30 o'clock Thursday
nnmlTu. Aim miles off shorn that the
Washington passed within a quarter
of a mile or tne windjammer iou at
that time was sailing straight for
shore. Half an hour later the ship
was a total wreck and 10 men had met
death in the waves.
a nfflppr Steele was on the
bridge of the Washington and he called
the captain. It was intended to blow
whistle, hut since the ves
sel displayed no signals the officer of
the Washington thougnt it would proD
ably look as if they wanted to "butt
in oa (hov PvnrpRKP.rl it. The vessel
could have been saved at that time had
she been sent about because the wma
was blowing fairly strong from the
cmiflipnat.
Ten lives were lost when the ship
went to pieces in the surr, out no
bodies have been washed ashore so
far. The names of the lost are: First
Mate Dubie, Carpenter Westlund, Cab
in Boy Hlrschfleld and Seamen Dixon,
nnrKne- Tahnke. Cohenstad. Gilbert,
Ahlstedt and Johnson. Captain K.es-
sel, his wife, Second Mate inomas anu
Seamen Thompson, Sullivan, Franchez
and Bartell were saved by remaining
with the wreck until low tide, when
they experienced little difficulty in get
ting ashore. , ,
Tho wrenk occurred about 3 cvclock,
r about half an hour after theesse!
was sighted by the Washington. sne
went bow on and twisted in twain al
most at once. The coal lies strewn all
along the beach, and people in the
vicinity will have fuel to last them
onmn time. The survivors were
brought to Bay City, near the entrance
of Tillamook Bay, and maae a com
fortable as possible.
Captain Kessel states that bad
weather had been encountered all the
way from Newcastle, N. S. W., from
which port the Emily Reed was 100
dayB out from Portland when she met
her -fate. Head winds had delayed
them and several times the vessel had
fought tearful blows. She stood the
strain well, however, and was in good
condition when she hit the beach.
The master had lost his reckoning and
did not know how close to shore he
was.
The sailors who lost their lives tried
to get away in the boats. The first
one was swamped the moment it hit
the water 'and three of the men went
down to their death. Seven men for
ward were carried overboard by the
tremendous breaker that swept clean
over the forecastle head. .There was
no chance to save them. The cap
tain, his wife and the members of the
crew' saved clung to the taffrall on
top of the poop, which remained out
of water.
The cargo of 2000 tons of coal was
consigned to the Pacific Coast Com
pany of Portland, but was owned by
Hind, Rolph & Co., the consignee not
being Interested until the delivery of
the cargo.
Late reports spreads the good news
of the arrival of three men, in the
life boat who have been counted as
lost, at Neah Bay, near Port Town-
send, Wash. They were First Mate
Dubie, Seaman Arthur Jantuke and
Seaman Eauld Abelstedt and the dead
body of the cook. This unexpected
survival of three of the men who have
been counted among the lost since
Friday morning reduces the Emily
Reed death roll to eight.
IMPROVED 8ERVICE.
O. W. P. Gives Half-Hour Service to
Oregon City Remedels Waiting
Room in Portland Improvements
Greatly Appreciated Along Whole
Line.
T.nst. Simula v thA npw timfi cartf on
the O. W. P.. line between Portland
and thin Miv wont Into effpnt maktnsr
the time on the service thirty minutes,
the cars leaving First and Alder
streets, Portland, for Oregon City on
the hour and half hour from 6:30 a.
m. to 9:30 p. m. inclusive; then 10,11 p.
m., the last car leaving 12 midnight.
To Gresham, Boring, Eagle Creek, Es
tacada, Falrview and Troutdale, 7:15,
9:15, 11:15 a. m.; 1:15, 3:45, :i5, i:zt
p. m.
Cars leave Oregon City for Port
land from 6:26 a. m.; every half hour
to 9:38 p. m., 10:08, 11:08, 11:58, the
last car at 12:55 a. m.
The new departure at the waiting
room in Portland is really causing
mnre comment than the imDroved ser-
vina nlnno- th llnp. and It reallv is
no wonder, as the Improvements there
are of such a metropolitan nature, and
of such magnitude and covering such
a field that it can not neip dui auraci
the attention of the public generally,
and that it has, as attested by the
great number of people that have vis
ited the waiting room, evenings.
To give the public something of- an
idea of what has been done at the O.
W. P. waiting room, the following
facts and figures, obtained from Mr.
Herman, who has charge of the- tick
et office, are correct and quite inter'
estlng. Not only has great improve
ment been made in the waiting room
In general, but there has been in
stalled therein ft first-class barber
shop, a modern dairy lunch counter,
which Is a model for neatness ana
cleanliness; a bright, newsy news
stand, and also a department where
cigars, tobacco and candles may be
obtained. The rooms have been given
a thorough overhauling with attract
ive decorations from floor to ceiling.
A neat retiring room for the ladies
and a commodious smoking rom. Not
only have the company greatly . im
proved the general appearance and
conditions of the room, but they have
given the concession for amusement
tn thn Pnnst. Pnncession Company,
who have installed a great number of
Edison's very latest uiustratea song
machines, together with various up-to-date,
lifelike machines of the penny
wonderland features. The machines
mentioned above are of the very lat
est patterns and were very expensive
ones, costing over seventeen thousand
dollars. It was quite a sight to see
the long line of vans required to haul
the machines to the waiting room.
It Is evident the public appreciates
these features, as on the first even
ing after the. installing of the same
the waiting room was crowded, and
the pavement to the center of the
street was thronged with people.
Since the first night, throughout the
whole week, the people have contin
ued to go there in great numbers.
Explosion In Willamette Building..
On Thursday afternoon the occu
pants of the Willamette building were
startled when a loud report was
heard and flames burst out of the office
windows of Drs. Stuart & Stuart, and
the sidewalk below was covered with
broken glass, the windows of the office
being badly shattered. A fire alarm
was sounded, but the flames were soon
extinguished, and very little damage
was done.
The explosion was caused by Dr.
Stuart, Sr., experimenting with an ex
plosive, in the office, when he was com
bining the explosive with a powder
manufactured for wet hose, one that
could be exploded in water, wnen. iui
some unknown cause the powder he
was preparing exploded. Dr. Stuart,
who was standing nearby, had his
fac,e badly scorched by the explosion.
Dr. Stuart, Sr., had just left the
room and left the preparation lying on
the floor. Sprays of ether had been
nuii in thn room shortly before the
explosion had happened, which might
have been the cause or uie irouuie.
To Dine The Soldiers.
The Women's Relief Corps will give
a dinner to all of the old soldiers and
thPir wivpH of Clackamas County at
Willamette Hall on Washington's
Birthday at 12:30 o'clock, u is ex
pected that there will be a large gath
ering nn thta ilav as soldiers from
every place in the county are invited.
The commute In charge win spare
pains to make this an event long to
ho -ompmhprpil and Willamette hall
will be appropriately decorated for the
occasion. The afternoon will be spent
In a social manner. f
"If there ia one time more than an
other," says an experienced marrieu
man, "when a woman should be left
oinno it la when a line of clothes
comes down in the mud."
MINING SCHEMES
DIDN'T PAN OUT
Otto F. Olsen Makes Free Use of
School Money-Drops the
Dough and is Pinched.
SEES NO ONE-FRIENDS WORKING
When Confronted By Evidence, He Breaks Down
and Admits Theft of $3000 of School
' Funds-Other Charges.
Money, moneit the giant squid so
many times proven to be the blinding
octopus that draws weak men to the
dark depths of defeat, not only to ruin
socially and financially, but separating
from him his very soul, has again
stretched forth its tentacles and drawn
the man of weak mind from the level
of his fellow beings. Had Otto.F. Ol
son known his weakness, had studied
himself, he might have saved himself
from the shame and degradation,
might not have caused the untold heart
ache that must rankle within the
breast of a faithful wife, might have
saved the pointed fingure from the
little ones. Might have ah, yes, how
many lessons must man have, and to
what severity must the lash be ap
plied. Otto F. Olson, the supposed trusted
clerk of the school board, was last
Thursday night arrested at his home
in Willamette on the charge of embezz
ling the school funds, preferred by
Frank Capen, chairman of the board
of school directors, of Willamette. Fri
day he was committed to the county
jail, where he waived examination af
ter a preliminary hearing. And he has
steadfastly refused to see anyone.
In the face of evidence of his guilt,
Olson broke down and confessed that
he had embezzled at least $3000 of the
funds of the school district of which
he was clerk for 12 years, Investing the
money in mining schemes. For years
he had dabbled in mining propositions,
throwing good money after bad, until
the speculation craze seized him with
a firm grip and not having money
enough from his salary as electrical
superintendent of the station of the
Portland General Electric Company at
West Oregon City, he drew on the
school funds of which he was custo
dian. He is also suspected of having
forged the name of the Schol Board
to warrants for different amounts,
about $500 in the aggregate.
His chief crime, however, was the
theft of $3000 that was intended to pay
off a bond held against the district by
the Columbia Trust Company of Mid
dletown, Conn. The facts In posses
sion of the District Attorney and the
legal representatives of the board
show laxity in business methods
practiced by the directors, for it has
for years been their practice to receive
at the monthly meetings from Olson
a statement of the current indebted
ness, including teachers' salaries, and
then draw one blanket warrant in fav
Our Little Florists and Farmers
Superintendent T. J. Gary has been
nearly swamped with letters from the
little pupils throughout the county in
response to the letter published In the
Courier last week. The Interest shown
in the matter of the free distribution
of seeds and the prizes to be awarded
later is very marked, and through the
courtesy of Superintendent Gary we
are permitted the publication of a few
of the letters, taken promiscuously
from a large number:
Omitting the formal headlines, we
publish the letter verbatum.
Seeing your advertisement in the
Oregon Clt yCourier, I thought I would
answer it. I am a little girl 10 years
of age and I live in Highland. I have
a little garden of my own and I am
very fond of flowers and vegetables.
I want your seeds (please) very much.
I will sow the seeds and hoe them
good, and, I hope, win a prize.
Yours truly,
MISS MARY MILLER.
Will you please send me sweet peas
and aHter seed?
I promise to take the very best of
care of my seeds and If I am success
ful I will try my best to exhibit.
I thank you very much for the seeds.
YounT truly,
CLEMENT DUFFY.
Will you please send me some sweet
pea seeds and aster seeds?
I will take care of the plants and
exhibit the flowers if I have success.
I send my thanks for the seeds.
Yours truly,
EMMA ROBERTS.
Please send me both kinds of seeds
for which I thank you.
I will take care of the plants, and if
they come out all right and I get the
chance I will exhibit them.
Yours truly,
HOWARD COOrEtt,
Will you please send me some sweet
pea and aster Beeds?
or of the clerk for the whole amount.
This enabled Olson to steal a large
sum, and by cleverly covering up his
tracks, to escape detection for one and
one-half years.
In June, 1906, the district voted to
take up a bond of $3000 and the war
rant for the money was given to Oluon.
The defaulting clerk squandered the
money and represented that he had
sent the money to the Chase Bank of
New York City,' where the bond was
payable. After several months, the
directors requested Olson to ascertain
why the cancelled bond had not been
returned. The clerk promised to do
this and month after month, at board
meetings read typewritten letters, writ
ten by hknself.and purporting to come
from the Eastern bank and the bond
ing company. Finally the directors de
cided to place the matter in the hands
of an Oregon City attorney, but Olson
frustrated the move by asking per
mision to handle the matter himself
throughAttorney Brown, of Portland.
He thus obtained a delay of six months
but matters gradually reached a crisl3
and the suspicions of the directors was
aroused. Mr. Capen wrote to the Col
umbia Trust Company, demanding the
return of the bond. He was astonished
to receive a reply four days ago that
his letter was the first intimation the
company had that the district desired
to pay the bond.
His bondsmen are Charles Albright,
Weldon M. Shank and Edwin Richards,
but during the time of his theft of
$3000, T. A. Pope and W. E. Pratt were
his sureties. It is now charged that
the signatures of Mr. Pope and Mr.
Pratt to the bond were forgeries, and
if this is proven, the district will lose
the amount.
The mining fever had a strong hold
on Olson, who mortaged his little home
for $800 and he also owed about $1000
to people at Oregon City and Willa
mette. He was highly respected and
has a wife and four children. He had
entire charge of thefunds of the Meth
odist Church.
In an interview with the Courier,
Wednesday, George C. Brownell, who
on Olson, who mortgaged his home
pears that Olson's friends are making
a strong endeavor to fix the matter up,
and be able to reimburse the school
board in full. Attorney Brownell Is
perfecting the ball bonds to this end,
and a statement will be forthcoming in
I a few days.
I promise to plant, take care of and
exhibit if I have success.
I thank you.
Yours respectfully,
FAY SCHROEDER.
Day before yesterday Mr. Shaw
told us about your kind offer. Please
send me a package of sweet peas and
a package of asters.
I will promise to take care of them.
If the plants grow successfully I will
bring some and exhibit them. Thank
ing you for the seeds, I remain,
Respectfully yours,
ALFRED GETTMAN.
Please send me the seeds which you
promised all school children, who
wished them.
I promise to care for the flowers
by myself and exhibit if I have suc
cess. I thank you very much for the
seeds.
Yours truly, .
ELSIE MelNTYRE.
piop send me the sweet peas and
asters as you promised.
I will take care of them and exhibit
If they are good enough.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours respectfully,
GEORGE BASSETT.
Would you please send me some
sweet pea seeds. I promise to take
good care of them ana exniuit i"
If I am sucessful. I thank you very
much for the seeds.
Yours respectfully,
BARNETT HOWARD,
Please send me the sweet pea and
aster seeds you promised. I will plant
them and if they are a success win
exhibit them next summer. Thanking
you for your kind offer, I am
Respecttuny yours,
VADA BRISTOW.
Will you please send me the seeds
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