QON CITY CO
OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRDAY, MAY 12, 1911.
29th YEAR.
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City is Full of Useless,
Worthless Canines.
DANGEROUS AS WOLF PACK,
City Should do What Poisoner is
Trying to Do.
Theru is mighty little difference be
tween a dog poisoner and a dog, and
the distinction is in favor of the am
raal. Any city can get along without
either, but it is a lot easier to get rid
of the dog than the suoak who drops
the poison. Kid the oity of dogs and
the poiBoner loses his job.
What possible use or encase is there
" for a drove of animals in a city the
' writor conld never see. There would
be as rnuoh sense in opening the doors
" of a contagious hospital and turning
the patients loose on the people as in
having a bunch of n eless, many
times vicous and otteu old and ugly
mongiola to run our streets.
There is hardly anything so awful
to contemplate as hvdrophobia, and
the terrible resultant death of convul
sions The life of one little child is
worth more than every flea-ladenert
purp in all Oregon, or more than
every household pet or blooded canine
with a pedigree a tod long.
We are not excusing the dog poison
erhe is far more dangerous than the
dogs and he is more diffioult to catch
than a poatoilioe thief. But if we
hadn't the dogs, we wouldn't have
this poisoner aud we have no use for
the dogs.
Last week strychnine covered meat
wbb thrown out in different parts of
the city. The object was to kill dogs,
and it whs suocessfol in a measure.
But the thought of this deadlv poison
scattered around where a littlo child
would be as likely to find it, and eat
it, as would a dog well, it makes one
shudder, aud think of a rope and a
telegraph p' le.
There should be a dog tux so high
and a dog ordinance so rigid that it
would be mighty expensive to Keep
dogs here, and iu this way thin
them out. Our bushier streets
swarm with them and on the heights
they are about as thick as residents,
And the danger is in t'e pet the
family dog that has grown old and be
comes vicious without your knowl
edge. Today the little tot plays with
him aud crawls over him, and toinor
row he may bite and canso death.
And the danger is in the tramp dog.
tho hnmclef" va' oud, tlmt comes
iuto tiwu, and wh(5 may be inoculated
with the dread mad virus.
Dng owning aud dog poisoning can
both bo easily discouraged in this
oity, and those in authority shonld
appply the remedy.
DOG
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SOME THINGS
WE MAY DO.
A Suggestion or Two for
a Bigger City.
A movement we believe would do
more toward building up our city
than all the booster programs you can
put on and at the same time be a pay
iuor investment to the promotem
would be a company or association of
local capital, to build houses to rent
A oity can't grow without houses,
and in a manufacturing city there 1b a
Dermanout demand for medium priced
tenement houses, or flats. They will
never be vacant.
Today there are three applicants for
every routing house, and there is a
daily enquiry at the Courier office for
houses to rent. This shortage of
houses simply forces people out ot
towu, while we snoulel Do giving
them every inducement to become res
idents here.
It does not require a big capital to
put a company in shape to build some
houses. here. It could be starred in a
small way and gradually enlarged, as
the undertaking proved an investment,
And that'it would prove a profitable
investment there is no dount, provld
ins that capable men were at the
head cf it, and houses were built that
could be rented for a reasonable price
aud pay a reasonable interest on the
investment.
It seems to us this matter is one
that should be looked into. If con
veniently located lots are not to be
hHtTreadily, then three is the proposi
tion of flat buildiugB. buildings built
for a half dozen families on one floor,
ml built two or three storied high.
While this proposition does not build
an a town as fast as single residences,
yet as an investment it is far ahead.
And then there is yet another prop
osition that has proven a big winner
to any town where it was ever tried
and carried out honestly a building
and loan aasociation a company or
ganized to build a house for any man
who has a little capital, and let him
pay it out in weekly installments.
Such an organization is a big invest
ment for both the city aud the pro
moters -
Anyhow we need, and mast pro
vide, more places for living if Oregon
Oity is to grow.
Think it over.
.We'll Catch On Later
Postmastr General Hitchcock gives
it out that every money order post
office in the United States will be
made postal savings banks as fast as
thi department can extend the service,
and this means that Oregon Oity will
have the system later on. La Grande
is the in ti st Oregon town to get the
bank, and it will be established June
1
Unknown persons broke .into the
Armory at Corvallis laet week and
carried away a considerable quantity
of the equipment used by the members
of the cadet regiment.
A modern utility organization insists on know
ing that its service is satisfactory.
Service cannot be satisfactory if a patron uses
more electricity than he needs.
Therefore we encourage the intelligent and
economical use of our service so that the consum
er will get FULL VALUE FOk HIS EXPEN
DITURE. "
MQLALLA PEOPLE
ARE GETTING IN
Want Railroad Work to
Start at That End.
SAY THEY WILL RAISE MONEY
Looks as if Work will Start all
Along the Route.
Everything looks bright in the Mo
lalla valley for the new railroad and
present prospeota are that work will
very soon oommenoe at that end and
work this way. The people are en
thusiastic aud in dead earnest a con
dition that builds lailroads.
At the meeHng held there Saturday
last, the Molalla people sot rielit
down to business, and the disposition
shown to at once go ahead with the
work ib highly pleasing to the aireo
tors.
Two years ago the Molalla people
took hold of the railroad project in
dead earnest and came througn witn
liberal Btocksnbscriptions. They now
state they will do equally will with
the present nroiect. and if they do,
the dirt will Boon be flying at that
end. They have appointed commit
tees to see what can be done in the
way of stock subscriptions, and at an
other meeting to be held next week,
the matter will take d unite snare.
That the railroad is certainty,
there ic no doubt It is organized
right and the men behind it are going
to see that the. work goes through and
that it is done honestly. The matter
of when it will be completed is tlje
issue. It will not cost a dollar more
to push it all along the line at the
same time than to commence at one
end and build it as luudi are avail
able. It is simply a question of one
year or live years, and that question
ieuD to the farmers aud property
owners between Oregon City and Mo
lalla to decide. As a business policy
there is but one answer. lor twenty
five years Molalla has lived on hopes
and rumors of a riilroad. Mow t' e
reality is at their doors. It is a mat
t'T of cash aud labor, ai d there is
little doubt that these will be provid
ed and the road completed this year.
A $25,000 HOME.
Elks Have Started Work on
Big Undertaking.
The Elks are feeling very good over
the way stock subscriptions are com
ing in, and that Oregon Oity will
have a new $ 225.C0O building and the
Elks a handsome home, look bright.
Already over $5,000 has been sub
scribed and the committee is in high
spirits. The proposition looks good as
an investment and so far funds are
coming dead easy.
SOURCE OF
REBELLION STARTS
UP IN ALASKA.
Desperate Men will Try
Self Protection.
Things are looking nasty up in
Alaska, and if our vacillating, weak
kneed administration does not come
out of it and take active steps to
straighten things out, there is land
prospects of a lively little rebellion in
our wing possesions.
There are five thousand volunteers
kin Alaska openly dotyiug the govern
merit, and they state tney will no
longer stand for the government's do
nothing policy in the matter of tho
coal lands and other valuable re
sources The leaders cf the uprisini
claim the government owns these
northern coal htuds and that the gov
eminent agents have been a party to
a flim-flam game of the big private
interests; that tiie government will
not enforce the laws; that their re
peated requests for justice have teen
Ignored lor yearn, aud that if the gov
ernment will not protect them they
will protect themselves.
It is claimed that already over $100,
000 has been raised to bark the in
vestors and miners in this desperate
undertaking, aud unless the govern
ment comes out of its trance and at
onoe gets besy with a little justice for
Alaska, there ars prrspects of a lively
little lebelliou up there a rebellion
that will be supported bv unauimous
sympathy and a considerable ooin.
YOU ARE WANTED
AT THE CLUB.
The Railroad Men Want
You Friday Night.
Friday night of this week, at the
Commercial Club, the directors of the
Clackamas Southern railroad will
hoi 1 a pnblio meeting fcr the purpose
of showing to the people of Oregon
City what this railroad will mean to
our city and to the business interests
and everv man who has an iuterest in
the city's welfare shonld be there
right np on the front seat?.
The liien interested in this work
want to show the Oregon Oity people
that this work menus a whole lot to
the city; that it will opeu one of the
richest sections of the county and
make this oity the outlet; that this
city will be the market place for tha
big timber trscts this road will open;
that it will bring trade, produce,
lnmbir. wood, logs aud money to thiB
citv and that it will boom our oity
and add to the value of real estate far
more than any factory or industry
that could be located.
This is just an outline of what the
directors want tc jint n to you Fri
day night, and every loyal citizen,
business man or property owner
shonld be there Friday night
A Pleasing Success.
The cantata, "Rod Riding Hcod,"
whioh took place in the Shively opera
house lost evening was a decided suo-
oess, financially and otherwise.
About 100 children took part. Uracil
one carried out his character splen
didly. The different choruses were
exoellent and showed good training.
The costumes were very elaborate,
and helped very much toward making
the entertainment sncoessful.
This evening "The Gypsy Queen"
will take pUce at the opera-house.
Both cantatas are nuder the direction
of Mr. and Mis. Simpson of Chicago,
and are given under the auspices of
the King's Daughters of the Episro
pal chnroh. The costums were bIbo
furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Simpson.
"The Gypsy Queen" is composed of
an older cast, aud promises to draw
as large a orowd, if not larger than
"Red Riding Hood." ; About 136
young people are in the cast.
City Council Transactions.
There was a special meeting of tbe
citycounoil Monday "night, presided
over .by .President Andresen, in the
ab.-euoe ot Mayor Brownell.
Tho ordinance recently passed giv
ing A L. Beatie a 35 jear gas fran
chise was accepted by Mr. Beutie, aud
ordinano-rs worn passed providing for
the sale ot bonds for the improvement
of Twelfih tsreet, swer work in dis
trict No. 6 on Ninth and Taylor
streets and the improvement of
Twelfth street at Water street, and an
ordinance Jproviding for a concrete
culvert ou John Adams street between
Fourteenth and Fificeuth streets was
also passed.
Honors for Our High School.
Tun Orpirnn Oltv hiuh school stu
dents won honors at the Clackamas
School League contest at Gladstone
hall Saturday night, the .essay con
test. "The Work of Jacob Riis" by
Marion Money, aud the oratorical
contest, "The Judgment Day," by
Eula Schaebel.
The contest was a decided success
and highly interesting aud live high
schools and four grammar school?
were represented. The essay contest
of tbe grammar schoools Jwas won by
Marry A. French of Farkplaon Hit
subject was, "Ancient and Modern
Warfare." Roberta 8chubel won the
oia'orical fcontest of the rg ram mar
schools. Hit subj-ct was "Nauhgty
Zell."
Catching Suckers
The Albany Democrat says tha up
on Cedar Flat beyond Waterloo some
where there is said to be an orchard
proposition, according to reports in
the commercial club a treeless affair
in which five and tun acre tracts are
sold to outside people, out of sight and
unseen. If the statement is correct,
buyers do not get much for their mon
ey. Some Spokane men are said to
be at the back of it. The land was
bought very cheap and is being sold at
a high price. One man who has been
up tiiat way said it would be hard to
get on tbe property.
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BUILDING
. TO BE ERECTED
Contract Let for Main St.
Publicity Building.
COMMERCIAL CLUB'S WORK.
A Movement That will Adver
tise Clackamas County.
Plans and specifications are ready
and the contract has been let by the
Commercial Olub for a publicity
building to be built ou the Weiuhard
lot, adjoining the building ocoupied
by the Courier, and work on the
bnilaiug will commence within a few
days.
The building will be a handsome
bungalow plan. 20x24, one story, with
projecting roof. The street front will
have double glass doors, large plate
glass windows, single glass deor at
end in fact two sides of the building
...111 i n i . , .
win I'd pincuciury giuss Hna a nor a
xplondid lighting. Inside there will
be two loug exhibit tables, three sec
tions high, an information counter, a
private omoe ana store room.
This building will provide what
thiB oity sadly needs, a publicity
place that people can find, and we
predict it will be the best investment
the (Jonimeroial Olub ever made.
Centrally looated, it cannot holp but
attraot attention, and exhibits equal
to riooa Kiver can be provided.
Then, too, it will be a most conven
ient county and oity information
nurean, where any stranger can set
the information he is looking for,
The publicity department of the
Commercial Olub has always been
handiospped by its present location.
A fourth Moor is no place for adver
tising, and the best of efforts can
make but a poor showing on so high a
roost. In the new quarters results
arc sure to come, and Secretary La
zelle is impatient to get where he
ran make a showing.
IF YOU WANT TRADE
HITCH THE HORSES
A Farmer Cives Business
Men Few Pointers.
The following letter from one of the
foremost farmers of this teotion, was
received yesterday. It doesn't need
any comment The matter is op to
the city to bring trade here or dirve
it) fl w & y
' Oregon City." May 11, 1911.
Eoitor Courier
I notice with pleasure your attempt
to stir op the oity dads, also the bus
iness meu, to the crying need of more
hitching room for farmers' horses. It
does seem strange to me that the at
tention of the business men has to be
called to this great litok of aooinmoda
tious Cannot they see, or are they
bo blind that they will not see the
amount of trade that is lost to the
oity? Do not the members of the
Oommeroial Olob, of Oregon Oity,
who are attracting people from all
over the onion to our beautiful oity,
see the need of keeping us here, now
that we are here? Do they not real
ize that some little accommodations
ought to be shown to the farmers,
who are the very backbone of this
great country?
Oannot the directors of the Olaoka
mas Southern Railway, who are
reaohing out to attract othei business
to our city for fear that some other
oity may gobble it up, see that after
having seoured business they should
strive to keep that business instead of
allowing it to go to Portland? Maybe
they don't realize the vast amount
that does go away from Oregon Oity.
Now, Mr. Editor, let us see if our
oity dadB, the business men, the Com
mercial Club and the directors ot the
Olackamas Southern Railroad cannot
get together and arrange for more
hitching room for farmers' teams, ir
some day they may wake op to the
fact that the farmers will go and do
tlitlr trading at towns that are a lit
tie more willing to accommodate their
best patrons. Respeotf oily,
ANOTHER FARMER.
A Graduating C ass of Twenty.
The high school has a strong class
of graduates fur next month, a class
of twenty, and the commencement ex
ercises now be ng arranged will be
an event looked forward to. Presi
dent E. H. Crooks of Albany College
will deliver the baccalaureate address
in Shively 'g opera hoore.
The following students make np the
1911 graduating class: Thornton
Wayne Howard, Frederick K. Baker,
Kay Stanley Welsh, Milton George
Nobel, Maude Alice Park, Hazel M.
Tooze, Harold Avery Smith. J. Both-
well Avisun, Madge Brightbill, Ber-
nioe Dawson, luhel uhoda Hursifull,
Ray Leslie Scott. Zeta Mae Andrews,
Louise Alvina Matilda Deute, Mar
garet Jane MoOulloch, Frank Giltert
Olark. Fav O. Batdorf, Evelyn Hard
ing, Ethel Kidder, and Bess Warner.
Splendid Outlook for Chautauqua
Willamette Valley Ohautauqua thh
year opens July Fourth and the n an
agement have planned numerous good
features not only tor the opening day,
bat for the days to follow as well.
On tne oiiening day Gabriel Maguire
of Cleveland will lecture and also Ex
Governor Richard Yates, of Illinois,
will give a fine discourse. These two
are especially good features of the
season and old Chautauqua friends
will be on hand the very first day to
drink in from the fountain of learning
all that may be obtainable
"I have been somewhat costive, bot
Dean's Kegulots gave just the results
dasi ed. ihey act mildly and regu
late the bowel, perfectly." George
B. Krause, 800 Walnut Are., Altoona,
Pa.
LECTURE COURSE
ARRANCED FOR.
Strong Cast of Entertain
ers are Booked.
A representative of the Britt
Lyceum Bureau was in the oity Mon
day and arranged with the Lyceum
Association for a lecture course series
for the coming fall and winter, the
first unmber starting in October.
The Britt lyceum is a high class
entertainment bureau, and a hue pro
gram will be arranged for this city.
There will be one entertainment caoh
month, and they will be given in the
S hively opeia house.
The first number will be the Royal
uugiisn uiee Wingers, the original
company from England and widely
lamea.
The second number will be Dr.
Ernest J. Sinn, the noted lecturer of
Indiana, who is wdl known through
oot the eastern states
la December Edward Vanoe Cooke,
the htunorist and entertainer from
Cleveland, will be here. Mr. Cooke
is the author of "Impertinent Poems"
and a noted writer and fun maker.
Next comes the original Virginia
Jubilee Singers, a company of colored
people from old Virginia, and the best
iu their line.
Harold Morton Kramer, author and
leoturer, and the Edwin R. Weeks
ooncert oompany will fill the last two
numbers of the oourse.
WANT OUR STRAWBERRIES.
Buyers Meet Produce Union and
Want Entire Crop. 1
The directors of the Oregon City
Fruit & Produoe Union met iu their
regular monthly session last Tuesday
night in the office of the manager.
Those present were, President Gio.
W. Waldron, O. D Eby, B. Knppen
bender, Geo. M, Lazelle, A. J. Lewis,
O. W Swallow, Geo. DeBok and M.J.
Lazelle.
The most important consideration
for the directors was the disposal of
the strawberry crop. Several buyers
were present aud were anxious to ob
tain the entire orop( of the Oregon
City Union as the berries produced
in this section are of a very fine flav
or and quality and are Bought after by
the dealers. It is understood that
with all probability the strawberries
of this section will be purchased by
the R. F. Honking Co. of Portland.al
though as yet no papers have been ex
ecuted. Manager H. G. W. Miller reported
that the members had used 2000 gal
lons of lime sulphur spray already
this year and at present he was (lis
tributing a senate of lead. ThiB shows
that the Union already is having .ef
fect opou the methodB of the growers
and prospects are that more good
fruit will be produced in Clnokamas
uounty this year than ever before.
The Union has just received a oar
load of strawberry boxes from the fac
tory and will distribute the same
among the growers. Eaoh grower
must have his name aud number on
the orates and after the berries have
been inspected by the manager, the
stamp of the Union will also be placed
on the orate.
This is the first time in the history
of Orogon City that strawberry buy
ers have been attracted here and, this
only goes to show the importance of
the Union of thlsseotion.
GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.
Ordinance Before the Council to
Compel Full Measure.
An ordinance before the city oouu-
oil provides for full weights and
measures in this oity, and it is an or
dinance that shonld be unanimously
passed, ana the penalty rigidly en
forced. We are not in any way insinuating,
but since the high prices started three
years ago all over the oountry the
dealers tried to meet them by short
measure and short weights and the
buyer has simply been held up and
robbed forced to pay for that whioh
he did not get
This ordinance before the counoil is
a matter that should be taken up by
the county, and better by the state.
A man should be given that which he
pays for, and every household should
have a kitchen scales and see that he
gets his pounds and ounces.
There won't be any recall petitions
out II the council passes this orni
nance.
Entertainment at Clairmont
Saturday night of this week the
Ulairuiont Literary Society will give
an evening full of entertainment' at
Beaver Creek Graugo hall. Three
short plays will be produced, "Who's
Who," "Rosebell's Lovers'' and
"Married by the New Justice of the
Peace." The Clairmont quartet will
furnish muslo and them will be sev
eral specialties. The admission is 25o
aud 15o. Small childreu free.
Race Meet at Canby.
Saturday, Jone 8, is the date for a
big raoe meet and horse show at Can
by, on the county fair grounds.
There will be a big parade aud the
horse show and parade will be on the
streets. Some nf the fastest horses
of the state will be entered.
Our Soda Fountain Is
F.unning. That Means De
licious SODA WATER and
HAZELVOOD ICE CREAM
JONES DRUG COMPANY
INCORPORATED
THE DEPEXDMiLB DRUG STORE
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After Judge Beatie and
Commissioner Blair.
BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
Here are the Trouble Issues,
Pick Your Side.
Petitions asking for the recall of
County Judge Beatie and County Ooiu
missioner Blair are In circulation thru
out the county, and it is olaimed by
those favoring the reoall that about
2000 have already been obtained, a
sutfloient number for the call of a
special eleotion for the county.
It appears that the dissatisfaction
arises over the matter of highway
work in the county, aud no doubt lat
er developments will preseut both
sides of the matter more in detail and
the voters will then be able to arrive
at conclusions. At present they are
waiting.
Those against whom the recall is
directed state that the trouble arises
through disgruntled supervisors, and
because of the efforts of Judge Beatie
to put Clackamas conuty roadbuilding
on a permanent basis. It is claimed
that thousands of dollars have been
wasted iu this coonty in past years in
poor road construction, and that the
aotlon of the oonuty oourt inohauging
the system, the appointment of
Frank Jaggar to direot thelroad work
of the county, and other changes and
reforms, have caused resentment by
the road supervisors, and that they
and their friends are making the trou
ble. Heretofore the supervisors have
had their own way in highway con
struction and the claim is that they
don't propose to take orders from Mr.
Jaggar, and that they don't like his
new road construction methodB.
The above is on ) side of the story
of trouble. Here's the other end:
Those favoring the reoall give as one "
of the grievances the reckless buying
of new road machinery, without com
petitive bids, it is said that there are
Bix rock crushers now iu the county,
only three of which are iu use.
Another protest is against spending
vast sums of money on roads adjaoent
to Oregon Oity, and the porohase of
road machines so heavy that they can
not be taken over the bridges to the
other parts of the county. , It is stat
ed that the machines oaunot bo taken
south of the Molalla river, and the
farmers of that section, who are
heavy taxpayers, are compelled to pay
heavy taxes for road work that does
not benefit.
Another protest is that a young man
from Portlaud was brought hereto ex
amine the suspension bridge and that
an order for I860 was drawn to pay
him for his work of lees than one
day. Another is that new bridges
have boen built, oosting over $200
without competitive bids.
The recall advocates also make the
statement that the Commercial Olob
of this oity has not had anything to
do with the matter, and is not stand
ing behind the county otnoials; that
the Live Wires some time ago aked
for a practical road engineer to set
grade stakes, supervise outs an fills,
look over roads petitioned for, look
over bridges, and to generally system
atize the worn ; that the court refused
the appointment and on its own initi
ative appointed Frank Jagger as road
master to supervise the supervisors.
These are both sides of the matter
as the Coorier gets it, and the out
onme will be watched with interest.
PUTTING THE LID ON.
Reform Movements in City are
Coming Thick and Fast.
A petition with several hundred
signatures is iu circulation and will
soon be presented to Mayor Brownell
and the couucil asking for the passage
of an ordinanoe prohibiting treating
in any saloon in the oity. It Is being
circulated by Uarley C. Stevens aud
his friends, aud they are sangoiue that
the counc il will grant the request.
An ordinance now before the city
oouuoil provides that the pool rooms
shall have unobstructed glass fronts,
and that all gambling and games of
chance shall be prohibited, whioh to
gether with the receut home rule sa
loon ordinance, looks as if Oregon
City was in the reform work iu dead
earnest.
Teachers' Institute Saturday
A teachers' institute for Clackamas
county will be held iu the Barolay
school building Saturday of this week
commencing at 10 o'olock, About one
hundred teachers are expected. A full
program is arranged aud a beneficial
meeting is expected. The ladies of
the Wouiau's Club, assisted by the
teachers, will serve a dinner in the
Oommeroial Olub hall.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank oor many friends
for kindness extendod during the ill
ness and death of our son.
Mr. aud Mrs. Herman Miller.
A loose board too often squeaks
loudly of loose methods.
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