EGOM CITY
With $12,000,000 in Factories and
$100,000 monthly Pay Roll with plenty
of Power to sell, Oregon City can dou
ble its Population in Five Years.
The Courier is AGAINST Injustice
against the privileged classes, and FOR
the Weak Citizen and the Common
People.
J
29th YEAR.
OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 1 1912.
OR
COURIER
T THE CAUSE?
IS THERE SOMETHING BACK OF
THE HILL MATTER?
THE PEOPLE THINK THERE IS.
There are Very Strange Actions in
This Murder Case.
The actions and statements of
District Attorney Tongue in con
nection with the Hill murder mat
ter have certainly been Inost pe
culiar in a ca.se that has been
most peculiar from the Ilrst to
last.
This murder horror is the most
important case that ever came be
fore a grand jury in Oregon, yet
it seems to have been handled as
it were of little importance. The
jurors were allowed to adjourn
and go home;' the matter was not
reported, and to all observation
the matter was dropped.
Ana tnen when the county
court took the matter up, and
when the people were asking
questions right and lel'l? and de
manding that a special prosecutor
be appointed and asking why the
district attorney took the strange
position he was said to have tak
en, then Mr. Tongue came out
with this statement, published in
the Portland Journal:
"Since the grand jury's ac
tion and not before
have publicly stated that the
evidence that went before the
grand jury the evidence
that would bo permitted in a
court of justice was not
sulllcient to hang a dog on.
This from an attorney serving
the people as public prosecutor.
This from the county's official,
taking the people into his private
opinion bureau, and telling them
what HP thought about a case he
was elected to prosecute.
How long since did Mr. Tongue
yet himself up as the supreme
court of the state of Oregon, and
how long since did he take out a
mind readers' license and be
able to anticipate the action and
verdict of a trial jury.
Nathan Harvey was not being
tried by the Clackamas grand ju
ry, and the matter of whether or
not the evidence to bo produced
on the coming trial was or was
not the right kind to be admitted,
was not before this jury to deter
mine. The matter up to the jury was
whether or not in the jurors'
minds HARVEY WAS GUILTY
OR NOT, Whether 'or not there
was sufficient evidence of his
guilt to warrant his being. tried.
Further than this the jury had
no province.
These men were not there to
pass on fine point9 of raw, to dis
cuss. technicalities, or to give ex
pert testimony on the quality of
. evidence required to convict a
I
Whether your business be retail or wholesale,
store or shop if you deal in merchandise used by
the masses, you can reach them most effectively
with an electric sign. Night after night your name
and wares are "burned" into the minds of untold
numbers of people. No other form of publicity
can be so insistent as this nor as cheap. It doubles
the effectiveness of your newspaper ads, by always
.reminding people of them.
man of murder.
If the jury considered there was
sulllcient evidence to hold Mr.
Harvey for trial, all there was for
them to do was to so report, and
it was the duly the district attor
ney owed to his job and the peo
ple who gave him the job to help
the sherill get evidence to sub
mit to the grand jury and to in
every way assist the grand jury to
llnd indictments.
And here we have the spectacle
of a prosecuting attorney plug
ging against the sherill', and by
public newspaper statements giv
ing it out broadcast that there
is "'not enough evidence to hang
a dog on."
Should the grand jury indict
Mr. Harvey, Mr. Tongue would be
in a splendid position to prose
cute wouldn't he? Jty this pub
lie statement ho has disoualilled
himself to prosecute the case,
and the people of the county will
have to foot the bill of having a
special prosecutor culled to do the
work our District Attorney is
hired and sworn to do.
It is said that the evidence
Sherill' Mass presented is largely
circumstantial. Certainly it is
So is the evidence on nearly all
the murder cases. '1 he horrible
crime at Ardenwald had no wit
uesses, and it tne murncrer is ev
ler convicted, it will be on cir
cumstantial evidence.
Last week there were live inur
derers hanged in Chicago, and
one of them was indicted on the
meager evidence of linger prints
on a varnished, railing. At the
trial other evidence came out, the
man was found guilty, afterward
confessed the crime and was han
ged. -
Supposing this prosecuting of
ficer had told the sherill' and jury
that they couldn't have hanged a
dog on this evidence?-
The gaud jury at Los Angeles
that indicted Clarence Darrow in
connection with the McNamara
affair, didn't stop to question as
to whether or not, he could bo
convicted on the evidence pres
ented to the grand jury, in fact
one of the jurors, after the indict,
ment. slated:
"Darrow has not received
his full rights in the case,
but in view of the case, it is
best to pass the matter to a
higher tribunal.
Public sentiment thinks there
is something in connection with
this murder case that is not out
in the open. Public sentiment
thinks there is "star chamber"
doings and an effort to drop and
let die the matter. "
But public sentiment is behind
Sheriff Mass and his efforts to
find the man guilty of the Hill
butchery, and public sentiment is
going to back him in "every pos
sible way. " -
Here is. an item taken from a
Portland daily, and if shows the
reason why the people think there
is a movement to cover up and
stop the grand jury from bring-,
ing in an indictment:
"It was learned here from
the best authority that an at
tempt was made to corrupt
the testimony of one of the
THE MAS
SES
Portland Railway. Light &
Power Company
MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH:, ALDER.
PORTLAND
Phones Main. 6088 and A. 6131
COMING OUR I
EVERYTHING LOOKS BRIGHT
TO THE LIVE WIRES
VERY INTERESTING MEETING,
Many Matters of Public Interest
Discussed Tuesday
Coming out of the Live Wires
meeting Tuesday one of our pro
fessional men asked where Ore
gon City would have been today,
and what we would have had in
the way of improvements if it had
not lieen lor ttie Commercial or
ganizations and the gel-together
spirit of our business and public
spirited men?
And the question is a good one
for you to think out and answer.
Through the Commercial club
and the Live Wires we have se
cured tne appropriation ol over
$000,000 for a locks canal here,
and we would never have gotten it
but lor these organizations ;then
we have the appropriation for the
dredging llie channel; we have se
cured the Pacillc highway thro
this city; we have landed a public
um'ary and a handsome building;
we have practically secured a
$75,000 for a federal building and
we nave under way several mat
tersa public dock, an armory.a
creamery, and so on.
And there is no getting away
from the fact that we would not
have had any of them if it had not
been for these gatherings where
men get together and pull togeth
er for the common good. '
At the Tuesday luncheon Mr.
Lee of Canby was present and he
gave the boys a short talk on the
strength of pulling together, and
illustrated it with a talk of how
the irrigation projects were put
through by men forgetting petty
matters and all getting together
on the rope. And he also told a
little story illustrating the at
tractions of Clackamas county.
The fellow arrived in heaven, and
was surprised to see a bunch of
beautiful girls chained to a post.
state's witnesses while he
was under subpoena by the
grand jury.
Then there is the current rumor
that the grand jury took an unof
llcial ballot on the matter and
that it was unanimous ' for a
holding for trial.
We are protesting at the wave
of crime in Oregon and wonder-
KV why it cannot be punished,
and yet we have here before us
the most horrible crime that it is
possible to have been committed,
and then with a district attorney
seemingly working against the
sheriff and his department, in
their efforts to find the guilty.
But the people are with Sheriff
Mass, and they will stand behind
him in this matter to the last.
IMG
Asking why they were thus in
chains, St. l'eter replied that if
released they would all fly back to
Clackamas county.
Of the cannery Mr. Leo advised
our people to let it alone, as they
were not proving at all successful
where tried, and tne reason was
that fruit growers could get more
for their fruit in the markets than
at the canneries.
Engineer Sullivan said that the
new locks would have a six feet
depth over the sill of the first
lift, and he said that the future
would take care of the dredging
and that now having the matter
started the channels both above
and below the falls would be
deepened to twelve feet, if neces
sary. President Mcuain stated mat
the matter of terminal rates for
this city looked like a certainty ;
that Mr. Lounsbury, traffic agent
of the Southern Pacific, confirmed
the report that the ureatlNorthern
had made application for terminal
rates lor this city, and that the
ither roads would naturally have
to come in.
A resolution was passed that a
committee ho appointed to ask
Governor West to lie present and
give the organization a talk at
the luncheon on the 12th inst.
On the evening of March 5. at
7:30, the LiveWires will go before
the city council and take up with
them the matters of a public dock
the library, public playground, etc
Postmaster Randall told the
boys what there was to the matter
of a new federal building here, and
he said that the prospects were
most promising. Ho said that the
government would want 4.000
square feet which with the build
ing he estimated would cost $00-
000, and with forty feet additional
for later additions, at a cost of
$1500, the total expense to the
government would be $7,500. He
said the bill had been reported on
favorably, and it seemed as if the
matter was assured.
President McBain reported that
the membership of the Commer
cial club had now reached its lim
it. 250. and that a resolution
would.no doubt bo brought before
the Commercial club, asking that
its charter bo amended to provide
for a larger number.
SMOKE 'EM OUT.
Make the Candidate Line Up Be
fore Nomination.
'My taxes are four limes what
they were seven years ago on the
same property," says ono tax
payer, wine are four tunes nign-
er than they were four years ago"
says another. And each of them
shows the figures to prove it.
l he tax-payers are in the mood to
call down the staff ofliciala hard
who were responsible for doub
ling the appropriations at the last
session of the legislature and they
ought to. But it will doubtless be
a new set who will come to the
front as candidates this year,
and no one can tell what they will
do until they have been tried.
Woodburn Independent.
And the last observation above
is one of the very loose spokes in
Oregon's wheel.
lhe people btlOULU know
where representatives stand be
fore tney are tried tne candi
dates should be smoked out and
be forced to declare.
And when we better know what
we are electing men for, our tax
es won't double each year.
BOYS LINING UP
Spring Weather Breeds Candid-
. . ates and here is a starter
Spring weather breeds polities.
It is in the air and men catch it
just as naturally as the kids do
the Ihsh fever.
There seems to be quite a run
of it in the counly and if is assum
ing almost an epedemic slago in
the city. Hut Oregon City is the
largest place in (he counly.
Here are some of the fellows
Dr. Nomination has reported
and he says many others have
been exposed and may break out
any time.
r'or representative, republican,
E. P. Carter, M. A. Magone and F.
M. Gill.
For County Clerk, Win. Mulvey
republican, to succeed himself.
For Recorder of Conveyances,
republican, L. E. Williams to suc
ceed himself, and C. W. Stricken,
of Boring.
For Treasurer, J. A- Tufts, re
publican, to succeed himself.
For Superintendent of Schools,
T. J. Gary, republican, to succeed
himself.
Surveyor, D. T. Meldruni and
William Mattoon, republicans.
Sheriff, E. T. Mass, present of
ficial, democrat.
Assessor, J. E. Jack, democrat,
to succeed himself, and James F.
Nelson of Mulino, republican.
For Justice of the Peace, Dist.
No. 4, William Hammond, law
partner of H. E. Cross.
It is reported that W. W. Myers
Socialist, will be a candidate for
the county court to succeed WU
liam Mattoon.
Don't Play It Too Far
The name of "Mathieu"
has been suggested as a fit
ting one for the new coun
ty it is proposed to erect out
of northern Marion and
southeastern Clacka ni as.
It would be eminently fitting
to honor the pioneer French
Canadian who is responsi
ble for Oregon being one of
the United States instead of
" a Canadian province, in just
that way. Woodburn Inde
pendent. "It is proposed," and "emphat
ically fitting are all right on
paper, but don't you Marion ras
cals ever try any of Roosevelt's
Colombia deals or Knox's Mexi
can stunts on (the southeastern
end of old Clackamas.
If you can use the scare to
work fodder out of the politicians,
hop to it and make the most of it,
but when you attempt to change
the map well, you won't find us a
Tripoli.
ill THIS END II?
WILL THE HIUJORROR DIE?
OR WILL THE PEOPLE CARRY
CASE TO THE GOVERNOR
Or will Public
It Alive and
Sentiment Keep
Force Action
Unless the whole Hill murder
matter is taken up with the gov
ernor for investigation, as it is
now rumored it will bo the case
will be again dropped, and anoth
er strange chapter added to a very
strange case.
Following the refusal of the
grand jury to niako any report
whatever on the Harvey hearing,
and the open expressions of the
public against this strange action
of ignoring this important case,
County Judge Biatio called Dis
trict Attorney Tongue, Sheriff
Mass and Detectivo Levings into a
conference with tho county court
in me nope mat the diilerences
between the prosecuting attorney
and the sheriff's department
might be adjusted and a special
prosecutor for tho case be arran
ged for in place of Mr. Tonguo.
However the court had no author
ity to make such appointment
without the request or consent of
the prosecuting attorney, and as
Mr. Tongue did not so request or
consent, the case simply drops,
unless public sentiment again
forces that it bo taken up.
Judge Beatio stated that while
the County Court was ready and
willing to pay a special prosecu
tor to bring out all the facts in the
Hill murder case, he was not will
ing to agree to any man Mr. Ton
gue may name, but ho would have
to be satisfactory to tho court. If
a special prosecutor should be ap
pointed he ought to bo a man who
is not allied with either side in
this controversy, and lie ought to
be allowed to work independent of
the district, attorney's olllce and
the sheriff's oilice.
Finally, no further action will
be taken by the county court in
this matter unless upon overtures
made by the district attorney him
self.
Sheriff Mass and Detective
Levings are llrm in the belief that
Nathan B. Harvey is guilty of the
Ardenwald crime, but that their
hands are again lied by the action
of District Attorney Tongue.
And hero we nave tho spectacle
of a sheriff and district attorney,
both elected to work together for
lhe detection and prosecution ol
crime, calling each other liars,!
and pulling separate ways over
lhe most liorriblo murder crime
ever committed in Oregon.
District Attorney ToiiKue char
ges Mass and Levings with at
tempting to influence the iiiem-
ders of the grand jury to bring
in an indictment, regardless or
the real evidence against Harvey,
in the hope that the indictment
might brinu: out a confession, and
he says the refusal of the grand
jury to indict Harvey needs no de
fence either from hiinsell or lrom
him.
The Eveninf? Telegram of Wed-
nesday night says in part, regard
ing tho matter:
With reference to tlio investi
gation of tho Hill murder case in
Clackamas county, there is some
thing wrong; something so de
cidedly wrong that if I hero is any
tribunal in the counly which lias
the authorily if ought, by its own
initiative., to go to tne milium ol
lhe matter. It is, to say the least,
a queer condition in Clackamas
counly that prevents the most
searching investigation into every
circumstance connected even re
motely with this terrible tragedy.
Jiul outside ol tins personal
personal conlroversary there are
two matters of I fie many that
have come out in these very
strange proceedings that the pub
lic have a right to know more
about.
Why did Harvey hire Portland
lawyers to defend him and agree
to nay them $20,000 before he
was even arrested for the crime.
These lawyers should be mado
to clear up this matter in justice
to Mr. Harvey, and if as is report
ed the lawyers went to Harvey and
scared him into the contract,
tho bar association should take
drastic action.
And another matter published
in the Portland papers, that a
juror under subpoena, was ap
proached and tried to be lnlluonc
ed on tho mailer of an indicct
ment. If Mr. Harvey is innocent of
this awful crime, and every man
is until he is proven guilty, no
should demand an indictment and
ask for a trial, for ho can hardly
afford to have tho matter end in
mystery.
And if this is the end. you
mark the prediction that this will
be an expensive piece of work for
those implicated, for the people
will not soon forget the horror at
Ardenwald.
COUNCIL MATTERS.
What the City Fathers Did
at
Monday Night's Meeting
Street improvements are very
popular in the city, in fact the
improvements are becoming al
most matters of self defense as
improved streets build up much
faster than others, and the prop
erty is much more saleable.
At Monday night's meeting a
request for the improvement of
Sixteenth street, between Divis
ion and Jackson, was presented,
and the engineer was ordered to
fix the grades, and a request I hat
Monroe street, between Sixth and
Seventh, was refered to the engi
neers. H.Opperrnann, the Eighth street
saloon keener, who was recent
ly convicted of selling liquor to
a minor, made application to
have his license transferred to
Michael Zack, and tho matter was
refered to a Committee. J. E.
Hedges who appeared in behalf of
Mr. Opperinann, stated that he
was convinced that he was not
guilty, of tho second charge that
was placed against him, and that
n the license transfer wore
granted he would leave tho city.
Tie recorder was ordered to
advertise ior puis for tho repair
oi i ne Aiauison street bridge.
Property owners of Seventh St.
asked that that street bo reurad-
ed.
An ordinance prohibiting the
operation of any slaughter house
within the city limits was passed.
At 7.:30 next Tuesday night the
Live Wires' committee will ao-
pear before the council and take
up the matter of the Gnrnisce li
brary site, tho public dock matter
tho armory question and a public
sports ground.
Circuit Court Reversed.
We note that the supreme court
has reversed tho circuit court of
this county in the case of Rose
Whitcoinh and Kate L. Charinan,
el al., vs. the town of Milwaukee.
The case was Hied by the plain
tiffs to restrain the defendants
from encroaching upon their
property, destroying their mill
and niillpoiul in making improve
ments on Harrison street.
The plaintiff claimed tho street
was being slutted over on them
27.07 feet and the matter was
tried in the circuit court here and
the court found for tho defend
ants and dismissed the suit.
Planilifls then appealed to tho
supreme court and the circuit
court was reversed, and the de
fendants enjoined from encroach
ing upon the plaintiff's properly.
uiinicK & Dinnck and W illiam
Hammond represented the np
poalants. Oh, You Back East
The Willamette Valley has only
bad two days of winter, tho 8t.li of
January, when thee "silver thaw"
and a wet snow came, and the
thermometer went down ,to 22
above zero
During the month of December
there was not a single frost.
Not once during tho wholo win
ter has the frost remained on the
ground a whole day.
Only a few mornings hns the
thermometer reached the frost
line.
Flowers are in bloom every
where about, tho city outdoor
(lowers and shrubbery.
No wind, no storms, spring -opened
the Ilrst week in January and
has stayed open
Wedding atMolalla.
A beautiful and quiet wedding
took place at the home of Mr, and
Mrs. John Bradbury, near Molalla
when their daughter Alice was
united to Venue w. Lantz, on fen
ruary 25, at noon.
The .bride was handsomely at
tired iii cream taffeta, while the
groom wore the convent ional col
or. Only the immediate families
of the young couple witnessed
the ceremony.
Thov will commence house
keeping at onco in their new home
in the vicinity wnero trie groom
has purchased a cozy house for
his bride.
The best wishes of their nu
meros friends go with them in
their new life.
People in the News
Premier Asqulth is expected to In
troduce the bill grunting homo rule
to Ireland In the hornse or commons on
March 20.
' John Morg, 124 ye'irB old, and prob
ably the oldest m:in In the Untied
States, died Friday at his home on
Indian Creel:, Kentucky.
Hdward Mines, the millionaire lun
berinan, was expelled from the Chica
go Union League Club, us the result
of his connection with the Lorlmer
case.
A new champion wus born to pugil
lim when Johnny Kllbune, of Cleve
land, decisively outfought, out gained
and outpunched Abe Attell In their 20
round contest at Vernon, Cal and
was awarded the featherweight title.
While motoring In his car at Wash
ington, Lieutenant Oenoral Nelson A.
Miles, retired, observed a man crum
pled up lo a. heap on the sidewalk.
Going to his assistance, Goneral Miles
found the man to be his brother, who
had suddenly died of heurt disease.
Political flews Bits
Leroy T. Vernon, WimhingUm cor
respondent for the Chicago Dully
News, has been appointed chief of the
publicity hi.i enu of 'lie Tnrt Washing
ton headquarters.
Flat denlul cf charges that he had
Bnid that the American people are un
fitted for self govtr.1mrnt was made
by Prctiident Tart In an official state
ment issued from lhe White House.
"My hat has been In the ring u long
time and my head litis been In It,"
.,IH flnvornrr Wovlrnw Wilson, of
New Jersey, when tils attention was
called to Roor.evelt'B reported state
ment that "my hat is In the ring.
Belief In the political doctrines of
the "progressive" was reiterated by
Theodore Roosevelt, who made four
speeches In Ohio. It was his drat trip
of the kind since the series of Jour
neys shortly artcr his return from
Africa In 1910.
An Interesting fenture or the Seat
tle primary election In addition to the
lurge vote for ex Mayor Gill, was the
defeat of the two council candidates
who were Indorsed by the labor un
ions, and the success of two who were
nominated by the Socialist.
CHANGE BACKS UP
WON'T ENDORSE THE STATE'S
GOOD ROADS SYSTEM
DISAGREE ON SEVERAL POINTS
C. E. Spence Says Grange Will Go
Ahead With Its Bills
The State Grange and tho State
are unable to get together on the
inattr of roads legislation in Ore
gon, and the Grange will go ahead
with its initiative good roads peti
tion and submit it to tho vvotors.
The difference as to who shall
have the power to select, roads to
be improved and who shall have
charge of the expenditures. 'Fol
lowing is C, E. Spence's letter to
Governor West:
"I met with the "Good Roads
Harmony" committee and endeav
ored to eliminate the objectiona
ble features in tho proposed good
ronds bills. Four or the bills pro
posed by the so-called state-wide
highway committee wero materi
ally changed and theGrango high
way engineer bill was adopted. As
stated in tho letter sent you yester
day by the "Harmony" committee.
We could not agree on the state
aid bill of the committee and the '
Grange county bonding act.
"The majority of the "Har
mony" committee agreed to ac
cent the Grango county bonding
j bill on condition that the Grange
endorse tne tour bills proposed
proposed by tho state highway
committee as amended by the
"harmony" committee and it was
further agreed that the proposi- '
tion be submitted to the next ses
sion of the state Grango whioh
will moot May next. We were in
formed today by the chairman of
tho "harmony committee" that
the agreement mado with us had
been re-considered and it was de
cided by three members of the
committee that no county bonding
act was necessary to put into ef
fect tho amendment to the consti
tution permitting counties to in
cur indebtedness for road build
ing, and they had decided not to
indorse the Grango county bond
ing bill and that they would adopt
the Grange highway engineer bill
if drawn satisfactory to them.
"Therefore wo seem to be as far
apart as ever upon tho questions
at issue, namely, in whom the
power to select the roads to bo
improved shall bo vested, and un
der whoso supervision lhe funds
shall bo expended. Undor these
conditions we leel justilled in
proceeding to initiate the Grango
good roads bills as now prepared.
Persuaded.
The Irrigator expresses tho hone
that Congressman Hawloy will bo
nominated al tho primaries and
duly elected at the polls next No
vember. Canby Irrigator.
Brief News of thevWeek
Houston, TexaB, was scorched by a
$7,000,000 fire.
Absolute sovereignty over Tripoli
has been declared by Italy,
Men and women textile strikers
whose only offense was the attempted
sending of their children out of Law
rence, Mass., were brutally clubbed
by two companies of militiamen and
50 police.
Thirty indictments charging con
spiracy to obstruct and monopolize
the cash register business were re
turned against offlclnls and sales
agents of the National Cash Register
company at Cincinnati.
So numerous and insistent are the
demands upon the navy department
for relics of the battleship Maine that
it has been found necessary to send
for another shipload In addition to
the collection brought to Washington
recently on the collier Leonldns.
Accusing the Western Union Tele
graph company or unlawful practices
and the exaction of unreasonable
Joint rates, the Postal Telegraph
Cable company hus Instituted a pro
ceeding before the Interstate com
merce commission, demanding an ad
justment on an equitable basis of all
Interchange rates.
FARM LOANS
We have the following amounts
$500, $500, $500 S800, $800
$1000, $1000, $1000, $1&01KI
aiann orl nnn nil (rat mnrl.
gage loans, 7per cent.
P1MIUK. & IHMIUIY,
Andreson Building,
Oregon City, Ore.
FRESH DAILY
Salmon, halibut
Etc.
CRABS, cooked on the premises; OYS
TERS, direct from the shell; CHICKEN,
to order; No Cold Storage Stock in fish
or fowl. Headquarters for OLYMPIA
OYSTERS, the BEST on the Coast.
MACDONALD'S MARKET
Next Wella Fargo
The Courier can do your work
no matter what kind of printing
you may havs and the prlo will
ce right.
FISH FISH