OUlffiE
"A MILE OF MILLS"
and more coming Is what makes
Oregon City the best on the coast
outside of Portland.
Oregon City ships 300 tons of
goods every day and reoeives 700
tons. That's why Its the best
city In the state.
30th YEAR.
OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY. AUG. 16, 1912.
No. 13
OREGON CITY
C
DEPENDS
ON WHICH
SIDE OF Rill.
LID DOWN ON ONE SIDE, WIDE
OPEN ON THE OTHER.
STATE LAWS ARE JUST JOKE.
Matter the District Attorney
Might Qet Interested In.
Editor believes
The Courier
that the federal laws, Lord's Ore
gon laws, the City laws, or any,tkm of u I)rilu.ipal instruments
r(M!ealedWS enforced or and agencies for' tne production
Public sentiment put them1 and distribution of wealth the
there. Law oflicials should en- land, mines, railroads, steam
force them. I boats, telegraph and telephone
And some call this demand lines, mills, factories and modern
that laws be obeyed, knocking. I machinery.
mis paper aoesn i neneve
there is justice in putting a liqu
or dealer in this city in jail for
selling or giving away liquor on
unaay anu leiung a wiue open
beer garden do business across
the river.
We believe that Lord's Oregon
Laws are broad onough to cross
llie suspension Dridge and pros
ecute Sabbath liquor selling at a
public picnic.
We don't believe they were
framed and passed to be enforced
in one place and winked at in
another.
Last Sunday .there was a pub
lic picnic at Schnoer's park for
the benefit of Willis Mosier, the
blind fireman. It was a worthy
object and one that people gener-
ally contributed to ny buying
tickets.
But wa3 it necessary to make
this picnic a "success" to have
hundreds of gallons of beer and
make the day a fourth of July cel
ebration? Lord's Oregon Laws, Sec. 2129,
as plainly as type can spell it out
says "no person shall give or sell
or otherwise dispose of intoxicat
ing liquors" on Sunday.
There are some pretty nasty
stories of booze and drunkenness
told of Sunday's picnic stories
of girls reeling home after the
evening session, and boys who
have not yet commenced to shave
having a "glorious (hie) good
lime."
Now if we people do not want
these Sunday liquor laws en
forced, let us repeal them, run
everything "wide open" and drink
beer out of a trouth if we want to.
But until we do so express our.
selves, until these state booze
restrictions are let down, and so
long as the plain law says "Thou
Shalt Not," then let us enforce
them, or see that they are en.
forced.. Let the officials who are
elected by the people to enforce
these laws, and who are sworn to
enforce them, get on the job.
There are six days and six
A Cool Kitchen
With A REAL LIVE BREEZE
blowing away the sultry ait and
cooling the whole room
That's Your Kitchen and all others, toothat
HAVE AN
Electee FAN
nights in every week when a man
can lake on all the booze bin
stomach will stand for, and he can
do it lawfully. There is no ex
cuse for his tongue hanging out
or cracking open if he has to
skip the Sabbath day.
And this paper believes that
the state law and one of the ten
commandments should both be
a.fnT.naH nnH Hi a lha nnnnln IN
SIST THAT THEY BE EM''ORCEI)
Correcting an Error.
Editor Courier: r
In a recent issue of the Enter
prise there was an editorial
stating that it was the purpose of
Socialism to divide up the prop
erly and own in common.
No purpose is further from the
principles taught by the party.
'socialism .stands for public or
collective ownership and opera
Th s the ma n urogram
and the ultimate aim of the whole
Socialist movement and the po
litical creed of all Socialist ad
herence, and admits of no limit
ation, extension or variation.
Whoever accepts this programme
is a Socialist, whoever does not
is not.
A READER.
Try It Prove It.
"Uneida" put into the news
papers and magazines of the
country made a biscuit grow into
millions of dollars. "Uneida" a
man to use a club on you to jar
it into your head that advertising
will bring you in ten dollars for
one expended, if you will make a
business of it.
How much of the farming
trade is Oregon City getting?
How much of the city -trade is
going into Portland? Watch the
cars each day and see.
It is only those who pass the
stores that sets the display win
dows and the prices. An ad. in
the Courier is seen all over the
county.
Will Try it Again August 31.
Gladstone will have another
special election August 31 to
submit the matter of a high
school to the voters. At the el
ection last month the proposition
carried by a close. shave, but it is
held that the ballot did not make
the proposition clear to the vot
ers and that the vote was not. rep
resentative.
Dance at Clarkes.
There will be a big dance at
Clarkes, next Saturday night,
Aug., 17th., and every one is in
vited to come and have a good
time.
EVEN IN
MID SUMMER
Portland Railway. Light &
Powe Company
MAIN OFFICE SEVENTHIe&IALDER.
PORTLAND
Phones Main 6688 and A. 6131
I ARE IIII
TIPID FEVER.
"SWILL
SWILL BOXES" ABOUT CITY
ARE WORSE THAN POISON.
BOARD OF HEALTH SHOULD ACT
And City Should Provide Means
for Garbage Disposal .
Here's a matter that should re
cieve mighty quick and mighty
rigid attention. It's a matter that
should not be hummed over or
considered. It's a matter that
should be met and REMEDIED
and ramediod AT ONCE.
All over this city is a fever
breeding, putrid mess of decaying
vegetation, and the only wonder
is that grim old Typhoid hasn't
come in for a long stay.
Here's a city of thousands of
people with no provision made
(or at least enforced) for the
disposal of the refuse of hun
dreds of residences the potato
parings, the water mellon rinds,
the ufrit refuse, the taable leav
ings, bits of meat, bread and all
that go to breed fevers when
thrown into a heap and left for
the flit s and maggots.
The ec!itor, during the past two
weeks, has seen corruption boxes
and typhoid nests so awfully rot
ten and stinking that a slaughter
house would smell like a bunch
of roses in comparison. '
There are three or four owners
of hog ranches outside the city
who solicit this refuse and make
a bluff at collecting it, but often
they will skip a week or more and
the boxes the residents accumu
late for them become a mess of
festering corruption, where the
worms fight for the rottenest
place and where the fumes from
these receptacle's when disturbed
ed would have a dozen glue lac-
lories stunk out of the state. .
These people simply don't
know what to do with the mess
when the swill man neglects to
come. They, simply have no
means of disposal. Many of the
residences have no gardens and
cannot bury it, and even if they
have they cannot do it week after.
week; they cannot burn it and
they cannot throw it on the
strict.
So they pile it up, let it fester,
rot down and dry up.
And then ihe city will appoint
medical authorities- to examine
our water supply later to de
termine the cause of the out
break of typhoid.
Now this condition should nev
or be permitted to continue a-
nolher 2i hours. It is not a case
oi waiting lor authority, or
"bringing the matter up."
The health officers in an emer
gency, of this kind have more
power than Congress and there is
not the least excuse for inaction.
The residents of the city
would willingly pay a small con
tribution to have this refuse
taken away, and (here is no doubt
but what the City Council or
health olncers could make ar
rangements with one man who
owns a hog ranch to hake regular
trips.
If not the city should see to
it itself, charging the properly
owners with the expenses, if
they deem best, but doing it in
any event.
Ihere is more danger in a
handful of cabbage leaves rotting
around a residence than in a
whole cow carcass decomposing.
There is more danger in one
putrid swill box than a dozen un
clean alleys.
mis is a matter that rea v
should be given prompt attention,
for it is cheaper to pay garbage
bills than to fight typhoid fever.
Ann unless something is done.
we will have it to fight.
UNCLE SAM CAN'T COMPETE.
City Banks Equal In Confidence,
and Beat out on Interest.
In nearly every city and town
Where government postal savings
banks have oeen established the
papers make periodical mention
of the large patronage and show
the amounts of monthly deposits.
Oregon City was one of the
first cities in the state to open one
of these banks, but its amount of
business have not as yet made
newspaper stories.
The fault has not been with
Postmaster Randall or any em
ployees .but there is a reason
just the same.
Postal savings banks were es
tablished because there was a
clamor for government guarantee
of deposits because the people
wanted absolute assurance- that
their money was safe and that
they could get it when they want
ed it. And then the cracking of
wildcat banks all over the coun
try had much to do with it.
The reason why the postofflce
bank here has not been more pop
ular is because of the two banks
in this city the banks are the
reason.
This is nota hidden ad. for the
banks, but it a little puff that they
are entitled to, as, a matter of
comment.
The two banks in this city
are held in just as much conn
dence by the people as the gov
ernment's banks are, and as the
city banks can do a lot better by
depositors than the government
can, the people simply patronize
them in preferance to the gov
ernment. That's the why the
postal bank here doesn't do a
larger deposit business.
The men who manage the banks
here are not speculators nor
wildcaters . They know person
ally almost every man they do
business with, and their business
s as safe as the bank of England.
Their money is loaned to farm
ers who pay, on lands that are
he richest in the world, loaned
right here in Clackamas county,
and on values that the world
couldn't start a panic on.
The men behind these bank9
have grown up with Clackamas
county. hveryhody knows thorn
and has the fullest confidence in
hem and that is why the gov
ernment doesn't do half the pos
tal savings business that it does
in other cities of this size.
And everybody is glad of it but
he government.
WANTED ECONOMY.
Writer Makes Some Suggestions
for Lower Taxes.
Oregon City, Aug. 0.
Taxpayers of Clackamas County:
What has become of the Tax
payers' League? We do not hear
them suggesting any more reme
dies for the relief of high taxes,
and here are a few that I would
suggest to them:
1st. Elect only men to office
who will work and attend to bus
iness of the office eight hours per
day and that will dispense with
much unnecessary clerk hire.This
plan would save to this county
$5,000 or $6,000 a year.
Then repeal the school super
visor law, and see to it that the
men who are candidates for the
legislature pledge themselves to
repeal that law before you vote
for them, and make them promise
not to pass any more fool legisla
tion that works a burden on the
taxpayers . The repeal of the
school supervisor law would save
from $3,000 to $4,000 to the coun
ty, and it is no more needed than
are (We wheels to a wagon.
Economy is the road to wealth
and we want to begin practicing
it in this county. And it would
save consideable money to the
county if the roads were well
rolled or traveled after grading,
before gravel was put on them,
and teams be required to haul at
least one yard of gravel per load.
I have noted the waste of money
in road construction and if we can
only economize and pay off the
county debt of $100,000 or more
we will save $7,000 annual inter
est. Yours for economy,
II .8. CLYDE.
WHEN MEN BUNCH
I AND TALK
SOMETHING IS BOUND TO RE
SULT FROM IT.
THE WIRES HAVE DONE THINGS
And they Will Do More Things
the Coming Year.
Let two dozen men get to
gether, talk things over, and then
let tne newspapers tell what they
talked of, and something is star
ted.
On the other hand let a matter
come up that greatly interests
everybody, but let each man re
frain from talking of it with
anyone, and it will die a natural
death In two days.
What this is leading up to is a
bunch of flowers to the Live
Wires, and a little talk about
future doings. x
Say what you will, this organ.
ization has the Commercia
Club chased down the highway
and Dack into the logged oil for
starting and doing things.
When a matter comes up in
this city that needs public sen
timent aroused, the first thing
that any man says is "let's bring
it up before the Live Wires."
It is brought up, representative
men express their opinions on it,
the newspapers pick it up and out
of it comes publio discussion and
usually public action.
In order to do things and got
things, men have simply got to
organize and pull together.
The Live Wires is a medium
for finding out sentiment and
bunching it up where it will ac
complish something. ,
Otficialy the organization has
no more power than a church
choir, but indirectly it has been
the means of doing a heap of
things for the good of this city
and it will do a heap more.
The Live Wires ' of Oregon
City has a state wide reputation
for the things it has taken up,
started, and completed, and its
resolutions have found their way
and been considered by the house
of - representatives at Washing,
ton.
: In local and county matters an
expression of the Live Wires
has counted for much; the city
council members have asked for
expressions; propositions from
all over the county have first
been taken up with this organ
ization, and the initiative of al
most every improvement in this
city has been at these luncheon
gatherings.
And now here is a point the
Live Wires want to let soak in:
Next month the meetings will
bo resumed and in the next year
to come, there are going to be a
lot of live matters put up to this
bunch of men.
One point is that the Live
Wires want to go slow, go care
ful and then go hard.
They want to bo exceedingly
careful of going on record for or
against a matter until it has
been thoroughly investigated,
and when they have taken a
stand they want to stay by it un
til it wins if it takes a year.
In this way this organization
can really necomo a power just
as big a power in the way of do
ing things or slopping things as
it cares to bo.
It wants to make of itself a
body of deliberation and action.
It should take up matters, defer
expression until it has gone to
the very bottom of them, and
then when it acts it wants to
stay by its action until the Will
amette freezes over.
Next month the weekly sess
ions will start again. M. D. Lat
ourette will be the Big Chief
and he is a worker. The organ
ization welcomes new members.
There aro no dues but to pay for
a good dinner. Come in, help
make the bunch stronger, and let
us do some needed things during
the next twelve months.
THE L08T CITY.
Makes Splendid Job of Hunting
. for Qovernment Officials.
Big bodies move slow and big
jobs last longer when they do
move slow.
Linn City is still lost with
the chances about equal to
Charlie Ross of ever being found.
And some day when trie uov-
ernment has run out its entire
spool of red tape, then condem
nation proceedings will give them
a title and tne big work on tne
lock canal will begin. '
Once upon a time the County
records were not kept in the
shape County Clerk Mulvey keeps
them now. They were mea men
just simply filed and all a man
bad to do to unfile one was to
let the plat stick to his fingers
and presto I a city is lost.
Once upon a time mere was a
regularly recorded city site south
of the present dam site. Hut after
the big flood there was NO city
by a darn site or any other site.
Then one day the filed plat
disappeared from the Clerk's
office. It has never been definite
ly determined whether this was
carelessness on the part of the
office boy while sweeping, or
malice aforethought on the part
of some who would destroy Ore
gon history.
Then a building, which marked
a boundary of Linn City, was
burned, and it was never clearly
determined just how all this hap
penod.
And an iron post driven in the
earth quit its job. Whether the
wind blew it away or it sunk in
the earth of its own weight, is
another of the mvstteries of Lost
Linn City.
Anyhow all records are gone.
There are several who hold deeds
to lots in Linn City, but they can't
find the city. There are several
who know about where the cor
ner monuments once were, but
"about" don't go in law, and their
deeds are just about as valuable
as stock in a California gold
mine.
And, as before stated, some of
tnese days tlie slow government
at Washington will tell it's fel
lows to get on the job, but it
won't for a time yet. Record
hunting is easier than running
steam shovels, and the job lasts
longer.
S. P. BUYS ELECTRIC LINT.
And will Build west Side Route on
This Right of Way.
The Southern Pacific has pur
chased the electric line on the
west side of tho river, running
from Willamette to Bolton, of the
P. R. L. & P. Co. and will extend
it from Portland to Salem and use
it for the main line of tho west
side passenger route:
This will do away with one of
the right of way surveys the S. P.
recently made, and it is said that
work will immediately start on
changing this trolly roadbed into
a standard railroad bed.
While there has been but little
doubt but that the S. P. would
build through on the west side,
yet there are always slips and
changes in railroad enterpri.es,
and the west side people have
been waiting to see things nailed
down and work commence be
fore they were shure.
And soon you are going to see
things move across the river.
There are many big projects for
building up that side under way,
and now they are more than rum.
ors they aro certainties.
Tho Willamette Paper Co. will
build up 55 acres into a residence
section for its employees: the
Moody Land Co of Portland has
purchased 130 acres and will lay
it out into residonce blocks, fac
tory sites and build it up: the
government canal will help to
boom things, and the general
manager of the Southern Pacific
company had many things in view
for the west side.
And the most of the peoplo of
this city look at the matter in
the way they should look at it,
that this development simply
means a bigger city, more houses,
more nuns, more ranroaus. more
people.
ine county court and railroad
oiuciais went over the route in
this county this week and laid out
tne highway crossings. The rail
road olllciala say the road will be
completed to Oswego by Septem
ber 1.
W. P. Klrohem Injured.
W. P. Kirchein. Dresidont of
the Clear Creek Telephone Co.,
and one of the best known farm
ers in this vicinity, was mixed up
in a bad runaway Tuesday, and
badly but not dansrerouslv in
jured.
A young colt he was driving
became frightened at an automo
bile and ran into a fence, wreck
ing ino rig ana mrowing Mr.
Kirchein out, rondering him un
conscious.. The auto took him
home and Dr. Mount was called.
He was badly bruised and cut,
but tho doctor savs he will bo all
right again in a few days.
We Can Show You.
It's pretty natural for a news
paper to blow its own cornet, but
there is a heap of difforonco
between making a noise and
showing the music.
The Courier hols put on 200
new names in the past sixty days
and' tho 200 wont onto a list that
was some circulation.
Our list is open for any adver
tiser to como in and look over and
count. We cover Western Clack
amas like an umbrella. Wo will
show you any. tirno you are a Mis
ourian. Talk is one thing, count
ing is another.
Gladstone Wins Fight.
For two years Mavor H. E.
Cross and others have been aflor
the P. 11. L. & P. Co.. to compel
better service for Gladstone and
they have got them. The com
nanv tins nl. Inst. irrnntf'd ulnn
at Hereford street, making three
in mai cuy.
When Mayor Cross thinks ho Is
right on a proposition he will
stay with it until it snows in
Death Valley, and all the while he
will bo getting in new holds. He
says the franchise entitles Glad
stone to the service and he serv
ed notice that unless it was
granted he would have the mo-
tormen arrested.
And it was granted.
NOTICE.
The Portland Journal's local
office is now with the Portland
Railway Light and Power Com
pany in tho Beaver Bldg. All sub.
seriptions, collections and adver
tising matters will be taken care
of by the local agent.
J. 1). OLSON.
Are You Interested?
Senator Jonathan Bourne. Jr.
has for distribution a number of
copies of bulletins issued by the
bureau of mines and of particu-
ar interest to managers of cower
plants, coal mines, metal mines,
or quarries, and he will be glad
upon application to send a copy
to any person interested.
DOINGS AI
IDE CANDY FAIR.
OUTLINE OF THE SPCIAL AT
TRACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.
MONSTER BARBECUE A CARD,
Ball Games, Night Dances, Elec-
trlo Lights and Other Things.
There are lots of people who
would swim a river to see a horse
race, and then again there are
lots of them who would not cross
the street to see one.
The Clackamas County Fair
directors realize this, and this
year they are arranging for a
big bunch of special attractions
that will please everyone, and
Secretary O. D. Eby says when the
program is fully completed even
the blind will want to go to Canby
The first thing you want to let
soak in is the dates September
25, 26, 27, 28. And the next
thing is that this year there will
be four days of entertainment
and sport the like of which has
never neon pulled off in old Clack
amas. Here are a few of the attrac
tions that Secretary Eby says
have been decided on in the way
of special attractions, and mind
you all this is extra to the regu
lar splendid racing card and the
usual fair attractions:
There will be live bands, not all
in one day, but each one of the
county's mucical organizations
will be given a chance to let the
people know what they can do.
The first day the Redmond band
will furnish the musio, and the
second day Hubbards musical
bunch will try to lay it all over
thorn. The third day is Oregon
City day, and of course the best
band in the state will roll up the
inspiration for this date, and on
the fourth day (which is farmers'
day) there will be two bands, the
Canby and the Oak Grove cele
brated girls' band.
The second day of the fair i3
to bo Germans' day, and it will be
tho real big day. There will be
a barbecue and potato bake,
for everybody and there is
nothing like an ox roast to
bring people together. Gus.
Schnoor, famous for his man
agement of such affairs, will have
entire charge of the barbecue, and
this guarantees this will be some
ox roast. Mr. Schnoor is presi
dent of the German societies of
the county,' and it is a safe bet
a pretty accurate census of the
Gorinans could be taken on the
fair grounds on' this day. The
potatoes for the barbecue will be
donated by the commission mer
chants of Canby.
Tho ball games are going to
bo now and interesting features
of this year's fair. There will be
a series, one game every day.
The teams selected are are the
old rivals, Molalla, Beaver Creek
and Canby. Each day there will
bo a gamo, each team playing
with each other toam, and then
on, tho last day the two teams of
the highest score will play tho fi
nal for the championship of the
county . There will certainly bo
some hot stulT ball games.
In addition to tho regular race
program (which by the way is a
good one for this year) there
will bo special races for county
horses. There are a number of
fast local horses in this county,
and some of those who are ex
pected to get in are H. C. Salis
bury and Sheriff Mass of this city,
II. M. Robbins, who lives near
here, J. M. Hallowell of Glad
stone, W. F. Young, Sherwood,
Louie Kollemeier, Stafford, A.D.
dribble of Macksburg.
Another movement under way
with the directors is to have the
grounds lightod with electric
lights for the campers, and for a
series of dances that will be giv
en every night during the fair.
The Methodist ladies or canny
will again have charge of the
dining hall under the grand
stand the restaurant which
they made famous by its great
dinners.
The fair is going to bo a great
holiday week this year and the
biggest of crowds is expected.
There will bo excursion rates Dn
the railroads.
Make your plans to havo four
days olf for the big fair.
WOLVES TACKLE MAN.
On. Way. to Ogle Mine, Timber
Wolves Hold Him Up.
This sin't told to scare you out
from hucklo berrying, or to keep
you away from Ogle mine, but it
is a true incident, and proof that
not far from our hustling city
things are yet wild and you had
better take your gun along.
T. J. Choeney, or 1'endlolon,
and II. Kruger, of this city, went
out to Ogle mine a few days ago.
J lie road isn t a boulevard, as
you get out in the mountains,
and when the rig got to Beaver
Creek basin six miles this sido of
the mines, young Cheeney got out
and was walking about 100 yards
ahead of the rig, when four large
timber wolves attacked him.
At first he thought they were
dogs from the mines, and he call--
ed to them. They camo within
four feet, ran back and came
again , and men (Jheeney knew
that were not dogs, but wolves,
and ho knew that they were after
him.
He had a revolver and he cut
loose, wounding one, when the
noise of the gun and the rig
coming up scared them away.
Wanted, good milk cow. F. F.
Whitcomb, Park Place, Oregon,
Si