CITY
"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 receives 700
tons. That's why Its the best
city In the state.
30th YEAR.
OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. OCT. 25, 1912.
No. 24
OREGON
COUMffi
WHAT A MAN'S
HEAD TELLS
USE REASON, DON'T BE AFRAID
OF THE SCARECROW.
TELL SHIELDS TO SHOW YOU.
Taxing Land to Its Value Is but
Siliest of Kid Nonsense.
It takes so much to run the
slate," they tell us..
Sure Mike. We've got to dig
n up.
Let us suppose that it requires
1U,UU0,000 now, no more, no
less.
Now the graduated single ax
cuin-uuiiiuiiL oiuuuses io raise uns
ten millions by more equaliza
tion. And that's all there is to
the issue stretch it or contract
it.
They propose to ease the pres
ent heavy taxation of the few by
putting it onto more shoulders
by making dead land, water pow
ers, large land tracts, railroads,
rights-of-ways and like con
cerns, pay MORE of the state's
expenses and reduce taxation on
the ownings of the man who
works, improves and makes land
worth more. '
And you will have ' to talk to
me some more before you can
make me think this is injustice, ,
and that it will ruin Oregon.
We will raise the $10,000,000
just the same, but the Willamette
Valley won't pay about all of it.
These millionaires who are hold
ing out great chutiKS of Oregon,
who have it practically locked in
safety deposit boxes; the fran
chise holder, the water power
thieves, and other leeches on our
slate, will have to pay their share
of the expenses of Oregon. You
have been paying it for them
these many years.
Anything wrong in this idea?
Anything to get scared at? Any
thing in this proposed reform to
keep the state from developing?
And yet Mr. Shields told us in
his speech here that taxes would
increase and double, until they
amounted to the worth of the land
. when the state would take the
land confiscation.
Mr. Shields looked his audience
in the face when he made these
statements and his voice took the
run for Jiigh notes, as the school
hoy declaiming "Excelisorl"
What in the devil is the state
of Oregim going, to do with ' all
this money?
Under single tax they are go
ing to make all these big con
cerns come across with more
taxes Mr. Shields admits that,
and says it's wrong and then in
addition to this they are going to
raise the present . taxes to the
value of the property. P
What for? There is only ten
millions to raise. Is this state
going to run a sinking. fund? Is
it going to play some New Jersey
corporation stock squeeze moves-?
Is the legislature going to pass
a law that all tax money in excess
of ten millions necessary for run
ning expenses, be destroyed in
order that Air. Shields "confisca
tion" dreams may come true?
What rank nonsense to ask
men to whom God gave reasoning
powers to listen to!
What an awful nerve, to stand
before thinking men and have
this hemorrhage!
The single tax people contend
that the extra tax on the present
tax dodgers will allow us to ex
empt improvements from tax
ation, and then have the same
amount of taxes we raise now.
Even if this did not work out,
we would be just the , amount
ahead that these big concerns and
speculators pay, and that much
less for the present property to
pay. Wouldn't we?
It can t g very wrong, can it?
it would certainly ease some,
wouldn t it?
They say it would drive the big
capital investments out of Ore
gon.
Perhaps so, perhaps not; but
et us look at it from both ends.
The man who holds big tracts
of land he won't use, rent or sell.
will either have to pay the same
proportion of taxes on it that you
do or let someone buy it, rent it,
or work it to produce.
And either way, it will be a
mighty good thing, won't it?
If a man wants to hold it dead,
then let him pay live tax values;
if he doesn't then live men will
get it and make it produce.
The Courier editor advocates
the reform because he honestly
believes it is for the good of Ore
gon, and once tried would never
be abandoned.
I The Courier has never received
lone cent for advocating it; it has
i never received one dollar of pa
tronage, job work, advertising,, or
through any other source, from
the single tax people, or the Fels
fund and their records will bear
this out. It has never received a
promise, implied or otherwise, of
any compensation whatever.
We are for the graduated sin
gle tax because we believe it a
big step for plain justice and a
more even break.
It CAN'T be worse than the
present system, which makes the
FEW bear the tax burden a bur
den which is nearing confiscation
for some.
DIFFERENT
CHARLES
WHAT AN OREGON CITY BOY
WRITES FROM VANCOUVER.
OOES NOT DESTROY VALUES,
But Single Tax Increases Them
British Columbia.
(The following is a Dersonal
letter written by S. MacDonald, of
mis city, irom ucean rails, u. u,
October 16th. It was not written
for publication, but as it is di
rect contradictory evidence of the
statements of Chas. H. Shields,
we print same, knowing that
"Mac ' will have no objections.
Ed.)
Dear Brown:
You will recollect that I said I
would look into the matter of
single tax while in Vancouver. In
the first place let me say that Victoria in the
Vancouver is a very fine city.
showing evidence on all sides of
tremendous prosperity and ad
vancement. Sky scraninK build
ings are in evidence everywhere,
many completed and a great
numner in course of erection.
Far out from the city's centre
nomes are being built in such
numbers that streets and walks
can t keep pace with the growth.
Wages are higher here than in
Oregon City and board being from
$0.00 to $6.50 per week.
I might say that way down in
my heart was a feeling of satis
faction when my American frien
ds remarked the enterprise, hus
tle and genius ol this is. li. city.
T 'TTTis is a city of Scots arid one
might well imagine himself in
Glasgow or Edinburgh with that
burr in the speech of the pass
erby. Even on the "Camousan"
officers, waiters, deckhands and
passengers are Scotch mostly.
Every person to whom 1 ad
dressed the query, "How does
Single Tax affect conditions in
Vancouver?" answered without
hesitation: "Single tax is the best
thing we know for Vancouver. I
addressed my Questions to
owners of properties and realty
operators, who of all people
might be expected to be interested
personally. Some remarked that
if nut to a vol it'would result in
two-thirds of the' people voting
for taxes on land values only.
"There is no objection to single
tax," a man remarked, "as Van
couver is prosperous on account
of it."
"All improvements are assess
ed and the city may tax tnem law
fully if necessary, hut during the
last two years land values only
have been taxed, was the in
formation given to me by one
owner of property near Main
street.
On the water front the G. N.
Railroad has bought lots 25 x
100 and paid $15,000 per lot.
These could have been bought a
lew years ago ior shoo a lot. une
corner on Prior and Park bought
o years ago ior niu,iou was as
sessed last year for $60,000. The
owner retusea to sell lor $200,000
This was 57 x 120. On the corner
of Prior and Main, the owner
showed me property he bought
ior s&u.uuu tnree years ago. lie
refused $125,000. for this. Across
the street property sold for $2000
a iront loot.
Now, Mr. Brown, how does this
agree with Mr. Shields statement
that property values are destroy
ed; that the people of Vancouver
are going to go back to the old
system? You may feel like the
Irishman did when he said: "I
hate to call him a liar, bu II
know he is."
"Furthermore the people of
Vancouver Island are deserting
Victoria and coming to Vancouver
to "trade on account of the tax
burden on the merchant at Vic
toria, which makes it impossible
for him to compete with Vancou
ver prices.
Wish you could have heard an
old Scotch millionaire on the boat
who knows this corner of the
earth like a book, tell why and
how this single tax was putting
uacKgrouuu as a
trading and business centre, and
Cringing Vancouver to the front.
Lastly let me say that I do hope
that Clackamas county may vote
solid for the graduated single tax.
I saw an elevator in David
Spencer's department that would
Spencer's department store that
would be the real thing for the
bluff. It was a carrier moving
continually up an incline The
people stepped in and went right
up or down.
Now must close as you are no
doubt tired reading all this, and
wishing the Courier success in its
good work, standing for the best
for all the people all the time.
Yours for Oregon,
"MAC."
m
MOOSE
QE
ENTERPRISE MAKES LIGHT
NING QUICK CHANGE.
AND THEN JUMPS BACK AGAIN
And the Wonder is Where will it
be Next Week.
in our schools and is a graduate
of one of the nest business col
leges in Portland. A vote for M. E.
Gaffney for County Recorder on
November 5th, 1912 will certain
ly be for the right man in the
right place, and an honor to one
of Clackamas County's native
sons.
R. B. BEATIE.
Chairman Democratic Central
Com.
(Paid Advertisement.)
Last
where
next.
It is
week the Courier asked
the Enterprise would be
J! lie
est Light
At the Lowest Cost
ELECTRIC LIGLTT is the most suitable for homes,
offices, shops and other places needing Sight. Elec
tricity can be used in any quantity, lafg or small,
thereby furnishing any required amount of light.
Furthermore, electric hinips cat be located in any
place, thus affording any desired i:8trlbuti a of light.
No other lamps possess V.iw oualificatloii s, there
fore it is not surprising that electric lamps are rapidly
replacing all others in'moderi) establishments.
Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company
MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH ALDER.
PORTLAND
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ACTING UNDER ADVICE.
Mr. QUI Says Democrats Advise
Him not to Take Stand.
Editor Courier:
I notice you again call upon Mr.
Schuebel, Mk. Schnoerr and my
self to state for whom we shall
vote for president. I ,have con
sulted some of my Democratic
friends and they advise me not
to state publicly for whom I shall
vole and I shall follow their ad
vice, -jf
The only concern the public
should have with us candidates is
to know whether we will honestly-
and concientiously perform
the legislative duties for which
we are elected and perform them
in behalf of Clackamas county
and the people of the State of
that. They can logically ask no
more of me.
I notice also that the Courier
states that Mr. Cridge and Mr.
U'Ren had an open challenge for
anyone to debate the single tax'
with them. Both Mr. U'Ren and
Mr. Cridge are valued personal
friends of mine. I have given the
single tax much study and lliot
in the past two years and I am
willing to meet either or both of
these gentlemen in a discussion
of the single tax question. 1 have
no money to pay hall rent or
car fare, as I need all I earn for
a living for my family, and no
one has offered mo the use of any
money in opposing the proposit
ion. 1 did not know that such a
challenge had been made as I do
not receive the Courier, or
should have responded sooner.
am well aware that Mr. U'Ren is
one of the very best debators in
Oregon, trained and experienced,
so that I am fully concious of the
task I set myself in agreeing to
discuss the question with him.
F. M. Gill.
"next" to Roosevelt, of
was luesday. JNext week it will no
doubt get around to Debs, and
come out for him.
For a fun maker and amuse
ment producer, this sheet is
certainly 18 karats in this campaign.
Alter running yards and yards
of tailor-made, Taft editorials,
and telling the people Roosevelt
was "down and out," Tuesday
morning's paper came out with
five bit? three-headed articles
booming Roosevelt for a fare-you
well.
Here are some of the headlines:
"Candidates for state offices
named at Bull Moose Convention
ate all noted for efficiency and
true principles."
"Wilson approves Roosevelt
party."
"Portland business men turn
from old party to Progressives."
"Colonel's election assures
prosperity in the West.
"Roosevelt vote looms im
mense."
And so on with five columns
of boosting as the closest dis
ciple of Roosovelt could even
hope for.
Oh, but the ways of the Enter
prise are runny lunny as a
tombstone.
Condemning Selling in April
ana supporting him in uctober.
Eliminating Roosevelt ars a fac
tor October 2, and giving him five
columns ofUoyal boosts Otober
221.
Favoring Hawley for re-election
and then booming Moose con
vention candidate.
Pleading with the people to
stand by Taft two weeks ago, and
telling the voters "Colonel's el
ection, assures prosperity to the
West" this week.
Whether this U :30 somersalt
was a joke, or whether Candidate
Clark (who was in the city the
other day) "converted" Editor
Brodie to the Strenuous One, is
to guess at. But as there is no
explanation of this very "sudden"
change, "conversion" would seem
to be the natural theory.
We would suggest that the Taft
Republicans get together and
verify the. political latitude and
longitude of the Enterprise's
business office, for if the policy of
the paper keeps on with its week,
ly "breaks" it won't have any
more influence on its readers
than would a drop of dew on a
forest fire. There is certainly
soihething wrong with the exhaust.
A Correction.
Last week's Courier re-printed
an article criticising Charles II.
Shield's Salem speech, and
stating that there were more
single taxors after the speech
than before, etc., and then cred
ited it to the Statesman. This
was a case of the pencil writing
the wrong word. The article was
taken from and should have been
credited to the Salem Mesenger.
NOT TIME OR PLACE.
A LAME DUCK CIRCULAR.
Portland Bunch Telling Sapheads
How to Vote.
Last week circular letters
poured into Oregon Cityand no
doubt every voter in the state got
one. It was sown broad cast and
in drills.
It -is against the single tax
measure, a re-hash of the
Shield's dope. Sig Sichel and G.
W. Joseph, two precious politic
al old time gangsters of Port-
and are the authors. Signed to
the circular is the name of a
capitalist who has no money on
tiie assessment roils. This is a
habit of capitalists in Oregon,
time. None of the lot are assess-
They are always broke assess
ment time. None or the lot are as
sessed for any personal property
to speak of. One of the fawyers
signed up is down for some of
fice furniture. In other words this
capitalist and the politicians and
awyer9 and good men are single
taxers so far as escaping taxes
on their peisonal belongings are
concerned, but not on other peop
le s especially tnat of working
people. They pay no taxes on
money, altho posing as moneyed
men. They speakin IheYame of
property owners ' but dodge all
the taxes they can.
ihe list of names as a whole
s enouKh to damn the circular
with any man who knows the
bunch, the one or two decent and
respected names in the bunch are
rnpiy good aog irays. in mi-
ghly bad company.
U'Ren Shields Debate Dates,
There certainly will be some
great crowds at the coming joint
debates between W. S. U'Ren of
this city and Charles H. Shields
of Portland, on the issuo of the
single tax. . Following are the
dates:
Portland, October 23.
Hood-River, Octobor 25.
Oregon City, Octobor 2(5.
Salem, October 28.
Portland, October 29.
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Story of Dead Girl Should not be
Told from Pulpits.
Editor Courier: -
Oregon City was treated to the
disgusting indecency this past
Sunday of having two ministers
of the gospel gloat over the aw
ful tragedy of last week. It was
not enough that every man, wo
man, and child in town is thor
oughly familiar with the ghastly
details; that the officers of the
law have taken up the case; that
the young men in the concerned
were still in the shadow of the
courts, waiting for the trial which
was to determine their guilt or
innocence rbut these two must
sieze upon the incident Jo at
tract a crowd to their Sunday eve
ning meetings.
The circumstances attending
the suicide of the girl pointed
their own moral, and sent the
terrible lesson home to every boy
and girl in the city. Certainly
these two preachers could not
add to it. But to men ignorant of
the fitness of things, it was an
opportunity they couldn't resist.
Not a thought for the families
most concerned; not a - care for
the influence such talk might
have, should the case come Be
fore a jury but instead a golden
opportunity to talk to a lot of
young people especially girls,
on a suggestive topic.
And the irony (hat lies in the
fact that ono of these preachers
was the dead girl's pastor! I won
der when he saw her last? If she
was careless in her church duties,
what did this pastor or his church
ever do about it? Yet the child
had professed conversion and was
on the church rolls.
To the iiihiioii the sidewalk
it looks as though ono preacher
at least could nve ieit tiie girl
out of his sermon, and subsut
uted himself and his church. Tho
girl has paid the price. Let her
rest. But what do her fellow con
verted ones on tho church rolls
think ol it?
THOMAS D1DYMUS
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FOR THE
LEGISLATURE?
DO YOU WANT TO GET WORTH
OF YOUR VOTE?
THEN VOTE FOR THE MAN
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Notice.
To the stockholders of the Ogle
Mountain Mining Co:
lhe annual meetinsr or said
company will be held on Monday,
November 4, lla at 1 o clock p.
m.. at Knann's hall. Tenth and
Main street, Oregon City, Or.
Ogle Mountain Mining Co.
By J. Ii. Fairclough, Pres.
cratic nouiineo for County Rec
order, for Clackamas County, is
the only candidate for that office
whose name will annear on the
official ballot at the general elect
ion, that was regularly nominated
at tho Primary Election, held on
April, i Din, luiz. Mr. 1,. n. Wil
liams, the Republican nominee,
elected at said Primary Election,
having failed to file his accept
ance of said office as required by
law. i lie Democratic party should
be commended for placing upon
their ticket tho name of M. E.
Gaffney for County Recorder, as
he is one of tho best qualified
men in the county for that of
fice, and if elected will personally
attend to the duties of the office
with credit to himself and en
tire satisfaction to4he tax payers
of the county.
Mr. M. E. (iaffney is the son of
ono of the old and most respected
pioneers of Clackamas county,
and has resided in this county
almost his entire life. His oc
cupation is that of a farmer, and
has continually made that his
business up to the present time.
He has taken the advantage of
acquiring a thorough education
Gilbert L. Hedges, candidate for
District Attorney, has practised
law in Oregon City for the past
lourieen years, lie occupied Hie
ollice of District Attorney for
two years under appointment by
Governor Chamberlain. He beliov
s under his oath of ollice. that
tho laws on tho slatuto bookg, of
me Maie must no eniorceu. lie
prosecuted with vigor all cases
that came before him before his
incumbency. Mr. Hodges tried
nine men for murder (luring his
term and convicted all but one
He personally investigates all
mailers that come before tho of
fice and will see that all com
plaints receive their duo con
sideration. If Mr. Hedges is el
ected to the Fifth Judicial Dis
trict o line istaie or uregon, em
bracing the Counties of Glacka
mas, Clatsop, Columbia and
Washington, the people will, un
der" all circumstances, protect the
public.
R. B. Beatie, Chairman Demo
cratic Committee.
Paid Advertisement.
Washer d aoi aoi aoi aoi aoiiiiii
Locals and Personals.
Hear the U'Ren-Shields single
lax debate Saturday night.
At the Congregational Church
on Sunday morning tho pastor,
Rev. Geo. Nelson Edwards, will
ipeak on "What is a Christian
Church?" In tho evening the sub
ject will be "Who is responsible
for the Liquor Iraluc?
Charles Boylan, formerly of
this city and Miss Anna Owens,
both of Seasido, were married
Monday at tho bride's home.
Manager O. E. Freylag of the
publicity department, will take an
ehibit from this county to the
land show in Minneapolis next
month.
A little indication of the growth
of this county is the registration
gain of 1317 since two years ago.
1 he total then was 5,8-ii) and now
7,166. The Republicans have a
gain of 608. the Democrats of
445, bocialists 125, Probis 6,
Independents 92.
And What he Stands for Forget
the Party and 8Tag.
When you spend your vote on
November 5, you ouidit to be
just as particular in getting its
worth as you are for the dollar
you lay on the grocer's counter.
au eyes are on 0egon. She
ana ner lanious system are on
trial, and her state legislature is
being watched as the cat watches
the canary.
One week from next Tuesday
you men are going to send three
men to tho state capital, and
these men are going to boost or
pull back on progressive legisla
tion. And do you know-which?
Are you as much interested in
what you will get for your vote
as you are in your dollar's worth
of groceries.
'there are four candidates be
fore the POODlo throe shall hn
taken and one left.
It doesn't so much matter
which ones shall bo left as which
three shall be taken.
Peter Noyer, a farmer' of Mol
alla, is the democratic nominee.
Noyer has been to Salem before
and his enemies can't say any
thing against his record. He is
a progressive Democrat, but a
careful man. Ho is for the Ore
gon system, for all the power tho
voters can get, and he is for econ
omy and the elimination of use
less commissions and political
jobs.
The Courier knows you won't
go wrong on Mr. Noyer. What
our legislature needs is more of
his calling. The Courier knows
hisv otes will be on the popular
(tho people's) side of the ' many
measures to come up at the com
ing session. Never mind your
parly. The party doesn't vote at
Salem. Vote for the man.
C. Schuebel is a republican
nominee, endorsed by the demo
crats, but so far as the party goes
pass it up and see what he stands
for. He proposes to work for leg
islation that vou aa'l I want. it
doesn't matter two tinkers' darns
whether a man is a Christian Sci
entist or a reform speller, a sin
gle taxer, an anti, or a suffragist
if ho doliver8 the goods the
majority want.
Mr. Schuebel says he will in
troduce a bill to permit farmers
to burn slashings and clear land
between June 1 and October 1.
Now wo close the season to the
farmer and employ numerous fire
wardens to guard the timber bar
ons' tracts and the Southern Pa
cific's big holdings.
Mr. Schuebel has prepared a
bill to abolish school supervisors.
Tho ofl'ico is as neodloss as an
oxlra box at tho post-office and
abolishing it will save tax bur
dened old Clackamas $4,000 a
year. Tho sentiment for doing
away with this offico is almost
unanimous.
In a public letter and draft of
a bill recently published in this
paper, Mr. Schuebel showed how a
'joker" in a bill passed at Salem,
allowed over 250,000 water horse
power to be appropriated from
the falls here, and the most of it
escapes taxation. His proposed
bill provides all shall pay tho
same license fee, and ho declares
that if it becomes a law, it will
give thi3 county $125,000 in li
cense fee from the falls here
alone. Mr. Schuebel says if this
bill passes, it will add at least
$15,000,000 in value to this coun
try's tax rolls. Portland now col
lects taxeH on $1,000,000 of prop
erty now located in this county.
And he stands for and is plodg
ed to work for a workingman's
day, not to exceed ten hours, and
a week not to oxceed sixty hours.
No candidate for the legisla
ture (so far as this paper is able
to learn) has ever presented to
the public, before tho election, the
law hn stands for as Mr. Schue
bel has done. These measures
are all of interest to the tax pay
ers and common people of Clack,
nmas county and slate of Oregon.
Men should, vote on their common
sense and not their prejudices,
regardless of political affiliations
in this case.
The Courier is a democraiio
paper and supports tho demo
cratic ticket but is broad minded
enough to support a man who
comes out bjfore the publio and
stands for a square deal and for
tho principles and measures that
are in the Interests of the tax
payers of this county and state.
And tho Courier will do it, ev
ery time.
Notice of Final Settlement.
Notice iu hereby (riven that tho
undersigned administrator of the
estate of Cornelia J. Hoyles. de
ceased, has filed his final account
as such administrator with the
clerk of the county court of Clack
amas county, state or uregon, and
that the Judge of said Court has
set Monday, the 25th day of Nov
ember 1912, at tho hour of 10
o'clock A. ML of said day, at tho
County Court Room in the Court
House at uregon Guy, Clacka
mas County, Oregon, as the time
and place of hearing any and all
objections thereto.
Any and all persons having ob
jections to said report are hereby
notified to appear at said time
and place and present said ob
they have.
Dated October 18th, 1912.
P. M. BOYr.ES
Administrator of the estate of
Cornelia J. Boyles, deceased.
Dimick & Dimick, Attorneys
for Administrator.