OREGON CITY COURIER Published Fridays from the Courier Building, Eighth and Main streets, and en tered in the Postoffice at Oregon City, Ore., as second class mail matter. OREGON CITY COURIER PUBLISHING COMPANY, PUBLISHER M.J. BROWN, A. E. FROST, OWNERS. Subscription Pric $1.50. M. J. BRAWN, HAWLEY. The Republican congressional committee is sending out a card telling what Congressman Haw- ley lias done, and the following are a few or the choicest gems: "No interests to serve but the public interests." Hawley. And then he voted with the stand-pat, big Business bunch from A to uzard. "He has . a record of un questioned integrity as an aggressive servant of the people." Yes. He stood by Cannon when the PEOPLE of this country were trying to pry him loose from our government. . He voted no on the Canadian reciprocity bill. He refused to vole on the Ar izona statehood that would give that stale the recall, i He refused to vote on the bill to put agriculture implements on the free list. He voted no on the attempt to pass the farmers' free list bill over the president's veto. He refused to vote on the bill to reduce the duties on wool. He refused to vote on the ef fort to pass the wool bill over the president's veto. He voted no on senate amend ment to pass the cotton reduct ion bill. He refused to vote on the prop osition to put sugar on the free list. He voted no to reduce the dut ies on the iron and steel bill. He voted no on schedule after scheduk) under tho Payne bill to reduce duties on lumber, hides and the many articles that would have reduced the cost of living, and yet his card tolls us "He has proven to bo a safe and effective legislat or of great practical wis dom." It MUST have been PRACTICAL wisdom to sustain tho above voting record the same quality that Roosevelt and Harriman had at their "conference" when Roos evelt explained to him that "we are practical men." The Hawley card tells the dear people he was "active" in the passage of an appropriation of $200,000 for tho enforcement of the anti-trust laws. Another bit of "practical wis dom" playing both ends of the trusts. He was "active," the enrd ex plains, in the passage of labor legislation. Wonder what it was? Ho voted ' against the resolution calling for information on foreign wages. Tho card says ho favors "re vision and modification of the tariff laws," and in view of his VOTING RECORD on tariff re vision it reminds mo of "When tho devil was sick Tho devil a saint would bn, Kut when the devil got well. The divil a saint was he. Any man who stands for tho recall, tariff revision, trust pros ecution, and other progressive doctrines can't vote for Hawley without being a traitor to him. self. FINE SYSTEM. Hore's the way a farmer illus trated it tho other day: "I let my hired hand go, after harvesting; paid him off, $25. He went to Portland, got drunk, spent $20 and was finod $5. "I stayed at homo, bought $15 worth of paint, gavo a man $10 to paint the house and was fined $5 increase in taxes on improve ments. "Tho hired man beat mo $5." CAMPBELL'S PLATFORM. "I am in this fight as a Pro gressive, and because the plat form of tho Progressive party ex presses my conviction as to the matter contained therein. I be lieve that I can serve tho people of this great state by identifying mysolf with tho only party in the nation which absolutely recog nizes Oregon's leadership in thoso progressive ideas. If elected I will act as the servant of the people and not their mastor." The Center of Business Advantage Draw a circle twenty miles in diameter, with this bank in the center, and you will have within this circle a public institution radiating business advaniages to hundreds of people in every direc tion. Ten miles in every direction is not the lim it of this bank's usefulness. We have customers at greater distances. If you are within the twenty-mile circle, we ask you to share with these other hundreds, the benefits of our bank service. The Bank of Oldest Bank Telephones, Main 5-1; Home A 5-1 EDITOR VOTE YE8. Equal suffrage 30QX YES. Making bank Stockholders li able 312 X YES. State employees on eight hour day 332 X YES. Tho "Blue Sky bill" 334 X Yes. Abolishing state senate 302 X YES. For graduated single lax 304 X YES. Abolishing capital punish ment 366 X YES. Clackamas county law, grad uated single tax 376 X YES. VOTE NO. Creating office of lieutenant governor 303 X NO. Taxation amendment, opposed by U'Ren, Wagnon, Orton, Daly and others 305 X NO. Taxation amendment, different rates on different classes of prop erty, opposed by U'Ren, MacAllis tor, Wagnon and others 307 X NO. Repealing present tax laws, ex. cept poll tax. Would take away your rights as to taxation 309 X NO. "Majority Rule joker 311 X NO. Public service commission bill 315 X NO. To divide Clackamas county 319 X NO. Create State board of regents 321 X NO. Amend initiative law to re quire majority of all votes to pass initiative measures 323 X NO. Tho nine road bills and bonding propositions vote NO. Creating state highway depart ment 327 X NO. Creating hotel inspector 331 X NO. Creating state road board 343 X NO. Amendment to exempt furnit ure, fixtures, etc., a bill to de tract from the graduated singlo single tax 355 X NO. Revising inheritance taxes 357 X NO. Prohibiting boycotting 309 X NO. Prohibiting street speeches 371 X NO. Referendums on legislative appropriations of half million dollars to University of Oregon 373 X NO, 375 X NO. NEWSPAPER VIEWS. (Polk Couty Itomizor.) Personally as a man of limited means and small land holdings it does not make one bit of differ ence to the ownor of tho Itemizor whether tho singlo tax measure carries or not. let if it uid, ana from what we can ttather of. its operations elsewhere, entirely uninfluenced Uy Uio argumoms put forth pro and con in the daily papors we aro inclined to mo uo lief that for the small land owner and average taxpayer it would prove a good thing, and tins must not bo construed as making us an advocate of single lax in any way, shape or form. Wo aro simply taking with agrain of salt ttio ar guments put forth by thoso who generally aro not working for the good of the oilier fellow. Seems odd that the money powers of Oregon should spend so much money to defeat tho graduated single tax when their orators tell us that it will ruin the "litllo fellow and take the tax off the "bit? one." Looks like It would half tioklo thorn to death to soo it pass. lJut thon, like Josli Hillings, wo are seven kids of a nalural-born-durn-fool, anyhow, and don't understand much about Ins thing thoy call pontics. Stayton Mail. Under tho graduated tax amendmont to be voted on at the next election, tno estimate is made that tho amount raised in Yamhill county by tho new plan would pay 01 per cent or tno siato tax as heretofore paid by the county. In a good many counties it would pay an tno state tux, ami in others would leave a surplus r other purposes. McMinnville Register. Hear the U'Ren-Shields singlo tax debate Saturday night. Oregon City in The County OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, OCT. USE YOUR HEADS. It costs so much' to run the state. If you make the higher ups pay their part of it, will it "confiscate" your property? Did you ever know big business to be so vitally concerned over your taxation before? Ever think why? Smoke out the interests fight ing the graduated singlo tax and then seo if you ever knew this bunch to play tho farmers and poor men's game. Making water powers, railroads public service corporations, spec ulator, rights-of-way, franchis es, and largo land owners pay just taxes won't "confiscate" a farm unless you figure it the way tho boy did on the toad that hopped up one foot and fell back two. You are up in rebellion against too heavy taxation. The air was full of your howls last spring. Too few of you paying too much. A week from next Tuesday vote to equalize it. There will never be ruin in Ore. gon, unless the voters really want it; there will never bo "confisca tion" until you burn up the rev enues and invite it. Don't be a crow and get scared at Henry George's hat on a stick. What we vote on a week from Tuesday is the graduated tax amendment. Wo don't vote on Henry George's public ownership any more than to try Bellamy's "Looking Backward." How you going to "confiscate property" when the people of Ore gon have full legislative powers? Will someone please EXPLAIN? The big fellows don't want to come across that is tho whole opposition. Over 2 000 big property own ers in Oregon will have to come through for a graduated tax if the amendment carries Nevember 5. Will this "confiscate" tho land of any worker? Four years ago the singlo tax ers of Oregon could bo counted in dozens, today they are counted by thousands. This taxation re form is bound to come, and the state that first adopts will get the thousands of settlers hunting for homes where axes do NOT almost confiscate. ? ? ? ? Why did Mr. Shields of Seattle, arid his Equal Taxation League of Portland fail to file their Anti Single Tax Amendment? If the Graduated Single Tax Amendment is a rich man's measure, why do all the rich men fight it so bit lerly? Do you remember any time when all t ne banners anu tno rail roads anil tho Water Power Trust and the Big land speculators were spending thousands of dollars to defeat any measure that they really believed would put more money in tneir pockets or make the in pay less taxes? Do you remember any time in tho past when tho bankers and the rich men generally, tho land speculators and the Dig corporat. ions hired men and newspapers to work lor tho adoption- ol any Dill that would decrease the farmers' and workingmens' taxes? If so, when was it and what was the bill? Is there any working man in Oregon who remembers any time when tho rich men of the state spent their money to pass a law for raising tho working man's wages? Or for shortening work ingmens' hours? Or for abolish, ing the black list? Or for fixing a minimum wago for women? Or for prohibiting child labor? Does any farmer in Oregon re member a timo when tho rich men of tho State wero spending their money to hire orators and news papers to urge the adoption of a law that would reduce the farm ers' taxos? When tho Grangers in 1900 proposed their two laws to col lect lieonso taxes from railroads, express . companies and oilier public ffirvioo -corporations, how much did tho bankers and other rich men of Oregon contribute to pay the expenses of submitting those two bills? Not a dollar. But both of thoso laws did help to reduce the fann ers' taxes. The abolition of tho poll tax and head tax by the County Home Rule Tax Amendment of 1910 re duced the taxes on laborers and working men $3 per year. Neither the bankers or other rich men, nor ttio railroad or other public service corporations paid a dol lar towards tho expenses of sub mitting that aniondmont. The Eel's Fund Commission paid all tho expenses. Tho same classes who opposed that amendmont aro now opposing tno uraduated sin gle 'lax Amendment. Do you think it is because they believe its adoption will decrease their taxes and increase yours? WHY? The state tax commission and the legislative tax committee's bills and amendments would not assess diamonds, and similar personal effects in actual use," notes, accounts, bank furniture, water powers, franchises, loan sharks and money leiuhis. They would tax machinery, furniture in factories, ships, horses, cattle, farm implements, farm clearings and practically everything ttio farmer has except his household furniture. If it is not right to tax furniture in tho home, why should it be taxed in tho factory? If diamonds and automobiles and "similar personal effects in ac tual use" are to bo exempt from taxes, why should not horses, cows, plows, reapers."" farm buildings and other labor values in actual use bo exempt from tax es? Governor Wilson is going to carry Clackamas county put a pin there. Roosevelt and Taft have both failed to curb the trusts now try Wilson's idea. Tie silk stocking bunch is loud enough for YOUR personal property to be taxed, but darn 'em they hide theirs safe enough. Portland "sap suckers" telling Clackamas county "hayseeds" how to vote. Vote against what they tell you, and you will play it safe. Is the income tax the thing in Oregon? Would it get to the mil lionaire and speculators who in vest in unproducing land that has no income t Tho harvester trust boosted the prietj of hemp rope and gave the tribute to tho ReDublican campaign fund. If you want to have the grad uated single tax tried in Oregon, vote 364 X yes, and 362 X yes. And if you will try it, here's a bet you never change back. Give the little district school more money and better facilities, and vote down that half million appropriation for the state un iversity. What say you? Arthur Howland of Grant's Pass, has purchased a half in terest in the real estate business with S. O. Dillman and the firm will hereafter be Dillman & How. land. The new firm will run a general real estate business and they are going after business in this county. How long are we going to permit the American trusts to sell their products in Eur opean markets for thirty to forty per cent less than they sell to we who are taxed for their protection? Salem Messenger. Just as long as we send such trust-protectors to congress as Willis Hawley. Isn't it. odd that the identical sewing niachines that cost hard working women $25 in this coun try should be sold in Mexico for $10 less? Perhaps if the tariff were taken off, American women might fare as well as Mexican t Ihn hnnHs nf the. Sew ing Machine Trust. It's worth trying, anyhow, don t you tninkr One of a thousand reasons why Wilson should bo elected. Rose burg Review. California, south of us, is going to vote on the exemption of im provements from taxation; Lan ada to the north of us is doing the same as fast as she can. Men will be selling property in Oregon and going north and south, and thousands of settlers will pass up Oregon and go where they don't fine improvements, uetter vote 364 X yes, and bo one of the first states to try taxation re form. THERE'S A LESSON. The editor has all kinds of charity for the girl that makes a mistake, but mighty little for the full-grown man who urges her to make it. I have mighty little use for the cradle robber, for the man past his majority who will help a girl to go wrong. Judge Beatie sentenced John Finicune and Harry Timmons to a year's imprisonment for their connection with the recent joy ride with two young girls of this city and he did the right thing. We are net going to make any first page features of this unfor tunate matter and the tragedy which followed it. The girl is dead, a-suicide, but her parents, and her companion of the night are alive and they need sympa thy and charity. We all know there is far too many of these school girl affairs in this city, and there has been far too little punishment. In nearly every caso lieniency was shown, which it appears has acted as incouragement for oth ers. This sentence of Judge Bea tio will stop this cradle snatching, it will put the fear into the hearts of this class of men. And you fathers and mothers of girls can't you tlnd something in this tragedy to set you to thinking? Do you know whore your girl is these nights and .in what com pany? A fifteen year old girl needs all the watching and advice you can give her, and this loath and sad ending of a girl just coming into life should impress it on you to get close to your daughters, got their confidence, and make your council felt. Oregon City citizons cannat doubt it. Doan's Kidnqy Pills wore usod they cured. The story was told to Oregon City residents. Time has strengthened tho ev idence. Has proven the cure perman ent. Tho testimony is from this locality. The proof convincing. Mrs. A. M. Hallabaugh, 328 A. Grant St., Portland, Ore., says: "For two or three years I suffer ed from kidney complaint and in flammation of tho bladder. I had considerable backache, but the worse sympton of my trouble was with the kidney secretions. Doan's Kidney Pills relieved me soon after I began their use and in claims made for them." (State ment given January 16, 1906.) Re-endorsement. Mrs. Hollabaugh was inter viewed on March 26, 1910 and she added to the above: "My health has been excellent during the past several years, due to oc casional uso of Doan's Kidney Pills. I cannot say enough in praise of this remedy." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Millburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and tako no other. .S 1912 E SEVEN REASONS FOR THINKING OREGON VOTERS. He Has Been a Power for the Peo ple and Should be Continued. (By W. S. U'Ren.) (1) As senator, he can and will do more to increasp the Peo ple's Power by aiding tho univer sal adoption of the initiative,' ref erendum and recall, than any other man Oregon could elect. What a man will do is t obe judg ed by what he has done. SenatoB Bourne has done more in tho past six years than any other one man to make known to' the people of the United States the advantages of direct legislation. It is to Senaor Bourne that Oregon owes the enforcement of the Statement No. 1 plan for direct election of the United Senators. Largely be cause of that enforcement Con gress at its last session submit ted to the state legislature an amendment to the national con stitution providing for the direct election of senators by the peo ple. (2) As senator Mr. Bourne can do more to secure approval of that amendment by the state legislature than can possibly be done by any other candidates now before the people of Oregon. No man in congress did more than Senator Bourne to pass through Congress the pending amend ment for direct election of sena tors. (3) He is with the plain peo ple always for control of the gov ernment, and always has the courage of his convictions. On many issues and especially taxa tion and tariff, I do not agree with him; but all these issues are of slight importance compared with obtaining for the people of tho nation and of tho states the direct power to control the state and national law making through the initiative and referendum. That is the vital issue, and on that question Senator Bourne is not only right, but he has very great power in the national con gress. (4) Senator Bourne gets re sults; when a friend censured him because he did not come home to take care of his campaign, he answered that if he had done so ho could not have got his parcels post bill through congress, and he would rather have that bill made a law than be re-elected senator. No one can question his integrity or his truthfulness, both to his friends and to his enemies. (5 ) By reason of his position as chairman and member of many powerful committees in tho sen ate, he has now far greater pow er to advance the initiative, ref erendum and recall in other states a well as in congress, than any new senator could possibly ac quire in less than another six years. The advantage of these committee positions in advancing the local Interests of Oregon as well as the interests of the peo ple of the nation does not need to be stated. The passage of his parcels post bill is demonstra tion as to national laws and the appropriations he has obtained for Oregon, are absolute proof as to the interests of this state. (6) Senator Bourne is tho ori ginator of the Presidential Pri mary Law already copied by a sufficient number of stales to break up government of political parties by machines in nomina ting candidates for president. He has been an active member of the People's Power League and kindred organizations for many years and has never denied the faith, as Mr. Selling did last July. (7) Last, but by no means least, as n demonstration of Sen ator Bourne's usefulness to the people of his fitness" for the of fice, I offer the continuous and bitter condemnation of Senator Bourne by tho Daily Oregonian, and all the other friends and ser vants of monopoly, during his en lire term of service. Can there bo any stronger testimony to his character and ability, and his use fulness to tho plain people? As to tho criticism of Mr. Bourne's course in consenting to become an independent candidate: The Primary Law guards very carefully the right of any citizen to appeal from tho decision of part of the people at any primary election, to the judgment of all the people at a general election, by means of an independent nom ination. Not only this, but State Senator Selling, as president of the state senate in 1911, with his fellow legislators, was most enthusiastic in appealing to the people for a re-hearing on three constitutional amendments con cerning taxation; two of these wero rejected and one adopted in 1910. The legislature, and Mr. Selling, as one of the members. resubmitted the two that were rejected and submitted another to repeal the one that was adopted, because they said the people did did not know what they were do ing and had made a mistake. Therefore, we are voting again on these three amendments at the coming election. With how much more reason must a group of citizens appeal to all the people from a decision of part of the people at a primary election, when that group is mor ally certain that their candidate was defeated and that Mr. Selling was nominated through illegal expenditure of money? In such a case an appeal to the people by an independent nomination is not only right, but it is the duty of such a group of citizens to de mand the juddgment of all the people in any case where that group believes the law has been violated by the successful candi date for the nomination. Fully believing that Senator Bourne should be re-elected I respectfully ask the attention of my fellow-citizens who believe in the initiative, referendum and recall, and who advocate the adoption of these measures in other states, to- the above state me nt. I can see no reason why a Progressive citizen should vote for Mr. Selling, though I can see a very good reason for the re-ac-tionarios and standpatters doing so. Respectfully submitted, (Adv. Paid for by W. S. U'Ren.) IT EN SHOULD 11 4 4 ' In presenting my name to the voters of Clackamas county as a candidate for re-election for the office of County Assessor, I do so with no small degree of pride, as I have been highly complimented by many citizens of all political parties as having made one of the best assessors Clackamas county has ever had, be this-truc or not, I have endeavored to do my duty, and my record is open for inspection. I cordially invite the tax payers of this county to call at the Court House and make a personal examination of the rcoopds, pertaining to my as sessments of all property, includ. ing the Big corporations. A report is being circulated by some un scrupelous person or persons, that I have reduced the assess ment on the .corporations, and the big holdings in this county since I assumed the duties of County Assessor. In reply to such re ports will say that they are false, and are only being circulated by petty politicians. A personal examination of the records will thoroughly convince you that such reports are un tiue. I appeal to all voters in NOW IS THE TIME, MR. HOUSE OWNER TO PAINT YOUR HOUSE AND BARN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, BEFORE THE HEAVY WINTER RAINS SET IN- COME IN AND LET US GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE, AND BE SURPRISED HOW LITTLE IT WILL COST YOU TO BUY MA TERIAL OF THE FIRST CLASS. OUR CELEBRATED "FIR BRAND" SHINGLE STAIN WrflCH WE ARE SELLING AT G5o A GALLON IS ABSOLUTELY GUAR ANTEED AND WILL COVER FROM 150 TO 175 SQUARE FT. TO A GALLON. PUT UP IN ALL COLORS. OUR ECONOMY BARN AND ROOF PAINT AT $1.00 A GAL. CANNOT BE DUPLICATED NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PAY FOR DIFFERENT BRANDS. WE ALSO HANDLE THE CELEBRATED "PHOENIX" HOUSE PAINT WHICH IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST PIONEER WHITE LEAD MIXED WITH THE BEST LINSEED OIL IN THE MARKET, AND THEREFORE WILL COVER MORE SURFACE AND LAST LONGER THAN ANY OTHER PAINT. . We carry everything in the paint line FRANK BUSCH ELEVENTH MAIN OREGON CITY Shall The flag Continue to Wave The Headers of this paper do not dream that there is a conserted effort to pull down our flag and raise the red rag of anarchy in its place, but nightly on the streets of Portland such steps are advocated. Women and children are insulted and forced to go blocks out of their way to avoid these foul-mouthed transient tramps. Help eliminate them by voting No. 370. See Voters' Pamphlet. Kill Him! lie is a Scab How would you like your husband, father or son, earnest ly trying tto earn his daily wage, insulted, hounded and as saulted by those who, in the name of Unionism, camp around the factory in which t,hey are employed. Why should a man be killed for trying to be clean and independent? Read and Vote No. 3(H. See Volers'Pamphlet. (Paid Adv.) Employers' Assn. of Oregon, W. C. Francis, Secretary. Oh, How What long nerve-racking days of con stant torture what sleepless nights of terrible agony itch itch itch, con stant itch, until it seemed that I must tut off my very skin then Instant reUef my skin cooled, soothed and healed! The very first drops of D.D.D. Pre scription for Eczema stopped that awful itch instantly: yes. the very moment D.D.D. touched the burning skin the tor ture ceased. D.D.D. has been known for years as the only absolutely reliable eczema JONES DRUG COMPANY, OREGON CITY, OREGON. Clackamas county, regardless of party politics, to investigate my record, and also the record of my opponent, and the one whoso rec ord promises to bo the most sat isfactory, should be the people's choice. Yours very truly, J. E. Jack, County Assessor. (Paid Advertisement.) Mortgage Loans. 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