OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY OCT. 25, 1912.
Four new style
Victor-Victrolas
Victor-Victrola X
$75
Victor-Victrola XI
$100
Ifift
Victor-Victrola XIV
$150
Victor-Victrola XVI
$200
- Wonderful are the improvements made in
these four new style Victor-Victrolas.
One of the most wonderful things about them
is that there has been no increase in price.
Come in and see and hear these new instru
ments. We'll 'gladly demonstrate thenTto you
at any time.
Other styles $15 to $50. Victors o to $100.
Terms to suit your convenience if desired.
BURMEISSER & ANDRESEN
VICTOR. B EDISON DEALERS
Suspension Bridge Corner OREGON CITY, ORECON
OREGON CITY.
U'Ren-Shields.
Shiveley's opera house.
Saturday night at eight.
Greek' will meet Greek at the
opera house Saturday night, but
both will talk English.
. Richard Beich of Portland, will
speak for woman's suffrage at
Seventh and Tenth streets Sat
urday night.
Brick laying is now well under
way on the new Carnegie library
and with dry weather the building
will go up fast.
William Andreson's new resi
dence on Jefferson street, facing
the park, is nearly enclosed and
will be a hansonie home.
Saturday night is green Point
Hose Company's annual dance, a
Hallowe'en party, and a splendid
time is a certainly.
Master Sidney Brown enter
tained a dozen of his young
friends at his home at 509 Third
street Monday. It was his seventh
birthday.
The drugstores of the city
have agreed to close their stores
at eight o'clock each night, ex
cept Saturday nights and pay
''days.
Wanted Boy over 16 to do
general farm work and able to
milk. Address Charles Menke,
Oregon City, Rt. 4.
For months Messrs. U'Ren and
Shields lmve been trying to ar
range articles of agreement. Now
they have signed up, and at the
opera house Saturday night you
will hear arguments on both
sides of the single tax issue that
you cannot afford to miss.
Next Wednesday night is the
one night in the year the small
boy thinks the policeman should
go home and to bed, and let him
run things. It's Hallowe'en. But
like Fourth of July, this license
date is wearing out and kids have
to behave themselves.
W. A. White of Jefferson St.
sent an apple to the Courier of.
fice this week that shows what
old Oregon can do when she
spreads herself. The apple was
picked in his yard, is a perfect
specimen, and measures an even
fifteen inches . It is the Wolf
River variety.
H. C. Clyde of Meade Post G. A.
R., has some rare old " relics of
"the days that tried men's souls,"
which were sent to the post by
the secreary of the treasury, Mr.
McVaigh. They are confederate
bills, money that was in actual
circulation during the war 20's,
10's and 5's, issued by "the Con
federate States of America."
Mayor Dimick was in Salem
Wednesday where he argued for
an appeal to the supreme court
the case of William Hardin of
this county, who was found guilty
of a criminal charge against his
step daughter several monins
ago. Hardin was sentenced to 20
years in the Salem penitentiary.
This (Friday) evening will oc
cur the annual banquet of the
church brotherhoods at the Bap
tist Church and preparations are
being made for 200 men. The
banquet is public and supper will
be 35 cents per plate. It will be
held in the basement, beginning
at 6:30. Dr. Charles M Sheldon
will be the principle speaker, and
others on the program will be 1.
J. Tooze, C. H. Dye, J. W. Loder
and Dr. T. B. Ford.
DR. CLYDE MOUNT, Dentist,
Masonio Temple. (
Hear the U'Ren-Shields single
tax dobate Saturday night.
Roy B. Taylor and i,ydia Starr
of this city were - married by
Judge Beatie Tuesday.
Fresh strawberries, green cu
cumbers and fruit galore. Aren't
you glad you live in old Oregon?
The local news has been some
what neglected this week, but pol
itical news is local news, these
days.
Only the man who gets there
early will be sure of a seat at the
U'Ren-Shields single tax debate
Saturday night.
This is jus to keep it before
you that we will have another
campaign as soon as this" one is
over a campaign for an elevator
long wanted.
Miss Kate Vonderahe, an em
ployee of the Pacific' Telephone
Co., while on her way to the of
fice Tuesday, slipped on the wet
walk and broke her left arm.
B. T. McBain, F. A. Olmstead
and John Lewthwaite are home
from a two months trip through
New York, Massachusetts, Ohio,
and Pennsylvania, where they
have visited all the paper mills
of the country. And the boys are
all glad to get back to the sun
set land.
R. II. Bradshaw, a resident of
the eastern part of the county,
has brought suit against Clack
amas county for $2,000 damages
as he alleged, for injuries re
ceived because of the dangerous
condition of the road between
Ames and Bull Run. He claims
he was thrown from his wagon,
the wagon passing over his leg,
and that the leg had to be am
putated. The opinion seems to be gener
al that county division doesn't
stand a 100 to 1 chance, and it
probably does not, but at the
same time it should be remember,
ed that security was lost a lot of
big things in this old ward. JEv
ery voter wants to vote, and get
the other fellow to vote, and ev
ery voter wants to do all-he can
to stop this attempt to spli old
Clackamas.
Three Car Loads of White Rlb
bonera Here Friday.
Friday forenoon three carloads
of W. C. T. U. members, now in
national convention in Portland,
will visit Oregon City and the
big paper and woolen mills. The
cars will leave Portland at nine
a. m., arriving here at 10. There
will be from 15 Oto 200 ladies,
from 40 different states.
The Live Wires took this mat
ter up Tuesday and unanimously
voted a welcome to the ladies, vo
ted a few dollars to help defray
expense of cars and appointed the
following committees to meet
them: W. F. Sullivan, Recorder
Stipp, Dr. Hugh Mount and Prof.
Tooze.
Saw Mill Men or Farmers.
Will trade for lumber or for
sale:
1 farm horse, weight l.lOOlbs.
1 good set blacksmith tools.
1 set of harness.
1 three-inch wagon.
1 three-horse power Fairbanks
Morse gasoline engine, good as
new.
1 Bull-dog pump; capacity 19
50 gallons per hour; good as
new.
H. E. CROSS.
Oregon City, Beaver Bldg.
Coming too Fast.
This week's Courier is loaded
for all the chases will stand, yet
there are columns and columns
simply forced out for want of
room. Each communication 'has
been given its turn, and they have
been used as received, but the last
oncs are waiters until next week.
NO FRIEND TO THE
Sandy Orange Objects.
At a recent meeting of Sandy
Grange. No. 392, that body adopt
ed resolutions condemning a do
vision of the county; that such
action was unwise at this , time;
that it would cause unnecessary
expense to tax payers, and it
strongly urges all taxpayers of
the county not to take on this
extra tax hnrdon. hut. In vnl
down the proposition.
Against Single Tax.
Hon. Grant B. Dimick of Oreg
on City, who is a prominent
granger, will speak at New Era
next Saturday at the regular
meeting of Warner Grange upon
the merits of single tax and wo
man suffr age.
A large attendance is expected,
as this is one of tho slrnncpsl
granges in the county and is not
ed for its big meetings.
Cartel Beatie Wedding.
At the homo of the bride's sis
ter, Mrs. John Cook, Sunday af
ternoon, the wedding of E. P.
Carter of Gladstone and Miss
Laura E. Beatie of this city were
united in marriage by Rev. E. S.
Bollinger of the Highland Cong
regational Church of Portland.
Mr. Carter was formerly Re
publican representative from this
county; has been a resident of
this county for 25 years, and is
a man who stands high in the co
mmunity.
Mrs. Carter is a sister of Judge
Beatie, a graduate of the State
university and is well known in
this city and Portland as a teach
er. They will live in Gladstone.
GREEK VS. GREEK.
U'Ren and Shields will Meet at the
Opera House Saturday Night.
Charles W. Shields and W. S.
U'Ren will meet Saturday night in
me opera nouse.
For weeks Mr. U'Ren has been
challenging the anti-single taxer
and now a series of joint debates
has at last been settled.
It doesn't matter how a man
thinks on this question, he wants
to hear both sides of it and think
more. It is the biggest issue in
Oregon today, and when a voter
gets a chance to hear these two
big chiefs, he wants to jump at it.
That the opera house will be
jambed there isn't a bit of doubt.
Everybody Is going, and it will be
a scrap between master minds
who don't agree.
If you want to get a seat you
will want to get there early. The
donate will start at eight o clock.
You will know a whole lot more
about this taxation matter if you
will hear these men present both
sides ol it ana a man who won t
learn ought never to kick.
Hedges' Good Scheme.
At the Live Wire luncheon
Tuesday, J. E. Hedges asked the
men present how many men pres
ent were prepared to vote intel
ligently on the many measures
before them?
He stated that there would be
many bills on the ballot that
ought not to be there; that there
were some good bills that should
be there, but that unless a man
was dead sure that the bill was
what Oregon wanted, that the
voter should vote them down.
And then Mr. Hedges made the
practical suggestion, which pass.
ed in the form ot a motion, mat
President Sullivan assign to each
member one bill, which it would
be his duty to become familiar
with, and each member should re
port the result of his study at the
next meeting, which will be an
evening session Tuesday night at
6:30.
The Courier believes this is a
cracker-jack idea, and that a bet
ter understanding of the meas
ures will come of it.
MR. U'REN TO MR. GILL.
Caustic Letter of Criticism of
the Estacada Candidate.
Editor Courier:
I notice that Hon. F. M. Gill,
candidate for the-Legislature, is
very active in writing letters
against. single tax. He is canaia
also, and says he is opposed to it
because he fears it will reduce
the selling values of land. He is
not candid in pretending that his
rears are excitea Jor poor men.
Mr. Gill owns 160 acres of un
improved land in Clackamas
county. His tax for 1910 was
820.80 and under the county sin
gle tax bill it would haye been
826.03. This would nave Keen a
raise of 85.23 and Mr. Gill fears
that it might go still higher and
render it unproiitaDie lor mm to
hold this land until some poor
man who wants to use it. instead
of speculating, will gladly pay
him a nign price.
Mr. Gill talks much like the
Duke of Devonshire does in Eng
land, and evidently feels that his
interests are the same as the in
terests of the Ladd, Feckheimer,
Corbett and other great estate in
Porland. There are about 300
little speculators in Clackamas
county besides Mr. GilLwho are
opposed to the single tax because
they hope to get rich on the rise
in value of 160 acres. In the
state of Oregon about one voter
in twenty i3 in Mr. Gill's class.
Few of them are so candid as Mr.
Gill, and neither he nor any of
the others, whose writings I have
seen, are so candid as the Duke of
Devonshire.
Nineteen out of twenty farm
ers and others workers in Oregon
will actually pay less tax under
the county single tax bills and
very much less under the gradua
ted single tax amendment than
they pay now. It is nonsense to
talk about this measure reducing
the values of farm lands. It re
duces farmers' taxes and of
course must increase the tax on
idle lands held for speculation.
W. S. U'Ren.
SYSTEM
W. S. U'REN SHOWS WHERE MR.
, SELLING STANDS.
Should Lose Vote of Every Man
who Believes in Initiative,
Referendum and Recall
(BY W. S. U'REN.)
Mr. Selling has been President
of the People's Power League
since 1900 and I have been its
Secretary during the same period.
I am sorry that it is my duty to
say anything for publication
about his records since he was
elected President of the vState
Senate last year. Until that time
he had certainly rendered valu
able sorvico in obtaining for the
people more efficient power in
government. Some of the mem
bers of the People's Power League
and their friends, myself among
the number, helped in so far as
we could, to secure Mr. Selling's
election as President of the State
Senate.
President Selling voted for sub
mission by the Legislature to the
people, of a Big Business Amend
ment to the Constitution to kill
the initiative, by providing that
no Constitutional amendment
can be adopted unless it is ap
proved by more than one half of
all those who go to the polls, even
though not one man votes no.
This amendment is 311 x No, and
ano'her is submitted by Initiative
petition 323 x No, to accomplish
tne same end. it tnese amend
ments are carried, and at the
election of 1914 or an time after,
ward, any measure is submitted
to the people, and suppose that
130,000 votes are cast for Gov
ernor, no such measure will.be
adopted unless more than 65,000
vote yes on tho measure, even
though not one person votes no
against it. This is the Oklahoma
method and they have never yet
adopted an Initiative measure at
a general election, though some
of such measures have had a
clear majority of more than 58,-
ouu or tne. wnoie nuniDer who
voted on the question, voting in
favor of the measure.
Last May Mr. Selling presided
at the meeting of the People's
Power League when the final
form of an amendment to the
Constitution was agreed upon to
be offered by that Organization by
Initiative petition this year. As
President of the League he ap
proved of that amendment with
enthusiasm and instructed the of
ficers to go ahead with the init
iative petition and submit the
amendment, saying that he prob
acy could not fie present at an
other meeting because of his po
litical engagements its a candi
date. The facts were published
August 8th over the signatures of
George M. Orton, Vice President,
B. Lee Paget, Treasurer, and W.
b. u Ken secretary or the League,
M. C. Eggleston , A. D. Cridge,
Harry Yanckwich, W. G. Houser
and other members of the League
who were present. That publicat
ion was in answer to a telegram
from Mr. Selling sent from Salt
Lake to Secretary of State Olcott
on July 29th, demanding the re
moval ot nis name and stating
that he had not authorized the
use of his name in any way with
that amendment or any measure
of the people's Power League this
year. This statement by Mr. Sol
ling is untrue and is flatly con
tradicted by the men above named
and Dy others.
I believe, as do many others,
that Mr. Selling violated tho
Corrupt Practices Act by spend
ing largo sums or money m per
fecting his campaign organizat
ion and at the same time offering
alleged reasons why Senator
Bourne should not be nominated,
pretending that he, Mr. Selling.
was only making up his mind
whether or not he would be a
candidate. When he was charged
with this violation of the law ho
refused to answer, because he
said the charge was made one or
two days later than the law re
quired. He always pretended to favor
the initiative, and it was not com
monly known, nor did I know, un.
til this summer that he nad voted
in the Legislature for an amend
ment to kill the Initiative.
Some politicians will allow
much for Mr. Selling's repudiat
ing of the people's Power League
amendment and his denial of any
responsibility for it; and they
will forgive his vote against the
Initiative, because he was seeking
the support of the standpatters
and Re-actionaries of Oregon for
his election in November. Some
other politicians will overtook his
campaign expenses because the
Courts or Uregon had not de
cided that his action was con
trary to the law. But such a de
cision-has been made by the Brit
ish Courts on practically the same
language in tne English Corrupt
Practices Act.
I do not criticize the Stand
patters and Rc-aotioriarics for
supporting Mr. Selling. I think the
facts above staled prove that he
is their kind of man and is in
sympathy with them in their at
tacks on the people's Power in
Oregon. But I do respectfully
submit that he should lose the
support of every voter in this
State who believes in the Initiat.
ive, Referendum and Recall. The
men who obtained these measures
for Oregon did not barter their
principles or repudiate their
friends for the hope of public of
fice. Sincerely yours,
W. S. U'REN.
Mrs. I. C. Hastier, Grand Is
land, Nev., has something she
wishes to say about Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound. "My three
children had a very severe attack
of whooping cough and suffered
greatly. A friend recommended
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
and it did them more good than
anything 'I gave them. I am glad
to recommend it."
For sale by Huntley Bros. Co.,
Oregon City, Ore.
Hear the U'Ren-Shields single
tax debate Saturday night.
A Bargain.
A 'fine 4-room house with base?
merit, all furnished; good large
ba n; chicken house; over 1-2 ac
re of land; plenty of fruit trees;
in a good town on railroad and
street car line; 1 block to store,
postoffice and church; 2 blocks
from high school. A good home
for only $1200. Terms. See H.
S. Clyde, Weinhardt bldg., oppo
site court house, Oregon City.
PIANO for sale, or will trade for
cattle, milch cows preferred. Ad
dress Jennings Lodge, Box 57.
Phone Oak Grove, Black 757.
Dyspopsia is America's curse.
Burdock Blood Bitters conqers
dyspepsia every time. It drives
out impurities, tones the stomach
restores perfect digestion, normal
weight and good health.
Doan'sRegulets cure constip
ation without griping nausea,
nor any weakening effect. "Ask
your druggist for them. 25 cents
per box. ' ;
7 Money to Loan.
'Oregon City Abstract Co., 617
Main street.
Buy Property in
tI
Mow
You must purchase your lots in Gladstone
within the next two weeks if you would
benefit hy the generous offer of the Glad
stone Real Estate Association which so
many Oregon City people have taken ad-
vantage of during the past month and half.
Our Generous Offer:
Our property is the VERY HEART of
this progressive little town, and we have
been offering the finest of these lots at
prices ranging from $200 to $400 and at
terms that are arranged wholly for the
convenience of the buyer. $10 cash and
the balance in monthly payments of $5 per,
month. That's all the cash it takes and the
buyer can take possession at once.
Two Special Clauses for your benefit
And in addition if the purchaser gets sick,
a clause on is contract will permit him to 1
FORGET his payments for a period of
three months; and wj2 will forget them, too.
Isnt that fair?
And further, should you die before your !
place is paid for, your legal representatives
may continue your contract, if they desire
to do so, or if they prefer it we will pay
back every penny and interest, and annul
the contract. Isnt this more than reason
able? You Can't beat Gladstone Any where
And then, on- top of these generous terms
which so many have taken advantage of
during the past month, the fact remains
that you can't beat Gladstone anyplace for
the ideal homesite. You know that as well
as we do. Every modern convenience can
be enjoyed in Gladstone, and the water sys
'tem of the little city is one of the finest in
the state, no matter where you go. Glad
stone is a city of progressiveness, and when
you invest in Gladstone property you
breathe deeply of that spirit of progress
.. which has made this ideal little city what it
is today and with every improvement the
value of your investment mechanically in
creases. The fundamental idea is thisi-
No Speculation-Gladstone is here now
No vague dreams of a town way off in the
future. The little city is here, on the ground
now, where you can see for yourself, and it;
takes only a look to convince even thehmost
skeptical that Gladstone property is worth
while.
Our phone is Pacific States 1982. Mr. P. A. Cross has charge of our Gladstone
property; our office is opposite the Gladstone postoffice. Come down and he will
be glad to take you all over these beautiful lots. 4
Gladstone Real Estate Association
Beaver Building
H. , CROSS, President
Oregon Cits, Ore.
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