CITY COURffi
"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. FRDAY. NOV. 1, 1912.
No. 25
OREGON
FUSES THAT DO
NOT HOLD FIRE
NICELY MADE, BUT 8IMPLY
WON'T DO THE BIZ.
A WET SEASON IN OREGON
And a Poor Time to Shoot Copy
righted Dynamite Bombs.
Under the heading "Some Sin
gle Tax Dynamite", Charles D.
Shields issues a little booklet of
little sayings. Lot'8 touch off
the fuse to a few of them and see
what conies fo it. Here's the
first one:
"Under the application of
the graduated single tax,,
$95,000,000 worth of person
al property owned by public
service corporations would
escape taxation." '
Then WHY is every public ser
vice corporation in the state
fighting a trial of it to the last
ditch?
"All the holdings- of the
' Portland Railway Light &
Power Co., would be exempt
from taxation."
Then WHY isn't this corpora
tion working FOR it, instead of
leaving no stone unturned to de
feat it?
"The holders or stock and
bonds and mortgages who
are gentlemen of leisure and
who reap great returns by
reason of the fact that they
loan their money, all get off
scot free yet commerce
can't get on without them."
Then WHY are the Ladds. the
Corbett3 and other Portland mil
lionaires putting up the money
YOU are using to fight single tax?
You admitted in your speech here
in Oregon City last Saturday
night these men WERE furnish
ing the funds for your fight and
you yourself stated they were
doing it for "their own preserva
tion. If these men would get
off "scot free" under single tax,
WHY are they fighting to defeat
it, "for their own preservation?"
"It is the man who deals
in the necessities of life
which would escape paying
taxes under the Graduated
Single Tax."
WHY SHOULDN'T HE? Does'nt
the consumer pay his taxes for
him? Doesn't the consumer pay
the tax of every grocery store, ev-
ei'v rtrv ernnds a torn in Oregon?
Doesn't the consumer pay the i
advertising, the salesmen s salar
ies and the trusts' profits?
"We may have reason to
complain oi the present sys
tem. Most certainly we will
have reason to complain un
The
At
der a system of tenantry.
How do you know? Why have'nt
YOU presented an initiative bill
to' relieve the PRESENT system
that we HAVE reason to complain
of, if you are so interested in the
tax burdened and poor men of
Oregon? HOW will taxing water
powers, franchises, land grants,
railroads, and speculators bring
on a tenantry system in Oregon?
"Can you not see that the
moment the larger land
holders are broken up under j
the application of the gradu- 1
ated single tax. which evi
dently would be the case,
there will then remain no i
graduated single tax but sin
gle tax?" !
But wouldn't there be hundreds
of producers on the large land
holdings, men making the land 1
into farms, and hundreds of men '
paying taxes where a half dozen
pay now. Would there bo any
need of specific taxes when there
were no large land holdings to
levy them on?
"The burden will continue
falling more heavily upon
land all lands until the
confiscation of the rent is
secured, and the small land v 1
holder suiters equally as
much as Uie larger.
It only takes so much money
to run Oregon, and HOW are we
going to impose taxes to the ex
tent of confiscation? HOW are
we going to collect any more than
the state needs? What rot?
"Nowhere is there in exist
ence any such a system as is
contemplated in the gradua
ted single tax."
Once upon a time there was
no where in existence any such
system as the Oregon system
and there never would have been
if every state had waited for some
other state to start it. Precedent
is a petrification.
The little booklet the above ex
tracts are taken from, Mr. Shields
has had copyrighted.
He was no doubt afraid his
"dynamite" might get wet.
It's 'great stuff great argument.-
Now don't you let a grain buy
ers' trust in Washington tell you
Oregonians how to vote.
Every reform that Oregon has
wa secured through the People's
Power League.
Every last one of these reforms
had the same awful predictions of
ruin, prophesied to follow them
as the graduated single tax is de
luged with now.
In his -twenty years' work for
the plain people of Oregon, did
you ever know W. S. U'Ren to
double-cross you? Do you know
of a single measure of the many
he has been instrumental in
bringing about that wa not for
the greatest good of the many?
Don't you believe you can trust
him further than an imported Se
attle grain dealer.
Vote 34XYes next Tuesday.
Don't moan over present tax con
ditions, but play the first thing
that offers relief.
Vote 364 X Yes and 376 X Yes.
Vote for single tax and a change
Tuesday.
Best Lihi
the Lowest Cost
ELECTRIC LIGHT is the most suitable for homes,
offices, shops and other places needing light. Elec
tricity can be used in any quantity, lar:3 or small,
thereby furnishing any requirvd amount of light.
Furthermore, electric lamps car be located in any
place, thus affording any desired .Vstrlbuti ra of light.
No other lamps possess those oualificatio.i t, there
fore it is not surprising that.electric lamps are rapidly
replacing all others in modern establishments.
Portland Railway, Light &
Powef Company
MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH & ALDER.
PORTLAND
Phones Main 6688 and A. 6131
T
II 21 DAYS?
ISN'T AN OCTOBER 4 QUESTION
STILL ONE OCTOBER 25?
MR. U'REN WANTS TO KNOW.
Asks Mr. Noyer and Mr. Schnoerr
to Kindly Explain.
To Whom It May Concern:
In Sunday's Enterprise and in
some issues since then, there ap
peared a signed article from P. S.
Noyer, of Molalla, democratic
nominee for representative under
the heading "Noyer Repudiates
Paid Advertisement," which is as
follows :
"To Whom it may confcern: An
article appeared in the Oregon
City Courier of date October 25,
1912, marked "Paid Advertise
ment," and purporting to be sign
ed by me. 1 did not authorize the
publication iff this article and did
not pay for said publication . 1
make this statement in justice to
myself and my friends.
"P. S. Noyer,
"Candidate for Representative."
This ad interests me, not only
because I ordered the republica
tion of Mr. Noyer's letter in the
Courier, and am having it repub
lished herewith as a paid ad, but
especially because of the nasty
words "Purporting to be, signed
by me."
Mr. Gus Schnoerr?
Willamette, Ore.
Dear Sir:
On your trial in September for
libel, you stated under oath that
Mr. Schuebel wanted you to sign
(he following statement to the
voters of Clackamas county:
"It has been staled that I am
under obligations to the corpor
ate interests in CIackamas coun
ty and would work in their inter
ests if elected as a member of the
legislature. It is a fact that Gor
don E. Hayes, B. T. McBain, Wm.
Sheahan and other prominent
citizens urged me to become a
candidate for the legislature.
They did not ask me for any
pledge to support any legislat
ion in the interests of the corpor
ations or otherwise. If nomina
ted and elected, I pledge myself to
the voters and taxpayers of Clack
amas county, that I will at all
times work for such legislation
that will tax the waterpower and
public service corporation fran
chise in the same manner as oth
er property; that I will at all
times do all in my power to pass
such legislation that will help
bring about conditions for the la
boring men in the mills in Ore
gon City so that no man will be
w
compelled to work more than ten
hours in one day or more than
sixty hours a week."
You swore you refused to sign
and said:
"Christ, if I would sign this pa
per I would make a traitor out of
myself. 1 can never do that."
On that trial you"did not deny
that you became a candidate at
the request of B. T. McBain, Wm.
Sheahan and Gordon E. Hayes.
Mr. McBain was manager, Mr.
Sheahan was superintendent and
Mr. Hayes was political attorney
of the Willamette Pulp and Paper
Co.
To WHOM would you have
made yourself a traitor by sign
ing and publishing tho above
pledges to the people?
WHAT obligations or promises
did you make to the paper Com
pany that would conflict with the
above pledges to the people?
Sincerely yours,
P. S. Noyer.
(Paid Adv.) .
I was informed by M. J. Brown,
editor of the Courier, that Mr.
Noyer took that letter to tho
Courier office, and that Mr.
Brown and another prominent
business man in this city saw Mr.
Noyer sign it, and heard Mr. Noy
er ask that it be published. It
was published as a letter in the
issue of October 4.-
I had it republished as a paid
advertisement on October 25 be
cause I thought the letter should
be answered, or that as many of
tho voters as possible should
know that such a" letter had been
written. Mr. Schnoerr has rfiade
no public answer to Mr. Noyer's
questions. Why?
Almost immediately after the
publication of that- letter Mr.
Schnoerr retired from tho active
campaign and since that retire
ment has not again gone'with the
candidates to the public meetings.
Why?
Now Mr. Noyer's repudiation
makes the question quite as in
teresting as to him. If that let
ter was good October 4, and de
served a public answer, why is it
not good in October 25. What
has bappened to Mr. Noyer? All
these questions certainly ought to
be answered to the satisfaction of
every voter before election day,
both by Mr. Schnoerr and by Mr.
Noyer.
Respectfully yours,'
(Paid Adv.) W. S. U'Ren.
HACKETT'S "ECONOMY."
Wants to Know Why This County
. Couldn't Have Paid Expense
Mr. Hackelt, republican nom
inee for sheriff, wants to know
why Sheriff Stevens came up from
Multnomah county and took Rob
erts, (the man who shot into an
automobile) to that county and
tried him.
This is rather an embarassihg
question to other candidates on
the republican ticket, and no
doubt if Mr. Hackett had consult
ed with them, he would not have
asked it.
Sheriff Mass says there are two
reasons why Roberts was tried in
Multnomah county. The shooting
occurred in this county and the
death in Multnomah county-
either county had a claim to the
murder.
"Sheriff Stevens told District
Attorney Tongue's deputy, Fitz
tterald. in mv hearing, that he did
not like the attitude of tho district
attorney in this district, and that
he wanted Roberts to nave 'his
hearing in Multnomah county
That's one reason," said Sheriff
Mass.
"Another is that if Multnomah
county wanted to bear the ex
pense of this murder trial I could
not see any reason wny tne coun
t.v should not have it. and if Mr
Hacked, will road the editorial in
the Portland Journal following
this trial, and showing what it
cost Multnomah county, it would
seem that his "economy" cam
paign was a little weak in its
joims. nuiieris was wicu aiiu
convicted. 11 cost Multnomah
county thousands of dollars. Is
Mr. Hackett sorry this county
could not have paid this exp
ense?
An Explanation.
To the Editor of tho Courier:
There appeared in the Oregon
City Enterprise a denial mat an
article anoearimr in the Oregon
Cilv Courier of date October 25,
1912. was signed by me. I want
to state that the second appear
ance of said article in the Cour
ier was unknown to mo and I did
not authorize its publication. I
did not intend in any maner to
reflect unon the editor of The
Courier or anyone connected
therewith. Mr. M. J. Brown un
doubtedlv ran the article as a
paid advertisement and the pub
ieat.ion of the same was authoriz
ed by someone known to him. I
appreciate the Courier's support
and it was far from my inind to
give offense.
P. S. Noyer.
Next Tuesday Kill It.
A minority, a small few, in
Eastern Clackamas, want to make
a now county next Tuesday.
More public buildings, more
taxes, more office holders.
There is only one chance of it
carrying, that just you fellows
who are reading this will not vote
on the proposition at all.
The voters outside of this
county as a general rule will pass
this up entirely because they
don't know anything about it.
The voters who are trying to
split this county will vote to a
man.
And the . danger is your negli
gence. Every voter in this county
wants to get busy with the "X. '
Get the full vote out in uregon
City, and EVERY man get on the
job between now and Tuesday.
You can bet the other fellows
are hustling.
"BLUE RIHROV BREAD," The
loaf with the nutty flavor. Your
grocer sells it for 10 cents.
LIB FIVE YEARS
BERTH
WHAT A CLACKAMAS COUNTY
FARME RHAS TO SAY.
OF KOW SINGLE TAX WORKS.
Here Is a Letter That Is Direct
Evidence on the Single Tax.
Editor Courier:
If you will kindly give me space
in your paper I would like to say
a few words in favor of single tax
for which you are making such a
valient ilifht. after reading such
rot as confiscation of land, and thft
farmers and smaall land owners
having to bear the burden of the
taxes. I would like to tell my
brother farmers how I liked it af
ter living undor it for live years.
I will begin with our road law up
there, as one of our lights here is
good roads, and we got very littlo
of them here. In Alberta the
Province is divided on into dis
tricts of from five to eight town
ships; each of these districts are
divided into three precincts. The
hrst of each year they elect a
councilor as they are called in
eash precinct, the salary of these
men are not to exceed $20 per
year. Councilors advertise lor
some one to act as cierK ana treas
urer of the district.and the lowest
bidder, if competent, gets it. He
also gives suillcient bonds to cov
er all money handled. The last
year I was there the total sal
aries oi these lour men was yu
for the year. The clerk notifies
each precinct to meet on a given
day and levy a tax in their re-
spoctive parts. Tho government
will not allow loss than $2 per
quarter section, and not more
than $8 per quarter section. Levi
ed, this tax is due as soon as
voted, but not delinquent until
December of that year, to be paid
in the currency of the country,
but the councilor will notify you
that he will employ you at $2 per
day of ten hours, if you wish to
labor. Perfiap8 you will say we
did not get efficient work done by
men at these salaries, but I dif
fer with you, as to that, as we had
tho best men in the district and
elected them to councelors. We
did not have a man appointed
against the petition of eighty per
cent, of the tax payers as they did
out in our vicinity. The Province
has one inspector who travels
over the state giving estimates
and helping the road work in gen
eral, being a civil engineer and
annointed on his merit. I could
say much more if space would per
mil. Next to the school system.
Districts are organized when
there are ten pupils of school age.
The government pays 70 per cent
of the cost of building, also 70
per cent of tho teacher's salaries,
and their educational system is
good. I still wonder how it was
that I only paid $1.97 on my quar
ter outside of my road tax which
I help to levy myself., having good
buildings on land well fenced. 25
tlead of horses and cattle and 40
acres under cultivation. I noticed
when I first went to the country,
tho absence of Court Houses
Also there was no sheriff, clerk
commissioners, and the best of
all no assessor. Then I commenc
ed to understand. One set of men
at Edmonton done all the work
cutting out the $200,000 to $100,
noo Court House and about $15,-
000 each year for salerios of
those ofllco holders and their
host of assisstants. Do you won
dor your taxes are high? And now
they want a Lieutenant Govern
or because his salary will be only
$200 per year ana tney want to
split this county so they can have
another set of officers to pay and
another Court House to build. I,
myself, rebel. You will say that if
they don t nave a snorin now uo
they keep order and where do they
go to prosecute the offenders?
In districts about as large as
this county there is a Justice of
tho Peace appointed ana witn tne
aid of the mounted police he tries
the petty offenders, while other
offenders are taken to Edmonton
and the mounted police don't get
mileage either. Their salaries are
$15. per month and they act as
name wardens, fire wardens and
in the absence of the Justice of
I hn Peace, can do his duty.
This county would have three
mounted police detailed from the
regular army. We have to clothe
and feed thorn and why not use
them as they do up there, and we
would have a police service that
would be equal to Canada and if
you have read much bdoui inom
you will find them the terror to
evil doers. I am not writing this
in regard to the government of
large cities as tney are in a ciass
ly themselves, uui r.amonion
irrew from a town of 3000 in 1902
to 55,000 now and Calgary from
5,000 to 05,000 with a graduated
tax on incomes. They do not seem
to be on the retrograde much and
then thev have the Torrens sys
tem of registering deeds and for
the sum of 50 cents one can una
out if the title to a piece of land
is good as all liens, Judgements,
and mortgages are recorded on
deed, nrevious deed being de
stroyed. You don't have a host of
lawyers ana aDstractors to pass
on your papers and pay all the
way from $10 to $luu.
I believe one good business
man, or clerk with assisstants at
Salem, could, , unoer me biukib
lax, handle the State with but lit
tle more trouble than in one
county under the present laws, at
least with all these offices cut
out and no assessor to come
around and fine you for improv
ing your land.
One of my neighbors built a
fine barn this summer, I think
the best in the county, with gas
lights and modern improvements
and a credit to this vicinity, en
hancing tho value of surrounding
farms. But I see his finish when
the assessor gets there.
As you go along the highways
you see pictures of men, who are
asking you to vote for them as
they can handle the County's
money to great advantage.
Do you wonder the people of
the United States are flocking to
the north and stand the rigor of
that climate? Would they do it if
we had those laws in effect down
here? Perhaps some will say I
am a Socialist or a Bloomin'
Britisher but I can truly say I am
not, being of Holland Dutch and
Scotch descent. My people coming
to this country with Peter Stuve
ysant, colonizer of Nw York, and
I have been helping to fight her
battles up to the present time.
I think of tho editors of our
papers and those men that are
speaking and working in our bo
half and you think they are put
ting some joke on you, but we
have the Initiative and Referend
um and we don't like it.
I weary you in my efforts to ex
plain what I know of the single
tax and I will close hoping we will
be started on the right road after
election.
v Yours very respectfully,
CIIAS. D. IIAYMER.
Just a Word.
Before you vote Tuesday just
think a couple of times you fel
lows who are feeling the punch
of tax extortion.
Fifteen per cent of the voters
can call a special election and do
away with the graduatod single
tax if it doea not make good.
Isn't that enough guarantee
against Slick Shields "confisca
tion" scarecrow?
The single tax will take taxes
off from farm improvements
from the products of hard work
and put it on the incomes of those
who don't work and don't have to
work.
Try it, men.
See if it won't relieve you from
the present burden of taxation.
It CAN'T make your condition
worse and it CAN make it a lot
easier. Vote FOR it next Tues
day. Expression of Sorrow.
Oregon City, Oct. 26.
Tho Editor:
I' am sorry I hurt my clerical
friend's feelings with my letter of
lasi ween. Apparently its uie oiu
old story of the infallible pulpit,
and immunity from criticism, yot
the schoolboy effusion published
over his name the othor day was
but further evidence of his lack
of good taste.
No wonder the churches are
disturbed over the lack of men in
their congregation. However, it's
not worth discussing further.
Thomas Didymus.
The Last Card.
A leak has it that the Republi
cans have "a card up tho sleeve"
and they will pull it out Saturday
night.
What do you think of tho fel
low who waits until 11:30 to
."spring something?"
Don't you wonder WHY he held
it back so long if it was good.
Don't let the last minute jobs
influence your vote. You know.
or ought to know Republican
ring tactics in Oregon taty.
Vota It Straight.
The democratic county ticket is
one any man can support next
Tuesday.
The country is going for Wil
son, lot Ulackamas county fol
low.
Vote tho ticket straight Tues
day.
Gladstone Items.
Mr. and Mrsfl Guy LaSalle loft
Sunday lor Long Beach, ualiror
nia, where they will spend . the
winter with tho parents of Mr. La
Salle.
Invitations are out for a Hoi
lowe'en ball to be given at Miller's
hall Friday evening, by several of
Gladstone s young people. About
twenty-fivo couple will attend the
dance. .
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Percy A. Cross underwent an op
eration at tho Sellwood santorium
Wednesday, for an abscess. Tho
little follow rallied from the op
eration very well and is getting
along nicely. He is about two
weeks old.
- Miss Georgia Cross and Mrs. T.
A. Burke attended tho recital of
Madam Gadski, given at the Heilig
Wednesday night.
At the council meeting Tuesday
evening, the matter of improving
Dartmouth street was taken up,
and an ordinance passed to that
effect. This means that before
the Chautauqua next year, the
street running to Gladstone park
will be completely improved and
a sidewalk built from the station
clear out to tho park.
, The Harvest Home super given
in Miler 8 hall 'luesday evening
by Gladstone ladies, was largely
attended.
A T Dnitntt n T) I) nnnrinAnn
l&. U. iJnilC. a 11. It. ell 1 iii; 1 ,
Batesville, Ark., says: "I suf
fered with kidney and bladder
trouble so bad I was unable to
work. I had such severe pains in
my back I could hardly get up.
I tried several physicians with no
result, but Foley's Kidney Pills
have done wonders for mo. I rec
ommend them to all." For sale by
Huntley Bros. Co., Oregon City,
Hubbard, Canby and Molalla.
"Tells tho Whole Story."
To say that Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound is best for chil.
dren and grown persons and con
tains no opiates tells only part of
the tale. Tho whole story is that
it is the best medicine for coughs,
colds, croup, bronchitis and other
affections of the throat, chest and
lungs. Stops la grippe, coughs
and has a healing and soothing
effect. Remember the name, Fol
ey's Honey & Tar Compound, and
accept no substitutes. For sale
by Huntley Bros. Co., Oregon City,
Canby, Molalla and Hubbard.
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tWT-mn Tiirfr r 'ri-rm trrlnlffiii Iiiiiiiimi
There aro five candidates for
Congress from which the voters
of the First District must choose
when they vote next Tuesday;
Hawley, for re-election on the
republican ticket; Smith, demo
crat; Campbell, progressive;
Richards, socialist; Stillman, pro.
hibitionist.
If Mr. Hawley has truly repre
sented the people of this district
there is no need for a change, but
has he? Mr. Hawley consistently
suported "Uncle" Joe and "Stand
pat" policies. He voted "no" or
dodged when the measures which
were championed by the progres
sive element in the last Congress
were presented. That program
may satisiy tne predatory inter
ests, but it is an insult to pro
gressive" Oregon.
Smith, tho democrat, has not
even been supported by the remo-
cratic paper ana lias made no
campaign. His trouble with tne
federal authorities has mado his
election undesirable.
Campbell, the Progressive, has
only been a resident of the state
lor two years, lie is not Known
over the district and has no space
in the state pamphlet.
Richards, the socialist, has no
chance of election, does not ex
pect it, and would do no more for
tho laboring man than Stillman,
the prohibitionist.
O. E. Stillman is a true pro
gressive. Bis actions while . in
the railroad construction work,
his words of promise to the voters
to tho votors o fthis district dur
ing tho campaign, and his knowl
edge of economic and social con
ditions, make his a desirame rep
resentative for progressive Ore
gon.
Mr. btiuman s canuiuacy on tuo
Prohibition Party ticket proves
that he is not a mere office seek
er. Ho feerlessly recognizes that
tho linuor question is a vital issue
oven though ho is sure to lose the
votes of tho ' undesirable citizen.
Elect Stillman to congress and
show to tho nation that Oregon is
not only consistently progressive
but does NOT demand that her
reprekentalives keep silent on
great moral questions.
Stillman's effective campaign
all over the district, the fact that
he is endorsed by tho most promi
nent old party men in the,district
and the inactivity of the other
candidates, makes him the logical
candidate to defeat Hawley.
If you believe in tho rule of tho
people, VOTE FOR STILLMAN.
(Paid adv., Congressional com
mittee, First district.)
CHANGE IS COMING.
Old Barn Storming Ways aro
Being Relegated to the Past
The time is drawing near when
men won't listen to men who got
up and tell them what a devil of
a follow ho will bo and what won
ders bo will perform if the "dear
people" will only boost him with
their votes.
Tho time is coming, its really
hero, when tho only way a public
speaker or a candidate' will bo ab
lo to get an audience will bo to
bring the other fellow with him.
his opponent, try tho case and
let tho people decide.
During the campaign now clos
ing, the problem has been to get
audiences, and many a nominee
for ollice has talked hifl head olf
to a dozen people.
Tho voters simply won't go.
But the U'Ren-Shields debate
Saturday night proved two things,
that the single tax issue is the
biggest question in Oregon, and
that people will listen to argu
ment. Altlio this was held on Sat
urday night, with counter at
tractions of street speeches, pub
lic dances, etc., yet the big opera
house was nearly full.
Anil it was a contest that any
man knew the more for the hear
ing, for both men had something
to say and knew how to say it.
One man could not drag in an as
sertion by the heels and get away
with it, for ho knew the cross
questioning would come and he
would have to show down.
The general opinion is that Mr.
U'Ren had Mr. Shield's going
from the first round, hanging
over tho ropes in the second and
down and out at tho finish.
Mr. Shields is a bright man
and a forceful speaker,, but his
side of the tax issue is tho money
side, and it is a hard position to
defend under tho present high
taxes und popular unrest in Ore
gon.
And Mr. U'Ron had tho side of
the niasses, the plain people, and
he had back of himself twenty
years of hard work for these
people, and theso with his sound,
convincing talk gave him the
game from the start, and there
was no use for tho score cards
which Mr. Shieulds had given out
at tho door.
The U'Ren-Shields debate was
a decided success, and you may
be sure that in the coming cam
paigns the people of Oregon are
going to insist on these two sides
being shown at the same time,
or they a going to let you can
didates talk to empty seats.