OREGON 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 reoelves 700
tons. That's why Its the best
.city In the state.
30th YEAR.
OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. .NOV. 8, 1912.
No. 26
COURIER
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A JOY RIDE OR A PLACE OF
HARMLESS ENTERTAINMENT
A MATTER TO STUDY OVER
fou Can't Drive People to Churoh
by Closing Amusements.
We understand there is a mov
ement on to ask the city counci
to pass an ordinance to close the
motion picture houses in this city
on Sundays.
The council isn't waiting for
our opinion oa this matter before
it lakes action, but we are going
to Kive it .lust the same.
Oregon City is a city of mills,
and hundreds ol men, hoys, wo.
men and girls work six days in a
week.
These people are simply going
to iind relaxation, cnange and
entertainment of some variety.
It's a matter of whether they
lind it here or elsewhere.
It's a matter of whether they
go to Portland, The Oaks or oher
places.
To the man or woman who has
jilenty of leisure during the week,
it seems to he or she that six days
and nights were time enough for
he nicture houses.
And so 'tis time enough for this
class.
Hut how about the man, boy or
girl whose day's work starts and
ends under electric lights? By the
time they have climbed the stair
ways, done the necessary home
work and changed their clothes it
is about bed time.
They look forward to Saturday
night and Sunday for a change,
enjoy the picture shows and
where is the wrong or harm?
Wouldn't you rather your girl
would be at one of these picture
plays than on a Sunday joy ride?
Wouldn't you rather your boy
should be at these places than in
Portland, or out hunting a poker
game?
The Courier editor believes in
Sabbath observance, and he ob
serves the day. He doesn't go to
Sunday picture shows and trips
to Portland, because he has time
during the week for these plac
esand ho enjoys them.
But his neighbor works six
long days in the mills and when
ho takes his wife and children
down to the show Sunday well
it may be awful, but we can't see
it.
' You an't force people into
church by closing counlor v'
tractions. You simply force him to
hunt other attractions. Human
nature is perverse.
The main point we look at
is this: If the picture shows are
all right for six days in the week,
The
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SHOW
POKE
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they are all right on Sunday. If
they are not all right during the
six days, then they should not be
permitted at all.
There are as many different
viewpoints of Sabbath observance
as there were to the 38 proposit
ions you voted on Tuesday.
Some people would consider it
desecration and a sin to watch
changing pictures for an hour on
Sunday, but would have the auto
or street car'take them out for a
half day.
And the only difference is in
the different pictures.
If the mills of Oregon City had
a five day schedule and the em
ployees had all day Saturday for
diversion and change, there
would be little call for Sunday
picture shows.
I would rather know my boy
was at a nicture show Sunday af
ternoon than NUl to know where
he was.
What do you think?
OREGON CITY HISTORY.
Lebanon Paper Relates a Little,
With Comments.
On Febuary 5, 1846, the Specta-
tor. the first
newspaper on the.
Pacific (joast, appeared at ORE.
GON CITY. The paper was pub
lished weekly, and was ably edit
ed and well printed. The adver
tising columns reflect conditions
as of that time. F. W. Pettygrove
conducted a general merchan
dise establishment, and advertis
ed his store at Oregon City and
at Portland, twelve miles below
the city.
That was three years before the
discovery or gold in Calnornia,
and before California had suf
ficient population to afford a
newspaper. Iiuthe 06 years that
have elapsed since then, no dis
ease among grown people has ev
en become epidemic in Oregon. In
fact Oregon is acknowleged to
have the lowest death rate of any
state in the union. Oregon Life
confines all of its business to
esidents of Oregon exclusively,
and has a record of lower mortal
ly than other life insurance com.
pany has ever shown in the first
seven years or us operation,
which proves conclusively that
what is being said -about Oregon's
wonderful health record is an ab
solute fact. Lebanon Advocate.
That "Jooular" Printer.
A jocular printer in the Enter
prise office at Oregon City last
week, broke into the box of free
plate matter sent out by the Bun
Moose committee and ran about
ix columns of laudation of Roos.
evelt and his party. Taft was
whipped to a frazzle for one day
and then the Enterprise woke up
and resumed boosting for the
regulars. Estacada Progress.
So a "jocular nrinter" was re
sponsible for this sudden change
f the Enterprise s pontics ror a
day.
That isn't the explanation in
Oregon City.
Now.for the elevator up the hill
up.
Best
the Lowest Cost
ELECTRIC LIGHT is the most suitable for homes,
offices, shops and other place needing light. Elec
tricity can be used in any quantity, Iar-:? or small,
thereby furnishing any require! amount of light.
Furthermore, electric .'amps car be located in any
place, thus affording any desiel ("strlbuti a of light.
No other lamps possess tV1 oualificatlo.i i, there
fore it is not surprising that electric lamps are rapidly
replacing all others iii moaro establishments.
Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company
MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH ffi. ALDER.
PORTLAND
Phones Main 6688 and A. 6131
65
DIG
AT OGLE MINE
EASTERN ENGINEER IS
INQ EXAMINATION.
MAK-
AFTER WHICH -WAIT AND SEE
It Has Taken Years of Work, but
now it will Show for Itself.
The annual meeting of the Ogle
Mining Co. was held at Knapp's
hall Tuesday. It was just a formal
affair to all appearances but there
is talk that there is going to be
something doing at Ogle Mount-
ain in the near future.
une ui mo ucm luiuuig caucus
, , r t 1. K . . . i .
nnn itncinnpra nf tho p.minipv a
lan who knows mining and
knows mines, a man who has had
years of experience in Mexico and
Colorado mines, will go to Ogle
mine this week for a two months'
slay and to make a practical ex
amination of the property.
On this expert's report will de
pend much, but the Fairclough
brothers, Joe Hartress and the
rest of the fellows who have
worked and watched the tunnels
in this mountain for many years,
are not the least uneasy. These
men know the gold and other
minerals are there; they know the
mine is developed so tnat an ex
pert will know it is there, and
they know that with his favorable
report the mater of a plant to de-
velop the mine will be but a mat-
ter of course.
Should the mine show the min
erals which the company knows it
will show, and show in sufficient
quantities and richness, then the ,
engineer will design a plant for
its development and it will he in
staled.
There are very few doubters but
what Ogle Mine has tne goods.
For five years a crew haa been
constantly at work in running
tunnels and showing up the in
side of this mountain until it is
no longer a matter of speculation.
The mountain is cut up and laid
open, thousands and thousands of
tons of ore are on the dump.
There is no guess work or specuj
lation. ' It is a mine or it isn't
and a practcal mining engineer
knows. And to prove this the en
gineer will live and work at Ogle
mine for two months.
The Fairclough boys know
what Ogle -is. They have almost
been brought up with the mount
ain. They KNOW the richness of
the big hill. Anywhere on the big
mountam gold can De panned.
Assays inumerable have been
made, in Oregon, uoioraoo, in
New York, and all have proven
the richness. The question has
been the quantity. And for five
years a crew has worked steadily
Ligot
nur
holes to show the extent of Hie
ore.
Now it is open for mining engi
neers 10 see. u is no longer spec
ulation. It has cost a heap of money to
ao tnis worn, mere are no bou e
vards to Ogle mine. It has been
hard work and expensive work to
install the machinery, the elec
tric power and the materials nee
essary to carry on this work, but
with tne Englishman s sand the
boys have held on to the show
down.
If this mine show,s up what the
owners claim, it is Koins: to be a
big thing for Clackamas county
now uig iew realize, n will em
ploy hundreds of men; it will
mean thousands of dollars of in
vestment and it will mean the
development of many olher
claims held in that section.
MAKE BALLOTS PLAINER.
Present Form Is Confusing.
Should be More Specific
The propositions on the hallo!
should be made plainer, more
specific, so that a man could eas
ier determine, what he wants to
vote for.
The most of the voters know
WHAT they want to vote for, but
too many are bothered to know
HOW.
A dozen men came to the Cour
ier office last week and Monday of
this week, asking for informat
ion. Some of them had sample
ballots.
One man wanted to vole again
st single tax and one for, but
neither was just sure of which
numbers. Another wanted to vote
against the state university nn
propriation yet Tiad his sample
.ballot marked for it. Another said
he could not find any proposition
on the ballot on single tax, yet he
saiu tne newspapers stated there
were two.
If the capitions under the nroo-
ositions were more specific the
result of the votes would be more
epresentative
One voter said he didn't know
which way an "X yes" vote on "A
Din lor an act prohibiting, ' etc.
would count.
One was looking for the "blue
sky law" but said he could not
find it. I here were a half dozen
propositions that the average
voter nao nine to guide witn when
ne got in tne voting booth, un
less he had made notes from the
state book.
The single tax propositions
should be so labeled that any man
who could read could find them
and know how he voted, and so
should every measure that could
be so labeled and the measure
that couldn't be would get mighty
nine support. . i
There were too many measures
on the ballot that voters simply
am not understand, so tney simp
ly voted no ..or did not vote at
all.
Doings of City Council.
At Wednesday night's council
meeting a motion that the Ore
gon Engineering & Construction
Company be paid on a basis of
eartn excavations and not hard-
pan in connection with the im
provement of John Quincy Adams,
Sixteenth and Jackson Streets was
passed.
Councilman Holman offered a
resolution for the dismissal of C.
P. Burk for street inspector, but
anerwaro witnarew it. Tooze,
Albright, Horton and Hall object
ed to the motion. Mr. Tooze ex
plained that the City Engineer had
until tne appointment of Mr
Burk, named all the street in.
spcctors and that there are four
appointed by him doing duty at
the present lime. The speaker
saiu Mr. nunc nao reported al
leged irregularities and had saved
the city money.
Councilman Tooze refused to
act on a committee to investigate
and report on the P. R. L. & P.
Co. franchise, he declaring this
matter should be taken up by the
council as a whole. The matter
will be taken up later.
Mr. Tooze withdrew an ordi
nance introduced by him regu
lating telephone rates, C. D. Lat
ourette having explained that
Manager Hall of the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph Company de
sired to meet with the committ
ee and submit figures which
would be helpful in solving the
rate question.
City Engineer Montgomery re
ported that tho wood walk on
Jackson Street was not satis
factory and the company ordered
that the company having the con
tract be instructed to comply with
the directions of the engineer.
The People are Safe.
Every measure on Tuesdav's
ballot that should not have been
on the ballot was defeated and
yet they told us the people could
not comprehend the mass and
could not vote in justice.
Every measure on the ballot
that was not for the good of the
greatest number has been killed
and yet the people don t know
how to vote.
Every measure on the ballot, of
importance for the good of the
masses has won.
Every power given to the people
through the Oregon system has
been retained.
Money was dumped by thou
sands into vicious measures like
the "majority rule bill to kill the
initiative and referendum, but the
voters rinir thesn out. found Hie
jokers and killed them.
You needn t worry about the
voters of Oregon not knowing
how to use the power given them.
Tuesday's election is proof of
their intelligence, study, common
sense. Oregon is safe with the
powers given to ihe voter and it
is plain notice to tho men and the
interesls. who loaded down the
ballot that it won't work and they
might as well save their money.
Money to Loan.
Oregon City Abstract Co., 817
Main street.
Mf. 5. U'REN OUT
R
FATHER OF OREGON SYSTEM
WOULD MAKE IT STRONGER
A CANDIDATE FOR THE PEOPLE
Will Work for the Several Re
forms he has In View.
Before the smoke of battle had
blown away and the field cleared
oi tne dead and wounded. W. S
U Hen of this city, sprang a sur
prise w eduesday with the an
nouncement that he was a candi
date for governor of Oregon
standing on the platform of the
wounded the single tax abolish
ment nt 1h uann u minnuiim
wage scale, the short ballot, more
power lor the oeonlo hv strength
ening tne Oregon system, propor
uonai representation, etc.
Mr. u nen is certainly a fiamer
and his worst enemies must nd-
mit that ho has dojie much for
tne plain people ol Oregon. To
him we owe the Oregon system
to taking the stale out of the
nanus oi tne looters and giving
tne government direct to tne. peo
pie. To him we owe he srood re
suits of Tuesday's election, right
oi tne' people to deleat many vi
cious big business and politica
measures with which the ballot
was loaded down.
And those who know Mr. U'Ren
know that he will sure be some
candidate two years hence, and
will make a campaign I hat will
stir Oregon.
"I Told You So,"
Tho man who knows how it would
go;
Who always says, "I Told You
So,"
Is in our midst again today.
There doesn't seem to be a way
To circumvent this noisy peat,
Who never gives us any rest
Or to elect the arrant dub
Into the Ananias Club,
It matters not what tho event
He is the omnipresent gent,
No matter what creates the stir
He always knew it would occur.
Earthquakes and fires do not
dismay
This prophet in the slightest way.
He'll tell you afterward that he
Had prophesied them to a "T."
No matter how the votes may
stand
This ardent fajkir has the sand
io tell you that he doped it out
Three weeks before, without a
doubt,-
When this old world doth end at
last
And time for prophecies are past,
When he's assigned to realms b,e
low,
Will he say then, "I told you so?"
Appreciation.
Scotls Mills. Ore.
Edilor Courier:
Find enclosed a check for your
paper for a year.
Any paper that takes up the
fight for good legislation and for
the people and is not afraid to
say what is right, should receive
the support of the people,
The position you have taken in
tho present election is what
brings this subaription.
Yours respectfully,
C. K. LEITZEL.
More Power or Another Mill?
The following dispatch from
Salem will bo of interest to Ore
gon City:
B. l . McBain or Oregon uty,
filed an application with the
state engineer asking for the ap
propriation of sufficient water
from the Ulackamas Hivor just
below the Iliver Mill of the Porl-
and Railway. Light & Power
Company, to develop 11,364 horse
power. The plana call for a darn
10 feet high, a canal live miles
long and the estimated cost of
improvements is $1,0(10,000. The
filing fees amount to $636.25.
This is some project all right,
but B. T. McBain knows what
power will be-worth to Oregon in
the day to come, and he hates to
see it go to waste.
Chief 8haw's Report
Following is tho outline report
of Chief of Police Shaw for the
month of October.
Number of hobos taken In 47;
number of arrests 8; city cases
prosecuted 4; meals lor prison
ers 91: lines collected ?J!.
Milton Bauer, carrying con
cealed weapons was sent to just
ice court, as was Harry (Jiark, the
half breed for petit larceny, and
Fred Martin for petit larceny.
These are the tewost arrests
foKmany months.
Appetizing.
Following was the bill of fare
at the Live Wire Luncheon Tues
day: orriciai uanot.
Roast Soring Chicken.
Hull Moose Gravy.
Referendum Celery.
Single Tax Jellies.
Shredded Irish Potatoes.
Brown Sweet Potatoes.
Majority Rule Rolls.
Grange Bill Butter.
Lettuce and Pimento Salad.
Taft Apple Pie (Whipped Cream)
woodrow (jOliee.
Looks Like Lane.
Lane is undoubtedly elected as
Democratic U. H. senator, allho
Selling's friends are yet hopeful.
Bourne was defeated.
FOR
GOVERNO
Hawley Wins.
Congressman Hawley has won
for congress, but he will be in
mighty lonesome company at the
next session and harmless. He
carried Clackamas county, but by
a greauy reduced majority.
Woodburn Goes Wet
A year ago Woodburn carried
the city for no license by a major
ity of 51, and Tuesday the voters
reversed this decision and grant
ed license by 23 majority.
High School Law Defeated.
Tho nigh school fund law has
again been defeated in this coun
ty by about 500 votes. It was a
measure but little understood hv
the voters and consequently voted
against.
Jones Candidate for Mayor.
Between tho election return
bulletins Tuesday night there was
flashed a picture of I, inn E. Jones
of this city with the words "In
dependent Candidate for Mayor of
Oregon City."
Cheer Ud.
Cheer up, old scout,
l Hough down and out
Don't give the glooms full sway;
Tho way to win
Is just to grin
And show the world an iron chin,
io brace your backbone up and
say,
lomorrow is another day."
Hedges Probably Loses.
Gilbert L. Hedges made
splendid run in this county when
you stop to consider. With a
normal Republican majority of
uu against nun ne changed tnis
to 500 Democrats for him in this
county, a change of about 1300
votes. But tho returns from the
other three counties in this dis-
nct indicate that Mr. Tonurue has
l sale lead.
"Just Started to Fight"
"We have only just started to
fight," said W. S. U'Hen Wed
nesday when asked what he thot
of the single tax proposition los-
ng.
Four years ago the single tax
i's cou d be counted in dozens.
Tuesday they were counted by
nousanos. as tney become edu
cated to and better understand
the system it is bound to carry,
we nave made sunnsinfr cams
and tho change is bound to come."
Coming "Jollification" Meeting
Last spring there was a Demo
cratic banquet and jolly good time
n woodburn nan.
And it was announced at this
meeting there would be another
meetinir soon after election a
Democratic ratification meeting.
And it s coming soon.
Already preparations are beiiiur
made, and it will bo one of those
atifications eouai to that which
rho Democrats gave i nthis city
wnen liieveiand was elected.
W. B. (Jersey) Stafford who is
live wire for the coming blow
ut says tho date has not been
efinitely fixed but that the com-
iittoe is working it out and it
will be bold soon.
Help This Project
Tho big land show at Portland,
regon, opens on Monday, No
Miiber 18th. 1912. and Clacka-
nis county will be there with one
f the biggest and finest Asxi-
u'ltural Exhibits ever seen any
where. Messrs. E. P. Carter, and
W. E. Niles at Gladstone have
chargo of this exhibit in tho ab
sence of O. E. rreytag who lias
one to Minneapolis where he will
ave charge of Oregon's Big
Land Show which opon.s there on
tho llth. inst.
.Any citizen of Clackamas coun
ty who has anything good in the
way of farm products should see
Mr. Carter or Mr. Niles at onco at
tho Publicity Oilico of the Com
mercial Club, whore arrange
ments can be made to exhibit the
same at the Portland Land Show
and they are especially anxious to
secure fresh apples, pears, grapes
potatoes, corn, carrots, turnips,
parsnips, cabbage, cauliflower
and in fact anything good in the
vegetable or fruit line.
Gladstone Election Sidelights.
A ludicrous situation occured
election day at the polls, when an
ardent republican discovered the
lower part of his ballot . was
marked "X" before the names of
tho socialistic candidates. The
end of his bulky ballot protuded
under an improvised partition,
and a champion of Debs, on the
opposite side of the partition, had
failed to notice that he was rais
ing the very duece with the repub
lican's ballot. When the repub
lican discovered that he had been
jobbed but wholly unconscious
ly there was a general laugh ail
around, and in a few minutes the
atmosphere of the ballot sanctity
once again enveloped the Glad
stone precinct.
It's a safe bet that "Dad" Bur
gess aged ninety-three and then
some, was1 the oldest man that
voted around these parts. Mr.
Burgess is as lively as a' kitten
and ambled in nad out of the
polls as if it were an everyday oc
currence for him. "Dad" has
been voting for presidents for
a longer period of time lhan
most me l have lived. The si.o of
Tuesday's ballot didn't cure him
a bit. and he voted without I he
use of his spectacles.
By an overwhelming majority
the citizens of Gladstone voted
egainst allowing cattle to run at
largo within tho corporate limits
of that town, and in the future
I he poundmasler will gather up
all the roaming bossies and herd
them to the city pound. Thft vole
is an evidence of Gladstone's pro.
gressiveness.
T THE TOTES
MADE AND UNMADE LAWS FOR
OREGON.
SPLENDID JUDGMENT SHOON
Outline of What has been Lost
And Won.
The big ballot Tuesday has
made vote counting a slow propo
sition and even at this date
(Thursday), there is consider
able uncertainty and guess work.
In this county Sheriff Mass
and Assessor Jack have been el
ected; Wilson and Lane carried
Clackamas county; G. L. Hedges
carried the county against Ton
gue by about 500; Schuebel, Gill
and Schnoerr have been elected
to the legislature. Following is
the uncomplete returns of the
county .at the time of going to
press:
President Taft 756, Wilson
1153, Chafin 145, Debs 324,
Roosevelt -1118.
Congressman, first district
Campbell 660, Hawley 1313,
Smith 741.
Ui S. Senator Bourne 615,
Clark 367, Lane 1205, Paget, 223,
Ramp, 297, Eelling 1025.
Secretary of State Kennedy,
464, Olcott, 1576, Roddaway, 376,
Ryan 1160, Whitfi 159.
Justice of Supreme Court
Bright 299, Ea'iin 1546, Slater,
957, Weaver 4'.8.
Dairv and food commissioner
Lea 990. Mickle 1446.
Railroad commissioner
Campbell 2312, Vogt 507.
District Attorney Hedges,
1774, Tongue 1405.
Joint Representative Lof.
gren 2280, Simons 642.
Representatives Gill, 1753,
Schnoerr 1664, Schuebel, 1613,
Noyer 1402.
Commissioner Hively, 1070,
Mattoon, 1434, Myers 826.
Sheriff llackett 1393, Mass,
1517.
Clerk Leiser 700. Mulvey 2303
Assessor Jack 1469, Nelson
1286.
Recorder Dedman 1459, Gaff
ney 1272.
County Treasurer Tufts, school
superintendent Gary, Coroner
Wilson and Surveyor Meldrum
have all been re-elected with
slight opposition by overwhelm
ing majorities.
W. W. H. Samson has defeated
David Caufield for justice of tho
peace in the Oregon City district
and I. E. (Jack) Frost has won
over Ed Fortune for constable.
Of tho various propositions
voted on. in the state, the com
plete vote has not been counted,
but the following results are gen
erally conceded:
Woman suffrage will probably
win by a narrow margin.
the lieutenant governor meas
ure will lose.
Majority rule n constitutional
amendments will lose.
Double liability of bank stock
holders will win.
Malarkey bill will carry.
Cascade county will lose.
Millage tax for state institu
tions is close; majority to date is
against it.
Majority law op initiative meas
ures will lose.
County bonding for roads will
carry-
Stale highway department
measure will lose.
, State printer measure will lose.
Hotel inspector bill lost.
Eight-hour day bill will win.
Bluo sky law wilf probably car
ry.
Two convict measures pronibit-
ing Ilium on private work will
carry.
Stale road bonding act win lose.
Limiting road indebtedness will .
win. , 4
County bonding act win prob
ably win.
Now meinod oi dividing coun
ties will carry.
Income tax uncertain.
Exemption on household goods
will carry.
Exemption on money and cred
its will lose.
Inheritance tax measures will
lose.
Freight rates act will be close.
Abolishing state senate will
lose.
Capital punishment will not bo
abolished.
Boycott measure will lose.
Street speaking measure will
lose.
University of Oregon referen-
dums will carry against the ap
propriations. Port of Portland commission
measure will probably bo defeat
ed.
County and state single tax will
lose.
Hero are some little odds ana
ends of national interest: -
Oregon. Arizona. Kansas ann
Michigan have given suffrage to
women.
Wilson carriod California.
Victor Berger, socialist con
gressman of Milwaukie, was de
feated. .
Albany. Oreiron. wont dry. Leb
anon went dry. Harrisburg went
wet and Eslacada wet. In tho
lower end or the valley Eugene
voted dry 2 to 1, while spring, a
littlo suburb out a couple of utiles
from the University town, voted
for sa oons. Eugene nas
been
drv for six years.
Jon Cannon of Danville,
Illin-
ois, has been defeated for
con-
Both senate and house will be
democratic, the house over
whelmingly so.
The socialists nave annul
doubled their vote in the nation,
tho total vote being aooul hoo,
000. Now forget to remombcr it and
1
TUESDAY
let's play ball for a change.