l No voting contests, premiums or other "inducementsThe Cour ier stands on Its own bottom and Its subscription list talks. ..The Courier has an average sworn circulation during the year 1912 of over 2,000 weekly. Its ad. vertislng columns are gold. :;tf 30th YEAR. OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY, NOV. 22, I9I2. No. 28 I :. , ; I ; ' . . if i!" SI MAYOR OUT FOR GOVERNOR WILL ENTER RACE FOR 1914 REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. WILL MAKE STATE CANVASS And Hopes to Land Nomination in Republican Primaries. Mayor Grant B. Dimick of this city is a candidate for the Repub , lican nomination for governor of Oregon. And the people of Oregon will know that Mr. Dimick will be some candidate before the pri maries close in the spring of 1914, for Mr. Dimick is a man who does things when he decides. He is not of tho passive or receptive type. What he wants he goes af ter, goes after agressively. Grant B. Dimick is a man who does things. He can't sit still and take things as they come. His nature is aggressive. He is a brainy man, a thinker, an execu tor, practical, careful and pret ty much of a bull dog to hang on when once he has made up iiis mind. He is not announcing for governor for the advertising it will give him or the help it may be to his law practice. He is a can didate because he wants to be governor and you can bet he has no secondary objects in view. And ho will be in the campaign all ov er until the ballots make him or count him out. Mr. Dimick is a Republican and probably always will be. He has alwayq been an active worker for t he party. Just what his platform will be remains to bo seen, but it is reasonably certain that one of the planks will be a vigorous war against single tax. And Oregon City now has two candidates for the highest office in the state of Oregon. Both men aro Republicans but stand wide apart in points "of belief. But both Mr. Dimick and U'Ren are fighters and there will be . some lively times in the spring and fall of '14. HARDLY JUSTIFICATION. Mr. Tooze "Explanatlfcn" Is a lit tle Late and Rather Weak. Before the Live Wires Tuesday Councilman Tooze' defended the council against the criticism of newspapers and others because of not making public the findings of the expert who was employed and paid to make an investigation of the financial condition of the city. The Courier was one of the critics, and it will now proceed to At do a little defending on its own account. Mr. Tooze should remember that it was not this paper nor the publio that made charges against the council and its records, out it was the mayor himself, and that if was made in an open meeting and through the newspapers. And Mr. Tooze as openly declared that he would introduce, a resolution in the council calling for a state ment of the condition of the city, and that he would make it his bus iness to see if the charges were true. ; And now it would rather seem that it was the duty of Mr. Tooze or the council to make as public that investigation as the charges wore made and the people will not feel at all satisfied until it is done. Simply stating that a report was made and tiled with the rec order isn't saying much. What the people now want to know, now that council members started it, is whether these charges were or were not true, and that the same publicity be given the matter now as before the investigation was made. Telling the people to go to the records and find out hardly satis fys. If the council hadn't wanted it shown up the council hadn't ought to have started it. THE USUAL ADVICE. "Get on the Majority Band Wagon and Stay There." -. W. S. U'Ren has made the an nouncement that he will be a can didate for governor at the next election. He has failed to state which political party, if. either, ho will represent, but it is highly probable that he will go it alone as a party unto himself with sev eral of his pet fads and fancies as planks in his platform. Just as a reminder we would suggest that he leave out single tax if he expects to be elected. Mr. U'Ren is fully capable of being governor and we might elect a worse man in many ways, but if he expects to be elected he should get on the majority band wagon at once and stay there. Gresham Outlook. This kind of advice if follow ed, would stop all progression and reforms. It would have elect ed Taft, would have prevented women from voting, would have left Oiegon in the hands of the politicians as of old. The women have been voted down in Oregon seven times, be cause the majority on the band wagon hung together. Every re form in the United States has come through men getting off the band wagon and wading through defeat.- ' , ,, , . ' The Outlook's outlook is rather narrow and it's advice weak. Henry Keltkenriper Dead. Henry Kf.itkemper, father of Mrs. Frank Busch of this city, died at Courtney Wednesday night. The funeral will be held in the cathedral at Portland gaUUta day morning at ten, Rev. Hilde brand officiating. A more exten ded notice will tie printed next week. i the Lowest Cost ELECTRIC LIGHT is the most suitable for home, offices, shops and other places ceding iisrht:. tricity can be used in any quantity, larr or small, thereby furnishing any require! amount of light. Furthermore, electric .'amps car- be' located in any place, thus affording any desiieil t1!strlbut.5 .a of light. ' No other lamps possess ty' oualificntio.i , there fore it is not surprising that electric lamps are rapidly replacing all others in modro establishments. Portland Railway, Light & Powet Company MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH C& ALDER. ' - PORTLAND - Phones Main 6688 and A. (5131 SHALL I VOTE FOR THE ELEVATOR SOME THINGS FOR YOU VOTERS TO THINK ABOUT. THIS WILL BE LAST CHANCE If It Does not Carry December 2, it will Not Come up Again. A week from next Monday the voters of Oregon City will onoe more pass on the matter of hav ing a public elevator for the bluffs And what are we going to do about it? - It would seem that the one thing to do, in view of the future of the city, would be to vote for this improvement, and provide a free elevator service for residence part of the city. Some people raise the objec tion that the city is now spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in publio improvements, in the way of street improvements, el ectrict fire alarm system and in other ways, and that the expenses are coming too fast, but the Cour ier doesn't believe this is the right way to look at it. - A member of a firm may object to the way its directors are spend ing money, but when the direct ors can show - the . stockholders trat every dollar expended is a dividend-paying investment, then the stockholders have another think coming. ' ! We have spent a heap of money in making splondid : streets, Of passages that were rock piles and impassible, but tvhere : is the property owner that has not or will not find the improvements an investment? t ; This matter of a publio elevat or is nothing more nor less than an improved road up the bluffs, and this paper believes that it will be an investment to" every man who owns a home or has property for sale or rent that it will add more to the value of that property than the amount of his assess ment to pay for the elevator. If you will ever stop to think it over there are few transfers of real -estate south of the Seventh street stairway on the bluffs, and if you will look into it you will find that the most of these resi dences are rented property, that the residents do not , own their homes. - ' A resident of Gladstone told the Courier that Oregon City did more for the growth or uiaastone wnen down the elevator prop osition some months ago than I Gladstone could , possibly have 'Hnnft for itself. He said it sold jmany lots for home builders in that place soia mem w lauuueo that would not build where they would always have to climp stair ways, like the cliff dwellers, to their homes. ' And then thore is the n(atter of future policy. This city is bound to continue its growth because it has something behind it to make it grow, and it is bound to be one of the big cities of Oregon. And as it grows and some of the big projects now under way are put through, then will tho hill section have to fight for its own, for it is certain that a big effort is going to be made to build up the west side. And we might just as well say it as to think it, if the west side should be laid out into a hand some residence section, as it will bo if projects go through, then it is going to make any property owner on tho hill go some to com pete. Everything equal the hill section is much more desirable as a residence section, but with 250 stairs difference, the west side and Gladstone look awful good. , Real estate dealers in this city will tell you that tho recent vote on. the public elevator stopped pendng deals for homes ' on the hill. You say there are not any va cant houses on the hill. Very true, but remember that demand not choice of location, does this. If there were a hundred or two houses ready for rent just across the bridge on the west side don't you beliovo there would be some vacant residences on the hill and that rent would be cheap er. ? This is a matter that is up to you voters to determine, and we will abide by the result, but think it over pretty well, before you turn it down. There aro some interests in this city that are hoping and praying that you uu turn n uown. it is the old crowd that has always been afraid that a little business n ight get a foothold up there, and then there is the new crowd, the west side development interests, who are longing for you to turn the matter down again. And you want to consider that if you vote it .down this time you won't have a chance to try it again in a hurry, for tho city will not, continue to can tnese eieoi ions for you. The elevator prop osition will carry at the coming election, or it will be a dead one for years to come. Better look at this matter from the viewpoint of the future and as building for a greater city. You ladies are voters on this question. The matter is as much your to determine as for the men. Talk it over with your husbands and the family and then come out and vote. If you are interested in it and want the proposition to carry, help it along. One lively, interested woman can do more in a day than a dozen men can in a week. OBSERVATIONS. The Brotherhood Banquet Form an Observer's Viewpoint. The Congregational Brother hood had a most enjoyable supper in the church rooms on Wednes day evening, November 20. By the way, why should the officers ol this brotherhood persist in calling their delightful little supper a banquet? It is infinitely better than any banquet for there is a homeyness about it, that the fin est banquet in the land cuold not offer. Men you know, sitting on right and left of you, as well as in front of you; musio you like, from piano and orchestra, affording a background that would make the most bashful man act like the most case hanlmed after-dinner speaker, and above all else, the "Good-will-to-all-men" face of Doctor Ford, marred only, by the passing regret that the pie was not chicken, shining out over the assembled diners; and Mr. Ed wards, like a good host, welcom ing guest and membdrs alike. Best of all, some of the mqt delight ful women of the community al ways at your elbow to see that you lack for nothing. What could a man ask for more? :V. The penalty of any good dinner is that you have to listen to the other fellow talk, but on this oc casion there was no penalty, xet ii. il,r.n follnu; talked Professor Gary made his usuali happy introduction, oajj.-o something that enabled every oth er speaker to get a toe hold. Gomes Dr. Ford who won every one by hi., clever combination or fact and' fancy;, epigram and story; yet whose stalwart Method ism sounded like a bugle call, in these times of compromise and faint heartedness. Gilbert Hedges gave the talk of the night, as on ly he knows how in this town at least; and the fact he brought, out was well to tne noun, ui- n. ly by co-operation that anything big can be accomplished. Other speakers followed; men who spoke from the heart. .Not ora tors by any means, but men who had something to say, and said it. Men like Brother Roake, Major Noble, Lou Adams and others. To sum up, this Federation of Churches is going to amount- to 1 something. It does not mean uiai they are going to sin men iueu tity in one big union, church, but that they are going to pool their activities, like Wall street pools its money. The saloonkeep er will not be the only ones to feel the force oi tneir auuviu, uu Ct- en they had Detier bh up uuu mn notice. ' - T n. v. u. i. Loses Arm In Woolen Will. William Miller, 55 years of ago, a native of Germany who came to Oregon City last summer, vfras severely injured in an accident in (ho nankin? room of the woolen mills Thursday morning He was taken to the Oregon City hospital ..h hia arm was nrnDUtated just below the elbow. Mr. Miller lives with his relative Mrs. Ned Rakel of Canemah. A page ad at the last hour has crowded out several articles. TELEPHONE RATES ARE REDUCED BUT THE PACIFIC CO. DID NOT GRANT THE REDUCTION. PUBLIO SERVICE BILL DID IT You Voter8 did It November 6. Did You Know you Did It? November 5 the voters of Ore gon passed the i Malarkey public service bill, on a referendum or dered by petition of the people, vesting the Railroad Comission with jurisdiction over every pub lic service commission in Oregon. Perhaps a . lot of you didn't just know al you voted for and perhaps you did. Perhaps tho tel ephone and other public service companies did not know all the provisions of the bill it would seem not. But now it appears that you voters fixed thexates on lolo phonos, telegraphs, electr.io lights water rents, etc., with your own little pencil marks. And it is said tho Pacific Telephone Co. has found it out. For some time there has been considerable kicking and discuss., ion over the raise and discrimin ation of tho Pacific -Telephone Go's rates in this city, and you will perhaps remember the Cour ier took n hand in the. game, and succeeded in stirring up enough public sfentiment that the city council took hold of it and went to investigating. " . :i -. . A committee was appointed to look into the mater and it reco mmended that the old rates be es stablished. But they were not. And later on it was reported tnat an other committee had boon ap pointed to investigate, just now lonir this would have continued is a guess, but on election day there was a change and the city coun cil need not investigate any limCer.' ; ., ' j ' Here s what you maae a law November 5 : "Section 25. Rate Schedules to ho Filed: Maximum Charges. Everv Dublic utility, shall file with the Commission within a lime to be fixed bv the Commiss ion, schedules which shall be open to public inspection, showing all rates, tolls and cnarges wiuoii u has established and which are in force at the time for any service in connection therewith or per formed by it within the state, or for . any servico in connection therewith or performed by any p blic utility Controlled or oper ated by it. Tho rates, tolls and charges shown on such schedules shall not exceed the rates, tolls and charges in force January, 1, 1911." And hern's another niece: Section 77. Rates of January 1, 1911, to Govern as Maximum Un less Otherwise Ordered; Proceed ines to ChanKe. F-xceDt as in t h w .Act. nrovided. and unless the Gommission shall otherwise order it shall bo unlawful for any pun lie utility within this state to ao mand. collect or receive a great er compensation ior any service than the r charge fixed on uie I. schedule of rates for the same servico on the first day of January, lau. twery puuuu uui i v in his state snau. wiunn a time to be fixed by the Commiss inn. file in the office of the Com mission, copies of all schedules of rates and charges, including joint rates, in force on the first day oi January, iu, nu un rates in force at any, tune subso quent to said dale." Now the rates tho Pacific lolo nhone Co. oharged in . December were 81.25 for phono. How is the Bell, concern going to get any more t ' Direct from - tho railroad com mission in Portland we get the in fnrmntinn that. THIS IS LAW. If it is, and you go down to the Telephone Co. and lay down your M.25, how are they going to mane you pay 1)1.75. .. t , . if they uo. limn wnai is i grand jury for in rwninl V? . And runner wo get it suaigui. that the Pacific Co. nor-any other company has no right to make two charges, for tho same service, as the l'acinc uo. nas Deen uiiiukihb that they have no legal rigni to discriminate. And there you are, letiows. me law says you shall pay what you paid in January 1911 for youf telephonos, and you are monkeys if you pay any more. The Pacific Telephone Co. ex pects to advance all rates in this city to a uniform January 1, so it is said, that is they propose to th that discrimination by boosting tho lower rates to the higher. That wouia put us mi uu the level, you know tho highest level. But in face of the law the vot ers passed November 5 it rather lookM as if thero wouldn't be any boosting done by the Bell lele- r,h,in i'.n .lanunrv 1. The Only way they can boost now is to get behind the public servico commis sion and induce them to permit the boost. LIVE WIRE DISCUSSIONS. Some of the Things the Business Men Talked or Tuesoay. At tho Live Wire session Tues rlflv the statement of Mr. Hackett in a newspaper letter that Orogon City was carrying a aeni oi ioii, nnn umi rhnllinired hv some of the members, they claiming that the Mtatetiient was misleading to the public, inasmuch as this sum in cluded the water works plant and street improvements under the Bancroft act, have a value to tne amount of the indebtedness and should not be considered aa a li ability. Mr. Tooze took up the matter of the city having an expert to exam ine the accounts of the city. Ho said he was one of the councilmen that asked for tho examination, that same was made, and that a motion was passed by the council to have same (Hod with the city recorder, which had been done, and that he Jhought tho council had done its part in this matter; that the report was on tile in the recorder's olllce, and that he con sidered the criticism the council had received was unjust. a. l. McBain made a snort talk in favor of carrying the vote at tho coming election for the public elevator. Ho said the hill section was handicapped in its growth by the stairwaays. and that with an elevator this section would grow. Ho urged the Live Wire memhers to vote and work for it. Mr. Tooze spoke of the big street improvement work that had bond done and was now under way and defended the work as an as set to the city, an asset that would Day good luture dividends. Ho said tho hardest and most expen sive of the street work had been done, and that the streets in view would cost far less than those un der way. ile said the council was acting on their best judgment in these matters; that the improved streets made property more valu able, brought under taxation and made vatuahlo property that was before worthless, built up the city and provided more taxable property for the support of the city. Ho said that there were now applications for the improvement oi iourtn, Hign, inirtentn, jei forson, Water, John Adams and Kightenth streets, or parts of them, and that ho believed that it would be an investment for the city to take these up as they could and improve them. no pointed out that these streets would not be as expensive as the streets now under improvement, and that High street, it given a suriace improve ment, instead of digging out the rock under ground, could be made a handsome street and that every foot of it would be availablo for residence lots. Frank Busch offered a motion, which was unanimously adopted, that a vote of thanks bo accorded tho city council for its stand for a shipping yard in connection with the P. R. L. & P. Company's franchise. Mr. Busch says that much shinning goes to Canny and other places because we have no facilities. Dr. Pickins took up the matter of hotter lighting lor tho suspen sion bridge, and the matter will bo taken up with the elcctrio com pany. OF INTEREST TO VOTERS. Recorder Stlpp Gives Some Facts - and Figures on City Matters. To the Editor: . . : ., . i The following matters relate to the proposed amendmont ' of the city oharter providing for refun ing a part ol the debt of Oregon City: Warrants and interejl es timated Aug. 1.-12.461,868.68 Warrants drawn sinco Aug. 1, including November 20,207.31 Due from general fund : on streets complotod 1,000.00 Ti this amount will he nn nHilnit the amount i To this will be added the amount which the general fund mi. si n;iv toward the improve merit ol Monroe, Jackson, J. Q. Adams and Sixteenth streets and some sewer contracts, estimated ni aa non. With approximately $2500.00 per month, estimated genoral ex. nendilnro. makinir a total on Ap. .-l tr, ( i) I a. estimated at $7,500. Thero will be outstanding against the general fund, $Hd, This includes the Permanent s; I pi w.l Imn fund. Krnm which must bo deducted tho income of the city, including taxes, estimated at $37,000.00. Which leaves a balance out standing of $106,635.99. To which must be added out standing general city bonds, $50,. noo no Making a total fo $156,035.99. Tho interest charges on those sums would bo on tho bonds o per cent or $2500.00 per year, on IUO outstanding wuriouw " j'-1 rcnl nr IM!)H i ft. Twenty thousand dollars of these bonds become duo during ihn vonp IM S and it will be noc- PHHiirv iii some manner to take iimm nn i:ndnr tho present con (lit ion of thn charter theso bonds pnn Tint hi. refunded, neither can any of tho additional outstanding warrants be refunded by bonds. If tht charter wimia permit, me out standing warrants could bo re funded and tanon up ny uonus ai i B nA ttnra an interest cnaigo oi um "u than 5 per cent and pronaoiy not iKirfi than 4 1-2 nor cent and tho bonds would command a premium on sale. This wouiu nave mo ei fccl of reducing tho interest charge to Oregon City about $1, 500.00 each year, and it is im perative that this snouiu no uoue for the purpose of allowing tho outstanding general fund war rants or at least the greater part of them, to be refunded. Charter amendment 300 yes, 301 no, en titled "A Bill Tor an Act to amenu naratrranh 39 of section 34 of tho charter of Oregon City, Oregon, and which provides ior doiiuiuk the city not to exceed iuu,uuu wj run not over 20 years, and bear interest not to exceed 5 per cent: to sell at not less than par; and for tho purpose of paying off city warrants or any bonded indebt edness. Such bonds to be taxed as other personal property is now being submitted to the legal voters of Oregon City. lhis amount will not have the effoct of increasing the debt of Oregon City at all, but will reduce the m- i...l .hnrcrn mnterinllv and it IS sincerely hoped that tho people will pass this arnondment. Hot meals, Monday and Tuesday at McLoughlin hall, 25c, noon and evening, St. John'r sewing so ciety. Program will be rendered.. OF ELKS ATTENDED DEDICATION OF OREGON CITY ELKS' BEAUTIFUL(HOME. HUNDREDS MAR CHIN PARADE Every Lodge In State was Repre sented at Services. 'Hell Bill," was heard on every corner in this city on Wednesday whon the old town was in posses sion ot trio Klks, the occasion Do ing the dedication and laying of the corner stone of the handsome home of the order, which wa4 re cently completed and furnished. ii-arly m the morning the JMks ar rived from all directions to get acquainted with tho members of the Oregon City order, and by ev ening the streets were thronged. hvery lodge in the state, was rep resented, and if tho visitors did not have a good time while in this city, it was no fault of the local organization. The laying of the corner stone of the structure took place at two o'clock by the Grand Lodge offi cers find from this hour until five o'clock, the massive doors of the beautiful homo were thrown open to the publicEvery room was filled with visitors who were given a most cordial welcome by the re ception committee, composed of Mr. and Mrs. Henry O'Malley, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Randall, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Risley, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Osmund, Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Humphreys, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Noble, Mr. and Mrs. William R. Logus, Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Moody, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Daul ton. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Fields, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Tobin, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Latouretto, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Kollansbee, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lev itt, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. McBain, Mr. and Mrs. William Sheahan, and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hodges. From 5:30 on until the closo of the grand ball at Busch's hall, a banquet was served in the armory which had been attractively dec orated with ferns, which were ar ranged in largo clusters along the wall, and American flags. Never before in tho history of Oregon City, was a more appetizing or a larger banquet served than on this occasion, and J. J. Tobin and G. C. Fields are deserving of much credit for the way tho big feast was handled. At 8 o'clock tho dedication cere monies took place in the beautiful lodge room, which was filled to its capacity. An elegant musical program was given, along with the beautiful ritualistio service of the Elks, Past Exalted Ruler of No. 142, K. K. Kubli, delivered an address, and later Gilbert, L. Hodges spoke. The closing ode of the Elks, and 'Auld Lang Syno" rendered most beautifully by tho. Oregon Male quartette completed tho dedication services. Tho dedicatory ball at Busch'a hall was attended by several hun dred, besides the local Elks and their ladies. Tho hall nver ap peared more' attractive than on this occasion, the decorative ef fects being most artistic. The col ors of the lodge, purple and whito. were festooned across tho hall and caught in tho center by six large American flags and a largo flag of the lodge, all adorning a large Elk's head. Fox's ocrhostra of 10 piece furnished the muslo and the dancing continued until a late hour. Special trains were run from iioii'ts as far east as The Dalles, Portland sent up ten specials ov er tho P. R. L. & P., and the S. P. ran two specials one from Eugnee hearing -25 members of the lodgo there, and a Salem special, which carried about 150 of the capital city "Bills." Straggling Elks were picked up at intermediate points and the specials returned south at an early hour Thursday morn ing. The whole affair was carried off on gigantic proportions and was handled in a most creditablo manner by local Elkdoiu. The members of tho Oregon City lndgo have reason to bo proud of their new homo, and also tho efficient members who made their dedica linn rl;i v I lie success it was. There wore over a thousand vi sit ing Elks who took advantage of the local lodge's hospitality. 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