OKBGON
CITY
COURIER
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30th YEAR.
OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY. DEC. 6, 19 12.
No. 30
LINN JUNES AND
THEJLEVIlIflll
BOTH ELECTED BY BIG MAJOR
ITIES TUESDAY
DANGEROUS JOKER EMBALMED
Ten Days' Residence In 'the City
Won't Make Legal Voter
Oregon City voted to progress
Monday. The women voters did
not try to turn things over, nor
djd they allow any jokers to be
put through on them.
Linn Jones was elected mayor
by a big majority, the elevator
proposition carried Dy a Dig ma
jority, and the joker was snowed
under for fair.
That's a pretty good result of
the urst election m historic old
Oregon City that permitted woiii
en voters. , '
Little did Dr. McLoughiin, the
founder of this city, think the
tim would come when a big pub
lic free elevator would take the
place of the old Indian trails and
ladders up the blurt's arid that the
women voters of the city would
be pushing along the improve
ments. But such is progress.
-The 'election results give gen
eral satisfaction. Mr: Jones is
happy, the hill people are shaking
hands with themselves and each
other, and County Clerk- Mulvey
has one of those Taft smiles that
won't rub oil'. They say he had a
nice start for typhoid, but when
the election returns came in and
he knew the elevator proposition
had carried, that ho changed his
mind and wouldn't have it
The results were the elevator,
Linn E. Jones lor mayor; M. J).
Latouretle treasurer; Fred Met
zer L. P. Horton V. A. Long and
V. J. Myer for councilnien.
The vote on Mayor was Jones
1,009, Mrs. Newton 173.
Four hundred and six women
voted in the different wards.
The' vote on the elevator stood
for 687 and against 441.
The amendment to -the city
city charter providing for the re
funding of bonds was carried by
a vote of 739 for and 336 against.
An amendcmcnt that was a sur
prise to nearly everybody, and of
which nothing was known, ap
peared oti the ballot which if car
ried would have made' a legal vot
er in this city of any person who
had lived six months in the state
and ten days in a ward in this ci
ty. Under this voters' qualillca
tion it would havo been possible
on any proposition that might
have arisen to have simply im
ported voters here by the car load
ten days before an election, and
carried or defeated any measure.
People were simply astonished
to read this dangerous measure
on Tuesday's ballot, and to think
its submission was authorized by
ttio city ' '
But the people and the churches
got busy, the voters smelled of it
and put a cross against it and it
was buried by a vote of 274 for
and 826 against.
It is now said the wording of the
residence qualification on the bal
lot was a mistake, and both the
city and the Enterprise, which
,h uiteu tiiti imilols, ciaim the oth-u-r
mane it, but t tie fact that it was
not given out to the' people that
the amendment was to lie voted on
vwiiic an Hie other propositions
were -discussed and the people
(uuy jiili-rnied on, gives a slight
. iu u im usii to Uie story and puts
Lhe ciiy in one more ol those em
barrassing positions.
. Following is 1 lie votes .for
nlliciuis and councilnien by wards:
Mi si ward, Wetzger, 2(5, Kan
dull 12i.
Second ward, (short term) Del
Hart 173, L. P. Horton 325. Long
term, W. A Long 250, J. D. Ren
ner 241; . ; .
Third ward, F. J. Myer 155,
Frank Betzel 55, W. C. Greaves
31.
Mayor First ward, Jones 337.
Mrs. Newton 42. Second ward
Jones 448, Mrs'. Newtorr- 96.
Third ward, Jones 224, Mrs, New.
tpn 35.
, Treasurer First ward, Latour
etle 336, second ward 482, third
ward 209.
Elevator First ward, 209 for
100 against. Secolid ward 279 for
240 against. Third' ward 139 for,
101 against.
Bond issue First ward 238 for
142 against. Third ward 139 for
100 against. Second ward 262 for
94 against.
The voters amendment First
90 for, 265 against. Second ward,
129' for 379 against. Third ward,
55 for, 182 against.
In the llrst ward the women
cast 122 votes, second 182, third,
102.
The women voters made a de
cidedly, good impression in this
their llrs voting: rne most, oi
them knew just what they want
ed to vote' .for and voted.- They,
did. not try' to start anything or
try to show the men what was
needed. They simply voted and
went home and then came back
after their umbrellas.
LOOKS LIKE PUT-
MUFFLER
COUNCIL DOINGS THAT LOOK
VERY PECULIAR.
WONT HEAR THE EVIDENCE
Tell Witnesses Matter will be
Taken up at Another Time.
Figues that Will Interest.
Thn total vote cast at the last
election for president amounted
to 14.348.768. Wilson received
6,169,893, Hoose'velt, 3,939,146,!
Taft, 3,381,168; Debs, 690,270;;
fihafin. 168.291. In 1908 Bryan
received 6,393,182 or 222,290!
more than Wilson received this
year. The combined vote of Taft
and Roosevelt was 317,312 less
ii ni i : I : . j fiAO fpv.nl
man aaii receivcu in ibuo. im
figures may be changed slightly
by the official returns. It is esti
mated that about 800,000 men
failed to vote. .
Watch Out
The food inspectors are getting
after the butter dealers and pro
duce sellers in this part of Ore
gon, and it is said that an active
campaign is to be waged against
short weights. 'The law is very
plain tnat it is a violation to self
or offer to sell butter in a plain
wrapper regardless of weight. It
must state 8oz. 16 oz.; or 32oz.,
full weight, and it must be printed
instead of written.' "
To Organize County Union.
Tho Ml PlH.iKSinl. Farmers' So
ciety of Equity has issued a call
lor a meeting on uecemuer zisi,
at the Commercial club rooms in
Oregon City, for the purpose of
.nreanizinf? a county union. All
societies in the county are re
quested to send their delegates.
George Gregory, the teasel
grower, of Molalla, was in the city
Wednesday.
One of the main reasons for
dissatisfaction over the work of
the city council is that too many
things are started and too pre
cious few are terminated.
Don t you know it fellows?
Don't you know there is too
mighty much bluster and spread
eagle doings, and too little that
comes through as grist? , That
there is altogether too much four
flush promising and "investigat
ing" and too few results?
And when a few of these deals
have been put over, or when the
people think they have been put
over, there comes distrust, criti
cism, and we might just as well
say it tiUJN xiiiMPT.
The council has done some
good work during the past year!
and some of its members have
worked hard to make good, yet then
jury of the people of this city is
that is has been a monkey party,
and anything but a business ad
ministration of brainy men. .
In a recent session of that body
some of the members made ridic
ulous fools of themselves and the
transactions were told on the
streets of the city and made fun
of for days after.
The "dignified" members quar
reled like a bunch of little girls
just before bedtime. "You did I"
"I didn't do no such, thingl" "I
know you did I" and such twaddle'
passed for council. , i
When the council gets on lhe
job and plays the game right this
paper will play it with them, but
when it doesn't, then we are go
ing to warm it to them, and you
may call it anvil music or any
other term you like.
And along-this line we note in
the-city council's official ypaper,
the Enterprise, the followii; op
ening of an article under the head
of "Council Investigates City Sa
loons." A special meeting of the
council was held Saturday
afternoon to hear the story !
of Ralph Terrill, who com
plains that boys in Oregon
City who are not twenty-,one
years of age can obtain liquor '
1 in the saloons of the city.
Now read that again and you
will note the paper states" this
meeting was called to hear the
story of the witness regarding the
selling of liquor to minors.
And then just 17 lines further
down in this "official" paper's re
port o fthe proceedings we find
this sudden disposition of this
important case in six lines, as
follows:
Mr. Terrill, Sr., said that
minors could obtain liquor in
saloons but was told that he
should bring this up at an
other lime, as it was separj
ate from the case which was
being considered.
Called to hear evidence of illeg
al liquor selling, but evidence
shut out I Great doings.
Can't the council members lis
ten to only one complaint against
a saioon at one timer Do they
have to take it in courses, with
"pepsin" between serves to aid
digestion.
It's such things as this that
put the council in bad with the
people.
This paper isn't fighting any
saloon that plays the game ac
cording to Hoyle, but it is out
against the lellow who doesn t,
and out hard.
This meeting was called in con
nection with the matter that hap
pened at Fred Kreb'fl saloon on
upper Main street some three
weeks ago, when two boys were
arrested and jailed.
The father of young Terrill
said he was ready with witnesses
and evidence at this council meet
ing t oprove liquor had been sold
to minors in this saloon, but that
the council would not permit it.
WHY? '
The city attorney refused to
give Mr. Terrill a warrant for the
arrest of the saloon keeper on
this charge.
Ralnh TerrilLsavs the noli nf
this city warned him that if he
went before the council and tes
tified he would have a charge of
white slavery preferred against
him, and he says these threats
frightened his partner in the mix
up, Glen Hammond, from testify
ing before the oouncil. -
The father has laid the matter
before Governor West and asked
him to have an official sent here
and that a chance be given to have
this matter played out to the end
of the string.
This is but one instance you
haven't forgotten the others.
People want to know if this
council, or its individual mem
bers, have any interests in those
saloons, which refuse to obey the
lay, and if so, want to know what
that interest is.
And they are going to find out
are finding out and this paper
is going to heljj them.'
CELEBRATION
NEXTJUESDAY
CLACKAMAS SOUTHERN RATI
FICATION MEETING.
MUSIC, FEEDS, EN fERTAINMENT
Great Crowds are Expected to take
Part In Railroad Celebration.
C. 8. VS. 8. P.
China andl
f Holiday Sale of Fine
II 4 All B II Ml
Sterling - silver ueposn ware
Starts Monday, Dec. 9th at 10 A.M.
In order to encourage early Holiday Gift buying and lessen the business rush and
confusion tint always come at Xmas time, we have decided to put on sale our im
mense stock of fine Hand l'ainted China and Sterling Silver Deposit Ware
1' Just HALF the. Regular Price
Below are listed just a few of the unusual values offered. Please bear in mind that
this sale includes numerous articles not mentioned
Sterling Silver Deposit Sug
ar and Creamers. Regular
price $2.50. Sale, price.
$1.25
Hand Decorated Vases; over
50 patterns to select from.
Regular values, $1 to $2.25
Special Sale Price
50 Cents
Hand Painted Cake Plates,
Bowls, Cups and Saucers, Su
gar and Creamers, etc. Make
your own1 selections at just
the regular price
ONE HALF
Off tie Regular Price
" Our goods are all marked in plain figures and when we have a Sale you can
rest assured that every article we offer is a genuine bargain. A visit to this store
means not only a saving to you but also an opportunity to make your Xmas selec
tions from one of the most dependable and up to date stocks of jewelery in the state.
Please bring your friends. . .
OUR. STORE WILL BE OPEN EVERT EVENING UNTIL XMAS
BEGINNING MONDAY, DECEMBER 9th
Btwmeiste? & Ancfoesen
How the Little Road Pulled the
Tentaoles of the Big Octopus. .
Right of might is the first law
of a big railroad system, and when
that doesn't work, try law. But
try might first, and try if. hard.
The great Southern Pacific tried
might on the little Clackamas
Southern this week and got left,
for the baby came back with the
same game might.
For months the S. P. knew the
C. S. intended to cross its tracks
at Fifteenth street, but it never
made a protest it truste d in
might
For months Mayor Dimick has
known that the S. P. would try
this might game when the time
came, so he hid a few cards up
his sleeve, ready to play when the
time came.
And the time came Monday.
When the Clackamas Southern
had its grade and ties ready on
both sides of the Southern Pacif
ic and ready to make the connec
tion across the track then came
might.,
The S. P. ran onef its big
Mother Hubbard engines' right on
this crossing and left it there, on
ly moving it to let trains by.
It is the S. P. 's old game and
they have played it until it has
worn smooth.
But it works or has worked.
You see a railroad company has
a right to leave or run its en
gines anywhere it pleases. It i9
their road and their locomotive.
When a Qoinneting road wants to
cross they block the crossing
with their own engines on their
own rails, hold the position until
the little fellow tries the courts,
then tie up and delay the work
with restraining orders through
handy judges.
Judge Dimick's road wasn't
quite so long as the S. P.'s main
line, but it was just as wide, and
he held that he had a right to
run it out into the Molalla coun
try and he would.
So, as mayor of the city, he
signed a warrant for the arrest of
the engine crew, it was served.the
engine was sidetracked, and the
work of crossing wont forward.
Dimick was pretty well up on
ancient history. He knew that the
S. P. had no franchise in this city.
They built in years ago, before
franchises were fashionable
they just built and as it hap
pened (of course all pure chance)
the crossing of the C. S. wag in a
public street (on the map) and
even the S. P. hasn't a rigt to ob
struct a public street in Oregon
City when G. B. Dimick is may
or. It was a case of where the may
or got by on the big corporation
slipped one over while they were
looking and the laugh was on
the octopus.
The S. P. applied to the circuit
court for an injunction, but since
this time it is said that the two
roads have gotten together and
come to an agreement over the
crossing, and that the trouble will
end.
Oregon City Jewelers
Suspension Bridge Corner
To 8ettle Chief of Police Muddle
After hanging 6n uncertainty
for nearly a year the matter of
"Who is Who'' as chief of po
lice for this city will doubtless
now be determined.
Attorney B. N. Hicks has drawn
a complaint, Mayor Dimick has
signed it. and it has been sent to
District Attorney Tongue for ac
tion, and the matter will come up
for court decision.
The people of this county are
familiar with the contest. MaySr
Dimick removed Shaw and ap
pointed Burns, on his taking the
office of mayor last January. The
council would not confirm Burns
and Shaw refused to accent the
removal order. For months tne
city had tw o chiefs, when the cir
cuit court decided that as Burns'
appointment had not been con
firmed he was not entitled to the
office.
Mayor Dimick has refused to
sign Shaw's salary warrants and
the matter has been in a mixup
since January 1.
lor thirty vears Clackamas
county has waited and hoped for
a ranroaa tnat would open the
niuiaiiu country.
It has come all done hut the
finishing a nositve certaintv
and next week Tuesday Clackamas
county is going to celebrate this
realization of the county s hopes,
and is going to do it right.
Next week Tuesday the custom
ary "golden spike" will be driven,
and the city will have a celebra
tion and gala day.
There will be bands, a big par
ade, speeches, programs, free
feeds everything to make it a big
jollillcation day.
The celebration has been in
view for some time, and Tuesday,
at the Live Wire meeting, it took
definite shape, and the .Commer
cial club has joined with the
Wires, and the people generally
have joined with both organiza
tions, and there is sure going to
be some celebration .
This is a celebration for all of
Clackamas county. Everybody is
invited to come to Oregon City
and take part in the celebration
of laying the first rails of the
Clackamas Southern toward the
Molalla country.
- At the Live Wires meeting the
following committee was ap
pointed to take the matter up for
that organization: M. D: Latoud
etle, H. E. Cross, A. A. Price, E. E.
Brodie, M. J. Brown, W. A. Shew
mati, and this committee is at
work on the details of a rousing
celebration for the day.
The Commercial club commit
tee is M. D. Latourette, T. W.
SuHivan and B. T. McUain, and
this committee is also hustling on
their part of the program of the
day's celebration.
The Commercial club will hold
open house to the visitors, the
business places of the city will
close during the afternoon, and
big delegations from Mt. Angel,
Beaver Creek, Molalla, Marquam,
Silverton, Liberal Mulino and oth
er places wil be present and, take
part in the big parade.
This is only, an outline of the
day's big celebration you will
know the rest when you come here
Tuesday, but you may be sure'
there will be some people in this
old city Tuesday, and you want to
be one of them. The committees
are working out a day of lively j
doings, and they will see thaj,
you are entertained all right.
Come down and help celebrate
the opening of the Molalla coun
trytry. This railroad was "made
in Oregon," Oregon money has
paid for it, and it doesn't belong
to Wall street. There are seven
carloads of rails on the ground
ready to be spiked down, and there
is money in the banks to pay for
them.
They said Clackamas county
could not build a railroad. But it
has. Now let's celebrate.
A professional decorator has
been engaged and the business
houses will be given a holiday at
tire, and the city will look like
fourth of July.
There will be a fine automobile
parade, and the prominent men of
the county and Mount Angle will
be present.
1
1 HUT THE
TYPHOID
HAVE PEOPLE BEEN SLEEPING
AT THE SWITCH?
Governor Wants to Know.
Governor West has ordered
suit filed against Judge Beaty for
an explanation or his ruling in the
estate of a man alleged to be F.
A. Williamson, whose dead body
was found near Oswego four years
ago. There were $600 in gold in
his pockets, but the body was nev
or positively identified, an(t the
money should go to the state.
G. B. Dimick, then judge, held
that the body was not that of Wil
liamson, and he revoked the let
ters of administration granted to
an administrator. Judge Beatie,
who succeededDimick, vacated the
order. Judge Campbell in life cir
cuit court held that the action of
Judge Beaty was void, yet it is al
leged that Judge Beatie approved
tho final accounting of the admin
istrator after the circuit court had
removed her.
The case will come to trial Jan
uary 6.
Council Grants Franchise.
Wednesday niirht the citv coun
cil, by a vote of four to six, passed
tne jr.. h. L,. & j. no s irancnise,
on a flat yearly consideration of
.fi.uuu a year.
Tooze and Horton held out for
the 3 per cent gross income, as
agreeu upon a. woeK ago, hut tne
other four held for the flat rate
and it carried,
Franklin T. Griffith of the pow
er company was Dresent and ho
explained to tho council that he
deemed this per cent basis ex
cessive, and that it was a higher
rate than was charged by any city
n uregon.
The franchise is for five years.
the compensation i3 double what
tho city has had under tho old
e .i m j
iruiiuuisK, anu ii provides ior a
freight depot in the north end of
the city, '
Mrs. Charles Bollinger enter
tained a few of her friends in a
most delightful manner at her
home on Twelfth and Center Sts.,
on Friday evening. The evenink
was devoted to music and needle
work, after which a delicious
challn dish lunchoon was served
by the hostess, .
LOOKS LIKE SERIOUS NEGLECT
After Four Weeks Start, then we
Awake and Get Busy.
Here's a little line of hard-boiled
talk regarding typhoid in this
city, and if some or you can't get
by on it, it may do some good.
The Courier doesn't believe in
the scare talk, unless it is neces
sary, and if so, it believes in doing
a mighty good job of it.
A yeur ago we had a few cases
in the ciiy, but it wasn't neces
sary for tne newspapers to make
features of it, for everybody was
on the job from the first. Tho
board of health got onto the first
shift, and did things. Tho city
council tookit up; tho Live Wires
got on tho job, the physicians
kept in touch and in a few days
we had the lid on, and shut in.
At this time the Wires discuss
ed the matter of keeping it out
of the newspapers and requested
that it be kept quiet; that every
thing was being done that could
be done; that residents were be
ing warned to use all precautions,
and that newspaper stories would
only scare outsiders from coming
to the city and that business
would suffer and no good would
be accomplished. It was goqd
common sense and the newspa
pers followed it.
When everybody iq on the job
and everything is being done that
can be done, then newspaper si
lence is golden.
But when there is nobody on
the job, when a fever has been
running for three or four weeks
and nearly everybody but tho
public seems indifferent to the
situation, then newspaper silence
is almost criminal.
The stale board of health lays
down rigid laws governing ty
phoid outbreaksi and one of
them is that avery physician must
report any he has within 24
hours.
The editor of this paper knows
that this law has been flagrantly
violated and ignored in Oregon i
City, and that reports have beta'
held back by doctors in this city
for ten days or more.
And such neglect (or call it by
a stronger term if you like) is
nothing more nor less than crim
inal. '
And any or every physician in
this city who has been guilty of
holding back these reports should
bo arrested and criminally prose-
continued on Page 4)
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i souvenir uay
I Nextlhursd'y
Our Annual
SOUVENIR DAY
Free Souv
enirs Next Thursday
In accordance with our annual custom
we are giving away on Thursday next,
December 12th, absolutely FRKE with
each 50c purchase a Beautiful China
Cup and Saucer retail value 4()c and
with each $1.00 purchase a Handsome
China Plaque, retail value 76c.
These souvenirs are now ou display in
our windows. Come in- and . inspect
them. "They are real values.
Come early aud do not miss getting
one.
We count on making no profit this
day but are trying to show our appre
ciation of the patronage you have giv
en us the past year.
We have made every effort to please
(and to treat you. with the courtesy you
are entitled to. This policy we intend
ccntinaing.
It is now time to know what there is
for HOLIDAY GIVING, whether
you are ready to buy or not. Our am
ple stock is now on display and we are
anxious to show you how well we have
provided for GiFT-SEEKERS.
It is a splendid stock we bought last
March in New York while there was
best choice, and it includes many de
sirable items that will not be found
elsewhere in the city.
Come SOUVENIR DAY and see our
goods and settle your gift problems
early. Our LOW PRICES will help
you to decide.
You will not be urged to buy JUST
COME and VISIT US.
Thursday, December 12th
A Few GIFTS in Our Stock Sure to Please
WHITMAN'S OR LOWNEY'S CANDIES
CIGARS CASES POST CARDS SMOKING SETS
FOUNTAIN PENS LADIES HAND BAGS
CHRISTMAS CARDS
CHRISTMAS LETTERS TOILET SETS FRAMED PICTURES
PIPES, CIGARS PERFUMES IN CUT GLASS
XMAS STATIONERY CHINA WARE
Only One Souvenir
To a Customer
JONES DRUG
COMPANY
Don't Forget the Day
Thursday, Dec. 12