WHAT DID THEY COST?
Never Mind Olds, Tell the People
What the Four Bridges Cost.
Mr. Taxpayer:
I am not going to belittle Bob
Beatie, because lconsider it not
worth a man s time, cut ail 1 wisu
him to do tlirough itie press is to
go into ligures and tell you what
tnose lour uriuges cost.
Beatie digs me pretty hard as
being irresponsihle, but I wish to
say mis much to the taxpyaers:
What Ed Olds wrote be evidenced
with atudavils. it was not simply
an appeal to the good people of
uaoKdinas county, lor it is not a
question before you taxpayers
who Ed Olds is. Ho may or may
not be the Diggest rascal in the
county.
ine question before you is:
What diu those four bridges cost
'ihat is what you want to know,
tnu mat is what you have a right
to Know, and thai is wnat 1 would
know 11 i had my way, u i nau 10
start inaiiuaiiius proceedings
against the court, to find out, or
rather force them to comply with
uiai jseotion. Again, Mr. Taxqay
er, in regard to me Court follow
ing sec. odoa, 1 again say they
have not, oecause if they nad you
could go to the records and find
out what those four bridges cost.
ve uo Know what the steel cost
the taxpayers, uut we do not know
what the erection cost. Perhaps
if we Knew wnat the erection cost
it would he so niucn more in pro
portion than the carrot bridge,
mat, he (Boo jueatie) would he
ashamed of it anu perhaps again,
mat is me reason ne won't" give
you the figures. There is one
tning i do Know and am not gues
ing aoout. 1 will give a bona that
i could erect every pound of steel
that there is in the four bridges
for the !b,ouu that 1 snowed was
in excess of what the price ought
to be.
Another thing: M,r. Beatie at
tempts to justiiy himself by say
ing mat Marion, Linn and nenton
counties purchased steel from the
Coast Bridge Co., and that il
Marion, Linn and Benton counties
got "SKinned," that of course,
tilackamas county had to follow
suit. ' . 14-
JNow Mr. Taxpayer Bob Beatie
has not answered my letter ol
January 3 not one point in H He
nas never done anytuing but at
tempt to belittle me m regard to
my lilmg statements when i built
bridges lor tne county. I never
bunt but one midge in my ale for
Clackamas county, under Section
tJ3t8. and that was the
w nisKey
. . . - . .... It... ft, , UrxixA ltrta1
Ur.r. A.Tiomm.iio p.lnh nf Port-
land. ore., built that, so Judge
ijimicK savs. and i Kuess he toidl
ti-uin iMr.w ivisMPs. (irenn-f
man and Beatie, Section 63t oflder in this city. Editor Baker was
Lords ureKon Caws, was passed here last fall and stayed several
in lautf, Hied witn tne secretary
of state, February 23, 1909, and
became a law May 23, 1909, so Mr.
ureeuinan, n you please, you only
worked under it a little over a
year and seven months and Mr.
iJimick the same, during which
time he only bum the Milk CreeK
briuge. lucre is quite a nistory
concerning this bridge, of which
Mr. John L,ewellen might say a
lew things regaruing the Coast
Bridge Co. 1 do not care to men
tion mis, but will if necessary.
' Mr. Beatie, you have a long ms
lory in the bridge business under
that section for two long years.
And as to Mr. Haldennan saying
that he was mistaken in Mr. Olds,
1 tnink he is, for he told me over
the puone the other day he wante
ed ine to lay down and not answer
Mr. Beatie, for he said he might
get some work out of the court,
l think he is mislaiten m tne man,
for 1 never heard of Ed Olds being
a quitter not yet. 1 really believe
lie told the court what Beatie says
he did, and he thinks he will get
the good graces of the codrt
and incidentally land a little job.
.personally 1 think he is foolish
lor he may get what Mr. Sever
ance got which by the way, I be
lieve is the truth, as that gentle
man subscribed and swore to his
statement. Mr. Halderman's let
ter didn't really cut so much of
a figure, for I had the price of
steel from the- east, aside from
his information.
Another thing: Why was that
large warrant of $350 to George
Skogins drawn for inspecting the
suspension bridge, when some
good engineers and contractors
said they would do it for nothing.
1 guess that is 20 per cent what
do you think?
Ivow Mr. .taxpayer, there are a
great many things 1 might men
tion, but why should I do it all?
Why don't some of you act. Per
haps you like to be buncoed. '
What did the four bridges cost,
Mr. Beatie?
E. D. Olds.
Ira KArkHiiH i iviii
Representative QUI Gives Details
of ?ome Bills.
Editor Courier:
I suppose my bill to require
hunters to have the permission of
the owner of the premises, en
closed by a fence, before they can
hunt, may seem severe; but hunt
ers from the city come into the
country, trample down his grain,
accidently shoot his stock, and do
other damage to " the farmer's
crops. If the hunter knows that
his priviledge of hunting upon
the premises lies with the owner
he will be careful to do nothing
that would cause the priviledge
to be denied him some other
time; or should he violate the
confidence of the owner, the own
er could protect himself by re
fusing suh persons to hunt or
fish. The farmers wish such a
Mr. Schuebel's "Anti-cuss"
bill simply provides that persons
shall not use vulgar or profane
language in a public highway out
side of a city. Vulgarity and pro
fanity are now prohibited in
public parks outside cities, but a
man may stand in the highway
just outside and vent his spleen
n.iih nerfect impunity. Schuebel's
bill passed the house with only
5 votes against it.
The Governor's county salary
hill was introduced by myself,
not by Mr. Schuebel. It is in the
handiof the Committee on salary
of. pumic officialsr
The Mothers Pension bill pass
Prt the House by the unanimous
vote of the House.
Senator Hawley's vetoed Yelin.
OKI
30th YEAR.
arian bill carrying $50,000 ap
propriation and a commission of
seven men was passed over the
governor's veto with 13 negative
votes. Schuebel and myself voted
to sustain the Governor's veto.
F. M. GILL.
Let the Old Statute Stand.
Justice Samson found mercy
for a wife beater Monday when he
remitted the fine of $40 against
J. C. Salisbury of Willamette for
striking his wife, on his promise
he would not do it again.
Their is an old saying that the
main street of Hell is paved with
food intentions and promises. If
were a Justice of Peace I would
pretty nearly play the mercy
string out before suspending
justice on a man who would
strike a woman, and promise not
to do it again.
Of course one should know the
dead inside, I suppose, before one
criticises, but I will always take a
chance on the statement that a
man who will strike a woman is
a coward and will strike a boy or
kick a dog, and it seems to me
that that old Oregon law that al
lows a wifebeater to be publicly
whipped should be allowed to re
main a statute.
Two Protests from Stafford. .
Editor Courier: At a mass
meeting held at the Stafford
school house Saturday evening
the following resolutions were
passed: ,
.Resolved: That we do hereby
denounce the present school sup
ervisor law as adding to the bur
den of taxation, and being an un
necessary public office in this
county, and we hereby ask each
member of the legislature to work
for its repeal: '
"Resolved: That we hereby
protest against house bill (3) in
troduced by Representative
Schnoerr, increasing the salary of
the school superintendent of the
county, and ask the legislators to
use their influence to defeat this
bill. ; "
Oregon City EIK8.
From the Inter-State Elk, pub-
lished inKansas City, we ciii tne
following notice ol the Llks or
"Out in Oregon City they have
an Elk Lodge scarcely three years
of age, and yet quite recently
they dedicated a $o,ooo home,
ana it is one of the best arranged
homes in the entire country.
"They have the correct idea of
the mission of the Elk out there.
With them it is community bet
terment, and the resident there
who is not fitted for or desirous
of engaging in this work, is not
enrolled in the lodge member
ship. That's all. The best people
of the town are behind the Ore
gon City Elks, and it is the classy
social club of the town as well as
the most progressive."
FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD
CHOICE
W .8. U'Ren Draws Bill for Glv-
. Ing Ballot More Power.
W."S. U'Ren of this city, is the
maker and A. W. Lawrence of
Multnomah, the introducer of a
bill providing for the election of
governor, United States senators
and congressmen by preferental
ballot, and it is a bill that few
can object to on any substantial
grounds.
The purpose or tne mu is to
have the voter register a lirst,
second and third choice, and in
case a irst choice candidate re
ceives a vote totaling 51 per cent
of the whole he shall be declared
elected. But if no first candidate
receives 51 per cent, then the sec
ond and third choice votes shall
be added to those of the llrut
choice, and the candidate receiv
ing a pieuranty is declared elec
ted. This measure is similar to
the one Dassed two years asro and
which Governor West vetoed.
Supervisors Will Stick.
The state senate stood between
the people and what they wanted
when for the second time it killed
the efforts to abolish the school
supervisor law and told the peo
ple they must have it, even refus
ing to let the counties vole on the
matter. ' '
Claokamas county is over
whelmingly opposed to this law.
and senator uimicn nas worisea
hard to repeal it, but the people
must endure it for two years
longer.
Taken on Suspicion.
At the state association of the
Merchants' Retail Association at
Albany last week there was a mo
tion made to recommend that the
state railroad commission be ab
olished and there was a lively dis
cussion.
This commission can be a pow
er for the people or otherwise,
depending on who man it, but to
day it does not have the conli
dence of the voters. The people
look at it more as a home for the
politicians than as a bureau of
regulation in favor of the people,
and they distrust it.
Against Supervisor Law.
The school supervisor law
seems sure of repeal, which will
strike a responsive chord in the
heart of school patrons and of
ficials in this section, where the
people are more willing to spend
their money for teachers than
suDervision. Whether they are
right or wrong there is certainly
a strom? sentiment :- against the
present supervisory Byrtem and
in favor of its repeal. Aurora
Observer.
An Unnecessary Expense.
It is considered by the school
Board of Directors of district No.
122, that the County Supervisor
is an unnecessary expense.
Clerk of Dist. 122,
MRS. M CLARK.
SGOM'
OREGON
HODES' BODY FOUND
Had Cut His Throat With a Razor
and Died on the Hillside
Last week's Courier had a short
item regarding the disappearance
of C. G. Hodes from this city, who
disappeared from his home Sun
day, January 19. The body was
found the following day, Saturday,
and had been dead for a week.
There is every indication that
il was a case of suicide, and rela
tives fnd friends say Mr. Hodes
riiust nave been temporarily de
ranged at the time, for h ewas in
good financial circumstances, had
a pleasant home and family and
there, is no reason assigned for
the rash act other than that he
was not in his right mind a tlhe
time.
The body was found a few hun
dred yards west of the depot on
the west side of the river, in a
clump of bushes. He was lying
face down between two large
stones. He had lain there for
several days and his face was
disfigured by field mice. There
was U knife wound in his throat,
which caused death and his
clothing was saturated with
blood.
The razor with which it is sup
posed the death wound was in
flicted was found about two hun
dred yards from the body, and it
suposed that he cut his throat at
the place where tne razor was
found and walked to where the
body was found before he became
unconscious. The wind pipe had
been severed.
A post-mortem examination
was made by Dr. Strickland, and
lie said death was caused by
Dlood strangulation.
Monday afternoon a coroner's
iurv viewed the body and return-
ed a verdict mat me oeceaseu
same to his death by a wound in
the throat from a sharp instru
ment, "but whether the wound
was inflicted by Hodes we are un
able to say."
There have been tne usual stor
ies of foul play, but there is little
in hoar them out. There were
$84 and a watch in the pockets
and everything points to suicide.
The funeral was neia irom tne
Catholic church Tuesday and
wax largely attended.
Mr. Hodes was well known here
and also in Corvallis, Or., where
he formerly conducted a liquor
business. He is survived by a
widow and five children.
Great Interest in Dr. T. B. Ford's
Sermons.
Mam) nennln nro trrpatlv inter
ested in Or. T. B. Ford's Sunday
morning and evening discourses
on: "Fundamental Feats in Chris
tianity," and "If I had my life to
live over again.'
Nuvf SimHiiv mnrninar the sub
ject will be: "Man's Nature Re
quires a Jferiect nuie, anu in
the evening it will be: "A Young
Man Leavinsr Home on a Great
Mission, or Perilous Journeys
Among Unfriendly Countrymen.
There win ne special musiu uy
lh ,.lw,ir .tlio men's r.hnrns and
ihn mala mmi'tptf n,. under the di
rection of Mr .Will Aldredge. A
cordial welcome for you.
Dr. Ford win preacu m me
lornnnn nt. the Mountainview
church in Ealyville,
This is a Bad Ope.
Tha.. is a hill hofnrn t.hn hftllBn
at "Salem, which if we understand
ininiiiv ia nnn nf the - rawest
ones the big fellow every tried to
loan onto tne iarmers. me uiu
provides that no animal can be
killed for market until it has been
inspected by an official of the
state and a mileage charge is
made for such inspection. This
would make the cost of butcher
ing stock on the farms so expen
sive that producers would be un
able to continue the practice.
This is a beef trust diu ana it anu
ll. ron mhn i n I pnd 11 C pM it should
be buried so deep the next fellow
won't have sand enough to try it.
Looks Like Boy Bandits..
CoiHo niirht. nf last week.
when the SanFrancisco Express
was pulling into tne city me u in
i o niia rit Hps fin the track
at the approach to the trestle.
The train was running slow and
no damage was aone.
The news papers state it was
the work of bandits, but if so
they were an amateur bunch.
Bandits wouldn't have tried to
wreck a train as it was slowing
up for a stop within the city lim
its. It was probably kid work
the doings of some young lads
who want to be real bad men.
Notice.
m1T'ia linpaho frivan ftlAl. f.llA
n moolinir nf thft HloCkhOld-
I, iu Plaolamoa Hnnntv Fair
association will be held in .the
parlors of the commercial uiuu
at Oregon City, Oregon, on Satur.
7 r..?i i iai nl th hour
wW - I
of 1:00 o'olqck P. M.
This meeting is neiu iui mo
jurpose of electing six directors
n serve ior the ensuing year and
for the purpose of such other
business as may legacy vwuio
fere the meeting.
Secretary.
Onion 8ets by Car Load.
To readers back east it will
lii.n anma nninn flrrowiniT
when a newspaper simply makes
a local mention of a car load of
onion sets being shipped. The
Hubbard Herald says a carioau
was shipped from that place last
week.
Voted for the Raise.
Monday, the house, by a vote.of
39 to 8,-passed the bill to raise
. u nf cirrilit. Pfllirt jud-
ges from $3,000 to $4,000, and the
. i in ..nil-, fnr ff ha
Courier nas iuucu u, m
name of one Clackamas county
Schuebel's 10-Hour Bill Passes.
Representative Schuebel's bill
for 60 hours a week, passed the
house Wednesday by the big ma-
CITY
CITY, ORE., FRIDAY, JAN.
jority of 45 to 10. It was passed
without amendment. Those voting
yes were: Anderson of - Clatsop,
Anderson of Wasco, Aplegreen,
Holland, Blanchard, Bonebrake,
Hrunk, Carkin, Carpenter, Chap
man, Childs, Eealon, Forsstrom,
Gill, Hagood, Hall, Handley, Hin
kle, Hoinan, Howard, Hughes,
Hurd, Johnson, Latourette, Law
rence, Lewelling, Mann, Massey,
McDonald. Meek, Mitchell, Mur
nane, Nichols,. Olson, Parsons,
Pierce, Porter, Reams, Schuebel,
Stanfield, Thomas, Upton, Weeks,
Westerlund, MoArthur.
Voting no Abbot, Barton,
Forbes, Graves, Heltzell, Hill,
Potter, Schnoerr, Smith, Strana
han ... i i mt.it
Absent, Campbell, Laughlui,
Lofgren, Nolta, Spencer.
DUMB BRUTE SUFFERS.
Humane Society Would Like to
Find the Poisoner.
On Tuesday afternoon, a black
and white fox terrier, the collar
bearing the dog license of 121,
died on Seventh and Madison St.,
from strychnine poisoning. The
poor animal suffered terrible ag
ony before death relieved its suf
ferings. Had the members of the
Humane Society been notified in
time an effort would have been
made to find the owner or to re
lieve the dog of the torture it
was allowed to undergo. The dead
animal remained on the street
until the following day, when it
was removed. There is no clue to
the guilty party.
The Clackamas County Hu
mane Society is endeavoring to
look after the comfort of the
dumb animals, and Ihe -members
feel it tne duty 01 tne residents
of this city to look after the poor
dumb brutes by nourying tne
members so that some action can
be taken immediately. Since the
organization of the Humane So
ciety in Oregon City much good
has been done to relieve dumb
animals of suffering and parties,
guilty of cruelty, brought to jus
tice. It is the intention of the So
ciety to enlarge the membership,
the dues of which are only 50
cents per year. Fach member has
pledged ttr take in five new mem
bers before the next meeting.
iiie Clackamas County Hu
mane Society is ' arranging to
erect a drinking fountain in this
city, this being the second one
the society has assisted in in
stalling in Oregon City. It is prob
able that it will be erected near
Twelfth and Main Street, where
there is much travel, especially
during the summer months. Many
of the teams from the country
that are brought down Wash
ington street from Ninth down
to Twelfth street in summer are
fatigued and tired, and by erect
ing the fountain at Twelfth and
Washington street will no doubt
appreciate a fountain at that
iace.
Court House Girls Have "Spread."
Some of the young ladies, who
have been busily engaged for the
past month extending the tax roll
at the court house, on Tuesday
decided to have a "spread" at
their noon hour on Wednesday,
and it was the best banquet ever
enjoyed at the court house, and
the prisoners in the cells below
as well as the officers of the
county, would no doubt enjoyed
the feast had they been bidden to
partake-of it. Everything in the
eatable .line was found on the
long table that had been covered
with a snowy white table cloth,
centered with a bunch of carnat
ions,, which formed a part of the
tempting table. The noon hour
soon passed, but all were able to
resume their duties as the big
clock struck one.
Those who enjoyed the feast
were: Miss Iva Harrington, Miss
Helen Daulton, Miss Rose Justin,
Miss Emma Quinn, Miss Kathryn
Sinnot, Miss Cis Pratt, Miss Ona
llenner, Miss Mina Kelly, Miss
Anna Dean, of Portland, Miss Ge
orgia Cross.
Clean Up or be Cleaned Up.
They are going to make the
sour holes smell sweet in this
man's town going to make a
.systematic and thorough invest
igation or tne corners anu ancys,
and going to insist that all th.'se
places be made clean and healthy.
And it is better to do this work
before the committee compels you
to, for you will have to in any
event.
Right, but Lonesome.
Wednesday the senate passed
the bill adding $7,500 annually
to the present appropriation to
the library v commission. There
was only one senator who voted
against it Senator Dimick of
this city.
Held for Forgery.
Gus Gardell, a saloonman on
upper Main has been arrested on
iim nknrtr nf forerir.z the name of
Herman Scherzinger to a note of
$100, and Justice Samson has
held him in $500 bail. Gardell was
recently held for the grand jury
on charge of selling liquor to
minors, nut was not indicted.
Sunday Ground Hog Day.
Back East the farmers always
watch February 2. ir tne sun
nkinA. an A tha hpnr can Reft his
shadow, back he goes into his
hole and six weens more oi wm-
i- i Hua If it ia p.lniiHv all fl.iv.
t.nn ha claua niil nnri IliA winter
I il t: n ii oiujo " - " -
is broken, sunoay is grounu hub
. . r. 1 .1 1 , . rnn
day, DUl it uoesn i oypiy iu
,. tnf onrincr has ' rinnft COine.
p " J 1 " "l a
Hard 8urface Rest of Main St
m n T.nfniiroltfl utarterl some
thing to think about Tuesday
when ne suggestea tnai tne nam
iti.fa,inir ho sTtenrled from lower
Main strpAt. and that the DreSCnt
brick paving be covered with as
phalt, lie said me one paving
could be covered for $1.15 per
square yard.
Ti TVff TTO) TTTTfi
31, 1313.
THE LINE-UP AT SALEM
Clackamas County Can 8e Who
Its Friends Are on This Vote
Salem, Jan. 28. (Special to
the Courier.) Schuebel's bill
providing that road supervisors
shall be forest fire wardens was
lost in the house yesterday by a
vote of 30 noes to 27 ayes, after
the most bitterly contested strug
gle of the session. The action of
the house came on the substitu
tion of the minority report of the
committee on forestry made by
Schuebel for the majority report.
The debate was opened and clos
ed by Schuebel, but he was ably
seconded by Lofgren, Blanchard,
Gill, Heltzel and Hughes. The tim
er barons have had a lobby on
hand for several days. They have
sent out typewritten communica
tions in blank to the various wo
man's organizations. Dozens of
these letters reached Salem, all
on the same kind of paper and
in the same kind' of envelopes.
The predatory interests were too
strongly intrenched for the far
mers, but they got a fearful ham
mering for two hours. Schuebel
will introduce a bill to make the
county judge ex-officio fire war
den. He has enough votes prom
ised to carry the bill. .
Here is the roll call. The
friends of the farmers are: An
derson (Clatsop). Anderson,
(Wassco), Blanchard, Bonebrake,
Brunk, Carkin, Ctjapman, Childs,
Gill, Heltzel, Hill, Homan, How
ard, Hughes, Johnson, Lewelling,
Lofgren, Massey, Mitchell. Nich
ols, Pierce, Porter, Schnoerr,
Schuebpl, Thorns and Weeks.
The friends of the timber bar
ons and predatory interests are:
Abbott, Appelgren, Belland,
Campbell, Carpenter, Eaton, For
bes, Forstrom, Graves, Hagood,
Hall, Handley, Hinkle, Laturette,
Laughlin, Lawrence, Mann, Mc
Donald, Meek, Murnane, Olson,
Parsons, Reames, Smith, Spencer,
Stanfield, Stranahan, Upton,
Westerlund, and Mr. Speaker.
Absent, Barton, Hurd, Nolta
and Potter. Hurd would have vot
ed with the farmers. Barton would
not. The others' positions are
not known.
Schuebel ably maintained his
position and although not com
pletely recovered in health, hurl
ed defiance into the very teeth of
the timber barons.
Our Poultry Fanciers.
M. G. Christenson, one of the
well known poultry fanciers of
Oregon City, who won first prize
on pen and first on cockerel in
the division of the Buff Laced
Polish birds, at the recent poul
try show given in Oregon City by
the Clackamas County Poultry
Association, received an order
for a cock of this breed from a
poultry fancier from SanLouis
Obispa, California, and the bird
will soon be sent on its trip to
its southern home.
Mrs. J. E. Fisher, mother-in-law
of Mr. Christenson, is also
engaged in raising some fine
birds, the breed being of the
Black Minorcas and White Orp
ingtons. Mr. Christenson has
mauy of his choice birds at her
home. The latter expects to go
into the poultry business on a
larger scale in the near future,
and has already; arranged for
purchasing some blooded stock.
At his home are some of the fin
est games in the county and
which attracted much attention at
the poultry show.
Extra Carrier Coming.
Postmaster Randall received
infni'mnl inn fl'fllTl Ihn nnstolTice
department Tuesday that an of
ficial would bo sent nere mis
week to re-district the city and
another carrier would be added to
the force. He is certainly neeaoa.
Crowded Over.
lliir ads have forced out con
siderable matter this week, and
several articles will bo printed
next week.
Mr PVnnlr Dlils returned to
Grass Valley, Oregon, accompan
ied by little Irene Shannon, after
a visit with the latter's father,
James Shannon, and little broth
er and sister. Little Irene Shan
non is the daughter of the late
Mrs. James Shannon, and is be
ing reared by her aunt, Mrs. Olds.
STUDENT DISCUSSES TYPHOID
People Must Keep Up Agitation
If We Are to Have Remedy.
Oreirnn fiilv. Or.. Jan. 29.
To the Editor:
The newspapers or uregon taiy
are to be praised for the stand
they are taking in the fight for
pure water. The Live Wires are
also doing excellent work, the
..InT-a haxra Anna flll in f.llftir
uuviuin v. ..' --
power to stir the pooplo to action,
ano ii tne peouie, wim wuum tne
urlif.ln molfalt lina
nnuig niuttL.1 " w
pure water, this typhoid epidemic,
line an otner evns mat we nave
experienced, will bo forgotten un
til they again spring up, at some
I I,.r tit hia uOlWWlfC Ynii tn Tint.
iiiMl VI vii in ow4o ' ------
Then why not as a taxpayer, a
resident of Oregon City and a
consumer of filth, do all in your
' 1 ' '1.1 . . . I , l.nllAH 1 1 1 .1 AY
individual power iu uctioi hid ex
isting conditions. If only half
of the citizens do this, we can
and will have pure water.
The public schools are using
boiled water, the water that we
use in our homes must be boiled
to kill the poison it contains, be
fore it is fit for use; and even the
members of Ihe water board, who
assert the water is pure, drink
boiled water. What an expensive
advertisement for our beautiful
city.
since we began boiling the bugs
to death, we nave had very few
boiling water sooner, we would
have had even fewer cases; and
if we had been warned by our
highly efficient water superin
tendent that the water was Im
pure before the epidemic, when he
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should have been taking ' sample
of water for analysis, instead of
wearing out chairs at the Elks
Club we would have begun boil
ing tne water at me proper time,
rne result would have been no
epidemic, no deaths and no mis
ery. Why do we retain this per
son. I do not say man because if
he were a man he would admit
that the water was impure. Shall
we retain him, and drink the pres
ent Willamette river garbage, or
shall we procure a new supply
and an efficient, conscientious
man? The matter rests wholly
with the people of Oregon City.
, HIGH SCHOOL KID.
Fol De Rol's Hop.
Invitations have been issued by
the Fol de Rols to a hop to be
given at Busch's hall, Friday eve
nine:. January 31. when Olsen's
orchestra of Portland, will fur
nish the music for the dancing.
The decorations of the ball room
will be unique .and attractive.
Several suprises are in store for
the guests, and a most enjoyable
time is anticipated. There have
been 350 invitations issued.
Ihe patronesses of the evening-
will be Mrs. J. W. Cole, Mrs. L.
L. Pickens, Mrs. M. D. Latour
ette. The committee arranging
for the affair is composed of Miss
Irene Hanny, Miss Adah Mass,
Miss Lillian Tschirgi. Miss Rose
Justin, Miss Mjarion Pickens, La-
verne i raker, Messrs. Joseph
Hedges, Kent Wilson, Fredrick
Legler, Lorraine Ostrom, Thomas
J. Sinnott, Arthur Farr, Gilbert
Morns, unaries Hoime and Al
lie E. Levitt.
NEWS OF THE CITY.
W. H. Kellosrtr. of this citv.
went to Molalla on business, Sat
urday. B
Mr. and Mrs. Frank JaKftar. of
Carus, were in Oregon City Wed
nesday. Herman Smith and Jack Irish.
of Carus, were in Oregon City
Wednesday.
George Holman. of Beaver
Creek, was transacting business
in this city Wednesday.
Miss Vina Duncan, of Molalla.
was transacting business in Ore
gon City Wednesday. i
W. A. Beck, of Molalla. was
transacting business in Oregon
City Friday and Saturday.
Eli Stark of Clarks. one of the
well known farmers of that place,
was in uregon City Wednesday,
Frank Hubert, of Portland, was
in this city Monday, going fronR
this city to Molalla on business.
Mr. Schmidt. . a well knowfc
slock man of Shubel, was in Orof
gon City on business, Wednesday.
Miss Goorsria Cross will leavw
next week for Eugene." where slio
will attend the University of Ort -gon.
Miss Gussie Johnson, who has
been ill with typhoid fever, and
has been moved from her bono
to the hospital, is Improving.
Levi Robbins, the prominei t
merchant of Molalla, wholus
been in Oregon City on busines i,
has returned to his home.
Mrs. L. Robbins, of Molall i,
was in Oregon City Friday, r
turning to her home Saturdty
morning by the Waldron stage.
Mr. ..and Mrs. Gilkinson and
daughter of Portland, were in
Oregon City Monday on the r
way to Molalla, where they aie
visiting.
Mrs. A. Johnson, of Portlan i.
was in Oregon City Saturday aril
Sunday, visiting her dauehte
Mrs. Maxwell Telford, of Can
mah. Mrs. George Morris has relurr -ed
to Estacada. after visiting hr
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Ca -iff,
who recently returned to On -gon
City.
Mi's. Edward Stewart, ol' Por -land,
was in Oregon City Baturdty
and Sunday visiting her parentt,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Warner.
Miss Clara Wioversiek, one i f
the well known teachers of Clacl
amas Ccuinty, visiter her parent,
Rev. and Mrs. Wieversiek of th s
city, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Hicks, wife of Attormy
Hicks, who has been very ill f r
several months, will be taken o
Portland Wednesday, where si e
will undergo a surgical operaliui
at the St. Vincent's hospital.
C. W. Vreeland, advanco age it
of "Along the Kennebec" Gun -pany,
was in Oregon City Friday
making arrangements for the ai
pearance of this company (ii
January 30.
John Lowry and W. Cook, con
tractors of this civ, who speit
Sunday in Oregon City, returned
to Molalla Monday morning,
where they are engaged in build
ing. I
Mrs. Adams and daughter, Mibs
Queenie, who are at present oc
cuovinsr one of the apartments
of Farr Brothers, will occupy tho
rooms that have neon occupied
by Dr. Eleanor Beatty, in the
ame building.
Mr. and Mrs. Ebon Moon, of
Cleveland, Ohio, have been in this'
city visiting friends. They accom
panied Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith,
of New York, who formerly resid
ed here, and who have been
spending a few days here this
week, in this city.
Mrs. P. K. Hammond, formerly
of Oregon City, but now of Eu
gene, will arnye in Oregon City
Saturday, and will visit with her
son, William Hammond and fam
ily, of Gladstone. Mrs. Hammond
will be accompanied by her dau
ghter, Marguerite.
A Washington news item
reads:
"A. F. Dresser, register of the
land office at Oregon City, is here
in conference with the Oregon
senators. 'There is nothing polit
ical' connected with his visit, he
says."
For sale 1 Doz. thoroughbred
S. C. Brown Leghorn roosters.
The quality that makes our poul
try farm a snccess.
KELNHOFER BROS.
Oregon City, Ore., R. R. No. 3.
OLD DEALS RECALLED.
Mr. 8chuebei Likens School
Convention to Old Times.
In last week's Courier I notic
ed an article by Mr. McLaughlin
stating that there was no rail
roading in the salary proposit
ion relating to the Resolution
passed at the Directors convent
ion. I now wish to state the facts
as I saw them:
The delegates had been leaving
the hall, oiia or two at a time, for
some time for some time, until I
would judge that at least one
third had left, then there was a
(feneral move bv ouite a few to
go, when Mr. McLaughlin called
Mr. Gary by name, and he arose
from his seat in the rear of the
hall, came forward, was handed
a paper. He then offered the res
olution for the raise in Mr. Gary's
salary. It was at once seconded
by some one. Mr. McLaughlin
did not stop to draw a second
breath or call for the question or
give any chance whatever for a
word against it, but it was sent
through with a rush.
Mr. McLaughlin might have
meant all riKiit. but I have seen
work of this kind before, in the
oid-time political conventions,
and it certainly looked like a pre
arranged plan between Mr. Gary
and Mr. McLaughlin to leave my
readers to judge for themselves.
I remember a trick worked in
one of the old conventions, when
George C. Brownell was chief
cook and bottle washer. The man
agers had decided to defeat Mr.
Norton, of Damascus, for County
Commissioner. Henry ' Hornshuh
was one of the tellers. He had
prepared ballots and when the
opportunity showed up, any one
lie knew to he supporting Mr.
Norton, the vote was thrown out
and another . substituted. Mr.
Frank Jaggar's vote was one that
was thrown out.
Another trick in the same con
vention was: Mr. David Kinnard
had been stated for chairman of
a certain committee but being a
little slow in making the motion
for the appointment of the com
mittee Mr. C. T. Howard beat him
to it then, to head off Mr. How
ard they decided to go to dinner
and ui'ler dinner get the commit
tee together. Mr. Howard went to
dinner and Mr. Kinnard and his
other partners took up the work
of tho committee and had It all
fixed. When Mr. Howard returned
did not consult him at all, altho
lie was chairman.
In the same year the Republic
an managers bought the srood will
of Mr. Cheney, then editor of the
Courier, for two hundred dollars,
and some or them were Dragging
about tho deal. Yet in the face of
such work in the old time con
ventions, there are still quite a
few people that would like to re
turn to the old system.
Apparently we are going to ce
afflicted with the Supervisor
School Law at least two more
years. I judge this will be the out
come, from the temper of the
senate at Salem, wen, let us uo
what we can to help them earn
their salary and get whatever
good there is to be nad until we
can get rid ot tne law.
In reply to Mr. McLaughlin s
ntaoment where he wonders if. I ..
told the voters at Eldorado how
Mr. Gary would cut down expense
es by having his salary raised, I
must say 1 did not, and so far
have been unable to discover a
method to solve the problem eith
er in plain arithmetic, geometry
or algebra. The way it looks to
nie is that if I buy a hat from my.
merchant one year for three dol-
lars and the next year, of my own
accord, I pay the morchant four
dollars for the same hat, I figure
I have increased my expense ao
couut one dollar. Why should it
work different with Mr. Gary or
Mr. McLaughlin? Well, they may
understand figures better than I
do. I hope so.
Enough. Let us grind our tom
yhawks and be ready for any
man's pcJtical scalp, who aids
and abets such humbug.
R. SCHUEBEL.
Doesn't Measure Right
The Portland Telegram in a
city "news item says the Baptist
Church of Oregon City has filed
a complaint with the City Auditor -directed
to the Council, to the ef
fect that the electric light meter
through' which electricity is fur
nished to light the church does
not register properly., and that
the streetcar company refuses to
rectify the bill. It is alleged that
some months the meter registers
seven and eight times more than
in other months, although the
light remains burning nearly the
same length of time. In August
the motr registered only 30 kilo
watt hours, while in November it
registered 221 kilowatt hours.
There was equally as great dis
crepancy in other months.
Greenwood.
Some of the prominent people
of Greenwood met at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Allen Saturday
night. Refreshments were serv
ed und an enjoyable time was had.
Those present wore: Mrs. Allen,
Mrs. Knowles, Mrs. Smith, Mrs.
Braker, Miss Nellie Knowles, Mr.
Allen, Mr. Knowles, Mr. Braker.
Mr. Smith, Richard Braker, Will
Allen and Wesley Knowles.
Mr, Hobart Eastman, who has
been il for some time with pneu-
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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . i 10 a.vuvv , .
thinking of starting to work again
soon, . . . ..
Mr. Walter Meade and family
have moved from here to their fa
ther's place, where they will make
their home for some time.
John Braker has been on the
sick list but is now improving.
Dover.
The big snow is gone and it
seems like spring.
Miss Lean Morrison has re
turned to Portland after a few
weeks' visit with her father, Mr.
A. J. Morrison. ' .
George Roberts has returned
again to Jarls Bros, mill after a
week's visit with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. V. P. Roborts.
Donald Bodley called on Birch
n..kn.tn in.i diTirlnv aflprnnnn.
- Mr. and Mrs. John VanNalta
1 gave a surprise party in honor or
their son Casey on January 25th,
the ocasion being his 21st birth
day. A dainty supper was served.
I The guests all enjoyed themselves
. immensely. , . . .
i whilA nassintr through Firwood
the Eagle Creek mail carrier broke
down with his cart and was forced
to carry the mail the rest of the
way through on horseback.