CITY
' The Farmers Society of Equity is
spreading over this county and the
Courier is spreading with it. Its ad
vertising columns are good as gold.
A factory pay roll of $100,000 a
month makes some town. Oregon City
is the best city in the state outside of
Portland. .Keep it on the move.
30th YEAR.
OREGON CITY, ORE., FRIDAY, FEB. 28, 1313.
No. 42
OREGON
Must be Full Weight.
A bill passed, signed by the govern
or and now a law, provides that po
tatoes sold by the sack shall weigh
a full 100 pounds. This will mean that
potatoes will hereafter be sold by
the pound.
Nothing for Oregon City
In the national senate public build
ings bill are gifts to many Oregon
cities, including Portland, The Dalles-,
Albany, etc., but not a cent for a
postoffice building in this city. What's
the matter with our representatives?
Getting Ready for S. S. Convention.
The State Sunday School convent
ion will be held in this city April 24
26, and the several Sunday School
workers in the city now have plans
and committees well under way with
the work. From 300 to 400 delegates
from different parts of the state will
attend.
Limits County Judges Work.
A bill, which we understand has
passed both houses, and which it is
thought the governor will sign, takes
away from the county judge the pro
bate work and gives it to the circuit
court, leaving only county matters to
the lower court. It also provides for
eight additional cicult court judges to
be appointed by the governor.
A Tribute to His Worth.
Representative Schnoerr of Clack
amas county, can well feel proud of
the honor paid him by the house last
night when it unanimously passed
his bill raising the salary of the coun
ty school superintendent in Clacka
mas County. It was a tribute to the
general worth and esteem in which
his fellow members hold him. Now,
if Mr. Schnoerr would only part with
his long whiskers, he could have any
thing he wanted from the legislat
ure. Salem Capitol Journal.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
But we "Let George do it" and George
Quit the Job.'
The Pacific Coast Condensed
Milk Co., with a big factory at
Forest Grove and another at
Hillsboro, pays out to farmers
alone in this community sixty
thousand dollars per month!
That one thing is enough to con
vince a prospective land buyer in
this community that this is a fine
. section in which to locate. Be
sides this thousands of dollars
are paid for butter and also milk
shipped to Portland, and other
wise consumed. Forest Grove
News.
Last summer this county, this city,
had an opportunity to locate a half
million products plant, and all it re
quired, as we understand the propos
ition, was a guarantee that there
should be sufficient milk to supply
the plant a matter that simply re
quired some hustle.
But we let the matter go by de
fault. We refused to re interested.
We had millions invested in the big
mills here, and if anything further
was to be done George could do it.
George wouldn't do it, he was as un
interested as our commercial bodies,
so we lost out. ' '
And when a newcomer comes here
looking-for land he asks "where are
your da'iry markets?" and George
has to answer.
WANT MORE LIGHT.
Want Explanations About Bridge
Matters that Explain.
To the Editor of the Courier:
I have read with a good deal of in
terest the controversy between Judge
Beatie and E. D. Olds regarding the
cost of four bridges built last year
by the court, without advertising for
bids. This taken in conjunction witn
the discussion of the county books, de
veloped during the recent county di
vision campaign has forced home the
conviction that Judge Beatie and his
associates, Commissioners Matoon
and Blair, have a fine opportunity to
inaugurate reform in the matter of
handling the county business. On the
face of it, it seems to me, and also
to my neighbors that the Portland
expert accountants, were right when
they say that business was handled in
an exceedingly slack manner. I read
with a good deal of amazement of the
conditions in the county offices where
on account of lack, of records, little if
any details of the condition of the
county finances can be obtained. This
doesn't mean that the officials are dis
honest, but it is evidently t the case
that the method of bookeeping and
the system of checking on county
property are obsolete. Also, as the ex
pert says, there is great temptation
to officials to .become dishonest with
out fear of detection, if they are in
clined that way. It seems to me that
the court would do well to finish what
they have started out to do have the
books thoroughly experted and a new
system installed, so the taxpayers
may secure information that is au
thentic. The court made a good start.
Why did it quit? If it is through an
idea of economy, surely no better in
vestment can be made than a change
to modern methods of conducting the
county's business. We are vitally in
terested and Mr. Old's contention re
garding bridge building is only one
' of several other objections that might
rightfully be made to the system in
vogue. Ed Olds determination to get
to the bottom of the bridge matters,
meets approval. He may be' wrong
and the court right, but we are
awaiting an explanation that will ex
plain. L. S. WILSON.
Estacada, Feb. 24, 1913.
THE STATE
TICS LOOSE
OR SEND ONE MAN TO SALEM
TO REPRESENT US.
EITHER WOULD BE A BENEFIT
A Good Roads Proposition that Looks
a Good One.
Editor Courier:
In one of your recent issues of the
Courier some farmer suggested the
abolition of the Oregon senate and
in its place have one man represent
the the county in the legislature and
it was suggested to find one man
broad enough to do the job in better
shape than is done at present. The
idea is good if carried out under prop
er arrangements but under our pres
ent system would be as bad or worse
than the present as it is easier to in
fluence one man than many, either by
argument or with money. If that is
necessary. Now I would suggest the
following remedy for our people to
think over and would like to hear
from others what, they think of it.
My plan is for the people Jo organ
ize in every school districts as citizens
regardless of party politics; discuss
the problems that confront us; pre
pare bills to be enacted into law and
then occasionally meet in the circuit
court room in the court house when
the room is not occupied for court
business and discuss the problems
by the people of the county and by a
direct vote of the people endorse such
laws as they can agree on, that are
considered right and proper and then
hire one man to go to the legislature
and vte and work for what the peo
ple have instructed him to do. And
then have one session of 20 days to
introduce the measures; then a vacat
ion of 40 days and let the man from
each county report to the people at
once the bills presented by the var
ious men throughout the state. Those
matters should be again handled by
the people as before and then they
should again instruct their man what
they want done.
Now this plan or something along
this line would bring the law making
business somewhere near the way of
doing businu.s as we do our private
business.
If a farmer, merchant, mill-man or
any other man who employs another
man to work for him in private life,
he does not allow his hired man to
dictate to him what he will do or how
he will do it, but he gives his orders
to the hired man and if the hired
man will not obey those orders he
looses his job. And if we ever suc
ceed irthis Republican form of gov
ernment and get good wholesome
laws it will have to come in something
along the line outlined as long as we
let a few men who want the job tell
us what they will do then send them
to Salem and turn them loose to fol
low their own inclinations and be in
fluenced by the men with money, who
have an axe to grind, so long will our
legislatuve system be a total failure,
as far as the best interests of the
people are concerned.
If this plan or something similar
is not considered god then I would
suggest the following:
That we cut out the expense of
having elections and make the vic
tims of the asylum and the peniten
tiary the legislative body, and I am
ready to bet dollars to the holes in
the doughnuts that we will get no
more idiotic laws or more vicious,,
than we do now. ' I might mention
many of the idiotic and vicious meas
ures proposed and passed in this and
former sessions of the legislature.
While this session looked like some
thing good might come out of it but
now it looks like it will not be any
better if not worse than former ses
sions. Good laws that were introduced
were either killed outright or doctor
ed so they are absolutely no good.
The salary grafter has fared better
apparently in this session than ever
before.
I here call attention to a few of the
vicious laws passed in former sessions
when Brownell was in the senate.
They passed the infamous bill donat
ing free the state's two hundred
thousand dollar interest in the locks
at Oregon City, to the Portland Gen
eral Electric Co. I think Mr. Brownell
favored this; he at least told me he
voted for the bill and was at that
time on very good terms with the
con.pany.
Or again what is more vicious than
the 1909 law passed and engineered
by the Portland General ElectricCo.,
in regard to tax on water power at-
ter 1909 25 cents per horse power
and again by the same crowd in this
legislature defeating the water power
bill that would tax all hands alike,
but only 20 cents per horse power,
which is 5 cents less than they had in
the 1909 law, this still leaving the 19
09 law still in effect, which the vic
tims of the penitentiary could not
possibly outdo for viciousness, were
they in control of the law making
business.
We have several thousand pages of
law in this state that were passed by
the legislature, and I am ready to
prove that there is not one class out
of twenty tried in the courts that the
witnesses do not perjure themselves
and can't help it. In another article I
am going to prove that most lawyers
are not fit to act as judges or attorn
eys in the trials settling disputes be
tween the people.
The plan outlined in this article
provides for the use of the court
room by the people ana unaer pres
I
LUNA
ent autocrats in control we may run
against' a snag. I am told that Judge
Campbell refused the use of the court
room to the Farmers Equity people.
Now this matter needs attention if
this is true. I notice he is on deck for
a raise of $1,000 in salary. Let us get
busy to hold up this salary grab bill
that seems to be general for all of
ficials. Mr. Beatie also objected to the
use of the court house Saturday.
Now I suggest that the Farmers
Equity people bring the matter up in
their locals and then appoint a com
mittee to wait on this county court
and see if the tax payers have any
right to use their property for the
discussion' of public problems and in
the mean time save your feathers and
cut out some of your beer money. We
may need it for tar. I have $5.00 that
I have saved for such purposes for
years and am willing to donate it
where peaceable methods fail to get
justice.
As a sample of what kind of laws
the people should get if they were
working along the line of the plan I
outlined, what is the matter with a
law bonding the county for any am
ount the people see fit to use for road
purposes? Deposit those bonds with
the government and get money at
two per cent just the same as the
banker does now. This would call for
taking this into national politics,
which can be done as well as matters
that only the state has control over.
The legislature has been flounder
ing around trying to find a method
of getting funds to build roads and
here is so simple a method that no
fair minded man can object to it. Let
us try to put it into effect.
R. SCHUEBEL.
Can Such Things Be?
Courier:
Would you be interested to know
under what conditions women are em
ployed at wage work in Oregon, es
pecially in Portland? If you are not
interested in that important subject
you should nevertheless read the re
port of the Social Survey Committee
of the Consumer's League, dealing
with that subject.
For instance on page 34 you read
"Children of 12 and 13 employed in
the factories have been seen crying in
the evening because they were too
tired to work, yet could not get home
on account of locked doors." v.
On page 27 you may read, "If she
is a 'charity girl' who pays for her
lunches with the loss of her virtue."
Page 68 "Thinks that she lives
with a man, as she has three meals a
day now also, which she didn't have
before." Yes much more than that,
but take my word for it and send for
the pamphlet to Miss Caroline Gleas
on 206 Central building Portland. It
is free, however if you wish you may
send three cents for postage and you
will get a full dollar's worth of read
ing matter.
HUMANITY.
Some Cats.
W. H. Thompson, Forest Ranger
from Estacada, brought to this city
Monday the largest amount of wild
cat skins that has been brought to
the county seat this season, he having
brought 30 cat pelts and one coyote
skin, most of which he caught with
traps in the vicinity of Estacada. This
catch netted him $61.50, the cat hides
bringing him $2.00 each and the coy
ote $1.50, and he informed the Cour
ier reporter that the pelts would bring
him as much more. These skins were
procurred between the 15th of Dec
ember and February 1, and were got
mostly on Sunday as his duties of
forest ranger will not permit of much
Lime during the week days. And this
is not much of a country for cats eith
er.
"DAMNABLE BILL PASSED."
Governor May now Remove Officials
Who Will Not Do their Duty.
If the Courier should charge that
a bill passed by the legislature was a
"damnable piece of legislation,"
Speaker McArthur would probably
bring a libel action and some one
would ask the postoffice to have the
paper excluded from the mails be
cause of its profanity.
But Speaker McArthur got down on
the floor of the house and made this
open charge, after he had failed to
muster up strength enough to run the
roller over the bill.
McArthur charged Schuebel, Gill,
Eaton and others with being "thin
skinned" in allowing the most damn
able piece of legislation ever enacted
get by them.
This "damnable" bill gives the gov
ernor power to put a special sheriff,
district attorney or other official in
place of the regular official tempor
arily, when the elected officer will
not do his duty in bringing crime to
justice.
Isn t this worse than danmnable?
isn't it heinous that is if heinious is
worse than the damned word?
An officer MUST do his duty or
get out and let in one who will. Isn't
this awful, unconstitutional, enlarge
ment of official rights and lots of
other things?
Why don't men with red blod in
their veins start a recall against Mc
Arthur and that ways and means
committee. Or would you rather bite
your hang nails?
"High Jinks" at Commercial Club.
The committee is laying out a lot
of fun and a big time for its annual
smoker to be held at the club rooms
Tuesday night of next week, March 4.
There will be vaudeville, music.
inauguration of President Wilson,
talks, fun and a big dinner. Each
member of the club has the privilege
of bringing a friend, and if the friend
insists on joining the club, there is no
by-law to prevent This will be the
biggest smoker ever attempted by the
organisation.
TET THE OLD VETS
PULL IT THROUGH
CONTEMPTIBLE TACTICS OF
THE STEAM ROLLER GANG.
PATRIOTISM AND POLITICS
Scrambling Them is Safer Way to
Get the Loot.
Here's a little story of the way the
Ways and Means Committee (the gov
ernors of legislation) run things up
to Salem.
The Oregonian will call it "Carping
Criticism," we will call it industry
sitting in the shade, ' and after you
have read it you may call it what you
happy please.
Mind you, this is but a little illus
tration of scores just a bill almost
picked up at random and this ar
ticle is to show you how the mill
grinds at Salem and how the "old
guard politicians put things over on
you and then fence them in so you
can't get to them. It is one of scores
of instances of rotten misrepresenta
tion. The bill referred to is house bill
No. 625, introduced b ythe ways and
means committee.
It starts out as an act for the old
soldiers, as a means to provide for
their maintenance and for as oldiers'
home.
Now the ways and means steam
roller gang know the power of pat
riotic sentiment; they know it would
be hard to find an Oregonian who
does not believe they are entitled to
all a state or country can give them,
and they know that trie man who
would stand out and oppose any reas
onable proposition for their aid would
be hissed down by the sons of the old
pariots. '
Therefore the bill leads off with
an act to raise the support of the sol
diers' home $13,000 in addition to the
regular appropriation, and then an
other item appropriating$20,000 to
pay for "constructing, finishing and
equipping additional buildings," etc.
We are not criticising he above, al
though the bill isn't much more in
telligible than a Chinaman's laundry
ticket. . -'
Here follows the dirty work:
The same bill (this Soldier's main
tenance bill) then goes on and pro
vides for $10,000 for the state board
of agriculture to pay its warrant in
debtedness. The same bill provides for making
improvements to the amount of $5,
000 to the state fair grounds.
The same bill provides for another
bundled of $2,500 for tilling the state
fair grounds.
All this is tied around the neck
of the old soldier's bill to pull it
through I
What do you think about it?
The state fair has been running
behind and they are' afraid Portland
will take it over, so they tie to the
tail of patriotism a bundle of appro
priations they dare not put out into
the open.
They figure that Governor West
will not veto the old soldiers' aid
and they figure they will MAKE him
bolster up a wobbly fair association
when he signs it.
And this isn t all come on down
the column. 1
After putting the governor in a hole
the committee figured they would
have the PEOPLE to reckon with.
They did not dare let the scrambled
bill go to the people for fear of the
referendum, so they tacked this onto
the bunco bill:
Section 3. It is hereby ad
judged and declared that existing
conditions are such that this Act
is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace,
health and safety, and owing to
the urgent necessity of maintain
ing the public credit an emergen
cy is hereby declared to exist, and
this Act shall take effect and be
in full force and effect from and
after the approval of the Govern
or. This means the people CANNOT
pass on it.
An emergency is declared.
It is URGENT that the debts of
the stale fair be paid by the people,
or Portland will get it.
It is NECESSARY for the preser
vation of public peace that the fair
grounds be drained.
It is URGENT for the public health
and safety that the fair grounds be
improved and repaired.
Robert Schuebel suggests that the
state bug houses be thrown open and
the-inmates be allowed to run the
legislature.
It is worth considering.
The legislature says the state does
not need a governor, and the governor
says the state does not need a leg
islature. 4
The Oregonian says the Courier
should not stone legislators and we
would then get better men better
men, but scared of stones.
The Coouricr thinks the legislature
stinks that it is rotten in results,
or rather in want of needed results,
There are many able and honest
men in the legislature. We are glad
to say that Schuebel, Gill and oth
ers tried to cut off the fair ground
tail to the soldiers' bill, and have
them set up in separate bills.
For sale Field peas, $1.50 per bu.,
clean and first class. L. Gaiger, on
Mount Pleasant road, Oregon City,
Rt 1, box 62.
Gladstone School Closed.
On account of the many severe cas
es of scarletfever Gladstone school
closed and every effort will be made
to keep the epidemic from spreading
further. .
Mr. Gill is Considering.
Salem news items give it out that
Representative F. M. Gill of this
county is considering the matter of
becoming a Progressive candidate for
governor in 1914.
21 'Bos in One Night.
Monday night there were 21 men
arrested as vagrants and corded up
in the city jail over night. Seven of
these were under 21 years of age,
And yet we strive to solve the tramp
nuisance."
The Line-Up.
When the pinch came as to whether
the steam roller was more potent
than the sentiment against vice, on
the bill to give the governor power to
enforce the laws, Gill, Lofgren and
Schuebel stood by and voted for the
bill. Mr. Schnoerr was absent.
About the Year 1915.
A wag opened the Courier office
front door the other day and asked
us to state that the elevator, a new
water system, the canal locks and a
public dock were all going to strike
this city at the same time in the year
1915.
The Idea That Worked.
Do you know that the Courier is
getting to be some paper these
days? Not strictly as a NEWSpaper,
but as a people's paper a medium
through which any man who is decent
may have a say.
On almost every page you will
find the most interesting letters from
the men of this county who are ob
servers and thinkers. The letters
cover many topics; they open discus
sion; they make men think, and you
will .note that every last one of them
is along the line of the best good for
the most people the common class.
Opening its columns to general dis
cussion on any decent topic was the
best hit The Courier ever made, as
this paper is evident proof, and we
invite any reader who uses his head
to use the columns of the Courier to
tell others his ideas, for out of this
exchange of ideas, things for our
better welfare are bound to come.
A SECRET BURIAL.
In An Obscure Alley in This City Lie
Several Dead Bodies.
Just to the north of the postoffice
building is an alley that runs through
to Water street.
There is a gateway opening from
this alley into a little square of
ground back of the postoffice build
ing. And in one end of this lot is a lit
tle grave a grave that conceals sev
eral dead bodies-the covering of
which is yet loose dirt.
The Courier knows what it is stat
ing when it makes the positive asser
tion that there was no certificate of
death before these burials; that there
were no burial permits issued by the
city or other authorities, no inquest
or investigation made; that but three
men are aware of the burial and that
one man alone:
"Upturned the sod,
And laid the dead there."
Got you going? Well now for the
tacks.
The grave is there, and there is an
inscribed marker over it a token of
remembrance by Mall Clerk Spagel.
One day there came by parcels post
a box of smelt from a southern coun
ty.
Evidently the sender had held them
over a glutted market for a time, and
ice is scarce in southern Oregon.
Or the parcel post was a few days
slower than Wells-Fargo delivery.
Whatever the reason they had be
come mellow and mushy in ransit.
Their gills had turned black and
gangren had set in.
The fishy smell was like ottar of
roses in comparison.
Thqse smelt smelt they STANK!
They were rotton, putrid.
Spagel got one whiff, when he
dumped the pouch and yelled for a
doctor or bartender.
He saw Route 2 on the box, and
with a long pole pushed it over to
Frank Whiteman s stall.
Whiteman bucked. He said he would
stand for the government's order to
paint his mail wagon a vivid red and
would come up with a smile, if he lost
out in the auto contest, but he would
not, (and he swore by the third as
sistant postmaster-general) that he
wouldn't run a garbage wagon or
glue factory cart for Uncle Sam, or
any other old uncle, and if that box
of smelling smelt was to go out on
No. 2, it could deliver itself as it was
strong enough.
The carrier wouldn't carry it; the
postmaster wouldn't hold it, and
so right here was where Spagel shone.
When the call for volunteers was
made he responded. He didn't pro
pose to have an outbreak of cholera
as long as he had a strong right arm
with four fingers on it, and could bor
row a shovel.
And he buried those smelling smelt
out there in a little narrow grave.
And he erected a little beautifully
inscribed marker over the grave so
the government can find the property
I when it sends an inspector here to
N . u I 1 L it.-
mvstigate me matter aiong buuui. vue
time the Panama fair will be held.
Pathetic little story, isn't it? Lone
ly graves always do get one.
Take a little piece of Limburger
cheese with you when 70U go to the
postoffice and leave it for Mr. Ran
dall to disinfect with. lit win ap
predate your appreciation.
OF
SMALLPOX li CITY
SEVERAL CASES DEVELOP IN
DIFFERENT WARDS
HEALTH OFFICERS ON THE JOB
Many Exposures Because of Not
Knowing The Disease
Smallpox has broken out in the city
and while the cases so far are receiv
ing the closest possible attention and
are in a light form, yet there is con
siderable uneasiness.
Ellery Baily, owner of a pool room
on Main street, and who lives between
Jefferson and Madison, was taken
with the disease Wednesday and has
been taken to the pest house in Port
land.
Rev. McComb, Fourth and Main
streets, is down with the disease, and
it is said that thirty persons have
exposed from his home. There was no
thought of it being smallpox and
friends and relatives have been call
ing on him.
Mrs. Beagler, corner of Fifth and
Monroe, is reported to have 'the dis
ease, and Mrs. Morgan is recovering
from it. '
Stringent quarantine and disinfect
ing regulation are being enforcpJ and
it is thought the cases may be confin
ed to the present'ones.
IF IT BECOMES A LAW
Only the Little Conjunction "If" Be
tween Hedges and Appointment
If the Hill house bill becomes a
law and it bids fair to, as the house
passed it and the senate passed it
amended each county in this state
will have its own district or county
attorney. The bill abolishes the as
sistant district attorneys and it is
stated the expense will be but little
over the present system, and the
state will have much better service.
If the governor should sign the bill,
he would have the appointment of
the extra places, and G. L. Hedges'
friends have it figured out that he
would land the plum for this county
in a walk.
Mr. Hedges stands pretty close with
Governor West for a starter; he is
always a Democrat up on the firing
line; he has held the office by ap
pointment and knows the work; he is
brainy and educated and last fall's
vote in this county showed what the
voters think of him.
If the bill becomes a law G. L.
Hedges looks like a cinch bet for the
appointment from this county. Dis
trict Attorney Tongue would then
serve only Washington county.
MR. OLDS AGAIN.
Says Judge Beatie Overlooked Some
Things in His Explanation.
Editor Courier:
What DID they' cost? Mr. Olds
and Clackamas county taxpayers
have not as yet found out what the
four bridges really cost. Come again,
Brother Beatie, and perhaps between
you and me, we may solve the ques
tion, which I note is interesting people
in all sections of the county.
Now Mr. Beatie, you were so keen
to inform the taxpayers that you gave
the Coast Bridge Co., $4,000 for the
erection of the steel in those four
bridges, after paying them an exorbi
tant price for the steel, but why did
you not read all of that page 151 of
Journal 25, and let the public know
of the complete contents, in thnt
YOU FURTHER GAVE THE COAST
BRIDGE CO. $1350 FOR ERECTING
THE TUBES UNDER. THE. AUR
ORA BRIDGE, which is one of the
four. So you see, Mr. Taxpayer that
the erection was $5,950 INSTEAD OF
$4,600. It comes within $50 of what
I said I would be willing to erect them
for. You will note the difference, Mr.
Taxpayer, in the wording of my arti
cle of January 31, 1913, wherein 1
stated I would erect all of that steel
for $6,000. You will also note, Mr.
Taxpayer, that my price included the
first cost and his was IN ADDITION
to the first cost, making, according to
his own statement:
Cost of steel
Erection
.$17,965.00
. 4,600.00
Total $22,505.00
Now add the $1350 that he failed
to read about, entered on the same
page, and you have $23,915.00 cer
tainly an astounding figure.
Come again, Mr. Beatie; we now
have these bridges standing in the
air. with nothing to rest on.
Then too, $1350.00 is a pretty good
price to give a bridge company for
driving a few pileing in those tubes
at Aurora, and filling same with con
crete. That is positively all they
did, for the county had paid them for
the tubes in the contract for the steel,
and all the cement there is in them,
according to Mr. Groo's report to me,
is 60 yards.
I quote these figures for the tax
payers of Clackamas county, who
seem to find difficulty in obtaining
complete light 'on the subject.
The cost of the steel according to
Mr. Groo's report was $9,962.92. We
have so far $23,915.00 for steel and
erection. The difference would be
$13,915.08.
PRETTY GOOD PRICE FOR ER
ECTING STEEL, IS IT NOT?
Yourst truly,
E. D. OLDS.
OUTBREAK
McAllister Gets Pen Sentence
E. S. J. McAllister, one of the up
per ten Portland attorneys, was found
guilty in connection with the recent
vice scandal, and given a sentence of
from one to five years in the Salem
penitentiary. He has appealed the
case and furnished $5,000 bail.
Shall We Try This One?
The Mountain View correspondent,
commenting on the doings of the pres
ent legislature, suggests that we send
some women to Salem next election.
Not a bad idea. If they went to the
capitol and absolutely did nothing, it
would be an improvement, but there
are plenty of women in Oregon cap
able of doing hings.
Commercial Club's Masquerade.
March 25, Busch's hall, the Com
mercial Club's annual dance will be
given and this year it will be a masq
uerade. M. D. Latourette, Clyde
Mount and B. T. McBain are the com
mittee, and hese gentlemen say they
are going to have the biggest success
ever held in the city. Invitations will
be issued to club members and their
friends.
Hot Contests On.
Next Monday is the anuual election
of the fire department and there is a
hot four-cornered contest on for
chief between Fred Humphreys, Mi
chael Long, Charles Gottberg, and
Frank Schoenborn. For fire commis
sioners the candidates are Ben Bax
ter, Dr. A.L . Beatie and Louie No
bel. Joseph Myers is a candidate for
assistant chief. The election hours
are from 2 to 7 p. m., at Fountain
Hose Co. rooms.
Eagles, Portland, 1914.
Last year the Grand Aerie was held
at Cleveland, and the coming session
is to be held in Baltimore. It is to
be expected that in 1911 the Grand
Aerie will be held in one of the Paci
fic coast cities. Seattle, Sun Francis
co, and Los Angeles have already had
the honor, and the slogan of he Pa
cific coast birds will bo '"What's the
matter with Portland? She's all
right" D. M. Klemsen and John Low
ry will represent Oregon City Aerie
No. 993, and will line up for Portland.
Spoke a Week Too Soon.
Monday night's Portland Journal
had a 24-inch ad of Zubelda cigar
ettes, and when the Courier editor re
called that criticism of Mr. Gill's cig
arette bill, he knew there -was some
thing due him. And Wednesday it
came, just a little jog from Salem, in
these words.
You never saw a cigarette ad
in Oregon. Take a look at this
one in the Journal. GILL.
We feel very much like the boy who
spoke too soon, and we will -come up
smiling and assure the representative
from Clackamas that when he be
comes governor and the Courier edi
tor representative, that cigarette bill
of his will be stood on its head and
its prohibitive sections start on the
other end.
FARMERS UP IN ARMS.
Grange Indignant Over- Refusal of
Court House to Equity.
Whereas the citizens and taxpayers
of Clackamas county have erected in
Oregon City and are maintaining at
an enormous cost a building known
as a county court house in which to
conduct a county government and in
which to transact the business of im
portance to the wellfare of the citiz
ens and taxpayers of said county, and
Whereas Judges Campbell and Bea
tie have of late refused the use of
the public rooms of said court house
to any and all bodies of said citizens
and taxpayers and especially to the
farmers who are he heaviest taxpay
ers of tho county.
Therefore be it resolved by the
members of the Warner Grange, that
we do most emphatically condemn
his action and that said action is the
most drastic of any that has ever
been made by nny of our former pub
lic servants. And be it further resol
ved that a copy of these resolutions bs
sent to Judge Beatie and one e ach
to our county papers for the purpose
of publication therein.
This resolution was indorsed with
out a dissenting vote and during the
discussion it was suggosted that we
have here sufficient cause to invoke
the recall upon our county judge, in
fact it was hinted pretty strongly
that we do so.
D. McARTHUR.
Secretary Warner Grange.
Only $10,000 Between $1,000,000
The Ogle Mining Co givei t out that
only $10,000 stands between them and
the cyanide plant at the mines, and
that if this amount can be raised be
tween now and April 1, the new plant
can be installed and running before
next winter. If the work cannot be
started by April 1, there will not be
time to finish it before the heavy
snows in the mountains set in, and it
will have to wait another full year.
Friends of the company who abso
lutely know the wealth of the mine
are making every effort to sell the
amount of stock required and get the
work started.
WANTED!
Girls and Women
To operate Sewing Machines
in garment factory.
Oregon City Woolen Mills