COTOII
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 more.
30th YEAR.
OREGON CITY, ORE., FRIDAY, MAR. 21 1313.
No. 45
OREGON
CITY
IS NOT THIS
H EG LEGTGRINi I HAL
DIDN'T SOMEONE PLAY BALL
WITH HUMAN LIFE?
TWELVE MILES, SIX WEEKS
Gather Slow Time When City Was
Stricken with Fever.
Recently it was reported to this of
fice that in the recent typhoid epidem
ic here the state laws were openly vi
olated in not complying with the fol
lowing state law:
It shall be the duty of each
county health officer to furnish
to the secretary of the State
Board of Health, on or before the
tenth day of each month, a re
port of all marriages, contagious
diseases, births and deaths, (se
curing within the limits of the
county during the next preceding
calendar month. All cases of
smallpox or other contagious dis
ease of alarming proportions
must be reported at once.
To verify or prove false hese
charges the following letter was writ
ten to the State Board of Health by
the Courier:
Oregon City March 14.
Dr. Calvin S. White:
Will you kindly inform this office
whether or not you were, notified of
the epidemic of typhoid fever in Ore
gon City this fall, and if so how long
after it broke out ? Also how long had
your board to wait for samples of
water for analysis ?
yours truly,
M. J. BROWN.
Portland, March 15.
M. J. Brown:
Answering your inquiry, the infor
mation I got of the epidemic of ty
phoid in Oregon City was first thru
the public press and the analysis of
infected water sent December 3rd and
completed' December 6.
Yours very truly,
CALVIN S. WHITE.
State Health Officer.
Typhoid fever broke out in this city
IN OCTOBER and the water was not
received for analysis until December
6, about SIX WEEKS AFTER
WARDS. j
In the first issue of the Courier in'
December we made "the open charge
that physicians HAD HELD BACK
THEIR REPORTS and we called upon
the officials to take up this matter.
What do you think about it now ?
What do you think of the lax and
criminally carelessness under which
the state board of health has to de
pend on newspaper reports, published
a full month after the outbreak, for
is information of ' a dangerous epi
de.Vc? '
L-'n't you think there is something
bes: les pure water and sanitary con
ditions that need investigating while
we are at it ?
A Wrong Inference.
Editor Courier:
An article has been called to my
attention which appeared in your is
sue of Friday, March 14th, and from
which the inference was drawn that
net fishing could be carried on in the
Willamette River until April 15th.
For the information of your sub
scribers will say that Section 5239 of
Lord's Oregon Laws closes the Will
amette River and it stributaries be
low the falls at Oregon City from
noon on March 15th to noon on April
15th, and the notice of the board pub
lished in your paper merely provides
for an additional closed season from
noon on April 15th until noon on May
1st. If you will kindly give this mat
ter publicity, same will be greatly ap
preciated. R. E. CLANTON.
Master Fish Warden.
LIKE TO BE SKINNED?
Are you a Bunch of Lambs and Like
to Feel the Big Shears?
Last fall the voters of Oregon pass
ed a law putting, the telephone com
panies under the jurisdiction of the
railroad commission, and this law ex
pressly provided that the rates should
be no higher than the rates charged in
1911.
But absolutely no observance xs
made and the companies tr,o right on
charging higher rates nnd discrimin
ating rates, and you cf.n find such vi
olations right here in Oregon City.
Now what earthly use is there in
passing laws, of what earthly use is
the commission, of what use are dis
trict attorneys and grand juries when
the plain provisions of a law made a
law by the voters of a state are sim
ply winked at and ignored?
The Courier can cite any district at
tnman tn wIiato in one case a tele
phone patron would not stand for the
gaff at $1.5U per montn ior a iuui
ar4T line fwhen his neiehbor was
paying $1.25 and where the company
accepted his i.zo ana conunueu u
show-where a new
renter who refused to pay the extra
25 cents was informed he should pay
u Vila nVinnft would be taken out.
In the home of the editor of this
paper is a two-party line phone lor
t Kft nor month is oaid. and
across the street the Pacific Company
demands the same rental lor a iour
party line, which service is 25 cents a
month less. . ..
The city has full power under its
charter to stop this abuse, and the
council should stop it. Why doesn't it?
The state commission has full pow
er given it by the voters last fall. Why
doesn't it?
The district attorney has the right
and it is his duty, to take up such vi
olations of the law. Why doesn't he?
The grand jury has the right, and it
is its duty, to take up such cases and
investigate them. Why doesn t it ?
And the common mutt has a right
to tender the Pacific Co. what the law
says he shall pay, no more and defy
the company to remove his phone or
stop his service. Why doesn't he ?
Mt. Pleasant Local.
The Mt. Pleasant Equity Local will
meet this (Friday) night, and there is
important business to come up.
Lest Wa Forget.
The trout season is from April 1 to
Oct. 31, the limit being 75 fish or 50
pounds in one day. Catching trout un
der six inches is unlawful.
Wait for the Decision.
The county court has forbidden the
road supervisors to draw special road
tax money until the courts shall pass
on a law passed by the recent legis
lature. Old Pioneer Gone.
Mrs. Mary Rickmarry, a former
resident and pioneer of this county,
died at Eugene last week and the re
mains were brought to Clackamas
Monday for burial.
Down Again.
Hope springs eternal, and if we
hope long enough and prod our repre
sentatives sharp enough, perhaps we
will get a postofflce building some
day.
Mr. McBaine reported Tuesday that
a letter from tJongTessman tiawiey
said our hoped for national aid was
lost.
Gun Club Organized.
Monday night a bunch of gunmen
got together and elected officers for
the Rod and Gun Club as follows:
President, Tom Myers: vice presi
dent, Ed Schwab; secretary and treas
treasurer, C. F. Bollinger, Exeuctive
committee: Theodore Osmund, Lharles
Wright, Dr. Ice, J. C. Pollonz, John
Clark and George Pusey. The club
has over 100 members.
Crowded Out.
From the Christian Science Monit
or, published in Massachusetts and
by the way one of the highest grade,
.leanest, hest edited newsDaners Pub
lished today we clipped and re-set a
splendid article on the beauty, maus
t.rv and tirocress ifi.' Orison City, but
for want of room it has had to join
others in a weeKs lay over.
It Won't Down.
At the Live Wires Tuesdav Record
er Stipp presented a long petition of
names asking that the city provide
hitching posts for horses and the men
groaned. It seemed so strange that
this matter could not be settled once
and forever, but it always ends in the
same old way. The matter was referr
ed to L. Adams, Frank Busch and
Clyde Huntley.
Commercial Club's Mask Ball.
The 5th annual ball of the Commer
cial Club of Oregon City to be held
Tuesdav. March 25th. Bromises to be a
record breaker in every way. The com
mittee in charge has arranged lor
prizes as .follows: Best original char
acter, team or couple $10.00; best or
dinal character woman 85.00; best or
iginal character man $5.00
There will he the best music obtain-
able and plenty of it as well as a good
time for all whether masKed or not,
although the floor will be reserved for
maskers until the grand march at 10
M. Refreshments will be served.
The committee in charge is: M. D.
Latourette, Dr. Clyde Mount, C. W.
Evans and B. T. McBain. , "
SHOWING THE GOODS
Clackamas Southern Is Making Good
. and Proving It.
Two vears aeo in Live Wires Har
vey Cross started something.
Those of vou who went on the in
spection trip over the completed por
tion oi the uacKamas aoutnern rail
road last week or last night saw what
he started.
Nearly four miles of the worst and
most expensive part of road building
is completed, except balasting and
ready for service.
The road started without a dollar in
the treasury but with millions of
faith in the country and the people.
Today, every rod built and all work
done is paid for and the construct
ion is almost to tne level country oi
Mania T.ane. from which on. the ex
pense will be small and the work will
go so much faster.
From Oretron City to Maple Lane
the road bed covers a continuous ser
ies of cuts, fills, curves and bridges.
Vnr 9K vears railroad man have
looked over the rich Molalla country
laid out railroads on paper, men sizea
un the only way to get up to this rich
country, and quit
A dozen men in uregon uty tacK
ioi it withnnt a dollar and have sur
mounted the obstacles the capitalists
have backed up on ior zd years.
KnA here is tellintr vou these men
deserve much from Orgon City and
the time will come when tney win get
it mnra rredit tnan tnev ret now.
MpRain. Cross and Dimick told the
t iv Wires little about the present
nt tha nrmmects Tuesday at the Live
Wires. McBain said it was not a case
of charity . but one of city and county
HUNDREDS OF CLACKAMAS CDHNTY VOTERS ASK FOR
INVESTIGATION OF COUNTY COURT AND OFFICERS
WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THE BRIDGE CONTRACTS, TIMBER CRUISING AND THE DISCRIMI-
NAITON CHARGED IN THE
A PUBLIC MASS MEETING WILL
Petition is Signed Largely by the Far mers of the Different Parts of the County. Considerable Public Sentiment
has Been Stirred up Against County Court, and Much Criticism has been Expressed .
TO THE TAXPAYERS OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY:
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED TAXPAYERS and legal voters of Clackamas County, respectfully petition that a
mass meeting be called in Oregon City, Ore., in the near future, for the purpose of formulating plans for
an investigation of the County Court and other public officers of the county, the financial management of
the taxpayers' funds, and that general invitation be extended to all taxpayers and legal voters of the
county to attend said meeting.
WE ASK THAT THIS MEETING be called, because of the charges made of mismanagement of the public
funds in the purchase of county bridges, and that a thorough investigation of these charges be made. And
further that the contract recently entered into with Mr. Nease, of Portland, for timber crulslgn, be inves
tigated and the reasons for this work be shown. And further, that the matter of discrimination in the
use of the court house for farmers' meetings be taken up and discussed:
P. W. Meredith, Oregon City. .
John Christensen, Oregon, City.
M. C. Reopelle, Oregon City.
L. R. Pulen, Oregon City.
A. A. Pease, Oregon City.
S. M. McDonald, Oregon City. -
E. F. Portouw, Oregon City.
W. R. Osburn, Oregon City.
M. C. Strickland, Oregon City.
H. C. Stevens, Oregon City.
H. W. Trembatt, Oregon City.
J. A. Roake, Oregon City.
J. D .Taylor, Oregon City.
T. A. Pope, Oregon City.
L. L. Pickens, Oregon City.
S. S. Walker, Oregon City.
J. H. Darling, Oregon City.
Jno. W. Loder, Oregon Cit.y
G. A. Schubel, Oregon City, R4.
Elmer Swope, Oregon City.
Hugo Hansen, Oregon City.
Jas. B. Beeson, Oregon City.
Chas. A. Menke, Oregon City.
Robert Moehnke, Oregon City.
D'. F. Moehnke, Oregon City.
H. Hettman, Oregon City.
Chas. Hall, Gladstone.
J. M. McFarland, Gladstone.
S. H. Zrich, Gladstone.
S. Gray ,Canemah, Oregon.
A. H. Mulkey, Gladstone.
A. V. Wicklun, Clackamas.
J. B. Ford, Gladstone.
R. P. Burns, Gladstone.
T. N. Burns, Gladstone.
J. N. Wallace, Gladstone.
W. R. Wilson, Gladstone.
Nathan Plate,, Gladstone.
C. W. Parrish, Gladstone.
W. R. U'Ren, Gladstone.
F. J. U'Ren. Gladstone.
W. R. Dann, Gladstone.
Levi Stehman, Gladstone. O. C.
Chas. Gelbrich, Macksburg.
J. S. Roberts, Jennings Lodge.
G. M. Rose, Jennings Lodge.
J. E. Seeley, Gladstone.
R. T. Stover, Jennings Lodge.
A. D. Soesbe.
B. S. Sosey.
J. H. Batdorf, Jennings.
R. Hinds, Jennings Lodge.
Henry Suter, Oak Grove.
G. H. Hanson, Oak Grove.
G. H. Skoog, Oak Grove.
W. A. Snoivelli, Oak Grove.
Isaac Hill, Oak Grove.
R. E. Emmonson, Oak Grove.
G. H. Dedrick, Oak Grove.
John Feldman, Oak Grove.
B. Warren, Oak Grove.
W. Knehl, Oak Grove.
S. C. Alexander, Oak Grove.
B. Lee Paget. Oak Grove.
E. Shubert, Oak Grove. .
F. E. Goodman, Oak Grove.
L. A. Bullard, Oak Grove.
T. R. Blackesby, Oak Grove.
Guy M. Headley, Oak Grove.
Jas. R. Kahler, Oak Grove.
J. H. McArthur, Oak Grove.
A. L. Kuebl, Oak Grove.
A. T. Skovy, Oak Grove.
Jas.jCplqskyf OakJSrove
J. H. Shupe, Oak Grove.
G. L. Gibbs, Milwuie.ka.
G. li. Gibbs, Milwaukie.
C. A. Lewis, Oak Grove.
W. R. Allen, Oak Grove.
G. A. Jahn, Oak Grove.
Chas. F. Terrill, Maple Lane.
W. A. Rivers, Gladstone.
Joe Frominger, Oak Grove.
A. E. Goetz.
The foregoing is only a partial list of the petitioners, the only ones available at the time the paper went
to press, and there are several papers yet in circulation.
On the strength of the above list of names of taxpayers and voters, and because of the county-wide senti
ment for an investigation of the matters outlined in the petition, a public mass meeting has been aranged for,
to be held in Woodman hall, Oregon City, on Saturday, April 5, where the propositions will be taken up, dis
cussed and some action taken.
NOTE The signatures to the above may not all be literally correct in the spelling, as many are difficult
to read, but they may be verified by the original petitions.
benefit as well as investment. He stat
ed the road could be completed to Mt.
Angel by winter and that it would not
cost over $10,000 a mile; that the Or
egon Electric was bonded for $63,000
nAr mile and Daid a net profit of $4,-
000 a mile; that the Clackamas South
ern would run through, a much richer
than the Orecron Electric
that the people could do their own fig
uring as to whether our roao roaa
would be investment or not
Mr .McBaine said if the city would
only do half as well as the country
the rest of the worK would De easy,
and that his judgment was that ev
ery man who invested a dollar in the
Clackamas Southern would get i
back.
Mr. Cross stated that the money
was provided for the entire grading
to Molalla; that all the steel was pro
kaa tnr tn ML An eel: that the di
rectors wanted the people to own this
road instead of having to bond it, ana
that if wa would all take a hand in
the work of selling a little more stock
the rest would be e asy. He showed up
the cord wood industry, how a half
million cords would be ready for Port
land as soon as the road was ready
for the wood; how the big Atkins
Mill was ready to start as soon as the
MATTER OF WHO SHALL USE
BE HELD IN WOODMAN HALL
L. S. Johnson, Clackamas.
J. P. Davis, Clackamas.
Geo. Johnson, Clackamas.
Frank Otter, Clackamas.
J. H. Reed, Clackamas.
Lawrence Gibson, Clackamas
S.
Ed Ott, Clackamas.
C. Berner, Clackamas.
W. Licht, Clackamas.
M. C. Colson, Clackamas.
J. A. Liebon, Clackamas.
F. Schoppert, Clackamas.
' R. P. Grady, Clackamas.
E. E. Oehlschlaeger, Clackamas.
J. N. Berselben, Clackamas.
John Heinz Macksburg.
-F. J. Kraxberger, Macksburg.
C. J. Cameron, Macksburg.
. Chas. E. Sevens.
H. Jacksen, Macksburg.
FF. P. Bennsch, Macksburg.
A. B. McCoy, Macksburg.
P. H. Miller, Macksburg.
E. M. Koebel, Macksburg.
E. N. Koebel, Macksburg.
Mike Walch, MacKsburg.
,J. W. Willbroad, Macksburg.
C. H. Lorenz, Macksburg.
H. B. Dreier, Macksburg.
, G. E. Pottratz, Macksburg.
S. S. Siemling, Macksburg.
Johnnie Brusik, Macksburg.
C. D. Keesling, Macksburg.
Geo. Kalb, Macksburg.
Geo. E. Oglesby, Macksburg.
Aug. Rottenberg, Macksburg.
F. W. Barth, Macksburg.
P. M. Graves, Macksburg.
G. F. Pottratz, Macksburg.
J. B. Hepler, Macksburg.
Leonard Wehner, Macksburg.
John Bradbury, Macksburg.
Peter Nortz, Macksburg.
' N. P. Adams, Macksburg.
H. T. Kfster, Mackbsurg.
F. M. Mathews, Macksburg.
D. Harms, Macksburg.
L. E. Bowers, Macksburg.
J. E. Wells, Macksburg.
J. W. Smith, Macksburg.
A. J. Lewis, Maple Lane.
C. W. Swallow, Maple Lane.
B. A. Anderson, Maple Lane.
W. M. Rumery, Maple Lane.
G. H. Mighells, Maple Lane.
Chas. E. Reynolds, Maple Lane.
Jos. Thaas, Maple Lane.
K. Swiatkowshi, Maple Lane.
Don Lewellyn, Milwaukie
F. E. Olson, Milwaukie.
F. C. Harlow, Milwaukie.
Lydia A. Harlow, Milwaukie.
J. W. Kinzel, Milwaukie.
M. A. Johnson, Milwaukie.
E. P. Houser, Milwaukie.
F. N. Birkemeier, Milwaukie.
Don Quant, Milwaukie.
J. E. Wetzler, Milwaukie.
Mrs. M. Wetzler, Milwaukie.
G. W. Comert, Milwaukie.
J. 1.V Stevans, Ai
W. S. Hauberan, Milwaukie.
E. L. M-.
W. S. Gorbett, Colton.
"T.Er3efghmd,-;oltom
0. G. Nyquist, Colton.
A. E. Anderson, Colon.
A. N. Swanson.
J. J. Jones, Colton.
J. G. Erickson, Colton.
Emil Potterson, Colton.
Math Peterson.
J. A. Johnson.
U. S. Dix, Colton.
road could bring the logs, and that
the money for all the Molalla country
output would come back to this coun
ty and be used over alld over again.
He stated that G. B. Dimick alone had
put $9,000 in cash into this road.
G. B. Dimick outlined the conditions
that this county would be In if the
rinpkamnR Southern was not in pros
pect; showing how this city would lose
to Canby all the Molalla business
which would have to come over the P.
hniMinc in from Canbv:
that we needed but $50,000 to comp-
nioa tha mad; that wmie rort ana
.nnif-al was hecominz interested in the;
road, yet we wanted most of the road !
owned here; that tne directors were
nirirf in ask for an advisory commit
tee to go through the books and let
everybody know the lull condition oi
the work. Mr. Dimick closed by say
ing that the work itself would take
the doubt out of any man who would
see enough of it, and that the earnings
in two years would pay back every
dollar invested.
And the work goes on. Eveyr day
it looks brighter because the hardest
of the work is over. It is now but a
question of days almost when the road
win ha finished to Maole Lane and
from the hour it is finished to there
THE COURT HOUSE
SATURDAY, APRIL 5 AT 2 P. M.
J. E. Sandall, Colton.
Alfred Wall, Colton.
G. A. Gottberg, Colton.
Otto Sorenson, Colton.
W. E. Bonney, Colton.
D. Barney, Maple Lane.
John Waldow, Maple Lane.
J. K. Morris, Oregon City.
W. W. Myers, Oregon City.
Thos. Meyrick, Oregon City.
August Splinter, Oregon City.
S. H. Derrick, Maple Lane.
D. J. Thome, Maple Lane.
F. A. Schmidt, Maple Lane.
F. E. Parker, Maple Lane.
W. N. Horton, Maple Lane.
G. F. Mighells, Maple Lane.
H. Olson, Maple Lane.
Geo. Bliss, Oregon City, R. 3.
Noah Christner, Oregon City, 3.
C. Piepka, Canby, R. 1.
H. Dietrick, Canby, R. 1.
R. Schuebel, R. 1, Canby."
S. L. Casto, Oregon City, R.3.
Robert Vorpahl, Carus.
P. Heilman, Carus.
F. Geilman, Carus.
H. Johnson, Carus.
M. Strejc, Carus.
F. P. Grimes, Carus.
Almon Johnson, Carus.
M. Irish, Carus.
M. M. Richter, Carus. .
F. W. Blanchard, Carus.
Chas. Bannon, Carus.
C. H. Wilson, Carus.
J. M. Evans, Carus.
M. Hniras, Carus.
R. Streji, Carus.
R. L. Inglis, Carus.
E. Gellrieh, Carus.
Christ Kraft, Carus.
M. Poveletz, Carus.
A. G: Phelps, Carus.
Siver Olson, Carus,. '
S. W. Bonny; Carus.
John Satter, Carus.
Frank Thiel, Carus.
C. F. Stetz, Carus.
Roy A. Caviness, Carus.
F. G. Holynan, Carus.
Peter Krast, Carus.
Wm. Tice, Carus.
E. C. Brown, Carus.
J. Rapp, Carus.
F. J. Reese, Carus.
J. Aug. Kristenson, Carus.
O. F. Frentuss, Carus.
Jno. Robbins, Carus.
A. W. Blanchard, Carus.
H. D. Harms, Carus.
J. Zelk, Carus.
A. B. Johnson, Carus.
A. J. Kehnhofer, Carus.
L. C. S. Kellensger, Boring.
G. R. Hunter, Boring.
John Abborehl, Boring.
Adolph Russer, Boring.
Fritz Burns, Boring.
Frank Donley, Burns.
Eunice Bevan, Boring.
B. M. Deardorff, Boring.
F. O. Cooke, Clackamas.
J. A. Stolle, Jr., Boring.
O. O. Parret, Boring.
Otto Vogel, Boring.
W. J. Arnett, Boring.
A. C. Hunt, Boring.
John Glarner, Boring.
M. Hemrich, Boring.
E. Thebo, Boring.
and there on, the road will commence
to do business and earn money.
It's the cheapest standard road ever
built in Oregon. There is not a gill of
water in it. It opens the richest sec
tion of Oregon. It's simply GOT to
pay, because the business is there to
MAKE it pay.
A PURE WATER SESSION.
Citizens Back
Makes Report-
Council Engineer
-Work to Go On.
That eternal pure water matter
came in for three hous discussion
Wednesday night at the council meet
ing, and the result was $1,000 was ap
propriated to put down a test well at
Mt. Pleasant for a deep water supply.
Eng'neer Robert Dieck, who has
been working two weeks on the matter
of available water sources, reported
that Mt. Pleasant was the most fav
orable proposition with Canby next
He advised that $1,000 be used to sink
a test well 250 feet at Mt Pleasant,
that such a sourc would eliminate
much pumping and that ht was san
guine of success. The report was most
comprehensive and of much value for
the city.
After the report the public dock
matter came up, when Chris Schuebel
asked that while he favored the dock
proposition, he thought that the wat
er matter should be settled first; that
it should not be side-tracked and
should take the council just on 3 min
ute to favor the engineer's suggestion.
a. I. McBain backed Mr. Schuebel
He said we had had 154 cases of ty
phoid, 12 smallpox, 35 scarlet fever:
that last year we had 12 typhoid cases
that conditions were worse now than
when the filter was put in 12 years
ago, and if it continued so for anoth
er 12 years we would not hav eany-
body here to catch It; that $1,000 was
a small sum as measured against one
death.
Councilmen Long and Metzner
urged this same action.
Councilman Albright proposed that
before the Mt. Pleasant should be tak
en up that the people vote on it, and
Councilman Holman urged the same
action. Albright said it would only
cost $60 and that he was not convinc
ed the people wanted to spend any
more money.
Councilman Horton opposed this,
"Make the test, the people expect it
of us," and Long stated he knew the
people would back the action.
Rev. George Edwards said we could
not afford to take the risk of going
on with our present system; that the
people are not coming here, they are
frightened.
Dr VanBrakle stated that there was
any amount of backing behind the
council to go ahead for a pure water
test.
Mr. Fuge said there was no hope
from Alteration and that his part of
the city would back a new water sup-
Pty- .. .
Mr. Schuebel asked the council what
they got the engineer for if it was to
halt now; asked why they did not sub
mit hiring him to the vtoers. He said
he would pay the expenses of a spec
ial election if over 10 per cent of the
people voted against investigating Mt
Pleasant water.
Rev. Milliken said it would be stop
ping in the middle of an investigation.
C. H. Dye said the cost on $1,000 val
uation would be put 40c to expend
$1,000; that it was up to the council
to go ahead; that the city was being
injured $l,OC0 a day by typhoid con
ditions, and we could not afford this.
T. W. Sullivan said the by-chloride
plant had been purchased, was being
installed; that he thought we would
get reasonably good water but that we
should go ahead with Mt Pleasant
proposition, and later on let the peo
ple decide by vote on present or new
system.
The vote was unanimous lor the
appropriation of the $1,000.
Mr. McBain made a strong talK lor
favorable action in the public dock,
and V. Harris and J. J. Cooke oppos
ed it. The matter went to a committee.
ISN'T THIS SPLENDID?
Portland Offers this Cuonty a $60,-
000 White Elephant Free of
Charge
About the richest one ever proposed
to old Clackamas county came out in
the sections of the Sunday Oregonian
the 15th.
It wasn't in a very conspicious po
sition and you might not have noticed
it.
It was a proposition from E. Henry
Wemme, vice president of the Portl
and Automobile Club to the county
court here to please accept from Wem
me the Barlow road free of charge,
an absolute gift, and all the county
court has to do is to expend $12,000 a
year on it for five years and there
after keep the road in a passible con
dition. The Oregonian refers to this offer
as a "generosity which his friends say
you can expect from him.
Isn't it grand, magnanimous, gen
erous ?
All we have to do is to take this
Mount Hood auto road off the handB
private parties who have fallen down
on running it, pay them $60,000 in five
years and forever thereafter keep it
in good shape for the tourists.
Grab it. fellows, before the silk
stockings change their minds. Hop to
it while it is cold, for it will be a real
one later.
And if the county court does not
think best to accept this splendid gift
and the string tied to it, Mr. Wemme
asks that they assist him in dumping
it onto the state or getting he forest
reserve to please father it.
But we should NOT let the state
beat us to it. We have the first chance
at this white elephant and we want to
get it into our menagerie just as quick
as the county court will permit it.
How we would feel if the state beat
us to it and we could only pay a part
of this $60,000 and perpetual main
tenance, when it was offered to us at
first.
Get it Wire acceptance of the great
offer, and then let us call a ratificat
ion meeting and have red fire the
sane as Oregon City did years ago
when we succeeded in giving away in
our great water power.
Call up Judge Beatie and the Com
missioners and urge immediate ac
ceptance of this offer the magnam
ity of which almost chokes one.
WANTED!
Girls and Women
To operate Sewing Machines
in garment factory.
Oregon City woolen Mills
IS THERE ANY
DIRECT EVIDENCE
OF NEGLECT OR CARELESNESS
OF HEALTH LAWS?
HERE IS THE TESTIMONY
Read it, and See if the Courier is the
Liar as Charged.
Last week the Courier had an ar
ticle regarding the State Board of
Health's investigation of the scarlet
fever epidemic at Clackamas.
The article quoted from the Enter
prise a statement which read in part:
No evidence was" introduced
which showed that Dr. Norris was
guilty of willful neglect and that
he had been careless."
To which the Courier made this
comment:
The Courier editor has before
him the report of the evidence
introduced and certain it is that
this evidence DOES show that
someone was guilty of either ne
glect or carelessness, and there is
no use in the Enterprise trying,
to dump a barrel of whitewash
over evidence that is a matter of
record.
Because of this comment the Cour
ier editor has been vigorously round
ed up.
Flat denial has been made that this
office had any truthful report of the
evidence that showed neglect or care
lessness and the statement was made
that the Enterprise's report of the in
vestigation was truthful, and that the
evidence this office secured of the
trial was false.
There was only one - action to take
under these circumstances and we
took that action. From the office of
the state board of health we pro
curred a copy of the testimony and we
herewith re-produce the evidence of
the prosecution and submit the matter
to the readers for a verdict as to
whether or not there has been neglect
or carelessness.
That readers may better judge
from the evidence, we herewith give
you in substance the laws of the state .
board of health and Lord's Oregon
laws regarding contagious diseases:
The county judge, county commis
sioners, mayor and common council
shall constitute a county board of
health, ex-officio, whose duty it is to
remove all causes of disease, to take
prompt action to arrest spread of con
tagious and infectious diseases.
State Board of Health has power to
remove any officer for intemperance,
failure to collect vital statistcis, obey
health laws, keep records, make re-.
ports or answer letters of inquiry.
All books and records kept by tne
secretary of the county board oi
health shall be filed with county clerk
and open to free public inspection.
That county board o fheaitn snail
at once have a quarantine flag dis
played in case of scarlet fever and
other diseases.
That health officer may employ as
many persons as is nceessary to ex
ecute his orders.
No nerson in a house where there is
scarlet fever shall be permitted to at
tend school or public gathering until
quarantine has been removed.
Duty 01 every pnysiciun in nmw i
report to health officer witnin a
hours cases of scarlet fever, small
pox, typhoid fever, etc.
Duty of county health officer to re
port to state bpard of health before
the-iOth-day of each month all con
tagious diseases, marriages, births
etc., and all alarming diseases at once.
No person can return to scnooi ai-
ter havinir had a communicable dis
ease without having a certificate from
physician that all danger of commun
icating disease is past.
Quarantine card must be piacea at
both front and rear of premises where
there is a case of scarlet fever.
Everv house having scarlet lever,
typhoid fever, etc., shall be disinfected
under supervision of health officer or
deputy.
Scarlet fever shall be quarantined
30 days, and isolation of patients for
10 days after removal or quarantine;
not re-enter school until 21 days after
quarantine is removed.
Following are the questions and
answers or prosecution. . witnesses,
which we submit In proof of the
statement made that there WAS evi
dence to show carelessness or neglect
There are 21 typewritten pages of
the comblete evidence, and it is too
lengthy to be printed entire in one Is
sue.
Testimony of E. H. Sarchet: Ex
amined by John Sievers.
Q Did you have Scarlet iever in
your family?
A Yes, one case.
Q Were you in quarantine?
A Yes.
Q Who was your physician ?
A M. C. Strickland.
Q Who fumigated your house?
A Mr. Doucher.
Q Was the County Health Officer
there?
A No.
Q Was he ever there?
A No. . ,
Q When he went back and forth
to Clackamas, would he necessarily
have to pass your house?
A Yes, he would nave to pass.
Q When your house was fumigat-
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