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 GITY, ORE., FRIDAY, MAR. 28 1313.
No. 46
ONE B1LLS9.584.64
WE SHOULD WURRf
THIS BIG SUM WAS PAID BY
-COUNTY IN FEBRUARY
WHAT WILL THE TOTAL BE?
Contract Has Been Let to Cruise All
of Clackamas County.
Turn to page 6 of this Courier, run
down the items of the County Court
expenditures until you come to the
item of timber cruising, and then stop
and worry a few.
You will find this item under the
heading "Expenses for Clackamas
county for the month of February 19
13." It is official and is furnished this
paper, by the county clerk as requir
ed by law, and it reads:
M. A. Nease $9,584.64.
The farmers of Clackamas county
have called a public mass meeting
for Woodmen hall, this city, baturday
April 5, at 2 P. M., and one of the
reasons for the meeting is the invest
igation of the timber cruising con
tract the county commission recently
let to M. A. Nease.
And from the above item, as a
starter for this work, the farmers
must know something of what to ex
pect. Nine thousand five hundred eighty
four dollars and sixty-four cents to
one man paid out in one month.
We should worry.
And they say the timber cruising
has but just gotten nicely started.
Almost ten thouasnd dollars in one
month for Clackmas county and we
have a public highway over which a
team can hardly draw an empty bug
gy to Canby.
Enough of the taxpayers' money
was spent in one month on this one
item to have built good roads in any
precinct in Clackamas county.
Enough hard cash was paid to this
one man in one month for estimating
timber to have, built and laid the
steel on a mile of the Clackamas
Southern railroad.
And they say the work on this con
tract has but commenced.
The Portland contractor gets $51.20
a section to cruisethe county and you
know Clackamas county runs on east
40 miles beyond Molalla.
It cost Tillamook county over $60.-
000 for this same contractor to cruise
that county and it is about half the
size of Clackamas, so if you know any
thing about the relative proportion of
the timber in these two counties you
can guess about whnt this county will
have to dig up before this contract is
completed.
You should worry.
' During the past week the Courier
editor ha been looking into this tim
ber cruising matter a little on the
side, nd the only defence of it he could
find was that it was "regular."
The taxpayers will think so before
they have bucked up for it
There are a lot of "regular" things
in this country. The supreme court re
cently declared the coal trust steal of
thirteen millions of dollars "regular,"
but if the judges were subject to the
recall the people would make a "reg
ular" business of pulling down the
judges to make it.
They say District Attorney Tongue
passed on this contract and declared
it "regular" and legal.
The county court might buy Wem
me's Barlow road or put seventeen
bridges across the Willamette be
tween here and Portland, and be "reg
ular" and legal.
The question is how much of this
regularity do you want at $9,600.00
per. month?
. So far as this paper can determine
there was absolutely no backing in
the way of public sentiment to have
this expensive work done; and that on
the other hand the taxpayers are loud
in condemnation of this action at
this time of ' excessive taxation in
this county.
And again, anybody knows that
capable men could be hired to cruise
this timber for $200 or $250 a month,
and would jump at it.
This will be one of the matters that
will push up to the front at the mass
meeting here April 5, and there will
be a lot more attention given to it
than of experting the county books.
This matter and the bridge building
contracts in this county are what the
taxpayers want to be enlighten on.
And the chances are there will be
an interesting session at the meeting
here a decidedly interesting time.
Drink It, 'Tis Safe.
As a result of Councilman Tooze's
motion before the council last week,
the state board of health has come
out with the following statement;
"Replying to your communica
tion received today, analyses of
water from Oregon City made in
this laboratory from January 18,
to and including March 18, have
all been negative for colon bacil
li. This would prove that the fil
ter plant was working perfectly
when the smples for thesvj analy
ses were taken and no danger
could arise from drinking The wa
ter therefrom."
HARD OR SOFT STREET.
This is a Matter the City Council
Must Solve.
Whether Seventh street shall be
dressed with crushed rock, or wheth
er it shall be paved with a hard sur
face, is a matter up to the city coun
cil, and a question there is liable to
be some friction over.
It is stated that a majority of the
council members think hard surfacing
would be the cheapest and most last
ing way to dispose of this much-used
street, but the residents think the
expense is too heavy. And then, too,
they argue that they once improved
this street, but that heavy traffic has
worn it out, and they think it is as
much, or more, up to the city to stand
a part of the expense now as it was
up to the city to stand the expense of
improving Molalla avenue, which is t
street within the city limits.
Councilman W. A. Long endorsed
the sentiment of a good many people
in his statement he was not in favor
of an improvement that would wash
away in winter and blow away
summer.
This matter will be decided on after
all interested have been considered. -One
Acre, $40,000.
There is one ere of land in Clacka
mas county, far back from any rail
road, without a building on it, that
it is said the owner has refused $40,
000 for.
No, it doesn't cover a gold mine or
any other mineral deposit; it hasn't
an oil well; it hasn't anything but
what thousands of other adioininer ac
res can have yet we are informed that
last fall this big sum of money was
refused for this less than one acre nf
planted ground.
ihe owner of the acre is C. A. Ram.
sey, livi etrnan aontf aontf aont.fffu;
sey living enar Molalla, and the acre
of land is set out to gingseng roots,
much of which is now seven years old
and ready for market. The roots sell
at $7 per pound.
A PLACE BEAUTIFUL.
Plans for Library Park Will Make
This a Beauty Square.
The rit.v fnlinpil lino haf..i if U
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plans for beautifying the library
park, drawn by Howard Evareta
Weed of Portland, a high-class land
scape draughtsman, and the plans
will make this square the prettiest
Knot in Oreirnn f!itir UT o.,kl;
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park not excepted. And the expense
will be no greater than the former
plans considered.
A landscape architect is educated
to bring about handsome and harmon
ious conditions, in the same way that
a woman takes a hit. nf
. i . Jr J miiu
with it mkes a pretty spot in a home,
una certainly me plans presented to
uib council committee win make a
beautiful nark of the nreaent imoiirht
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ly square.
ihe walks will come in from three
corners and a driveway from the
fourth corner; they will be curved and
rounded; handsome flowers and
shrubberv will hnve their drlnmn
places, and the biggest of open spaces
on all four sides of the library build
ing will be handsome lawn, lawn that
will not have any "keep off the grass"
signs, but will be playgrounds for all
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me ciniureri an me time.
Oregon Citv is nnst. the fi nnrt mart-
It is no longer a country town, and
yregon wty must give attention to
its nnhlic narks that, n nmir little
else than rubbish blocks. "We can't
take care of them all in one year, but
Air. Tn07.e Rflvs the nkna aia n i
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prove a little each year and after a
time we will have parks we will be
proud of, rather than ashamed of.
Growing There's a Reason.
Sixty-one new subscribers went on
the Courier's mailing list this week,
and without any solicitation whatev
er. Every week rsince 'January 1, from
20 to 35 new names have been added.
There's a reason. ,
The people of Clackmas county
seem to believe the Courier is going
to stand with the majority, that it
has no favorites, and that it will print
what it believes is right.
Ann1 hum is namirincr tha fVnria..
readers that it will stand by; that pa
tronage or influence can't buy it nor
muzzle it; that it will honestly stand
for what its owners believe is right
this year, next year, and the years to
to come.
It isn't, "st.rikincr" fnr notrnnan.,,. it
doesn't want work bad enough to take
it witn a string tied to it. It is out
in the open for the common good, and
what it can't trfit out. in the Mian the
other fellow may have. .
ELEVATOR ON SEVENTH
City Council Makes Definite Loca
tion and Has Plans Ready.
Monday night at a meeting of the
council a resolution was adopted fix
ing the location of the public elevator
up the bluffs at Seventh street, and
the Hurley-Mason Co., of Portland
has plans and specifications prepared
for the erection.
The elevator will start at Seventh
street, at the S. P. depot, and go
straight up and over the railroad, and
the landing will be in front of the
Mrs. Chase property with walks both
ways to Sixth and Seventh streets.
The resolution provides for hy
draulic power, which it is held is both
safer and cheaper. Bids will soon be
advertised for and as soon as received
the contract will be let, and work
started.
A Correction.
Editor Courier: '
I note in an article in your paper
recently contributed by me where I
was quoted as saying therein, "Social
ism has no deal with economics whii-h
expresses itself in political action,"
This was evidently an error on your
pars m printing, as ine manuscript
reads: Socialism has TO deal with
economics which expresses itself in
political action," which gives it an
entirely different meaning from the
wav vou had it. finnenr . T hnva ktun
taken' to task by a comrade in Idaho,
and certainly I should have been, had
I allowed myself to make such a
statement. I wish you would kindly
miKliok (.!
f uuiiou WHO WI I CVV1U1I.
F. CRABTREE.
Has One Friend.
The Oregon City Enterprise is the
onlv nanpr we have pome ncmo tknt
mourns the departure of Guggenheim
xrom me unitea orates senate. Not
withstanding the dubious ways in
which he secured his seat, an1 th
varying fidelity to the special inter
ests ne nas maniibsted it applauds
him as a faithful public servant
Woodburn Independant.
Cougar Skin Sold for $20.
A beautiful cougar skin, eight .feet
and nine inches long, trapped and
killed by B. C. Palmer of Molalla, was
brought to the county clerk Monday,
a bounty of $10 paid on it, and then
sold for $20. It will make a beautiful
rug. . ,
Some Money.
Over three-fourths of a million dol
lars in taxes have been received by
Sheriff Mass in taxes to date.
ANNUAL CARNIVAL
APRIL 25 AND 26
STOCK SHOW, PARADES, EDU
CATION AND PLEASURE
PLANS FOR BIG CELEBRATION
State Officials and Demonstration
Train to be Here.
April 26 and 26, two big days of
street fair, carnival, booster day,
stock show, nything else you my call
it for it will be some of all.
It is going to be a celebration of fun
and it is going to be a show of practi
cal benefit and any man or woman
can find what he or she is looking for,
There will be a big street parade
each day. and it will be a show of ben
efit. It will show the best in Clacka
mas county in the way of horses, cat
tle, and all lines of stock.
One valuable feature of the occas
ion will be a milk test conducted by
Prof. E. L. Potter, of the Oregon Ag
ricultural College.
The test will be made free of cost
and every farmer is invited to bring
his cow for the test In this way many
of the worthless cows will be weeded
out and profitable ones take their
place. No entry fees will be charged
in any class.. Competent and efficient
judges will be engaged to award the
premiums.
Dr. James Withycomb will address
the people. He will tell how to feed
the cattle and advice on various other
subjects. Arrangements are also un
der way to secure the demonstration
train from the Oresrori Agricultural
College. This of itself will be of great
value and no one niterested in the ag
ricultural and horticultural depart
ment of the state or engaged in these
industries should miss the opportun
ity to be here.
There will be special attractions
and music galore, the details of which
will be given later. .
O. E. Freytag, manager of the pub
licity department of the Commercial
Club, says the aim this year will be to
make' this annual event a little more
successful each year, and that every
thing looks like a hummer celebration
for this year.
All entries must be in by April 15,
and a card or a call at the promotion
offiice will bring you the necessary
entry blanks.
The dates are Friday and Saturday.
The city will be decorated and every
body will fcs asked to lay aside busi
ness and dull care and get into this
street carnival all over. ;
Samanthk of Clackamas Co. Speaks
My Josh and I admire a man,
Who's not afraid to say:
That GRAFT is GRAFT, and tho
; folks kick,
Condemns it anyway.
And don't we like an editor
With gumption, brains and grit,
Who gives no countenance to vice,
But "goes right after it!"
A brother to the working class,
He knows just how they feel.
He's interested that each one
Be given a square deal.
A help to young folks; he improves
the morals of the town
Such is the Courier's editor;
You know him that man, Brown!
Josh "freezes to" the Courier
Most every Friday night,
And pokes around and hunts for it
If it gets out of sight.
He nods approval; reads aloud
' Sometimes, the awful jolts
Brown gives- officials, glories in
Brown's fiery thunderbolts!
Samantha.
Creditors' Meeting Tuesday Next.
Next Tuesday Attorney B. N. Hicks
the referee in bankruptcy, announces
there will be a meeting of the credi
tors of the J. Levitt stores, at the
county court here. The firm is listed
as involuntary bankrupts and the U.
o. court will have charge of the - set
tlement. The liabilities of the company are
$140,000, and the assets listed at $90,
000, but it is said the goods would not
bring this amount under a special
sale.
It is stated that Mr. Levitt expects
to again resume business when the
present business is settled.
; Seems to Differ in Localities.
The grand jury in Jackson county
indicted every saloon and hotel in
Medford for selling liquor to minors.
In Oregon City the matter comes be
fore the city recorder, they are fined
a few dollars, the minors a few more,
and the cases end. And some people
are just meddlers enough to inquire
why the grand jury finds it its duty
to indict law violators in Jcakson
county, but in Clackamas county
leaves George to take care of the
matter.
COME OUT IN THE OPEN.
Cat in the Bag Method of Bridge
Building is Wrong Method.
We notice in last week's Enterprise
that the county court is now comply
ing at least with the letter of the law,
in advertising for bids on bridge con
tracts, but we also notice that it is so
worded that there probably won't be
any rushing competition, as each man
will bid on his own job. Here are the
qualifications:
Bids for a reinforced concrete
bridge, steel bridge and wooden
bridge, will be considered by the
court. Bidders will submit their
own plans and specifications and
each Did must be accompanied by
a certified check for 10 per cent
of the amount of the bid. The
court reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
As the writer understands this each
bidder must draw his own plan of a
bridge he . guesses would suit the
county court, and tell the court what
he build it from the plan for.
And no bidder can have any idea
of what the plans of the other fellow
will be. He cannot bid, on the other
fellow's plan.
He must submit his plan and let
the court decide on which . one it
wants.
Where is the competition?
When a man builds a house he has
an orphiflept Hrnw nlnna ha mania
and lets the contractor bid on it.
When the rit.v hnilHs mi olovafni nr
a public library, it asks for bids on
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ne pmns tne city nas ana tnere is
some competition, or should be.
Tf tha irtiintw PAlirt ia kif onfiimt.
tn, HepiHe fpnm the nlnnc tha ni1lfi..c
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wiu present, wnat it wants, it is Dig
pnmifrli tn have a nraptinal man ilmm
up plans of what it wants and tell the
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undercut unuge lumpumes ana indi
viduals to bid on what they will do. it
for.
'i'his plan of tskir.g the man who
araws tne plans to lniorm uackamas
countv what kind of a hrirlwo it. monls
is standing business methods on the
i i
neaa.
There is too much power left to the
county court on such a bridge letting
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o vino, auu wv utfaic luiiipuwiiuil.
Whv nnt. rnme nnt in tne nnan n..
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RAnt. the nlsn find anopifinatinnD YA
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kind of a bridge the COUNTY wants,
at evergreen station, (it the county
wants one) and tell the lowest bidder
he will cot it. 1
The provision of asking a man to
uraw an imaginary pian ot a wood,
concrete and steel hriW he think
might suit the county court is too
umeiuuie ior anytning mat smells of
competition or Dusiness
A man would have tn niinllf.r a
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mind reader to stand much of a show
UK Bti A SrLiiWDID GUESSER.
AND STILL THEY COME
Fifty More Voters Ask For Iass
Meeting to Investigate
T.ast. weelf the Pniiriet. miMiot...,!
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list of h'etween two anti tnraa linn
dred voters and taxpayers of Clacka
mas county, asking that a mass meet
ing he callerl tn formulate nlano f
investigating the county court, the
management of the taxpayers' funds,
the bridge lettings, the timber cruis
ing contracts and discrimination in
the letting of the court house.
Since the list was printed others
have been presented from the differ
ent parts of the county, joining in the
request for a public meeting and in
vestigation, which are printed below.
There is everv Inilinatinn tlm....
.u v(v.j ...U.WMV.vll UI1C Will
be a large attendance of farmers at
1.1 a:
tne meeting.
Henry Spiess, Gladstone.
W. W. Smith, Clackamas.
James Johnson, Clackamas.
R. M. Noah, Clackamas.
W. F. Harris, Maple Lane.
G. Bluhm, Jr., Maple Lane.
David Harris, Maple Lane.
G. Bluhm, Maple Lane.
Julius Robertson, Maple L.'
Chris Fel, Maple 'Lane."
: Fred Eggimann, Maple Lane
. Peter Bloom, Maple Lane.
R. J. Shockley, Maple Lane.
H. Henricl, Maple Lane. '
F. Henrici, Maple Lane.
F. W. Force, Maple Lane. '
T.' N. Force, Maple Lane.
O. M. May, Maple Lane.
Owen Parry, Maple Lane.
John O. Jones, Maple Lane.
E. P. Kester, Maple Lane.
Fred H. Harris, Oak Grove.
Edward Mitchell, Oak Grove
R. W. Crane.
Jas. P. Shaw, Lakewood.
W. H. Moody, Evergreen.
Edmund Sweeney, Evergreen
J. E. Edwards, Lakewood.
W. H. Edwards, Lakewood.
Theodore Warthington, O. G.
G. W. Derry, Oak Grove.
J. C. Scoffins, Oak Grove.
W. H. Rosenberry,' O. G. :
Chas. Worthington, Oak G.
W. F.' Harris, Maple Lane.
G. H. Kirbyson, Beaver Ck.
N. H. Smith, Harding.
Valentine Bohlandor, B. C.
L. Mosor, Beaver Creek.
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i-ieu tiusi, ceaver ureetc. I
William Jones, Beaver Creek
, . w. urisentnwaite, .. ,
' -Beaver Creek
George T. Craft.
C. G. Peterson.
F. G. Buchanan. :
W. S. Juff. i i
J. Budd. ' .'
J. W. Hiatt.
Andrew Franzen.
A CONDITION A RESULT .'
The Price this City Pays to Private
Ownership of Docks
Here's the need nf n nnhlin ln.u
A farmer told the story.
He wanted tn nnrrhnse a no nrf i tr
of a specially prepared poultry food
handled by a San Francisco firm, and
the company wrote to him that the
freight would be $4 a ton, via the
Denver to rortiana ana the Willam
ette TransDortatinn Co . frnm Prt
land to Oregon City. And he ordered
uie Biupment.
When the stuff trnt. intn Pi41nnJ
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the buyer was notified that it had
w uidwtwcu una.- Mia TV wit! met ie
Navigation Cp. did not stop at Oregon
CitV DecaiiRfl there wna tin A,,
hence the goods could not be shipped
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a luutcu ami usKeu u. it snoula be
sent by the other boats.
Advised to ship by the other boats
the shipment finally arrived, but the
rate quoted, $4, had jumped to $11, a
a difference of $7 ner tnn. anH all h
cause there was no public dock, at
Oregon City.
What do you think about this?
And it doesn't annlv tn thin
l l J vw vi.. a vile
man alone.
The same hook he got the business
men in this citv will vet. iimini. ti.
same conditions.
Ihis is a heavy price to nav for
thft Want Of fl nilhlin Annr
We haw TnaiJlt for Z7r. ....
the individual. 'TM
freight charges are added to the cost
f.0ce?'?tuffyub.u.y- .
nex 't rZ r"r; ZPrJ3
portant proposition before us .nd
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that it must come if we are to contin-
ue to get new industries.
Ana Keep this everlastinelv before
in " ' "
wu
If a public dock is not provided on
this side of the river, one WILL BE
built nn th HTCT cmc
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NOW that. Mr AlHorman im n..t I
, . uuw u
to ta .1in..l.l.nnl . I 1 ) . I I
!i l ' otnuoiH, mere
Will be a merrv rare fnr hi inh u... I
would you like to be governor?
REMEDIES FOR A
F
ROBERT SCHUEBEL'S IDEAS OF
NEEDED REFORMS
COURT AND LAWYER BENEFIT
People Only Should Make the Laws
io Govern
Eldorado. Or.. Marrh 1fi V.A tnr
Courier! Hnvinc nrnmiseH a ramoHv
for the eYi'psive fhurfriia hw ottnmaira
for legal work and unwholsome court
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mcniuus, i j.eei it my auty to proauce.
the goods and at least a part of the
remedy. I can guarantee it has been
tried.
I have been tnlH T nm rrnwv T mnu
be, but do not know it. I am willing
to submit to an examination.
I am not telling the stories because
I want to injure any individuals but
simply to show the dire need of the
people takine hold and remedvinp- the
system.
One of the court house officials
asked me the other day if I had my
tar and feathers with me. I told him
1 had not. that I Hiri not. helieve in
using them until all peaceable meth
ods had failed tn cret. iust reaiilta on1
that the peaceable methods must be
Aire, ana mat ne couia look for
a committee that would visit the
court and see about the right to use
the Court house bv the farmorn whan
uui, useu ior otner purposes. This man
tlioueh I -nust.
When I worked for Een Jaggar years
agu i Komess mat my Drain began
working along certain lines of
though about that. time. T will n.ii,
Jim we uuuuiuons at mat time. Then
uib uucKest neaaea numbskull ought
to be able to read hofwoon ho l;nn
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1 worked for Mr. Jaggar fouryears.
V.HW awU VUHk
were wrong. I used to work very long
hours then, often from 5 o'clock in the
lllOrnintr until 9 n'l-lnelr ot niht- J
"ivc ail ULiitJiM nun Rnmn lrfuna that
tut a.,ri """
" montn, my parents
depending UDon that filim tn ora nnt-
an existence. I was fifteen years of
e i urst Degan to work for
Mr. Jaggar. I began to wonder if the
man Who wears the ar hat onJ
- .iuv auu cava
the porterhouse steak is the one who
i,lvuu,-co me guous. i decided such
Was not the rasp. nnH ranAA
j v.uvu oui civ
the man who produced the goods is
entitled to the goods. If this is true
and we know it is, then we must know
there is Somethinc wrnno- in tho
agement somewhere, and I have spent
wutu uub smepiess nignt trymir
to solve the nrnhlom Tf 7, ii iuJi
kind of reasoning crazy, then I'm
crazy.
Another man sniH T waa n n
tor and oucht to Hp in MaVirt ,.5.
, o 4.VAVU VVI1CIC
tney change governments every day
X plead guilty to being an agitator,
and II 1 were in Mfavinn r,nj i.; '
tor a living and produced the good
r 6,VVUS "u wien naa to roll up
in a blanket and sleep on the ground
with no comforts
part of the good things I had pro-
nuum protest ana want to
change the system that allowed such
ulna!, nctttment.
Some people hold that the people
who wear the silk, hats do so on "ac
count of their superior brains. I
worked for a millionaire sawmillman
who had a sawmill built and one piece
of machinery was so faulty that it
alone would have been enough to
swamp the whole business and make
it a failure. Their humble blacksmith
remedied that piece of machinery.
Who had the brains? I have noted
hundreds of similar instances.
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macninery is very simple if under-
OOd. I Suhmit. mir i-om... rn.
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avoid being overcharged for making
Ti '.sages, contracts, tc, I
would have a law passed making it
the duty of the supreme court to get
out a form of the various legal pap
ers leaving a space where any agree
ment micht. ho onti.nJ i i. '
let the state printer nrint. thno
blanks and furnish the county the
necessary blanks at cost or they
could be let at contract to lowest bid
der. Then let the recorder fill out the
legal, papers, charging CO cents for
deeds and mortgages and in propor
tion to the length of contracts at the
same rate. Let the surveyor furnish
the description at the same rates he
now charges for his work or cut it
down if that is too much and fix a
just rate.
Remedy No. 2. In court trials cut
out attorneys altogether. Let the jury
men question the witnesses to get at
the truth Then let the jury decide on
hneoTlts f1duthe Judee- if yu must
have him, let him assist the jury as
to proper proceedure. I am not in
favor of judges, however, under our
present system. I give this as an
?u S? , ch cula be improved by
thought. I would add a penalty of life
service on the mut- n;if ti.
-- ---- - line w wio jury
man or arbitrator who could be prov-1
--- .....u duiu ma uecision.
In cases where the amount involved
was small or a simple infringement
of law, I would recommend final set
tlement be compelled at one hearing
borne say such a law could never be
passed. Not by our legislature at
least, but earnest citizens who have
the welfare of the whole people at
7,1 organmng county, district
and state headquarters, at very little
expense, pass any law they might
thro,ugh tne initiative, and
tnh,erS K w?nt to make a guess
h" f Woul ""6 to
u 'T u en would be one to
tTnTe Z 8 ,,7u ' t. . b !B?e he
ered onVoti1,
his day, for hV? Sincere
wnl.d. ?other to favor
" . " ." a'ng-
tions 1 would steer clear of the courts
jvcincujr o. unucr present conul
i u i . . i
"ever s" lnere unless iorcea to;
the rnnrt. nf thia i.mm.r
. . VA v.. .a vvuilfcljr D1U
u8hinf Bt of the world and a
dl88raee 10 civilized people. Let us
therefore avoid them. I.nt n nettle
our aisputes on a basis of charitable
icnuiuiiKi leave our trouoies to ais-
; ; LI i :ii
uiunu iieignuurs, ana we win ac-
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compusn more man would the courts
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sential for a better condition among
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the farmers, is proper grading. Offer
nothing for sale that you cannot
guarantee. Don't kick your local mer
chant. He has his troubles. Concen
trate your trade at one place wherev
er you can secure best results. Es
tablish one great big concern. Give
the man who has proven after fair
trial, the chance to be the manager.
I have talked this over with several
Oregon City merchants, and have one
in mind now who I think would fill
the bill.
Let us as farmers and workers in
other lines, pull together. It is me
essary to success. Let us cret too-eth.
er as citizens, organize in each school
aistrics as citizens, formulate laws
that we can agree on and pass them
throusrh the initiative. Abolish the
legislature for remember it is only a
reuc 01 Daroansm. A ; commission
form of government with peoples' ap
proval of all laws would . ffive 11 a
plenty of laws and better, ones than
we get now. .
R. SCHUEBEL.
OFF THE EARTH
Kids are Nuisances, Drive them out
of the City '
The city council went on record as
against the boys and girls Wednes
day night and here is a wild guess it
nas started something. ;i
Councilman Albricht wanted the
roller skating on the walks stopped,
and the council backed him up and
hereafter if a little tot gets on a pair
ol HKates to nave a little real enjoy
ment they say he will be arrested
na yliuL, ts& A CRIMINAL.
Oh, Lord, deliver us from a council
that cets down to fia-htinc kids.
What are the little fellows going to
do? There isn't a nlace in town for
them to play. Want to drive them
down town for amusement and let
them run the streets? i
lhere is once in awhile a man who
nates a kid, but they are few.
i ne cnuaren make some noise on
tnese cement walks, but let them.
They are happy kids and having so
much fun. And could the city council
give orders to have these childre AR
RESTED for their innocent sport?
Portland tried this, and such an in
dignant roar of protest went up that
me city nALi to recina.
m . i i j . .
i iiere snouia a protest go up in
this city against ' this act one the
council will hear and feel.
Until some of the other open viol
ations oi tne city's laws are enforc
ed, the council hadn't better be jump
ing on the kids. It might better be
protecting them. . ;
What do you think? ": -1
: Looks Like Whiteman
The many friends of Frank White
man are so dead sure fo Jiis winning
the big auto in the contest that the
other night a bunch of them told him
to go ahead with a garage and if he
lost out they would pay for it and
tear it down. . - -
Whiteman probnbly won't build any
choo-choo house until he has some
thing to put in it, but he has an auto
smile that won't rub off. He says if
the other fellow gets that gasoline
buggy he will have known what a
horse race is.
The Courier office gets a steady
stream of votes for , Whiteman, left
there by his friends, and as soon as
the contest is over the office will send
him a bill for clerical labor and take
it out in rides ,
There isn't a more deservintr man
in the county than Whiteman. His
friends want to see him get the car.
And every vote you leave at the Cour
ier office will count for him.
Wasted.
This space was '
left for any mem
ber of the city coun
cil to answer last
week's questions on
why the city charter
provisions are not
enforced on saloons
that sell liquor to
boys.
The space reserved
was too long.
And the people
wonder WHY.
ECONOMY
How the City is Commencing at the
Wrong End of Subject , .
Editor Courier:
I see your paper is standing up for
economy and is against graft in the
county and state, and it might be well
to load your guns for game a little
nearer home.
The city council street committee
has discharged William Strohmever.
an employee of .the engineer's office
for the past three or four years, (and
a capable official) because of "econ
omy," yet when some really practical
work is wanted, surveying the bluff
for instance, the council goes outside
the engineer s office and hires a man
who can do it Ernest Rands. "Econ
omy."
And now I find that Robert Dick
has been employed by the city at $25
a day as consulting engineer to do
some sewer work that the present en
gineer's office should do. "Economy."
And we have two engineers that
are paid $120 and $150 per month.
It looks to an outsider as if firing
a low-salaried, capable man at one
end and taking on a $25 per day man
at the other was economy inverted
and that it is up to the people to in
vestigate the city affairs as well as
those of the county.
Starting on the West Side.
Forerunners of a west side building
campaign have started in the way of
an open front auto stand, cigars, soft
drinks, etc., and a 10x15 feet sign:
"This is West Oregon City. Will be
served by four new track railways.
Special Inducements to Industries."
The Willamette Paper Company is
cutting through streets, clearing, the
tracts and surveying out lots for 120
houses eaBt of the west side school
house. This work is hidden by the
second growth of timber on the hill
side. The company is also working
on its third well for a water supply
i or me west siae.
Perry Buckner and son, Louis, of
Shubel, wer in Oregon City Wed-
nesuuy.
LET'S LI
TO THE FUTURE
LETS
MAKE THE OLD TOWN
GROW AND BOOM
THE OPERATION IS NOW . OYER
And the
Patient is Feelling Like a
Spring Lamb
Oregon City was never so much
alive to the future as now and from
now on you will see more pulling to
gether, less ' living on !past history
and more growth. - i .
The remedy may have been heroic
but it has been worth while. There al
ways comes a time for the knife, and
after' a' successful operation there
comes better health.'- ' ;
Oregon ' City has : paid for some
mighty high -priced advertising, but '
the ends justified it,-and now we are '
up to a new beginning and if we hold
to it we will soon win it back. ' " .
Attorney C; H. Dye said before they
city council last week that pur. water
system and our , epidemics . had cost
the city a thousand dollars a day.
We have heard this statement crit-
icised a s extravagant, but we believe .;
it iwas mild, temperate., y,-.- , .'.'
Look back two years, aeo, and one
year ago, at the great building booms, "
and compare them with the present. .
(When a city grows it is- .because ;
there is a demand for growth be-.
cause outsiders are -coming in. They
are nob coming in now and you
Know wny. , , .t
But the thorough movement we
have on for an absolutely clean city,
and the coming of an absolutely pure
water system, the growth will soon
return., ,; ,
We have what not another citv in
Oregon has a great waterfall fur
nishing power to mills which employ
thousands of people.
11 his is the kind of a city men like
to: own property, and their invest
ments don't blow' awav with overv
hard timbs flurry ' ' .', .,'
And back of the city of mills is the
richest country on this ball of mud. ,'
And rieht at our side door is a citv'
of 265,00 people ' to make a never- '
fading market for the rich acres.
And health conditions considered
equal, Oregon, City has any place
skinned in, Oregon-because it has' '
what every 'city in the United States '
is jfighting for a payroll, and one ';
that never fails and never will fail as
long as water runs down hill. i i . '
Mow the. only thing to do is to face .-
payment on -Mr mistakes and go after '
A f. 1- t
Dig iuture. .y .' i
The Panasia Canal will brine hnn-
dreds of thousands of people to the
Pacific coast, and this city is bound to
get a great boom and big, chunk of
Portland's overflow if we have con
ditions of health and water that most
sane men insist unon before thev let
their anchor down. " ;. v m.
We are on the rieht road now. We '
have a clean city and we have a pub
lic sentiment mat is going to keep it
clean. With a water suddIv we can
advertise and guarantee, we are
bound to grow and prosper and al
ways be "the"' city of this county. -
W have had our operation: it's ov
er. Now let us pay the bills. keeD well "
and grow. . ...
Will Commence at Once
Engineer Spaulding will arrive here
from Colorado Saturday and 'he will
immediately takd charge of tho work
of installing the cyanide - plant at
Ogle mine. , . , . , . .
This mine has a rosv-lookincr future
and many residents of -this county,
will wait with keen, interest until the '
plant can be put in operation and
work start. .' -t i ,
The ore is there, plenty of it. It has
the gold and silver.. This plant will
get it. ;
; After Telephone Companies
The city council is goin gafter the
telephone discriminations and are go
ing to right them or knowwhy. May
or Jones has appointed Tooze, Beard ,'
and Long a committee to gather evi-"
dence of discrimianting rates and
other matters, present same to the 1
public utilities' commission, and de
mand action.
Owners, not Renters, Should Say
An article received too late for
publication, states that the men and
women who own the property on
Seventh Street are opposed to hard
surfacing; that the renter does not
represent the property, and that the
street should be repaired with crush
ed rock. Thirty-one property owners
on Seventh street have petitioned the
council to the above effect.
St John's Church will Enlarge
Rev! Father Hildebrand announces
that St. John's church is too small
for the growing membership of that
church, and that plans are being
drawn for a large addition that will
double the capacity of the structure.
It is expected work will start on it
in June. . ....
This church has historic connect,
ions and many are , pleased to hear
that it is to be remodeled rather
than razed. The original structure
was built 48 years ago, but eleven
year ago it was remodeled. In the
yard are the graves of Dr. John Mc
Loughlin, his wife and other early pi
oneers. .,
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Girls and Women
To operate Sewing Machines
in garment factory.
Oregon City Woolen Mills
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