' OlFfffl CIW COURIER
Clackamas County Pair
September 24, 25, 26, 27
Canby, Oregon
Thfl Farmers Society of Ecraity it
spreading over this county and the
Courier is spreading with it. Its ad
vertising columns are good as gold.
. ' or boon city. ORE.. FRIDAY, APR. 4 1313. ." ": '" , " ' :. ' , '; , . ;; , No.J47
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CONFUSIONS THAI
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TIME AND PURPOSE OF MASS
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NOT GALLED FOR RATIFICATION
Not WHERE the Money goes But
WHY is Question
Oregon City, Ore., March 31,
Next Saturday investigation will
be made to determine whether
Clackamas county can announce
herself as one of the very few
counties in the state which is out
of debt.
The above item was .sent out from
Oregon City to the Journal.
About four hundred Clackamas
county voters and taxpayers called a
public mass meeting for an entirely
ditferent purpose.
It wasn't exactly a "ratification",
meeting these voters called for.
It wasn't to investigate whether
this county could tax itself out of
debt, and the readers will wonder
WHY such misleading dispatches are
sent out.
PERHAPS some of the men who
move the checkers in this county re
call the meeting at ihe Commercial
Club last summer to "protest" again
st the Southern Pacific building a
double track main line on the west
side, and which resulted in a ratificat
ion meeting and a vote of thanks to
the promoters.
But Saturday's meeting can't be
flip-flopped in this way. There is too
much protest behind it.
And here's another:
A mass meeting of citizens has
been called for next Saturday
night in this city to investigate
the County Court and other coun
ty offices. All the officers are
ready for the investigation and
the fact that the county will soon
be out of debt for the first time
in its existence should interest
the taxpayers. Morning Enter
prise. The above, please observe, says the
meeting is called for Saturday
NIGHT.
Just a little ?it Rtraii.i that this
confusion of the time should be print
ed the same week of the meeting.
Four hundred men have called the
meeting for SATURDAY AFTER
NOON, in Woodmen hall, near Ad
am's store, at 2 P. M. The fanners
who have called it could hardly attend
AT NIGHT.
Funny how such a mistake WILL
happen.
The Enterprise says the county
court is ready for investigation.
Haven't the least doubt of it, for
the court at once got busy, after the
mass meeting was called and put Mr,
Hacket to investigating, no doubt in
order to be prepared to tell the mass
meeting the court had anticipated
their wants, present the experting.
have a handy man start the cheering
and some one move to adjourn.
And it might be in order to pass a
vote of thanks to and confidence
In the court for worthy work well
done.
But I have an idea the fellows have
something else on their minds and up
their sleeves. I have an idea they
don't care so much to know WHERE
the county funds went as WHY.
A fellow said Tuesday:
"That meeting will have about
as much result as the Kansas
prayer meeting for rain last sum
mer. Some one will propose three
cheers for a county out of debt,
and then there goes your mass
meeting."
Well, perhaps the men who are ask
ing to know about private bridge
building contracts, private timber
cruising contracts, about road fund
expenditures, and several other mat
ters can be stampeded with a big hur
rah and a little.red fire, but the Cour
ier doesn't believe it. The men of
Clackamas county have too much of a
reputation as fighters. The farmers
of this county have sand, a heap more
than uregon uity's residents can
boast of, and it is the Courier's guess
they are coming to Oregon City Sat
urday afternoon for a purpose.
"County will soon be out of debt"
the big headlines tell us.
r Well, why shouldn't it?
New York city owes about as much
as the government and it could be out
of debt in six months if it taxed heavy
enough.
We have a road tax alone of eight
mills on an assessment of $28,000,000
and collect a tax of $224,000. This is
a greater sum than used to be levied
for county, state and municipal taxes.
No matter what the debts or ex
penses, the county can keep out of
debt IF IT TAXES ENOUGH.
What the fellows want to know is
if the enormous taxes and big expens
es are NECfcSSAKY.
And I have an idea fully as much
time and attention will be given to
these matters as to the motion that a
committee be appointed to investigate
the necessity of having an investigat
or investigate the county's books.
If the county expenditures have
been needed and legal; if they have
been economical and with an eye
single to the county's best welfare,
then will this meeting have been call
ed in vain, and then will the Courier
do the meek and lowly stunt; then
will the taxpayers go home and frame
things up to put the county court
APPEAR
STRANG
back for the long term and peace and
contentment will settle over the coun
ty as thick as a Scotch mist.
' And if NOT then look out for the
cars.
WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE
A Remedy That Will be Ready for
Our Grandchildren
Editor Courier:
Were it not for the fact that all the
practical farmers live in the city this
farm savage would not attempt to
butt into city affairs.
As matters stand I must go to the
defence of the city council in regard
to the matter of stopping the kids
from roller skating on the sidewalks.
While it is true a noted man invited
the children to come unto him he did
not tell them to come to him on roller
skates, besides that it is not likely he
had any nice houses to rent.
It seems to me the council is far
sighted and intends to put up a fine,
artistic pavillion for the kids to skate
in and employ men and women to look
after them, teach them and in case of
accident be on hand to give relief.
No doubt a good architect will be
employed to work out a plan, so the
same pavillion can be used for picture
shows at public expense, which would
provide clean, wholesome entertain
ment. You see, Mr. Editor, the child
less would help to provide for the
public good.
The hall would be large enough so
it could hold everyone who would care
to attend religious services and open
to all regardless of creeds.
Then a fins gymnasium would also
be added, in charge of a competent
instructor, and perhaps some other
hall where other meetings could be
held, so that when the Equity or other
organizations wanted to meet, the
Goddess of Justice would not be at
tacked by a griping pain. .
There are so many things this spa
cious public building could be used
for. Really I think it would be better
for you to turn the shop over to the
"devil" I mean the printers devil for
a few hours and interview the city
council if that is their plan. That
would keep the kids off the streets,
That is what I think.
STARK.
MATTERS TO LOOK INTO
Writer Suggests Two Propositions
that do not Look Right
Portland, April 1, 1913.
Mr. Brown
As I cannot be in Oregon City Sat
urday I ask you to bring the following
two items to the notice of the meet
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One is -that in a road district north
of Willamette, the farmers voted a
special tax for ' road improvement.
The county court stopped work on it
when the appropriated funds were not
much more than half used, according
to the statement of a true-speaking
citizen of that locality. Perhaps only
the county court knows where the
rest of that money went to. I spoke to
another resident of Willamette about
it and he told me substantially the
same. I hope somebody will make an
inquiry into the matter.
The other item is to testify that ac
cording to my own observation and
the admission of the county recorder
himself the employees of his office,
aside from their two week's vacation
on pay, occasionally absent themselv
es from work for several days or a
week without the least deduction from
their salaries. The injustice of this
must be apparent to all who must
work for what they get, especially to
the taxpayers,- considering that
week's absence of each one robs the
county of at least $20.
The practice is the more to be con.
demned in view of the evil influence
must have on the young who see that
the courthouse, which should be a
place of justice above all others, mon
ey can be had for nothing at the ex
pense of the taxpayers.
A remedy for this perhaps might be
to let them work by the day.
A. PRANZEN,
Dr. J. W. Norris Resigns
Dr. J. W. Norris, for many years
health officer of this county, has re
signed, and the county court will ap
point a man for the vacancy.
Some Day.
It is only a question of time
until storage batteries will fur
nish power for street cars and
the unsightly wires will be rele
gated to the junk heap. Contra
Costan, Richmond, Col.
And when that time comes the
thousands of horse power that goes to
waste over the falls here eight mon
ths of the year will be bottled up and
made to turn the wheels of many
more factories. But Edison is getting
old.
Hunting for a Nail.
The Cuorier asked B. T. McBain
how the ship canal red tape was un
winding and he replied the last he
heard was that a nail lost in the Linn
City flood thirty years ago was being
hunted.
Two straight years since Congrei
and the state appropriated $750,000.
for this work, and not a move yet
Such useless delays as this, is what
hurts. Some of these days when some
big project comes up the people will
point to this fool doings and back up
on it Business men would have put
this through in 60 days.
Governor West ought to go after
this joke and see what the trouble is.
Miss Rosa Mulvany of Union Mills,
visited friends in Oregon City Thurs
day.
COST THIS
SAYS ROBERT SCHUEBEL OF
THE TIMBER CRUISING DEAL
TIME FOR MEN TO WAKE UP
Organize in Every School District
And Be Ready When Needed
Eldorado, Ore.
Editor Courier:
Believing that I have given my
share of reasons necessary to call for
action of some kind by the people to
protect themselves against the var
ious grafts worked against them, I
now wish to call upon the people for
sint-.inn.
t u . l.a An Vinci- r
I WOU1U HUggcai. w... ..w
ness just the same in public matters
as we do in private. If we hire a man
fn private life we tell him what we ;
m P"vaw! e MT1Bi
Want UUIie BUU i-ajr ...... t,
eoine wage for h s work. Let us do
fhe Lathing with our legislature,'
we must have one. The same with
o.r.. r. a T'u vw,
MAY
COUNT! 575,000
such work will get thru as that tim-! .both the property onwer and
berVuse deal in this county or the'dren what they must and must
various vicious legislations that we nt - ....... ,. ...
have been up against all along the' " Mr Albright doesn't want the
v 6 , children to skate on his walk, or if
line. i , ju
The timber cruise deal would not
suprise me if it cost Clackamas coun-
ty people one hundred thousand dol-
lars if not stopped, and will have to
be gone over and over again, if they
want to know the amount of timber
standing from year to year, as it will
ow P . . ,
be partia y logged ott e acn year, it
s fii..r j .im.u a iv
IS a irraxt uuic onw o.uy
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very much ljke a division Between tne
enurt and the cruiser, and yet it is
possible that the court has been hood
winked and is innocent of any intend
ed wrong. Let us find out.
The court should be glad to aid any
investigation if they are innoncent.
Let us organize in every school
district in the county and keep a
working organization that we can
eet together on short notice and take
up any problem that confronts us.
Let us make the Courier a means
of distributing our thoughts and con
clusions, then occasionally meet in
the Courthouse and centralize things
as we agree on them and then push
them. If the . county judge, circuit
judge or any one else offers to put us
out of the courthouse, put them out
Make no bones or fuss about it but do
business. Be sure you are right and
then go ahead. Stop at nothing that
comes in your way.
In my criticising the legislature 1
did not intend this to apply very
much to our members from this coun
ty as they did some good work in
deed. Some of them stood in on the
salary grab game and I notice Mr.
Gill s conscience must trouble him
some on that score as he keeps on re
peating the reasons for standing in on
the deal.
Now the truth is the people were
not told the whole truth about Mr.
Gary's salary. They were told that he
eets one thousand dollars per year,
and if the salary was raised he would
agree to act as one of the supervisors,
and so cut off some expense that way.
The fact is that he is allowed two
hundred dollars for expenses in addit
ion to the thousand dollar sary,
making virtually twelve hundred per
year, also the supervisor law provides
that he must act as one of the super
visors, so he is agreeing to do nothing
that is not already his duty. He would
be tickled to death to have a chance
for the job at the old salary for any
number of years at a time. Why pay
more? Let us hold this up. Let the
people settle it. Will borne one who is
willing to take the lead, form an or
Conization in his school district, all
over the county? Send in your names
to the Courier and address, and it will
be published, and when locally organ
lzed we can call a county meeting,
and later extend to a state organiz-
ation. There is nothing we could do
as farmers and taxpayers that will
bring better returns for our time and
what little expense may be attached
to such a move. Oregon can truly
demonstrate that we are truly pro
gressivej-that we are advancing in
the science of government the same
as we are in mechanics , and other
sciences.
Let us hear from every school dis
trict in the county,
Count me for school district No,
102.
R. SCHUEBEL,
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THE COURIER WILL CHANGE HANDS
It will no doubt be somewhat of a
suprise to Courier readers to read
that the Courier will change hands
May 2.
It has often been stated that this
paper was "striking" for somehing,
and that after a while they would
"get us."
They have.
May 2, the present owners will step
down and out, and the Courier will be
over hv a "combination."
Now you "told you so" fellows wait
just a minute. Before we hand over
this paper just a little explanation is
due:
The Courier will be handed over to
the women of Clackamas county, Ore
gon, s. s., for ONE ISSUE.
Where's that smile gone to ?
On May 2 the women voters of the
ARE STARTING AT
THE WRONG END
PROVIDE THE PLAYGROUND BE
FORE ARRESTING CHILDREN
BOUND TO BE A CITY ROW
If This Ordinance is Enforced and
Others Winked At
It seems to us this rumpus of the
children using the sidewalks to skate
on was entirely Unnecessary and that
more feathers than chickens will come
of it. .
Here's the point: If a property ow
ner is willing and gives the permiss
ion for the children to" use the walk
in front of his residence to skate on,
it seems to me a man wants trouble
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mission and would have the police
P the youngsters,
The property owner laid that ce-
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for a -city row when he butts in and
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but don't put the lid on the whole city
o please one man. This isn't a one
mn t0- ,
Mr Albright proposes a p ay
B""u " "
fViilHron flnnti and fhlQ nnnor will
will
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gladly help on any such work if
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eanraH in aomocrnii
sented in earnestness and the council
will help it along. Whether McLough
lin park is the place there may be
Question, but wherever located it
would be a splendid movement for
a city that has absolutely no play
spots for the children.
But why not provide the' play
ground before the police are ordered
to chase skating children off the
walks? Why not let the children en
joy themselvse as they are until a
place is provided elsewhere?
These kids enjoy skating on the
walks as much as Councilman Al
bright enjoys fishing. That they
make the walks dangerous we can
hardly credit. Warned that they must
give the walk to pedestrians and to
keep off the parkings, these children
will observe it. You can handle these
little fellows very e asily if you go at
it right They are not naturally mean
and vicious. A little talk to them will
do far more than an arrest. Let them
have their little pleasures. Remember
we were little tads once,
Possibly that section of the charter
relating to streets and sidewalks may
be construed to cover roller skating.
It doesn't mention it, but we know a
law is like a rubber band and it can
be stretched to most any length if
the stretchers desire. But suppose it
DOES cover and prohibit it?
When you begin to enforce it, you
are going to have a heap of trouble in
Oregon City.
A father who believes that his kid
has a right to wiggle is going to in
sist that the other ordinances be lit
erally enforced. He is going to put it
up to the council that it must not dis
criminate between the boys and girls
and the grown-ups, and we all know
that when we enforce each and every
city ordinance to the letter, we'll have
to have an assistant city recorder and
build an addition on the jail.
This business is altogether too
small, too petty for men to play, and
we are giaa to see mat most oi tne
council memDers iook at it as such.
Let's forget it.
Qualified.
State School Superintendent L. R.
Alderman was recently fed at the tab
le of John D. Rockefeller in New York
and he has just been elected superin
tendent of schools in Portland at an
annual salary of $4,500. Tally one
more for Yamhill county Newberg
Graphic.
Look Out for the Fly Cop
It is currently reported that
"plain clothes man" Is on the job in
Oregon City, working with the police
force. Some say he is put on by the
city council and some say he is a spec
ial man under Governor West. Rumor
seems to know all about him only who
he is.
county are going to show us men
what kind of a newspaper they can
get out
They are going to write every last
line in a 12 page edition excepting
the patent medicines and they will
probably go on the dump.
They will write the editorials, the
first page stories, the locals the head
ed articles. They will have absolutely
a free hand. Not a member of the
Courier force will even see the copy
Courier force will even see the copy
or read a proof. They will do their
own soliciting in lact everytning
that goes into the Courier May 2 will
be their product, and they have un
limited authority to do as they see fit.
The women of Oregon are votirs.
They want to show the men of this
county that they can think as well, ' . , , ,
as vote, and that they have opinions ! May 2 watch the Courier.
LIVE WIRES WILL
NTO
MATTER
APPOINT COMMITTEE TO AT
TEND MASS MEETING SAT
URDAY STIPP WILL HEAD LIVE WIRES
Elected Main Trunk for Coming
Three Months' Sessions
tnnV official notice '
of the investigation mass meeting to j
be held Saturday afternoon, when at
its meeting Tuesday noon Mr. tby
brought the matter up and made a
motion that a committee of five be
appointed to attend the meeting and
report at the next meeting.
Mr. Eby stated that there had been
petitions presented asking for the
meeting; that charges of illegal
bridge contracts had been made and
newspapers had printed criticisms of
timber cruising contracts let without
competition; etc. He said this was a
matter the Wires should take notice
of. Main Trunk Stipp appointed O. D.
Eby, W. A. Dimick, M. J. Brown, H. E
Cross and George Randall.
H. E. Cross also spoke on .the mat
ter and he said that he hoped that out
ofithe meeting would be formed a
Taxpayers' League of 50 or 100 men;
an organization that would work for
the benefit of the taxpayers, and keep
in close touch with the county's ex
penditures, and that he intended to
bring this matter before the Saturday
meeting. '
There were fifty men present ot
Tuesday's Live Wire Luncheon, when
Livy Stipp was unanimously elected
to be the Main Squeeze for the club
for the next three months, with the
following smaller squeezes:
Trunk Line Livy Stipp;
Sub Trunk Dr. Van Brakel;
Transmission Wire E. K. Stanton;
Guy Wire E. E. Brodie;
Feed Wire Leo S. Burdon.
B. T. McBain; chairman of the Live
Wire's Committee on the public ele
vator, made his report to that body
Tuesday noon.
He said the council would ask for
bids on one plan only, a 130 foot steel
tower running straight up, then a
span of 100 feet, horizontal over the
Southern Pacific tracks, to a landing
on the bluff.
He stated there had been no plans
submitted for a tunnel under the
tracks and that a movement was on
for an injunction against the citv
council; that many people though we
should have more than one plan; that
it was contended that the tunnel plan
under the tracks with a derrick up
against the bluff face would cost less
than the appropriation, while the
present plan would cost more, and
that the other plan would also be
safer.
M. D. Latourette reported petitions
were being circulated for hard surfac
ing Seventh, and High streets, and
that the Main street hard surface
was up to the council
L. Adams reported that the matter
of providing hitching room for teams
was under way and in good earnest
and a report would be made at the
next meeting.
A. L. Beatie said that the gas fran
chise recently granted him had been
financed and that he expected Oreg
on City would have guess within
twelve months.
An endorsement of Franklin F.
Griffith to succeed B. S. Joslvn as
head of the P. R. L. & P. Co., was pre
sented and adopted.
OUT OF DEBT
Borrowing from Peter to Pay
Paul
Is the Way 'Tis Done
Editor Courier:
In this week's papers appears ar-
tides claiming that the county s in
debtedness had been paid off and the
county is now out of debt.
To those who know the history of
the county debt this causes a smil
of amusement. The facts of the case
are that the present taxes have been
used to pay the outstanding warrants
and a great part of the present year'i
road work must be paid in warrants
marked "not paid for want of funds.
This situation arose under Judge
Dimick's administration. The county
was $40,000 in debt, (that is the gen
eral fund was behind that much) the
taxes were used as in the present case
FRIDAY, MAY 2D.
: on nearly all the issues and topics of
the day.
That this issue of the Courier will
be the most . interesting that ever
went on the presses, there is no ques
tion. Each writer will sign her name
to her article. They won't hide or
dodge.
The issue will not be by any means
along the lines of a joke. It will be
business. 'These ladies will show you
j what they can do. They will show you
their ideas of what an, Oregon City
newspaper should be.
Next week we will give full partic
ulars, publish the committees, name
the staff, and lay down the rules to
govern as they will be laid down to
and the debt was w.'ped out. Then
the boast was made that the county
was out of debt. But it soon develop
ed that the road fund was running
behind, until about a year ago it was
near $200,000, according to the Judges
own statement.
Now the cry goes up that they have
paid up again and the county is now
out of debt again.
Smile?
COUNTY ATTORNEY HEDGES
Appointed By Gov. West Under the
Law Passed Last January
The expected came last Saturday,
although not expected quite so soon
when Governor West appointed Gil
bert L. Hedges of this ctiy as county
attorney.
The appointment will be doubly sat-
isfactorv to the majority of people
of this county for the fact that Sheriff
Mass and District Attorney Tongue
have not made any too good a work
ing team, while there is no doubt
that Mass and Hedges will pull to
gether and work together and that
the county will get far more efficient
service.
Mr. Hedges, although a democrat,
made a run in this county against Mr.
Tongue last fall that was one of the
election surprise parties. He carried
the county by a big majority, and
from the minute the law passed the
legislature it was a conceded conclu
sion that if he wanted the appoint
ment he could have it.
Mr. Hedges will take the office June
and he will start in with a senti
ment behind him that will back him
in every effort to bring criminals to
ustice and give this county a vigor
ous prosecution. He is well qualified
he knows the game and he'll make
good,
The office carries a salary of $uiuu
per year and Mr. Hedges will hold un-
the election of 1914, when no
doubt will be the nominee to succeed
hin-.ietf.
AFTER BEATIE'S SCALP
Geo. Oglesby Predicts We Will Have
New County Judge in 90 Days.
(Aurora Observer)
Geo. Oglesby, one of the signers of
the call for the big mass meeting at
Oregon City next week, was here
Tuesday. He declares the farmers
are up in arms over the mismanagae-
ment of county affairs and propose
to find out who is responsible' for it,
He predicts that Clackamas County
will have a new county judge within
90 days, it being expected that Judge
Beatie will be recalled. Commissioner
Blair, also, it. appears, is in bad with
the farmers, and ia meiy. to. be re
called. The chief criticism, it seems,
was the waste of funds in the building
of bridges. The Pudding River
bridge in this city is said to have cost
nearly $20,000, which is "going some"
for a bridge on dry land. The filling
of eight piers with cement is alleged
to have cost $1300, when $350 would
have been a high price.
The farmers also feel that it is an
outrage that they were not allowed
the use of the courthouse for the
farmers' meetings.
Its such matters as this the people
want to know about and will ask to
have explained these and many more
that will probobly bob up.
E. D. Olds says he has a few things
on his mind that have never been sat
isfactorily explained and that with
the permission of the meeting he will
ask them.
There are several farmers who have
telephoned this office that they are
laboring under some transaction they
could never just understand, and
which they would like enlightenment
on.
The meeting promises to be inter
esting.
It Has the Bottom
Portland is the only other city In
Oregon that comes anywhere near Or
egon City for mills and payrolls.
With our water power assets and
our mile of mills we should be a city
of 20,000,
Some cities buy their industries,
They put up big money for "induce
merits" to get the mills. Later on a
careless match sends a factory up In
smoke. Some other town then "induc
es" it to rebuild there, and it goes,
Real estate then slumps one-half in
value and the town starts down the
chute.
But you can't burn up a great wat
erfall. A factory may go tomorrow
and one will grab for its place the
next day. Cheap water power in a
wonderful inducement in Oregon.
And one builds pretty solid in this
c;tv
Flurries in real estate may
come and go here the same as in any
city, but the bottom will never drop
out.
I would like to see the man who ev
er bought real estate at its market
value and held it a year or two who
did not make money on it if he sold it
at its market price.
This is a good old, sure old, happy
old city to live in.
Character Besmirchers
It is unfortunate that the at
tempt to besmirch the characters
of our county officials was start
ed by men who have failed to
bury their personal grudges in
the sea of general efficiency
Enterprise. The county court ir-'ist have a lot
of personal grudges when 400 men
ask for the investigation.
And do you 400 like the charge
that you are doing this to besmirch
characters?
Can any man oppose a call te ask
for investigation and explanation of
public matters T
THREE SALOONS
GE1 THE BIG AX
CONVICTED OF VIOLATING LAW,
COUNCIL REFUSES LICENSES
MINISTERS FORGE THE ISSUE
Many Ladies Present and Session
Was a Warm One
There are three saloons that did
not open their doors Thursday mora
ine. The city council refused to grant
them licenses because of having been
guilty of law violations and the min
isterial Association is feeling wen
pleased. - . '
The council room was pacKea to
tanding room and many ladies were
present.
The matter of saloons was orougnt
up as the first order of business in
the way of a request from the Minis
terial Association, asking that licens
es be refused to convicted liquor deal
ers, on the ground that the charter
made this the duty of the council.
Then for two hours there was dis
cussion before the matters came to a
vote.
Mr. Tooze started the discussion.
He vigorously condemned the Cam
eron and Kern saloon at the corner of
Main and Eight streets. He talked at
length of past violations and the
council s action; said it had been nec
essary to employ plain clothes men to
catch the saloons, as they knew the
regular officials too well; that there
more drunken men turned out of this
saloon than all the rest. He related .
how last summer the saloon at the
end of Eigth street was twice convict
ed in one week, but on plea of attor
ney the license was transfered, and
how this week it had again been
found guilty, and that he understood -that
the former owner still had an in
terest in it. He stated Cameron want-
ed to sell out now to Kern, and asked
the council if it believed him; that it
was one of the dodges; that the sys
tem of fines that punished the boy al
as much as the saloon was wrong;
that if we must have the license mon
ey there was another way; might bet
ter stop the elevator, street improve
ments and docks than to take money
of AviumsA nf Inw vinlat.inns. :
- f ,
O. D. Eby asked that the license be
issued to Kern; said .he had bought .
out Cameron providing the license
was issued; that Cameron might go
to Hades for all he cared, but he did
not think the innocent partner should
sutler.
Attorney Chris Schuebel then took
the floor. He said it was not a matter
of sympathy to decide on, but simply
a question of obeying the law. He re
viewed the violations and the city
council's action, and read the charter
and Lord's law which plainly showed
their duty; that on December 6 the
council revoked a license and the 7th
called a special meeting and expurged
from the records its act of the 5th;
that such action was absolutely illeg
al and prohibited by the charter's ;
provisions; council has no right to re
issue a license after a law violation.,
as the violation annuls the license,
and he quoted supreme court decis- .
ions to sustain this, when selling to a
minor the court ordered the license
revoked; that council could not grant
such a license. He urged the council
to abide by the. law, and said that if
they did it would not be necessary to
revoke licenses or hire plain clothes
men.
Mr. Holman spoke in favor of Mr.
Kern, that he had been roped in by
Cameron, and that refusing the li
cense would punish an innocent man.
Rev. Milhken asked if a. partner
was not responsible for the firm, and
went on to prove by both charter and
Home Rule Law that the council had
no right to grant this license. , ,
Mr. Beard said the council had been
hoodwinked; that lawyers had plead
ed innocent parties long enough; that
it was time the 8th Btreet joint was
supressed, but that he was not so
much in favor of enforcing the law on
the other man.
Mr. Albright defended Mr. Kern;
did not think it was fair to him as he
did not sell the liquor or violate the
law .He asked for more time to look
into the matter.
Mr. Horton said the saloon was al
ready out of business, and council had
no authority to grant another license.
Mr. Tooze said council should not
wait for public sentiment to prod it on
but should do its plain duty.
Mr. Kern made a short talk in his
own defense and showed he was per
sonally innocent of any wrong doing.
The vote stood:
For license: Albright, Holman, Hall
Against, Myers, Long, Beard, Tooze
Horto,n Metzner.
Then the other saloons who had
been convicted were taken up.
Mr. Metzner said all the talk was
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