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OREGON
CITY
Clackamas County Fair
September 24, 25, 26, 27
Canby, Oregon
The Farmers Society of Equity i
spreading over this? county and thi
Courier is spreading with it. Its ad
vertising columns are good as gold
OREGON CITY, ORE., FRIDAY, APR. 18 1313.
No. 48 tl j
30th YEAR.
T
AT
TIMBER
CRUISE GONTKAG
I
JUST
WHAT THERE IS AND IS
NOT TO IT.
AND THE POINTS CRITICIZED
Copy of the Contract on File With
County Clerk
Answering several requests of sub
scribers we herewith publish the tim
ber cruising contract which the coun
ty court made with M. G. Nease of the
Nease Lumber Co. of Portland, that
readers may know just what there is
to it:
This agreement, made and entered
into this 23rd day of November, 1912,
by and between Clackamas County,
State of Oregon, hereinafter desig
nated as the party of the first part,
and M. G. Nease, of Portland, Oregon
hereinafter designated as the party of
the second part.
Witnesseth, that for and in consid
eration of the mutual promises and
stipulations herein contained and the
sums of money agreed to be paid as
hereinafter particularly set forth, the
party of the second par hereby agrees
that he will: .
1 Make a careful cruise and esti
mate of the timber upon all surveyed
lands in Clackamas County, Oregon,
lying outside of the Forest Reserves,
which shall cruise not less than one
million (1,000,000) feet B. M., or not
less than one hundred thousand
(100,000) lineal feet of piling to each
section of land. , ,
2. Make a careful cruise and es
timate of the timber upon all patent
ed lands situated within the boundar
ies of forest reserves in Clackamas
fmmtr Orpirnn.
a. Make reports upon all lands
prnioeH- s-.A reports to contain a top
ographic sketch, showing elevation of
land above sea level, taken by means
of Aneroid Barometers; also showing
all openings, clearings, burns marshes
rivers, lakes, creeks, trails, roads
waterfalls, coal, valuable stone, min
eral outcroppings and all other top
ographic features observed by the
cruisers. Said reports to include a
general description of the character
of all land cruised, describing its
adaptability for agricultural, grazing
nthpr mirnoses. after the timber is
removed. Said reports to describe the
character of the dillerent varieties
of timher. irivinir the average stump
diameter, tne average number of six
teen (It) inx logs p.T wee, me per
oentai.e Oi r ui-.aer li.) numbei
two (2) and number three (3) logs,
and also describing logging condit
ions including distance to outlet,
simh a railroad or driving stream
Said reports also to show damage by
fire or otherwise, ana tne proDauim
ips nf fire.
4. Use as a basis in estimating
saw timber all trees having not less
than a twenty (20) inch stump diam
eter to a twelve (12) inch top. Use
as a basis in estimating piling all
trees having a stump diameter ofnot
less than twelve (12) inches, nor
greater than twenty (20) inches to an
eight (8) inch top.
5 Begin cruising said lands on or
before December fifteenth (15th) 19-
12, and continue the same subject to
weather conditions and make reports
to the Assessor of Clackamas County
at intervals not exceeding thirty (30)
days, and fully complete said cruising
on or before July first, laid.
6. Furnish a bond with surety or
sureties satisfactory to the County
Court of Clackamas Countay, in the
sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,.
000.00) providing for the faithful per
formance of the terms of this con.
tract: said bond to remain in full
force and effect until February first
(1st) 1914. Said bond to be filed on
or before December thirty first (31st)
1912.
In consideration of the party of the
second part cruising said lands and
reporting on same in the time and in
the manner as above set forth, the
party of the first part hereby agrees
that it will:
1. Pay to the party of the second
part or assigns, in county warrants,
drawn on Clackamas County, Oregon,
the sum of eight cents (8c) per acre
for all lands cruised a' id reported up
on by said party of tne second part;
said warrants to draw six per cent
(6 per cent) interest from the date of
their issuance until called or paid.
2. Pay to the party of the second
part or assigns on or before the fif
teenth day of March, 1913 eighty per
cent (80 per. cent) of the amount due
the party of the second part for lands
cruised and reported upon prior to the
first day of March, 1913, and make
further payments to the party of the
second part or assigns on the fifteen
th (15th) day of each succeeding cal
endar month after March 1913 of
eighty per' cent (80 per cent) of the
amount due the party of the second
nart for lands cruised and reported
upon during each preceeding month
until the completion of said cruise,
and make the final payment of the re-
. maimng twenty per cent (20 per cent)
to the party of the second part or as
signs on or before thirty (30) days
after the completion of said cruise.
- It is hereby agreed by both parties
to this contract that in case the cruise
of the party of the second part shall
be disputed and the owner of the tim
ber so cruised shall desire to have the
same re-cruised, and the County
Court of Clackamas County shall
make demand therefor, that both
parties to this contract shall select
some competent cruiser satisfactory
to both parties, and the cruiser so se-
lected shall go over and cruise the
tract or tracts . in dispute, and the
cruise of the party shall be taken as
final. If the cruise of the party, so
selected as arbitrator varies more
than twenty per cent (20 per cent)
above or below the cruise of the party
of the second part, then the compen
sation of said arbitrator and expense
of such cruise of the arbitrator shall
not be more than twenty per cent
(20 ner cent) above or below the
cruise of the party of the second part
then the compensation of said arbi
trator and expense of such cruise
shall be paid by the party demanding
the same.
In witness whereof Clackamas
County, State of Oregon, party of the
first part, by its countay judge and
county commissioners, comprising
and constituting the County Court of
said Clackamas county, uregon, nave
hereunto set their hands and seals and
have caused the seal of said county to
be hereto affixed in duplicate, and M.
O. Nease. the party of the second part
has hereunto set his hand and seal in
duplicate the day and year first
above written.
Clackamas County, State of Oreg
on. .
By R. B. BEATIE (Seal) County
Judge.
By W. rl. MAivUJN (SfJAiij coun
ty Commissioner.
" . -T . r .in t- T-. 1 T t- I
Sy JN. iJUfVltt OEjAIj; i-uuiiior
Commissioner.
M. G. NEASE (SEAL)
Attest W. L. MULVEY, County
Clerk.
The criticisms of this contract are
That there are but few sections in
Clackamas County but what will
cruise a million feet, and under this
contract farms would be cruised for
the reasons that while the larm or
section may have the million feet of
timber, that it is in many locations
valueless, for reasons timber is in
bunches too small for a mill, too re
mote from a railroad, and that owners
of land offer to give the timber to
anyone who will remove it.
Judge Ueatie stated at tne mass
meeting that the county court had
employed Peter Boyles to check up
the cruisers, at a salary of $175 per
month. The criticism is that if Mr.
Boyles verifies the cruisers' work he
virtually makes a second cruise, and
if so why should the county pay thou
sands of dollars to the first cruisers
and hundreds to Mr. Boyles ? If he
does not verify the cruisers work,
then his checking is of little value and
a needless expense.
That men are employed and nave
been solicited who have very little if
any knowledge of the work to be done.
That the work could nave Deen done
at a much lower price had tne county
court let the contract on competitive
bids.
That much litigation will follow if
the cruise is taken as a basis on
which to fix taxation.
That in order to have a final de
termination under the contract, where
cruise is disputed, provision is made
for an arbitration cruise after Nease,
the contractor, and Boyles the check
er, have made their cruise.
That the contract was let to m. J.
Nease of the Nease Lumber Co., a
cruiser interested in timber interests.
That under the contract dead, rot
ten, and fallen timber may be cruised.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Notice is hereby given that the
committee appointed at the mass
meeting held on the th inst, and also
the committee appointed by the Live
Wires to investigate charges made
against the County Court will hold a
joint public meeting in the County
Court House, on Tuesday, April za,
1913, at 11 o'clock A. M., for the pur
pose of receiving any information
that may be in the possession of any
person relative to the following mat
ters:
' 1. Expense of recent improve
ments on the Clackamas County
Court House.
3. Expense of constructing
bridees in Clackamas County.
3 Advisability and expense of
cruising the timber of Clackamas
County.
4. Any other matter relative to
the expenditure of County funds.
All persons with information are
invited and urged to attend this meet
inc and to submit such information
which will be reduced to writing for
the future use of the committee.
M. J. BROWN
R. SCHUEBEL
S. L. CASTO
Mass Meeting Committee.
O. D. EBY
JNO. W. LODER
Live Wire Committee.
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GET IN THE LINE
AND KEEP Ur WITH UTHEK
VALLEY TOWNS?
HAVE THEM SKINNED A MILE
Catching
Oregon City's Civic improvement
movement appears to be contagious,
and we note in several exchanges that
societies have been formed along
these lines and good work is being
done.
Recall Talk
Talk of recalling Judge Beatie and
Commissioner Blair continues strong
er than ever. It is said that ex-County
Judge Llewellen will be the Farmers'
Equity candidate for county judge
and Geo. Oglesby for commissioner
Aurora Observer.
But We Won t Get in the Race and
Take the Coin
Corvallis. - McMinnville, Gresham,
Sheridan, Medford and many other
towns are going alter traoe Dy
trade-bringing ideas and tney are
breaking up the Portland drain." .
Albany's commercial club (through
an arrangement with the business
men) pays the railroad is re oi any
purchaser who shows a duplicate sales
slip of a certain amount from any of
the stores. .
Sheridan people have arranged lor
market days, where the seller brings
in his stock, farm machinery or what
ever he has to dispose of to the town
and there buyer and seller meet for
their mutual benefit and advantage.
Town after town is organizing to
keep the farming trade from going to
Portland.
Oreeon Citv. so situated that it is
in greater danger of losing trade to
Portland than any other town in the
valley, seems to be asleep as to this
drain, and makes no effort to stop it.
If we could keep tne Dusiness nere
that our mills and rich farms make
this city would be an El Dorado.
Can t we do it ienows ; uan t we
go after some lines that will stop the
cars being daily loaded with Portland
shoppers and bundles ? It can be done,
in a large measure, and it seems to us
with our strong commercial club, our
lively Live Wires, or publicity depart
ment, our business men end our news
papers we could frame up some lines
that would do more for the city's
growth and good than any other line
we could work on.
Our citv does not appear to be on
good terms with the country. We can
find out what the trouble is and we
can do a lot to remedy it. It is not
serious, but let it run and it spreads
like itch. We have a steady stream of
shoppers carrying Oregon City gold
into Portland every day in the week.
There is no good reason why they
should not trade here.
Give any of the towns of the Will
amette Valley our mills and payroll
and they would jump to 25,000.
We ve got everything but the jump.
This is a matter that our commerc
ial organization could take up and
work out and get bigger returns on
than a hundred uboster celebrations
or any other city benefit schemes.
What we have to do is to find a
means of keeping what we have, and
when we find that scheme we'll be
too blooming' busy to have time for
special day stunts to bring people in.
The Commercial Club, the Live
Wires, the business men, the publicity
office and the newspapers could turn
this trick by pulling together. We
could make this old town hum.
Isn't it worth the effort?
Did Kot Fill Vacancy
J. W. Loder, a member of the coun
ty probe committee appointed by the
Live Wires, asked that organization
to appoint another member to serve
in the place of W .S. U'Ren, who was
unable to act, but as no one put his
suggestion in the form of a motion,
no appointment was made.
Rural Rout No. 7.
Postmaster Randall reported to the
Live Wires Tuesday that the Govern
ment has taken up the matter of the
proposed new rural route to serve the
Stafford country from this office, and
that it is now but a question of time
when it will be established.
Are your For or Against?
Two referendum petitions have
been left at the Courier office for sig
natures. Une is tne rejection ot the
$175,000 appropriations for building
extensions to r the - university at Eu
gene, and the other the rejection of
the county salary increase bill. If you
want to sign them, say so; if not say-nothing.
"Prince," everybody's dog on the
south end of the city, has been de
ported to Vancouver, Wash., where
ne nas a good nome on a larm.
Prince" was a blue blood and cost
$75 when a puppy, but he simply
would not stay at home and was a
city tramp. Friends kept him in food
and licenses for several years, but
with all his good nature he became a
It was the judgement of the com
mittee that the above action was the
best means to crystalize this matter
of investigation and bring it to a head
to work on.
Rumors are one thing and facts an
other, and what the committee wants
are facts, evidence, something defin
ite.
There has been no provision made
for defraying any expense of this in
vestigation, and it will be readily seen
that the committee cannot go to every
part of the county to investigate ru-
Lest we Forget
May 2, 1843, at a small trading
post, on the banks of the Willamette
river, about 12 miles west of this city
a convention was held tor the purpose
of deciding whether the Oregon ter
ritory would become part of the Unit-
Staves. At the time the "Oregon
Country" included all of the present
states of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, and parts of the states of Mon
tana and Wyoming, and a large part
of the present Dominion of British
Columbia.
Thus 1913 marks the seventith
anniversary of the Oregon country.
The vote taken at the convention
was a tie until F. X. Matthieu cast
the deciding vote which made Oregon
a part ot the United btates.
Mr. Matthieu is living in Portland,
and just last week celebrated his ninety-fifth
birthday. He is the only sur
vivor of the Champoeg convention.
Woodburn Tribune.
We Should Hurry
It is evident the timber cruisers are
not going to wait the outcome of any
county probe on the timber cruising
contract. They are sure going to it as
if they were afraid it might not last
or might be held up.
Saturday last there were a dozen
outfits piled up on the sidewalk on
Main street, of men who had
Prince the Tramp.
Editor Farnsley Leaves the Enter
prise
Editor Farnsley ' of the Enterprise
who has for two years past been news
editor of the Enterprise, has resign
ed his position and we understand
will go on the Oregonian staff. Mr,
Veteor, a New York newspaper man,
will fill the position. Mr. Farnsley is a
decidedly likeable and capable man
and many friends here are sorry to
nave nim leave.
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May it Spread
Long stretches of six foot wide ce
ment sidewalks are being laid on both
sides of Center street, doing away
with dilapidated and unsafe wooden
walks.
Cement walks come hiirh. but thev
are far cheaper than wood. A Center
street property owner has just torn
a wooden walk he laid new only five
years ago. The rainy season and
sprinkling during the summer put a
snort nie on wood walks, while ce
ment endures lorever.
THE ENTERPRISE
E
GOUT
AND ROBERT SCHUEBEL'S OPIN
ION FF THE EDITORIAL
UNFAIR AND YELLOW ACTION
Findings will be Based on Facts and
Records, not on . Prejudice
Eldorado .Ore.. April 12. I notice
that the editor of the Enterprise and
others are Making various comments
as to the motives of the men connect
ed with the mass meeting held at Ore
gon City April 6th. The editor' of the
Enterprise seems to have everybody s
motive figured out to a dot except
mine; also that the committee ap
pointed to investigate had already de
cided what kind of a report they
would make. Now I am perfectly
willing to come out in the open and
show my hand as I have nothing to
be ashamed of so lar. 1 may have
gotten mixed up in a bad mess and
make some mistakes as we proceed
further, but will not willingly wrong
the court or anybody else and whenlcity, for the present system people
ing plant was working periectly
when the samples were taken, and no
danger could arise from drinking the
water therefrom.
This was in answer to a request
through the city council to determine
whether or not the water was safe
for the children in the public schools
to drink:.
And then we note under date of Ap
ril 15 that the school directors have
ordered signs to be put over the fau
cets in the several scnoois, warning
the pupils against drinking the water,
and that all the fountains have been
shut off.
And the Question arises why this
action was taken following the analy
sis of the water by the state board oi
health and its recommendation of
same as safe?
PerhaDs the school directors have
private means of knowing the water
is JNUT sate nor lit to drink.
And if thev want any more infor
mation along this line we would in
vite them to come to the Courier of
fice and see a glass of water drawn
from a faucet in hourly use in a pri
vate residence in this city.
We would like to have them look at
this concoction and determine if they
think it would be safe to have a dog-
drink it much less a school child.
Twice during a forenoon the tau
cets on Third street gave out this
filthy mess, not in one house, but in
several, and any man who has exam
ined it would prefer sewer water to
it. , ,
It may not have any "colon bacili
but it certainly has the rest. '
It is to be hoped that this matter
of a pure water supply may be push
ed ahead of everything else in this
ALL ROADS LEAD
HERE NEXT WEEK
TWO DAYS' STREET FAIR WILL
DRAW BIG CROWDS
CITY WILL GAILY DECORATE
THE LADIES' COURIER
been
hired to go out on the cruising job.
mors which may have no value when I and one of the men stated that sixty
.. . j men nau ueeii mreu iu uui. ou win
investigates . f. n 0:n to t on the
What the above men want is in- . , . it . - f . h
formation that can be Dankea on, Th contract calls for the comolet-
. . 1 1 1 l 1 . .
sometning men win pacts up, sume- ,on of tne worlc by Juiy 1
thing to work on and men tney win
investigate it to the bottom, and this
public meeting will shape things up
to this end; it will give any man in
Clackamas county an opportunity to
put anything up to this committee
that needs investigating and win
close the door to any after charges
that the committee was not thorough
in its scope and did not take up all
the matters it should.
There has been some complaint
made of the delay in getting into this
matter.
In explanation this paper would
state that the call for the above meet
ing would be worthless unless given
full publicity in the newspapers 01
this county, and the 18th was the
first date it could appear in the week
ly papers. The following week is the
state Sunday School convention and
booster day celebration in Oregon
City, when it would be impossible to
have any attention given to this
meeting, therefore ' the following
Tuesday, April 29, was the earliest
date this meeting could be made ef
fective.
Get a bargain in apples at The Hub
Grocery. Nice red apples, all sound
and good quality at su cents per dox,
A Commercial View of It
Regardless of the outcome of the
investigations, one thing is certain,
Oregon City merchants and business
men are being benefited by those oc
casional squalls as the 500 men who
gathered there last Saturday would
leave several dollars each there. It is
a mighty good advertising scheme if
nothing else and will draw more
people to their own town than any
bargain sale. Estacada Progress.
Changing
Three saloons have recently been
put out of business in Oregon City
because they were convicted of sell
ing to minors, or of other violations
of the law. City councils and the peo
ple generally will not stand for that
sort of thing as they used to. Wood-
burn Independent.
City Will Issue $70,000 Bonds
A city ordinance now in passage
authorizes two bond issues of Sou,
000 and $20,000 to refund city war
rants. Morris Bros, of Portland will
have the issues. The bonds will be
$1,000 each and payable in 1913.
All Kinds of Interest and Curiosity
in the Issue of May 2.
There are seventeen kinds of inter
est in the ladies' edition of the Cour
ier of May 2. The copy is already
coming in; the ladies are very much
interested in the work and it will be
the most interesting sheet ever print
ed in uregon uty.
Last fall the men of Ore'eon Citv
gave the women the right of ballot,
and this, perhaps, more than anything
else, is why the ladies want to make
fully good on this edition of the Cour
ier. They want to show the men they
did not make any mistake in giving
them the franchise; they propose to
show them that they read, think, that
they keep posted on state and nation
al matters, and are capable of using
ie ballot.
And they want to show the men the
woman's idea of what a newspaper
should be. They will ask you to
judge it not only by what is in it, but
by what is LEFT OUT. They are go
ing to print the kind of a paper they
think should be printed, and the kind
they think should be welcome in the
homes.
One fellow said the first page
would have six columns of warmed-up
W. C. T. U. notes and one column of
protest against the divorce evil; that
the inside pages would be new stunts
on crocheting doilies and how to can
cherries; the editorial page would be
an even break on "Home Influences
on the Girl." and "The Evils of In
temperance," and the local page
would be confined to items of rela
tives and friends of the contributors;
the legal page would be left out and
the last page a medley of kicks and
poems.
While the present management has
Bhsnliitelv no line on the material
that will go in the woman's edition,
but here is the prediction that this
wag is as far off in his guess as was
Mr. Taft's campaign manager, and
that he will read every column and
every line of the issue of May 7,
Sealed communications are already
coming in and again the ladies want
. . 1 1 : i t : 1 li
to extend a general inviwuuu w u
thi ladies of Clackamas county to
help with material to make this issue
a paper men will be compelled to ad
mit js good.
Particularly they ask the farmers'
wives and girls 01 tne iarm to conin
k,,t tn this issue. They want th
grange and equity ladies to take an
intorpst and express themselves on
the various subjects of farm life.
Bear in mind that this issue of the
r.,rior will be in every detail the
work of the ladies, with the excep
tion of the make-up ana press worn.
..,. lino will bo written bv them;
the heads will be set, the linotype will
1 h ihem: the Droofs read in
short the office will simply be turned
over to the ladies ior mis wee.
NO, It ISn l a courier uciici.i..
all is done with, if I have wronged
anyone, I will make it right.
I .had been out of the county about
six years and when I returned the
first things I heard were all kinds of
reports about mismanagement on the
part of the county court and that by
men who had voted for Mr. Beatie. I
always replied: "Can these things be
proven.'" 1 had always considered
Mr.tBeatie straight. When I was ap-
proa-cneo aoout soliciting names lor
the calling of a mass meeting at a
certain date I obiected to the Dlan he-
cause I did not know anything about
the circumstances, so had nothing to
do with it, but I did sign my name to
a petition for this call for the mass
meeting, believing that it would be
the best way to uet at the facts, nnri
if the court is straight they need fear
notning as to tne oucome.
I was in the court house the morn
ing of the day the meeting was held,
reading the timber cruising contract
and gathering figures of the
amount of money the 1910 court had
on March 31st, to do business with
and the 1913 court I thought, would
give me a line on the conditions con
fronting us and I found that the 1913
court had collected according to the
figures given by the sheriff and clerk
$328,103.37 more than the 1910 court,
March 31st, and I thought there
might be room for the investigation
as the court admitted to me that the
county was out of debt, but would
likely be compelled to go in debt
again by the first of May, which
would mean almost a whole year to
run on warrants again. I had also
been told that the men composing the
1910 court had the indebtedness re
duced to $40,000. If this is true the
present court had $288,103.37 more
money to do business with above the
indebtedness as stated to have been
the facts under the 1910 court. Now
if the court can show that they have
made improvemens that are worth to
the people of the county $288,103.37,
above what the 1910 court did, then
I am ready to say the management is
just as good as the former court or
if sometning shows up that the fig
ures are wrong, I will make allow
ance for any possible mistake. I
took the figures as given me by the
sheriff and clerk.
I was not at the meeting when it
was called to order at 2:00 o'clock. I
knew nothing of any resolution com
mittee when I entered the hall some
time later. was asked to write the
resolutions and did so along the lines
suggested by the members of the
committee. The committee appointed
to investigate so far show the disposi
tion to want the truth to come out.
They have set the 2i)th of April for
a meeting to be held in the court
house to hear any complaint or
phm-CTA mrniriHt thfi court. This is OO-
en for all, not spectators, but all who
have anything detinue to cnarge
which will be reduced to writing for
the use of the committee. I think
when we are through the editor of the
Enterprise will be compelled to craw.
fish and I could now show him up
as not onlv havine a yellow streak
but yellow clear through. I may do so
later.
As to my position on the timber
cruise the statement 1 made in my
article in the Courier on that matter
I made before I knew the terms oi
the contract except for hearsay, but
have lived where it has Deen tried anu
r Aid nnt mean the court when I said
it was a graft pure and simple, but
meant sucn men as mis vuuuei v-ium-er
who go from county to county to
ply their trade at tne expense oi wis
people, and do not care a rap what
the result will be. My opinion is that
the actual cost of the cruise is not
the only expense attached to this deal
for I look for lawsuits on top of the
cruise, and I had this in minu wnen
I said it -might cost $75,000 or more.
There has been a general complaint
against the county court for years
and it seems to get worse instead of
better. Now I believe if a thorough
investigation is made ana tne uuu
brought forth as far as can be, it
the court is innocent of any wrong
or mismanagement in tne iw-u.i.,
ti.. nio will he more ready to
work in harmony with the court
iha ntmnsnhere for some
7- if ntherwise
time wi tumci ,
believe it would be proper to be as
charitable as conditions wm iic.....v
As to such statements as n u,
are afraid of and it does more to drive
away newcomers than a thousand
smnllnnx sitns.
When we once get a system absoi
lutely pure water we will have one as
set we are shy on now we will have
the one thing needed to go with a
boom for Oreiron City a boom that
nothing but dangerous water is hold
ino1 hnck.
And when we get this quality of
water you can bet your life we will
have less sickness in this city for
you can bet your life again that ty-
pnOld ISn l ail Hiai. uriu&lll dcvkci ria
ter breeds.
HOW THEY SKIN US
Henry Hettman of Shubel, was
the city Wednesday.
in
Fif-
Parades, Bands, Stock Shows and all
Kinds of Entertainment
Next week we will have two holi
days in Oregon City Friday and Sat
urday, and if the weather only holds
fine this occassion will be a good op
portunity to take a county census.
Hie booster day and street lair
promises to be a splendid success,
both in the way of a big attendance
and in the splendid entertainment.
The city will be gaily decorated.
There will be two bands. There will
be fine parades, exhibitions, and ev
erything to entertain, instruct, edu
cate and amuse.
Take the two days off and come to
Oretron Citv next week. A hundred
years hence you will never know the
difference, anil you will live nearer to
one hundred years for the two day's
off. '
Each year this event has grown
bigger and more successful, and this
year it was decided to add another
day to the fair. If the second day
proves a success, it will become perm
anent, and the managers have full
confidence that it will.
Come early and stay ' late. There
will be something doing all tne time.
WORKING AT OGLE
Gang
Mr. J. W. Roots, I understand that he
sucks the county's teat for his neigh
borhood to the tune o $.),000, when
others say they could, get noth ng. u
this is true his position explains lt-
self' R. SCHUEBEL.
A Little Local Illustration of Trust
Made Methods
Here Is a little story that shows
you the moves in the trust game,
It's the same old story, and the
same old game, but this time it is
nlayed right here at home, and it
may impress vou.
H. C. Clyde runs a grocery store at
Clackamas Heights, just outside the
city.
He doesn't have big rent to pay,
does not hire $18-per-weck clerks
nor does he run a delivery wagon.
And that is his business.
And because of these economies h
concluded he could sell flour at $1.30
per sack, make 16 cents on it and be
satisfied with this margin of profit.
The flour was his. He paid spot
cash for it from a Portland milling
company and he THOUGHT it was
his business to offer it at any price
he thought best.
But he soon found out this WAS
NOT his business.
The niilline company told him the
selline price on that brand of flour
was $1.40 at all stores and tnat ne
must fix that price on it.
And when Mr. Clyde argued nis
constitutional right to do as he
pleased with his own goods, the mill
ing company showed him a little later
an unprinted constitution business
had framed up and adopted, ana torn
him to get under it or get flour some
where else. . .
Mr. Clvde told them he would sell
the flour at the constitutional price,
because he HAD to, but that he
would make every purchaser oi a
sack a present of a dime.
That was (Jlyue s consuiuuon. il
was a little one, but so big the mill
ing company will not dare try to stop
It's those things that make the day
worker raw. He hasn't any associa
tion or trust standing guard over his
wage scale. No combination steps in
and tells the man who hires him he
v,oll TIIM a certain price. No
trust forbids the other fellow to take
his job at ten cents less per day.
Anil these combinations fix the
price on the most of the standard ar
ti.loa nf necessity today. They for
bid competition. They fix the price
the dealer shall pay und the price he
shall sell at. . .
And yet we have a great big joke
of a federal law that says there shall
not be combinations in restraint of
trade and competition.
Time to smile and swear.
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
.Doctors Give Little Hope for W. A.
Shcwman's. Recovery
W. A. Shcwman, who was operated
on at St. Vincent's hospital Sunday
last is in a critical condition, anu tne
physicians state there is but little if
any chance for recovery.
This unexpected verdict came as a
shock to this city, and the people
.-,.!! nnt hf.linvfi it. That Mr. Sliew-
man was ill was generally known, but
it was not thought serious, and it
wna fivnucted his trip to southern
lfl imnrove his health
And it was only when the report of
v,i nritifal condition was confirmed
time and time again by the physicians
and the hospital that the people would
believe the verdict.
T.,,,1- r.rmrfjl frnm the hospital
state' that he is resting easily and that
he will soon be taken to his home ut
Concord.
Mr Showman has friends, worlds
? ti,m in thin pitv and vicinity and
the Courier office is Besieged by tel
ephone and personal calls enquiring
't u;u n,i!Un fnr it does not seem
Ui. Ilia LWimi.iv.., - - , .
to his friends here the reports cou.u
be true.
was Started at the Cyanide
plant and Road Work
It hardly seems possible that out in
the mountains a few miles, at Ogle
mine, there are three feet of snow and
that men are working in snow to their
hips, for the new cyanide plant, fell
ing trees for lumber and making a
road to Elkhorn.
The summers are short at Ogle
mine and the company must get an
early start to put the plant in running
order before winter.
The people of Clackamas county
have a lot of faith in Ogle mine, and
they have reasons for having it. They
have watched it develop lot eight
years; they know the men behind it,
know they have time and again put
in their own money to keep the devel
opment going, and they know there is
a world of ore out there that one af
ter another assayer and engineer has
said was rich.
It's been a hard pull to get the
money necessary to put in this cyan
ide plant, but when there is gold in
a hill, it is a certainty there will be
a means to get it out. And the plant
the boys are working on is the means.
A considerable of the cost of this
cyanide process is in labor. Tanks
have to be built, big tanks that take
a pile of lumber, and the gang at the
mine is now felling trees for the lum
ber. The mine has its own sawmill.
And by the way, now is a pretty
good time to take a chance on Ogle
mine, now when the money is needed
for the work of development and the
price of stock is low. When they
get to taking gold out you wont be
able to buy any.
rincfi stock in the Independence
' mine in Colorado sold for a few cents
a share, but later on otratton snui, iv
down because he had eleven million
dollars and didn't know what to do
with any more.
And once upon a time Bell Tele
phone stock was traded for meal
tickets in New York state.
DOCTORS DISAGREE
Health Board Says "Drink" and The
School Board Says "Beware.
March 28th the state board of
i, "- j. ...M ..n nnt a nutillC report wiui
nor rpnt OI tne Krosn uruteeuo vi i ueaitu bkh vv - . i. e r
t"18 edition g . . I. !..! umnlrl nrftVfl that the filter
ed by them in cnurcn anu oui vui. Bnoijom r
May Head Portland Normal
T. J Gary superintendent of schools
of this county, has had the flattering
offer ot the presidency oi a nuuum
school to be opened in Portland soon
Mr. Gary is considering tne oner.
Soma finn annlcR. medium size, 80
cents a box at the Hub Grocery, 7th.
and Center streets.
HAVE WAITED 70 YEARS
Now il is Time for the People to Rise
up and Take Action
Editor Courier:
Seventy-two years ago in the polit
ical campaign of 1840 tariffs and tax
es were the themes of conversation
among most of the men. And every
.......... frnm thnt day to thlS. We
have had more or less a repetition of
the same agitation. Politicians were
profuse with promises, but sucn
promises invariably fell still-born up
on the people. And today our prayers
go up that we oe rouueu u w
We thought we gained sonnam..B
through the initiative and referend
. tiu nnnnio. Hut men have abus
ed the trust confided to them and to
day I wonder U tne people uuvo
ed really half as much as appears on
the s. u face
a ,'notfi nf libertv and justice is at
all times sweet and the small tastes
we have had from time to time uuu
spur us on for more. And to legislate
for the future becomes the question of
the day. . .
Some men are advocating the abol
iftnn nf hnth the national congress
and the state legislatures, and substi
tuting a more direct expression oi
the peoples' will in all that pertains
to lawmaking matters.
Such propositions sound well ana
certainly not out of reach of the av
erage American mind today.
Reresentative tiiu s suggestion tnat
we adopt precinct legislation is not
without merit.
In such a move the national con
gress should lead the way by dividing
the whole of our vast territory into
just fifteen election districts, having
care that each district contains an
equal number of people as nearly as
practicable as n. can ue. nnu bulu uij
trict to send one member to a national
council to meet at Washington City,
there to frame national las to be
submitted to the people tnrougn roi
erendum. And I would suggest that the states
adopt the same plan of district divis
ion, only I would confine the division
of a state to nine districts, yet each
district to send one member to meet
in council at Salem, there to frame
state laws to be submitted to the peo
ple either for adoption or rejection
through referendum. vr,
One prophet said "I saw Ephraim
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