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Clackamas County Fair
September 24, 25, 26, 27
Canby, Oregon
30th YEAR.
OREGON CITY, ORE., FRIDAY, APR. 25 1913.
No. 46
A LAKE OF BOOZE
A RIVER OF BEER
A LEGAL OPINION THAT WOULD
CAUSE A DELUGE
ANYONE COULD RUN SALOON
State Laws, City Laws and Court De-
' cisions Brushed Away
To the Honorable Mayor and the City
Council ;
Gentlemen :
The three saloon keepers who lost
their licenses, in Oregon City, to sell
intoxicating liquor, can dispose of the
same under their government licenses,
in quantities of not less than one gal
lon, nor more than four or seven
eights gallops. This is regulated by
the Federal statutes, and the city has
nothing to say as to the sale and QiS'
posal of liquor under these govern
ment licenses, as long as the parties
do not sell in quantities less than one
gallon. They are entirely within fhe
jurisaicuon 01 tne r eaerai court.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. M. STONE
Biff!
Talk about going SOME! Some is a
real slow one.
Judge Landis jumped into national
fame in one day when he fined the
Standard Oil Co $29,000,000, but City
Attorney William Stone has him run
way back in the brush.
..'THE CITY HAS NOTHING TO
SAY AS TO THE SALE AND DIS
POSAL OF LIQUOR UNDER
THESE GOVERNMENT LICENSES
SO LONG AS THE PARTIES DO
NOT SELL IN QUANTITIES LESS
THAN ONE GALLON."
Away goes Congress!
And with it goes Lord's Oregon
laws!
Closely behind is the Oregon legis
lature! And the Oregon City charter is at
the tail of the procession.
All gone, brushed off the U. S. by
one great opinion of WilliamStone,
C.T.
This will either put him up beside
Chief Justice Holmes or make him
Oregon's state jester.
This is some opinion, and it just
can't die a natural death.
If it sticks (of course it will be car
ried to the U. S. supreme court) bet
ter have a row boat ordered, for you
wil ee. soire WET old times in Ore
gon. The last Congress passed a law
making it criminal to ship liquor into
dry territory and according to Mr.
Stone's edict THERE WON'T BE
ANY DRY TERRITORY. Some
smart Alec will take out a govern
ment license in Kansas, and the work
of John P. St John and Carrie Nation
will have been for naught.
Our last . legislature passed a law
that the possession of a government
license was prima facie evidence that
a man was a "blind pig" operator,
when he had hot a county or city li
cense. .
And William Stone has blowed
away the legislature.
Lord's Oregon Laws plainly say
what shall and what shall not be done
in the booze way, and provide the
penalties but Lord's overcoat wouldn't
make Mr. Stone a vest pattern.
Away go Lords.
Our city charter lays down the
booze regulations and restrictions
about as tight and carefully as any
city charter can, and William Stone
brushes them aside in 12 eight point,
13-em lines.
Why don't we have him abolish the
legislature while he has his abolishing
suit on. and save Oregon a heap of
money ?
Honestly, fellows, what do you
think of the above "opinion?" Have
we a legal genius on the city staff,
or naa we Detter can tor tne lunacy
commission ?
Under this opinion every grocery
store, pool room, moving picture store
millinery store, woman's club, or any
other concern, can pay $25 for a gov
ernment license and start a four
quart wet goods emporium in connect
ion. Any person can take out a govern
ment license and peddle booze in gal
lon quantities.
No use having local option laws or
vbting on saloons, for the present sa
loons will pay the government $25,
save $975 and all change over into,
four-quart dispensaries.
Booze will be more plenty than pure
water in Oregon City. Rush tha eleva
tor so the boys can have the goods
sent up.
It is hard to believe a man appoint
ed to the important office of city at
torney could find such a basis for
such an opinion in law.
I am of the opinion he has grounds
for a damage action against George
C. Brownell for bringing him up on
the wrong code.
A government license isn't a li
cense. It is more a fine. It is a tax. It
simply says to a man give Uncle
Sam $25 and he won't arrest him for
selling liquor, but he must take his
chances with the state, county and
city.
A government license is little less
than blackmail or hush money. "We'
ll let you alone for $25, but we give
you no rights."
That's all there is to a government
license.
Yet Mr. Stone says the saloons,
which the city ' council refused to
grant licenses because they had been
arrested and convicted of violating
the city laws, many continue to sell
booze, with the difference that they
must now sell four quarts instead of
four sups.
Their punishment is that they may
sell booze but more of it and at a
less expense.
And one of these saloons has been
promptly on the spot, at the same old
stand. It goes out in jugs now, where
it went down in swallows before, and
the city, over whose interests William
Stone C. F. is legal adviser and pros
ecutor, gets trimmed $975.
Talk about Franklin T. Griffith
moving up, William M. Stone leaves
him at the quarter pole.
W. S. U'Ren may move out any
time now.
Since the foregoing was written
there has been a special daylight ses
sion of the council, called for 4:30
Monday afternoon, at which session
this opinion and other matters came
up for action.
Attorney Ebv, in behalf of Mr Kern
whose license was denied, at a recent
session, said he would favor erivine
him a chance to get back some of the
money he had invested in the liquor
left on his hands, either by a two or
three montns license, or a permit to
sell out his stock by the quart or gal
lon.
Attorney Chris Schuebel followed
Mr. Eby and took up the Gity Attorn
ey oione s opinion as given at me
head of this article. He said there was
no such a thing as a government li
cense to sell liquor; that it was a gov
ernment tax only, and it was subject
to state, county and city laws; there
was absolutely no law for that opin
ion; council had absolute control over
city licenses and that if any man sold
liquor in Oregon City on that opinion
after this meeting, he would be ar
rested.
City Attorney Stone said that the
United States district revenue officer
was under the opinion that liquor
could be sold by the gallon here, and
that Judge Campbell also thought so,
and that the opinion was his honest
legal views at the time of its giving.
Mr. Kchuebel answered that the su
preme court had time and again pass
ed on this point, and Mr. Eby said he
had information from the U. S. rev
enue office that liquor could not be
sold on a government license without
a further local iicense.
Rev. Edwards exhibited a govern
ment license and read from it that it
was a receipt for tax payments and
that "does not exempt the holder from
any penalty or punishment."
Mr. Klemson, another saloon man,
whose license was recently refused,
then made a talk to the council on his
own behalf. He said he could not sell
his stock of liquors as all saloon keep-
ews were afraid to buy in large quan
tities; that he had a $1,600 stock; only
way to dispose of it was by gallon;
that council and people wanted to kill
a few people financially; was only
fair and right to give him a chance to
get out: he was a victim of circum
stances; law was one thing and jus
tice another. We are not criminals
and our families are made to suffer
for our little mistakes."
Councilman Albright said council
should not be unjust, and moved that
a license be given the men to sell out
their stock: by the quart.
Councilman Myers said that under
the charter as he understood it, the
council could not grant them a license
after they had been convicted. He said
other convicted saloon man had dis
posed of their goods all right.
Kev. iidwards said that when law
was et tforced the people criticised,
and when it was, those afflicted talked
persecution; that it was not a ques
tion of killing anyone financially, but
a question of obeying laws.
Councilman Heard said he had no
time for a loser who squealed; that
liquor selling was an illicit business at
best; and only rights dealers have,
were rights city gives: that when a
man went io violating license laws he
was simply betting his license against
public sentiment, and if he lost, let
rum lose; let them take their medi
cine. "I will stand by any saloon that
obeys the law, but when they violate
their licenses the council has no right
to grant them. The charter says we
shall not, and we are individually li
able if we do."
Mr. Stone, city attorney, said the
charter forbade any license being is
sued in place of one refused until pop
ulation increased to a ratio of 500 to
each saloon, and that license to sell by
quart or gallon was just as much a
license as to sell by the drink.
Rev. Landsborough said the charter
provides that any person who violates
his license forfeits it, and that this is
his judgement settled the matter.
Councilman Tooze said when But
ler's license was revoked, there, was
no appeal for sympathy there; that he
sold his stock out without trouble;
that this meeting was simply a ques
tion or whether the council should
back down or not; that council was
guilty with license violator if it did
not enforce the law; that council had
lost three weeks' time on these saloon
appeals already; that it was question
of whether it was a city council or
bunch of school boys; that liquor deal
ers condemn council if it does its duty
that scenes at a previous night were a
disgrace; saloons accepted the chanc
es, now let them be good losers.
Councilman Albright said that if a
man was not willfully a violator he
did not think he should be punished;
that any saloon could be got technic
ally; that a bank often got caught on
a forgery; that saloonmen should
have an equal chance with any oth
er business.
Councilman Horton moved that the
application for licenses be laid on the
table indefinitely.
Then Mr. Klemsen made one more
appeal. He asked why the drugstores
- 11 j a n lii j. u
were aiiowea io sen wiuiout city li
censes: wanted to know why they
were not arrested for violation of the
charter laws, and then he had the
council and visitors all going when he
said: "When I go out of the saloon
business I will either be a minister or
a school professor. It is less risky and
more profitable. And then he went
over and laughingly shook hands with
the ministers.
The vote to lay the motion on the
table indefinitely stood
No Albright, Metzner and Long.
icviivivuji, J aim
Tooze. Holman and Hall were absent.
Our Modern English
Following is a paragraph of our
today baseball slang or a paragraph
in our 1913 dialect.
Half of the farmers can't under
stand it, and 90 per cent of the lad
ies can only spell out the words, but
your young hopeful can translate
it fast enough. It is a literal copy
from a sporting page in a Buffalo N.
Y. newspaper:
"With two down, big Zacher clout
ed the fence and loafed to second.
Here Strond lost his bearing moment
arily, and two men strolled, filling
the paths. Ness bingled, and but for
the masterly return by Moran in cen
ter, two runs instead of one would
have filtered across the rubber." .
ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH
Let's Come out of It and Double the
City's Business
The eight hour shift that will soon
go into effect in our big mills and
the starting up soon of Hawley's new
paper mill aro going to mean some-,
thing to Oregon City.
They mean many more men added
to our great mills' payroll and much
more money paid out in this city.
Today, outside of Portland, we have
the biggest payroll of any city or
town in Oregon, and the power at the
falls absolutely guarantees this pay
roll will always be here and will
grow greater as new mills tack on.
The government canal and an open
free river mean future increased bus
iness on the Willamette and lower
snipping rates.
The Southern Pacific's big railroad
projects on the West side mean noth
ing but more business for Oregon City
and the Willamette Valley.
The Clackamas Southern will soon
be running to Molalla, and this will
dump a big lot of new business into
Oregon City.
And then there are several rumors
of interurban line3 that will develop
the county rumors that time will
make realities of.
And all this gives us the material
for one of the very best and biggest
little cities in Oregon.
Too bad to spoil this picture of the
future with a "but" or an "if", "but"
this city will remain a Portland Aid
Society "if" we don't meet the condit
ion, face it and get away with it.
Listen:
Once Eugene had run to sleepiness
and the grass was growing up be
tween the bricks. Trade and business
was going out of town and the city-
had a splendid start ior a unce was
Town.
Then some of the business men
yawned, woke up and went to it.
They hired a man who knew the
trade getting and business-booming
game and turned him loose on Eu
gene. He came high, $4,uuu a year as
a salary.
No use stringing this out. This man
knew his business and made good.
He doubled the population of tu-
gene.
The business men and the commerc
ial interests stood behind him and
backed his play. It was the best pay
ing investment that city and county
ever made.
Now, a jump back home:
We have more business on the night
shift in this city (when Eugene is
sleeping) than that city will ever have
in a week ot daylight, yet we have the
business man's condition of Eugene
before her resurrection.
Couldn't the business men here for
get their jealousies long enough to
get into the Eugene way and make
Oregon Citv THE city of Clackamas
county make it hum, buzz and grow
every day in every week and have
our streets filled with people.
The Commercial Club will help; the
Live Wires will get in the game and
the newspapers will gladly , push it
along.
isn't it worth trying? Ail tne otner
towns in Oregon that cut any ice are
doing it.
HOW IT WORKS
An Illustration of Timber Cruising on
County Farms
Here's a little illustration of the
value of timber cruising as applied
to the half farming sections of
Clackamas county.
A farmer, having a block of tim
ber, on his place, and having read the
timber cruising contract in the Cour
ier, came into the assessor's office to
see how much timber the cruise show
ed on his property. .
He stated that he had his timber
cruised by private cruise and knew
how much there was on his farm ,but
as it was stated by Judge Beatie the
cruising was being made as a basis
for taxation, and as the contract pro
vided for a way of arbitration in case
the present cruise was disputed, he
wanted to Know now tne two cruises
compared, in order to know whether
he should dispute it or not.
He stated that at the Assessior's
office he readily found the amount of
timber cruised on tne quarter section,
but when he wanted to know how
much there was ON HIS PROPERTY,
there was no way to tell him, and
therefore has no means of knowing
whether the present cruise is rigfht or
wrong, and no means of disputing it
for the reason that THE COUNTY
DOESN'T KNOW.
And of what earthly value is a
cruise that simply says there is so
much timber on a certain section, but
which does NOT define WHO OWNS
THAT TIMBER?
How is taxation going to be based
on property when the assessor doesn't
know whose property it is ?
How is he going to find out unless
he goes out there and determines it,
and if he does why doesn't he cruise
it at the time ?
Where there are large blocks of
compact timber, and where the own
ers of the timber are known, the mat
ter is a different one, but what is the
use of cruising the timber in section
and quarter sections of small tract
farm holdings when the cruise will be
of no value for assessment purposes
and will cost the county $51.20 per
section ?
If this is wrong, will someone
please correct it and show how and
why it is wrong?
' Coming Easy Now '
When members of the Commercial
Club will subscribe $2,000 in 20 min
utes, there need be no fear the Clack
amas Southern won't finish. It will
take something bigger than the
Southern Pacific to kill such a public
spirit.
"To Beaver Creek by May 25" is
the slogan now, and once there the
rest of the way should be easy, for at
this point business will commence,
and you know that once let a railroad
get under way, really fet loaded
trains running, and the rest of it
comes dead easy.
The Salmon are Biting
The river is covered with boats
these brieht days and plenty of sal
mon, weighing from 15 to 65 pounds,
are being landed, for a iisnerman s
paradise, Oregon City is bard to beat.
HUNDREDS DF PEOPLE COMING TO
OREGON CITnyiG STREET PI
TWO BIG DAYS OF ENTERTAINMENT, ENJOYMENT AND EDUCA
TION FOR EVERYBODY IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY. -J
STOCK SHOWS, PARADES, AMUSEMENTS, MUSIC, SPEECHES
Base Ball Games, Redman War Dances, Auto Parades, School Children's
Parades a"hd Many Other Big Attractions for two Big Days
A ten o'clock Friday of this
day and street fair w ill open with
its close will not be until after
Two big days this year and every hour interesting, and in
connection with the State Sunday School Convention, Oregon
City will be a Portlaud the last
Four years ago the booster day was started. It made good
and it grew every year, until this year it was decided to make it
bigger and more of it and put it on for two days.
And everything promises that it will be two big days of gen
u ine success.
This isn't a Fourth of July
plenty of fun and amusement. It
behind it something that any
to lose two days to attend for
for the education and knowledge
exhibition the finest stock in Clackamas county, and there will
be practical lessons along all
here to learn.
For amusement; for those who come "just for a go 'd time,"
there will be plenty doing. A company of clever Japs have been
hired as one of the special street
they will perform those wonderful feats that only Japs can do.
There will be street parades both days, and these alone will
be big features. The various societies, the several schools, the bus
iness houses will all take part in the parade, and this feature will
be far ahead of other years.
On Friday, at 10 :30 the stock parade will take place, when
all the stock entered for premiums will be parade!, together with
handsome floats, decorated carriages, and fraternal organizat
ions, who will compete with each other for prize money.
On Saturday, at 10 :30 the school children of the county will
appear in parade. More than 1,000 children will be in line and
will show their skill in the military drills in which they are in
structed in the schools. In this parade will also appear a fine
turn-out of fraternal orders, and decorated floats from business
houses. This will be a big feature of the celebration.
Saturday afternoon is the auto parade and if the weather is
favorable you will see a line of handsomely decorated autos that
will be well worth seeing. The auto clubs are after this all over to
make it a big success.
There will be two bands during both days, the Oregon City
and Redland.
Doctor James Withycombe, Professor F. L. Kent and Frof
ossor Potter of the Oregon Agricultural College, will judge the
slock. Dr. Withycombe will make a special addrses to the chil
dren after the parade on Saturday morning and award the prizes
to the winning schools.' Dr. Withycombe is a favorite with Clack
amas county farmers. He will talk on "The Greatest Farmer."
Professor Kent and Professor Potter will have charge of the
mttk test and of the dairy department. There will be a one day
milk test which will be held on Friday' morning and Friday'
night. Premiums will be given on these tests.
The Portland Feed Barn, near the depot of the Portland,
Railway, Light and Power Co., has been secured to house the
stock, which will be on exhibition, free of charge to all exhibitors.
So entry fees will be charged exhibitors, nor will there be av
entrance fee for visitors.
There will not be a skin game or fake show allowed. Eve ry
bit of entertainment will be on the square and worth while, and
everything will be absolutely free to everybody.
And during this two days' carnival the merchants of Oregon
City are going to make it worth while, to visitors to lose a day's
work, for they are going to have special prices and make business
hump. And by the way, don't overlook any of the adds in this
Courier.
Take two days off and come to Oregon fity for the week end.
You will find everybody in the county you ever knew and you
will find hundreds you never did know, for the annual Sunday
school convention will be in session on the same dates and this
will bring several hundred strangers to the city.
The two days' celebration commences Friday at 10, and
there is not an hour on the program you can afford to miss.
Come to a live town and have a live time for the two big
days.
Big crowds from Canby, all along the-trolley and S. P., are
coming; all the inland towns of the county will be fully repre
sented, and every auto within 50 miles will be here if the weather
and roads hold good.
Prizes ranging from $2.50 to $10 will be given for first and
second in driving team and carriage; single driving horse; draft
team of any class; farm team driven to wagon; saddle horse with
rider; Shetland pony driven to rig; draft stallion, draft mare, fil
lies, coach stallion; standard bred stallion, 2 years or over; stan
dard bred mare; standard bred fillies; grand champion stallion,
any age; grand champion mare or filly, any age; get of one sire
and 4 colts, either six.
And then outside of the horses there are prizes for bulls,
ows, heifers, herds and a complete entry list of all kinds and
classes, and cash purses for most comical rigs, best floats, etc.
The horse and cattle shows will be splendid features, and
every farmer, in the county should see them.
Something doing every minute, something to instruct and
entertain.
Come Friday come again Saturday. This street fair only
comes once a year.
A Day Early and Short
By request of those interested in
the booster day celebration and on ac
count of the advertises in this issue,
the Courier is printed one day earlier
this week, that it may reach its read
era all over the county before the first
day's celebration. And for this reas
on nearly all the country letters, the
Equity news page and several com
munications were received too late.
week the fourth yearly booster
a stock parade in this city, and
the dance Saturday night.
of the week.
celebration, altho' there will be
is a celebration with something
man in the county can well afford
the benefit he will get out of it
he will receive. There will be on
lines for the men who will come
attractions, and during the days
Tuesday of Next Week
Tuesday, next, at 10 o'clock, the in
vestigating committee appointed by
the farmers' mass meeting and the
Live Wires, will hold an open session
'for any person in the county who has
complaint to make against the coun
ty court.
After this meeting the committee
will take up the investigation work as
outlined by the resolutions passed
by the mass meeting.
NEXT WEEK'S COURIER
Interest in What the Women Will
Make of It
The fellow who dubbed the May 2d
ledies edition "The Curious Courier"
made an apt hit, for there is much
curiosity aroused as to what kind of a
newspaper it will be. There is the ut
most lively interest in the coming ed
ition, and there is hardly a comei in
the Courier office who does not make
a comment.
When this edition of the Courier
goes into the postoffice the front of
fice will be turned over to the shirt
waists and skirts. The linoleum will
be given a wash of gasoline; smoking
tobacco will be gathered up, and for
one week tne ladies may mi the Cour
ier with spring poetry or libel suints,
It's theirs.
But we know this edition will not be
any joke affair, and to get right down
to cases and " 'f ess up," we are just
a nuie nervous that the following few
editions of the paper will seem a lit
tle like Castoria mild and easy to
taxe.
The Daner is cninc to show hi-ains
The articles are going to show that
women think and what they think
about. They will give some lines on
which to forecast the women's vote.
It will be a paper that will be read in
every column, and a paper that will
have an influence on the women and
men of this county.
One little indication that shows big
interest, are the requests for extra
copies of this edition, and mind you,
they are not all from the lady con
tributors, but from men, farmers, and
from any number of people who want
to send them to friends. .
This edition will be of at least
twelve pages, and possibly larger. The
business men, recognizing the unique
value for advertising, are ordering
liberal space.
edition" with fancy covers. It is just
a newspaper in the way women think
one snouia oe made to be judged b
what it contains and also by WHA'
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN.
Outside of the signed articles, the
city departments and the editorial
page will be interesting. The first
page news stories, the local news
page and the editorial opinions will
reflect womens' views, and their ideas
of, what kind of material should fill
these columns.
Oregon City will watch for next
week's Courier with more interest
than the base ball fan for the sport
ing extra, and the ladies who have
charge of this work have a far bie
ger responsibility than they think, for
n win oe man s measure or tneir abil
ity. .
If you want extra conies order at
once. The price is 5c each.
Why Not in Oregon City?
(MCMinnville Register)
Corvallis is putting into execution
the plan which was suggested in a re
cent issue of the News Reporter,
consisting of bargain salesdays in
which all the stores of the citv offer
a "special" in some line of merchan
dise taking care not to overlap into
one another's offerings. The full page
advertisement which is carried by the
papers of Corvallis contains a 2-inch
double advertisement for each store.
All are displayed alike, no preference
is shown. The advertisement is called
"SDrine- ODenincs" and continues for
three days. This is a plan of publicity
which is bound to get results for ev
ery merchant represented -because it
will bring new customers to their
store. It is a cheap and effective way
to draw business to the county seat
and something like it should be start
ed in McMinnville. The business men
need to make such an appeal to every
buyer in the county at this time. It
will pay to forget your competitor for
a week each month and reach out for
trade that is going elsewhere.
"WILLAMETTE HEIGHTS"
Addition on the West Side is Dedicat
ed and Ready to Build
"Willnmoflft TTflirfVita" is the Drettv.
dedicated name of a pretty little city j
that will soon now rise on the west
side a work that has been in prep-,
aration for a year past.
The suburb is the project of the
Willamette Pulp and Paper Co., and it !
will be a little city for its employeep. j
The site has been platted and laid out i
and the plans embrace a model town. I
There are 67 acres in tne piacanai
the location is beautiful overlooking
the Willamette river, Oregon City and '
Mount-Hood. There are 200 lots and
the residences will be built on sixteen j
different plans in design, and in price
from the modest little cottage to the i
handsome bungalow.
For its employees the company will
sell and build the kind of a residence
desired; they will be sold on the easy
monthly payment plan, without taxes
or interest, and an employee can prac
tically pay for a home wan tne rent
he now pays. This is a move to make
home owners of employees, and a
move that will benefit the employer,
the company and bring the better
class workmen to the city, me eignt
hour shift soon to go into effect, will
put many more men on at the mills
and the new houses will be a neces
sity.
The tract lies east of the West side
school house, between it and the river,
and when this tract is cleared of the
second growth it will be a most sight
ly and beautiful section.
Must Be Decent.
Mayor Jones has given it out that
no fake shows, skin games or free-and-easy
entertainments will be per
mitted in the city during the carni
val. He says he wants everybody to
have a bushel of fun, but he wants the
fun of the right kind the kind every
body can enjoy.- And he has given
strict orders to put the lid on any
thing that will not assay full 18-car-ats
of worth and decency.
WANTED !
Girls and Women
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I A. SHEWMAN
IS LAID TO REST
PEACEFULLY PASSED AWAY IN
PORTLAND MONDAY
HONORED AND LOVED BY ALL
Funeral Services Held from the Home
Thursday Afternoon
Died, at St. Vincent's hospital,
Portland, April, 21, 1913, W. A. Shew
man, Jr., aged 41.years.
A few weeks ago at a meeting of
the Live Wires, Mr. Shewman was
named as a committee on some in
dustrial enterprise, when he stated
that he was ready to leave for a
southern trip and it might be a long
time before ne returned to the lunch
eons. None present ever imagined that he
would never return.
Realizing that his health was fast
failing, but not realizing that he was
seriously ill, he thought a change of
climate and a vacation trip would
benefit him, and about three months
ago, with his wife and son, he went to
southern California, expecting to re
main two or three months and hop
ing the sunny clime would give him
renewed health and strength.
But his condition was. more serious
than he or his family realized, and he
gradually grew worse. The weather
conditions were everything but sfin
shine. He contracted a severe cold and
his condition became alarming. Con
sulting the best physicians, they ad
vised him to return home at once and
place himself under the care of a hos
pital. Mr. Shewman weighed the chances,
realized the danger of the operation
in his weakened condition, but went to
the operating table with a smile. Rev.
Bowen, of Portland, administered the
sacrament, and to him and his wife
he said he would take the chances
without fear and submit to the ver
dict. The verdict was death. The case
was too serious for recovery in his
weakened condition.
The morning of the day of his death
he greeted his wife and nurses with a
cheery good morning, and during the
day talked with Mrs. Shewman sev
eral times. He was without pain and
fully conscious.
During the afternoon the doctors
and nurses saw that the end was near
and at four o'clock, he told his wife
that he was very tired.
"Why don't you go to sleep it will
be best for you now," she said.
1 may not awaken," he replied.
"But you are not afraid, are you?"
"No, I am not afraid. I am going to
sleep."
Arranging the pillows Mrs. Shew
man asked "Now shall I kiss you
good-night?"
"Yes, and kiss me good-bye," he
replied.
And then, as a babe falls to sleep,
without a pain, a tremor, he closed
his eyes for the everlasting Bleep.
Mr. Shewman was born in Geneva
N. Y. in 1872, and would have been 41
years old in May. When an infant
his parents moved to Randolph, N. Y.
where his father, W. A. Shewman,
was owner of the Randolph Register
for many years, and here the son
grew to manhood, and was later-associated
with his father in business.
In 1897 he was married to Vernah
W. Shewman, daughter of J. F. Wat
son, at Kellettsville, Pa., and soon
after moved to Galion, Ohio, where
they lived for some time, and later
he went to Buffalo N. Y., where he
was staff artist on the Times, after
wards going to Pennsylvania, where
he was for six years associated with
his father-in-law in the timber bus
iness. In 1907 he came to Portland and
following year bought the Courier at
Oregon City, which he edited and .
managed for four years, and during
this time he also purchased and man
aged the Albany Herald, later selling
the Herald. In January 1912, he sold
the Courier to M. J. Brown and A. E.
Frost, and became editor of the West
ern Stock Journal, which position he
held at the time of his recent illness.
His wife, Mrs. Vernah Shewman,
mother, Mrs. Josephine Shewman,
son, Alon, and Bister, Mrs. Tyra War
ren are living at Risley.
Will Shewman will be greatly mis
sed in Oregon City. Big hearted, gen
erous to a fault, always good natured
and sunny; always taking part in any
project for doing things such a man
leaves a vacancy hard to fill. One
splendid trait was his love of chil
dren. He was the friend of the little
folks and they were ever his friends.
The Courier editor was raised in
the same county with Mr. Shewman,
worked for years with him in the
newspaper work and knew, him intim
ately. And he knows of nis splendid
traits, of charity, of generosity, of
heart kindness, and his wonderfully
conceptive mind. He had great ability
along many lines and his brain was
ever restive and working out new
ideas.
The funeral services will be held
from the home this (Thursday) af
ternoon at two o'clock. The services
will be private both at the home and
at the cemetery. Burial will be in
Mountain View. i
Rev. Bowen of the Episcopal church
of Portland, will officiate at the ser
vices. Mr. Shewman was for many
years a member and lay reader of the
Episcopal church.
The bearers will be Mayor Linn
Jones, E. A. Chapman, Judge Grant
B. Dimick, John W. Risley, O. W.
Eastman and M. J. Brown.
TWO PRISONERS BREAK JAIL
Saw Hole Through Floor of Sheriff
Office Five Refuse to Leave
Sheriff Mass must inaugurate a
radical change in his prison policy, if
he ever eypects to cleai the jail of
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