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The Farmers Society of Equity ia
spreading over this county and th
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vertising columns are good as gold.
Clackamai County Fair
September 24, 25, 26,1.27
Canby, Oregon
31st "YEAR
OREGON CITY, ORE., THURSDAY, JULY 10 1313.
No. 5
OREGON
GITY
WHAT MANNER OF
JUDGE 15 THIS?
BIGGER THAN PEOPLE AND
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
TELLS DR. N0RR1S TO STICK
After State Board had Demanded His
Resignation
To the people .of Clackamas Caunty:
Last winter the scarlet fever raged
in Clackamas and I caused an inves
tigation of the health officer of Clack
amas county, Dr. Norris. The Oregon
City Enterprise persisted in condemn
ing the investigation and under start
ling headlines declared the day after
the investigation that no evidence
was found against the health officer;
that it was all favorable to the health
officer. They said that Judge Beatie
had paid the Doctor a glowing tribute
etc.
I would like at this time to call the
attention of all citizens of Clacka
mas County to the unmanly part
played in this by Judge Beatie. In
January 1913 I complained to Judge
Beatie against the laxness of enforc
ing the law of quarantine in Scarlet
Fever cases in Clackamas . He how
ever made no investigation and so far
as I know took no further notice of
it, although the state law makes him
the chairman of the County Board of
Health (See Lord's Oregon Laws 46
95 Sec. 1.)
Later in January we took up the
matter with the State Board of Heal
th and Dr. White wrote Dr. Norris
on January 25th to investigate and at
the same time wrote to us that if Dr.
. Norris did not make satisfactory ar
rangements he would look after it in
person.
Dr. Norris was in Clackamas every
few days but never at any time vis
ited the school. During these few days
Dr. Norris told me and others that
the rules of the State Board of Health
were simply advisory. I immediately
wrote to Dr. White and on February
1 I received the following answer:
Mr. Henry Spies,
Clackamas, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
Answering your letter received to
day, the rules of the State Board of
Health are to be followed. In some
incorporated cities they make longer
requhmtuts, butwe believe these
are all that are essential and they
should be observed to the letter;
Yours very truly,
Calvin S. White
State Health Officer.
Dr. Norris however still continued
r in disregarding the law and early in
February I swore to a complaint
against Dr. Norris for violating the
Jaws of the State of Oregon and the
rules of the State Board of Health.
The State Board of Health sent a
committee of investigation to Oregon
City who put in a full day, examined
a number of witnesses end the testi
mony was taken down by his steno
grapher who the committee brought
with them.
A few days previous Dr. White
came to Clackamas and looked over
the situation. He entered the public
school and found that scarlet fever
patients had been readmitted to the
school by consent of Dr, Norris. On
some of them the scales were still
visible and some were admitted by
certificate from Dr. Norris in violat
ion of the law. Dr. White in an ad
dress to forty people, Including the
teachers, said that all had been turn
ed out too soon.
On March the 12th I wrote a letter
asking Dr. White in regard to further
testimony, having heard that an effort
was being made on the part of Mr.
C. D. Latourette and Judge Beatie to
influence the State Board. Dr. White
replied that letters had been received
asking that the offense on the part of
Dr. Norris be overlooked. In reply to
another letter Dr. White answers as
follows:
Mr. Henry Spiess,
Clackamas, Oregon.
My dear Mr. Spiess:
Acknowledging receipt of your let
ter of the 11th we have now trans
cribed the testimony and will bring
it before the Board on the 27th.
A great many people are beseiging
this office with letters asking that
the offense, if any, be overlooked, so
I can not tell you at this time what
action the -Board will take at its meet
ing, but will advise you promptly
wnen it is taken.
Yours very truly,
Calvin S. White
At a meeting of the State Board of
Health the following action was tak
en as seen from these letters first to
Dr. Norris.
March 81, 1913
Dr. J. W. Norris,
Dear Doctor,
Enclosed herewith is a copy of a
letter I have been instructed to write
to the County Judge of vour countv.
I have not' given out nor will I give
out any decision of the Board, but we
think it best that you should say that
on account of the discussions that
have arisen recently it would be bet
ter for your peace and comfort to re
sign. I shall hold Judg'3 Beatie's let
ter until 1 hear from you.
Yours very truly.
Calvin S. White
The letter, which was enclosed and
which Dr. White did not send to
Judge Beatie but a copy of which was
sent to Dr. IN orris is as follows:
March 81st, 1913
Judge Beatie,
Oregon City, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
At a meeting of the State Board of
Health on March 27, ?8, I was in
structed by the Board to advise vou
that after carefully considerinsr all
the evidence furnished ut the hear
ing of Dr. Norris, and that on ac
count of the acrimonious discussion
that has followed said investigation
the Board . deems it bert that after
May 1st some other man be appoint
ed to act as County Health Officer
in Dr. Norris stead.
Yours vtiry truly,
Calvin S. White.
These two letters Dr. Norris took
to Judge Beatie to read Judge Beat
ie at a public meeting in Oak Grove
Tuesday, July 1st, 1913. acknowledg
ed to have read when Dr. Norris pre
sented them to him on April 1, 1913,
these letters. Dr. Norris on the same
day wrote the following letter to the
State Board:
Oregon City, Oregon
April 1. 1913
Dr. Calvin S. White,
State Health Officer.
Dear Sir:
Mv resignation as Health Officer of
Clackamas County will be handed to
the County Judge as demanded by the
State Board of iiealh.
Very truly yours,
J. W. Norris, M. D.
After this consultation and after
Dr. Norris had written -the letter to
Dr. White, Judge Beatie told Dr. Nor
ris not to resign he would stay with
him. This the Judge acknowledged
that he . did. He thereby caused the
state board to be deceived as will be
seen by Dr. White's letter of April 1,
1913, in which he says: "His resignat
ion has been handed into the county
court."
In the month of May I showed
Judge Beatie copies of the letters
given above and he said that he had
seen them before, but the state board
HAD HELD ANOTHER, MEETING
AND HAD REVERSED THEIR
FORMER DECISION. On inquiry at
Dr. Whites ottice 1 was told that
THERE HAD BEEN NO OTHER
MEETING.
At the public meeting at Oak
Grove it developed that Judge Beat
ie made it his business to visit mem
bers of the state board of health and
bring pressure to bear to annul their
findings. Mr. C. Di Latourette also
brought pressure to bear upon the
state board. After a visit to Judge
Beatie's office where I had told him
that we would make inquiry and find
out why the demands of the state
board were not complied with, Mr.
Latourette met me on the street and
told me that great good had been ac
complished by my invesigation but
that THERE WOULD BE NO RES
IGNATION, that I must now lie down
THAT IT WOULD BE FOR MY
OWN GOOD TO QUIT.
Now what do the voters of this
county think of a man who makes it
his business to" hold a man in office
when the state board has removed
him? The law which gives them this
power read as follows:
The State Board of Health
shall have power to remove at
any time any county, city or town
health officer for intemperance,
failure to collect vital statistics,
' obey rules and by laws, keep rec
ords, make reports or answer let
ters of inquiry of said State
Board of Health concerning the
the health of the people."
The state board finds a man sruiltv
and removes him from office. Judge
Beatie; Latourette & Co., deceive, then
intimidate, then defy the State Board
of Health and the people; try to muz
zle the press, meet a man on the
street and if he will not consent to
look through their glasses, they will
tell him that he will have to lie down.
Judge Beatie knows a matter a
great deal better without testimony
than does any court with testimony.
ao now ieilow citizens, the first
opportunity we have at the ballot
box let us give this man the power to
lord it over us, and not continue to
deceive ourselves thinking we the
people have any rights in this county
mvuivmg tiny mutter in wmcn mis
gentleman has any interest.
in closing 1 will ask his honor
Judge Beatie if he will consent to de
bate these county matters with me
and each to have half Time and on
my part I agree not to let vou have a
dull minute. Perhaps it is asking too
much of the Judge to ask him to de
hate with me.
Henry Spiess
(to be continued)
WHO IS BEHIND?
Why These Different Qualities of
Grand Jury Justice?
Oregon City, July 7.
Courier:
The I. W. W's contend that we have
a law for the striker and another for
the strike breaker.
in the Oswego riot 12 union men
were held for riot, another strike
breaker held for assault with danger
ous weapon. A bill was found against
the 12 rioters, but none against the
strike breaker who shot a union man.
A train: 15 men held for riot in the
paper mills strike, or riot. The man
who pulled off the stunt for firing the
woolen mills was slightly investigat
ed. Did they go far enough, into the
matter to see whether it was a can
ard, or whether it was some union
man?
It was only fair to each that if in
nocent they should be vindicated, or
if guilty severely punished. A fire.
bug is a dangerous man to the com.
munitv.
And the last straw was the indict
ment of Editor Brown of the Courier.
This is surely the limit. By investi
gation we find that when Mr. Brown's
attention was called to the matter,
he at once made a correction.
But how about Editor Brodie? In
the Schuebel matter a year ago a for
mer grand jury failed to find a bill
aerainst him. but the present grand
jury found a bill against Brown for
a typographical error one that he
was perfectly willing to and did cor
rect as soon as his attention was call
ed to it
Who are behind these moves, any
how some influences, but what?
Citizen.
Not Yet Come In
Four law firms in Oregon City have
volunteered to defend the Courier ed
itor in his libel suit, but lest you
should ?uess them wrong, we hasten
to assure you O. D. Eby has not yet
applied. .
JURY INDICTS THE
COURIER EDITOR
NOT ON CHARGES AGAINST THE
COUNTY COURT
BUT ON A MAKEUP ERROR
Even Tho a Full Correction was
Promised and Made
M. J. Brown, editor of the Courier,
has been indicted for criminal libel by
the grand jury, the indictment being
found because of the publication in
the Courier June 26th,-tf three items
reprinted from the county court ex
penditures in the Courier of May 23,
wherein the names of R. B. Beatie
county Judge, W. H. Mattoon and N.
Blair, commissioners, were placed un
der the heading of "Tax Rebates." In
the issue of June 26 the Courier re
printed the items published May 23,
under the heading "Rebating Their
Own Taxes," with the following. "The
above rebates are to the three mem
bers of the county court, audited by
themselves." .
There were 34 days between the
first and second publication of the
names of the county court members
under the heading of "Tax Rebates"
and never a word was ever heard at
the Courier office that an error had
been made. Never a denial from the
county court or from any other source
was ever made or mentioned to the
Courier, nor did we ever hear of any
denial from any source.
June 23 this office received a let
ter calling attention to the fact of the
county court rebating its own taxes,
giving the date. We looked it up,
found it so printed, cl'Dped the three
items and we re-printed them June 26.
We believed the items were true,
and that the county court had rebated
their own taxes. The copy from
which the county court expenditures
were printed was furnished by the
county court, and when set up from
that copy, and proof read from that
copy, and when over 30 days had ex
pired and there had never been any
denial by the county ceurt, or any
claim by them or anyone else that
there was an error, we thought that
publication was correct and official.
June ze uounty went rauivey came
to the Courier office and asked to see
the copy of the County court expend
itures he furnished-this office, stat
ing it was evident an error had been
made.
The Courier's office rule is to keep
all copy for two weeks, after which it
is burned, hence the copy had been
destroyed. Mr. Mulvey 8aid his office
did not keep a duplicate of the copy
furnished the Courier, and we asked
him to get the Enterprise's copy, al
so their paper of May Z3, to deter
mine if their publication was the same
as ours.
The Enterprise copy showed the
three items were under the heading
of "General Roads" while in the
Courier it showed that the names of
Beatie, Mattoon, Blair with SIX
OTHER NAMES, A. S. Kent, Blaine
Calvin, V. G. Calvin, W. F. Stanton, J.
L. Stanton and Linn Calvin, were un
der the heading "Tax Rebates" and
that if an error was made NINE nam
es were wrong, and not just the three
county court members.
While the Enterprise copy was not
proof that the Courier made the er
ror, yet it was circumstantial that we
did, and we informed Mr. Mulvey we
would gladly print a correction and
explanation in as prominent a position
as the other was printed, both for
him and the county court.
And this we did the following week.
If the error was ours, it was one
every newspaper that runs a year
will make. It was no doubt made by
placing the lines in the forms and get
ting the heading "lax Rebates wnere
"General Roads" should have been.
These errors happen in the biggest
and smallest office; they have always
happened and always win.
But when after 34 days had passed
and not a voice had been raised, or
the error asked to be corrected, we
had every reason to think the publi
cation was correct when our attention
was called to it, and no reason to
think it was an error. So we called
attention to it June 26.
There was no warrant issued with
the indictment and no bail required.
Thursday morning it was current
rumor on the street that M. J. Brown
had been indicted.
It anneared that everybody , had
knowledge of it but M. J. Brown.
Our bosom friend 0. D. Eby was
busy reporting it, and was apparently
as happy over the news as a boy kill
ing snakes.
Mr. Eby doesn't show the true
Christian spirit he teaches toward the
Courier editor.
Ever since that mass meeting re
port, when he was shown up as the
man with whitewash pail and brush,
spreading it onto Judge Beatie as if
he was working peace work ever
since that Mr. Eby has shown no dis
position to want to hug the Courier
editor; and has never once invited him
to dinner.
And then we stopped his Courier
because he wouldn t pay his back sub
scription, and this didn't tend to mel
low up matters any, and he pounced
with glee on tne indictment, and was
as happy as a scandal monger at a
pink tea.
Just how Mr. Eby got his informat
ion nearly a half day before the in.
dieted man got his, we have been un
able to determine, but we hope to
find out.
When Mr. Eby had made street
gossip of it, Brown waited until noon
but no sheriff, and at 12:30 he called
up the sheriff's office and asked him
if there was an indictment. Deputy
Sheriff Staats said he had no official
knowledge of it, and could give bo
reason for the street repiorts.
Then Brown called tip the district
attorney's office and asked Mr. Stipp
if there was an indictment, and he re
plied he was in a position where he
could not say anything. We asked
him if the report was true, if we were
not entitled to as advanced informat
tion as Mr Eby had, but he said he did
not know where Mr. Eby got his in
formation. After dinner we were notified by
phone. Mr. Eby beat us to it by sev
eral hours. But perhaps he was more
interested.
The complaining witnesses on the
indictment were Judge R. B. Beatie
and Commissioner W. H Mattoon.
Mr. Mattoon came into the Courier
office last week, and in the presence
of witnesses, stated that the Courier
made a mistake in putting a rebate
tax head over his, Beatie's and Blair's
names, and asked if wu would cor
rect it. We told him we had already
done so, and an explanation would be
printed on the first page, when he
made this reply:
"So long as the correction reaches
the same readers as the other article
did, there is no harm done."
We did not know at the time of
this conversation that there was an
indictment.
WHY?
GEORGE C. BROWNELL
STATED IN HIS PUBLIC AD
DRESS AT WRIGHT'S SPRIN
GS LAST MONTH iHAT THE
CHARGES MADE AMD PRINT
ED AGAINST THE COUNTY
COURT WERE "MISREPRE
SENTATIONS, LIES" AND
SLANDER."
ROBERT BEATIE, COUNTY
JUDGE ,IN HIS OAK GROVE
ADDRESS STATED THE
CHARGES WERE F.VLSE.
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY
OF THESE . CHARGES; THEY
HAVE BEEN PRINTED ON
THE RECALL PETITIONS,
THEY HAVE BEEN MADE IN
PUBLIC MASS MEETINGS,
THEY HAVE BEEN MADE OV-
ER SIGNATURES AND A
PART OF THEM CVER AFFI
DAVITS. I
THE COURIER HAS PRINT
ED THEM ALL.
THE COURIER IS UNDER
INDICTMENT FOR LIBEL.
IT IS NPT INDICTED FOR
A ONE OF THESE CHARGES.
IT IS INDICTED FOR A TYP
OGRAPHICAL ERROR.
JUDGE R. B. BEATIE AND
COMMISSIONER WILLIAM
MATTOON WERE THE WIT
NESSES BEFORE THfi GRAND
JURY, AS IS SHOWN ON THE
INDICTMENT.
THESE ARE FACTS.
AND NOW SEE IF THE
COURIER QUITS AND LAYS
DOWN.
Once Upon a Time
Do you voters remember that last
spring there was a big mass meeting
in .this city, a mass meeting called by
the farmers of this county to inves
tigate the expenditures of the county
court 7
Do you remember that in that meet
ing, among other charges, E. D. Olds
stated in explaining the moves of the
county court that Judge Robert Beat
ie had himself drawn a warrant for
$2,000 to pay the Coast Bridge Co.
for the Fisher bridge 7
And do you remember that Judge
Beatie interrupted Mr. Olds and call
ed out:
"You'll have to prove that. Ed."
"Your own signature proves it."
answered Olds.
This was weeks and weeks ago. The
grand jury has come and gone.
Old's hasn't had to prove it yet. He
has not been indicted.
WHY?
Was Somebody Waiting?
For 34 days there was never a
whisper that the names of the three
county commissioners had been put
under a wrong heading in the offic
ial county court records. There was
never It dinial, never a request for
correction just great s.lcnce.
And when weaks afterward this pa
per commented on the publication of
over a month febore, then there fol
lowed a criminal indictment.
Is it possible that someone was
waiting all these weeks for that com
ment? Good Time on Sunday July 20
Kirkpatrick Council, No. 2227 will
entertain members and the public
with dancing, athletic games, etc., at
Canemah Park. The finest orchestra
in Portland has been engaged for this
special excursion and picnic, and
plenty of refreshments will be sold
on the grounds. Admission to dance
25 cents. Come and spend the day at
Canemah, the beautiful park on the
Willamette.
IS
STARTED, GET IN
ELEVEN ENTERED AND MORE
ARE COMING IN
A GREAT CONTEST ASSURED
See List of Contestants on Page 10
and Get In
Last week the bugle was sounded;
it was a call to arms. This week we
announce the firing of the first guns.
THE BATTLE HAS BEGUN.. The
COURIER'S big campaign battle for
1,000 new subscriptions is now on. is
YOUR NAME IN THE LISTS OF
CONTESTANTS? If it is not you
must hurry and get in your nominat
ion or else you are going to lose a
wonderful chance to carry away one
of many wonderful prizes amounting
in all to $2000.00,
IT IS NOT TOO LATE
No it is not too late to enter.
Come on along! Come on alongl Up!
Ud! Get the money. Think of it; a
weekly paper offering THREE trips
to the WORLD'S FAIR; a $750.00
EILER'S Bungalow Player Piano;
100.00 in GOLD; Two Lots and
1.000 in Gold Bond Certificate. You
never heard of the like before, did
you? It is not too late to begin. In
fact every one is just beginning. This
is the starting week. Send in your
name tonight along with a few sub-,
scriptions to give you a good boost.
IT OJNLX LASTS 1VJS WIil!.ft.S
This is not one of those "strung
out" contests. It is begun, run and
over before you really know 'it. And
the beauty of it all is that if you win
a World's Fair trip and would rather
have the money instead we will give
you $100.00 in the place of it.
. Kather easy isn't it : itatner easy
to pick up $100.00 in five weeks.
That's not the big thing either. The
big thing is the $750.00 Player Piano.
$750.00 in five weeks. "GOOD
NIGHT LET ME TO IT!" I should
think as much. It's a good chance even
if you do lose. Every contestant gets
something. That is, every contestant
that turns in $10.00 or more during
the five weeks. We like to use that
word FIVE. Only five WEEKS. No
wonder the Contest Editor says "It's
a Bear." . More than $500.00 a week
if you re the ONE.
.. jno liooy, ivnows
You can't tell when the first trip
will be awarded.-It will go when the
300th new subscription reaches the
office. That only means 60 five year
new subscriptions. It also means the
total amount from all contestants.
That time may be in TWO or THREE
days. So you see it's important to
get in your results in every night.
Get them in the Post Office if you
are out of town and the post mark
will count the time of the deposit.
Every body s Doing It
Everybody seems to be turning in
subscriptions. It all means votes, too.
These votes go to someone, why not
you? Get out and see your friends at
once. Tell them you need help. They
will help you. It will be a mighty poor,
grouch that won't help a contestant
to win a trip to the World's Fair. You
will find very few Old Men Grumps in
Clackamas county. If you find one
report him to the Contest Editorwe
want people to know just who he
may be.
Be a Winner
The world loves a winner. The
world loves a DOING contestant; a
CAN contestant. Everybody loves a
winner. Help yourself and hundreds
will hurry to your rescue. DON'T
GET COLD FEET! Thnt's the big
thing in the contest game. You can
never know how the game will go
until the last batter is out in the last
inning. You may be a "Ty Cobb," or
a "Wagoner" you can't tell. All suc
cessful people have taken a CHANCE.
If they had not they could never have
been successful. If you fight a good
fight and lose what of it? You were
brave enough to try and if you
fought a good fight; fought the best
vou could. Deonle will honor you and
you will be far greater as a good loser
than you would be not to taice a
chance.
What Kind of Stuff are You Made
Of?
A mother is proud of a successful
son: a' successful daughter. So is a
father. Show the people what kind of
stuff you are made of. You can do
that and be a loser for all that. The
question is are you a good fighter?
Show up! .
The $750.00 Player Piano is Here
Have you seen the crowd in front
of the Courier office? Fire? No. It's
the Diano that's doing it. Come and
see it. Hear it. Nothing like it before.
Come in and let us cheer you up.
Miss Bunny Ownbey bditor
Miss Bunny Ownbey is the contest
editor. All votes ana suDscnption
moneys sro through her care, .Every-
body knows Miss Ownbey and they
know that her name means a square
deal.
Messrs. Teall and Blower are on the
job every minute boosting the con
test and makinar it easy for contes.
tants. They are at your service. Call
and see them or have them call and
see you. They will tell you how to do
it and help you do it .now is tne
time not tomorrow for tomorrow
never comes. Today. That means hur
ry. That means you.
A YEAR AGO
Justice Seems to Have Changed its
Scales In the Past Year
The Enterprise in its explanation
of the charges on which the Courier
- i : a . : a j m 1:1 1
euiwr was inuicteu lur uuei dbd.
These disbursements were
made by the county court under
the head of "general roads" and
were listed under that head in
the copy furnished the Courier
CONTEST
by County Clerk Mulvey. Either
wilfully or unintentionally the
three lines were transposed from
under the head of "general roads"
to "tax rebate."
Why doesn't the Enterprise try to
be entirely fair for just once to see
how it would seem? Why doesn't it
say that NINE lines were transposed
from under the heading of "general
roads" to "tax rebate, and not make
it appear that just the THREE mem
bers of the county court were in the
error ?
The Enterprise editor has been thru
the mill and should at least apprec
iate fairness.
Just before the primaries last year
that paper published an article, sign
ed by Gustavo Schnoerr that was a
clear and rank violation of the cor
rupt practice law. Thers were no two
ways about it. There was the law and
there was the publication. The people
made the law for protection against
just such abuses as the Enterprise
perpetrated when it published the
false and maliciously libelous article.
The grand jury returned no true
b'ill they did not indict.
And yet just last month the Enter-
prise owned up that the charges it
printed against Attorney Schuebel
were not true. That paper printed a
public notice that it had "published
an offensive political advertisement"
charging Mr. Schuebel with "being
corrupt and corruptable," and goes on
to state:
The editor of the Enterprise
has known Mr. Schuebel for many
years and never believed any of
the charges were true. Mr. Schue
bel's integrity and public spirit
are unquestioned among those
who know him,' and his useful and
consistent conduct while in the
legislature fully Justify that con
fidence. Here you have an editor of a paper
acknowledging HE NEVER BELIEV
ED THE UHAKUES JtiE fKlNTED
WERE TRUE, owning up that he
knew they were false and libelous, yet
the grand jury did not indict.
in 1909 the following law was en
acted :
If the person charged with po
litical libel shall prove on his trial
that he had reasonable grounds
to believe they were true, and
that he was not actuated by mal
ice in making such publication,
it shall be a sufficient defense to
such charge, but in that event,
and as a part of such defense,
the author and the printer, or the
printer or publisher, or other per
son charged with such crime,
shall also prove that at least fif
teen days before such letter, bill,
poster, circular or placard, con
taining such false statement or
statements, was printed and cir
culated, he or they cause .to- be
served personally or in person
upon the candidate to whom it
related, a copy thereof in writ
ing." The libelous statement the Enter
prise published THE DAY OF THE
K1MAK1ES, and no such notice was
ever served on Mr, Schuebel.
It was as open a violation of the
law as could have been made.
The Enterprise in its own columns'
admits the charges wero false and
that HE NEVER BELIEVED THEY
WERE TRUE, yet that paper was
not indicted.
That paper is owned by a stock
company composed of politicians and
interests, by men who nave been and
yet are the "ring" that has run the
politics and the jobs of this county,
a ring that controls the patronage
and makes and unmakes.
And it is mighty handy to have
such backing, it appears
This paper hasn t it.
Free Advertising for Three
Monday the Courier editor receiv
ed an invitation to a luncheon to be
held in Portland Thursday noon. It
was sent by a Portland newspaper
man and was addressed:
Indicted Editor Brown
Courier, Oregon City
It appeared that O. D. Eby was
afraid we were not going to get suf
ficient publicity in this matter. He
need not worry or work any more.
We are getting a splendid tun of it,
and being wholly unselfish we are go
ing to divide it with him and Judge
Beatie. And any time they think they
think they are not getting their share.
a kick will turn us loose again.
Canemah Park, July 20
Sunday, July 20, Kirkpatrick Coun-
cil, No. 2227, Knights and Ladies of
Security will give a jolly picnic ex
cursion to Canemah Purk this city.
There will be dancing, all kinds of
athletic sports, best Union music, and
good time for all. Admission 25c
The public is cordially invite .d
SHOTS GO WILD
And Oak Grove Girl has Narrow Es
cane for Her Life
Charles Wright, well known in this
city, and who recently sold his barber
shop here, is in the county jail here
for an attempt to kill Miss Elsie Ut-
iker at Oak Grove Tuesday.
Wright went to Oak Grove Tuesday
hid in the bushes, and when the girl
went by, opened fire on her. He shot
at her twice, but on account of being
intoxicated, the shots went wild.
Hearing the shots, residents hurried
to the Bcene, when Wright promptly
surrendered and Deputy Shentr Wor
thinirton broutrht him to the iail hers
Wright told Sheriff Mass the gilr
had ruined his life. The man is critic
ally ill with B right's disease and is
a nervous wreck from excessive drink
ing.
WANTED !
Girls and Women
To operate Sewing Machines
in garment factory.
Oregon City Woolen Mills
CHAUTAUQUA
IS
LARGEST OPENING ATTEND
ANCE IN ASSEMBY'S HISTORY
STRONGEST OF ATTRACTIONS
Oregon City People Don't Know What
they are Missing this Year
You folks of Clackamas county,
who have been unable to get down to
Chautauqua at Gladstone Park, are
missing the time of your lives. The
session, which by the way is the
twentieth annual event, opened yes
terday under most encouraging cir
cumstances, with a good big crowd,
and most excellent attractions.
There are more campers on the
ground this year than ever before
in fact the picturesque park is a ver
itable "tent city." People have come
from Portland, and every section of
old Clackamas county to pitch their
tents among other Chautauqua folk.
The morning classes, which are at
tracting wide attention, and the Lad
ies' Band of Portland, which gives
daily concerts, is making a great hit.
Last night the famous Sierra Quar
tette of Los Angeles, gave the con
cert in tho main auditorium. Two. big
features are given each daily in the
massive building, and include: .
Thursday, July 10 Tyrolean Al
pine Singers.
Friday, July 11 Frances Carter,
recital; grand concert in the evening.
July 13 Dr. W. B. Hinson, Maude
Willis, dramatic interpreter.
July 14 Maud Willis; recital;
Matt Hughes, lecture.
July 15 Colonel Bain, lecture; E.
G. Lewis, lecture.
July 16 Dr. Matt,S Hughes; Fran
ces Carter, recital.
July 17 Grace Lamkin; Colonel
Bain,
July 18 Walt Holcomb, lecture;
'Prof. B. R. Baumgart, lecture.
July 19 Walt Holcomb, lecture;
Prof. Baumgardt, lecture.
July 20 Colonel Bain, lecture; .
Prof. Baumgardt, lecture.
These are for the afternoon and ev
ening and every one a star attraction,
which you cannot afford, to miss.
Season tickets can yet be secured and
the daily admissions, at 25c admit to
everything from morning until late at
night. .
The park is most beautiful and the
great army of campers is having a
very enjoyable time. The ball series
between Clackamas, Oswego, Oregon
City, Commercial Club, Price Bros.,
and Logan is also drawing big crowds.
WILL YOU ANSWER THESE?
Few Questions the Voters of This
County are Asking
To Judge R. B. Beatie:
Did not your brotherinlaw, Mr.
Myers made the inspection of the sps
pension bridge in this city, for which
a bill was audited for $350 to a Mr.
Skoggin of Portland? Will you ans
wer this question through the Cour
ier? In your speech at Oak Grove you
made no further defense of the bridge
charges than that this county got the
same bridges and contracts as Linn
and other counties. Why don't you
answer the findings of the expert, Mr.
Uroo, who measured and computed
the steel in these bridges and found
them about $7,000 short. Will you
explain this, Mr. Beatie ?
At the Uak Grove speech you never
mentioned the court house charges,
nor showed where from $7,000 to
$9,000 in excess of tlu architect's
plans went to. Will you explain this,
Mr. ueatiex
Of the franchise the county court
gave to the Portland Gas & Coke Co.,
you explained that the words "Points
and places beyond" only applied to
the Golf Links section, and was so
understood by the County Court. Will
you explain WHY the contract was
not drawn to SPECIFY just WHAT
it embraced, and why the loop hole
"To points and places beyond" was
slipped in? Will you explain what
and where those "points and places
beyond" were that you gave away ?
Uf the timber cruising contract you
stated that you gave it to Mr. Nease,
of the Nease Lumber Co., because
you wanted to get an honest cruise.
You pay Peter Boyles $150 a month
to check up the cruising and to de
termine its correctness and honesty.
Why did not you give him the con
tract TO MAKE THE CRUISE AT
$300 a month or $500 a month and
8a ve the county thousands of dollars?
in the matter of the fight of Kev.
Spiess for a lawful and safer condit
ion of public health, WHY did YOU
individually set yourself as above the
whole county of Clackamas and the
State Board of Health of Oregon and
tell the county health officer NOT TO
that you would stay with
him, when his resignation had been
demanded by the State Board of
Health?
Will Judge Beatie answer these
questions through the Courier?
"Power, Payrolls, Prosperity"
Nearly every city in Oregon has its
slogan. Oregon City has the above. It
means more than a jingle of word. It
means the slogan.
Man or Mule?
Next Wednesday night at 7:30, W.
F. Ries, the celebrated author and
lecturer, will tell you the difference
between men and mules, under the
topic: "Socialism Properly Exposed."
Ries is a great speaker and he will
present some of the hottest propos
itions you ever listened to. It is free,
and at Willamette hall. Se ethe ad.
on page 9.
NOW
OPENED