THE PRICE OF THE OREGON CITY COURIER IS $1.50 PER YEAR. ALL SPECIAL OFFERS CANCELLED. CONTEST MANAGER
,COU
The Farmers Society of Equity is
spreading over this county and tht
Courier is spreading with it. Its ad'
vertising columns are good as gold
Clackamai County Fair
September 24, 25, 26,j27
Canby, Oregon
OREGON CITY, ORE , THURSDAY, JULY 17 1313.
No. 8
31st YEAR
OREGON
CITY
MM
BEATIE WANTED
C0URIERJND1CTED
JUST WANTED TO GET EVEN
FOR THE COURER'S RE
CALL EFFORTS,
Here are a few points we want to
keep before you men who do your
Own reasoning:
Judge Beatie a nd Commissioner
Mattoon appeared before the grand
jury and an indictment for libel for
the Courier editor resulted.
May 23 nine names of men of this
county were put under a heading of
tax rebates.
The indictment of th grand jury
was NOT for this publication.
Five weeks later the Courier call
ed attention to the publication of May
23 and stated the county court had
rebated its own taxes.
Then Robert Beatie and William
Mattoon went before the grand jury
and an indictment was returned.
There is no positive evidence that
the Courier office made on error in its
publication of the nine names under a
wrong heading May 23. .
.The evidence that it did was the
copy of the Enterprise office, but the
.Courier office did NOT use the Enter
prise copy. Other copy was furnished
this office.
Circumstances point that the mat
ter WAS an error, and was the Cour
ier's error, and we believe it was this
office's error that a wrong heading
was accidentaly put over nine names
under general roads, making them ap
pear under tax rebates.
Thirty-four days went by,, and
neither Mr. Beatie or Mr. Blair asked
for any correction, made any allusion
to the mistake or set up any cry that
the publication was "false and scan
dalous" matter. No person ever in any
manner called any attention to this
office that the publication was wrong.
And 34 days after we commented
on the publication. We did so because
we believed the publication May 23
was true and we had a right to make
the comment.
Before the grand jury the editor of
this paper explained this matter as it
is explained here, and showed that
body NINE names, NOT three, were
included under the heading of tax re
bates. One of the members of the jury
asked the editor if he did not think it
wouli be auact cf justice to make a
correction and retraction of the com
ment this paper made.
The editor told him it had already
been written and was in type.
As soon as our attention was call
ed to the matter by County Clerk
Mulvev a correction was written and
it was printed on the front page of
the next edition.
Commissioner William Mattoon
came to the Courier office, and asked
if a correction would be made. We
showed him WHERE IT HAD BEEN
MADE. He said he would read it
when his paper came and he stated
in the presence of three men that so
long as the Courier gave the same
prominence to the correction as it did
to the comment "no harm was done."
Now Mr. Mattoon was one of the
witnesses before the grand jury that
indicted the Courier editor for pub
lishing "false and 'scandalous matter
with intent to injure ana deiame
said W. H. Mattoon, N. Blair and R.
B. Beatie."
What do you think about it?
Do you think W. H. Mattoon and
Judge Beatie are injured after a
full explanation was made, and the
explanation promised before the in
dictment was returned?
Why didn't they appear before the
grand jury weeks before when the
first publication was made?
It was in session?
Why did Beatie and Mattoon wait
34 days before ever a denial of the
publication was made
Were they waiting and expecting a
comment waiting for it so they
could secure an indictment I
Draw your own conclusions.
If these men had secured an indict
ment on any one of the CHARGES
that have been made against the
county court, charges of extrava
gance, franchises, contracts and per
sonal and political moves that look de
cidedly shady if the Courier had
been held because of one or many of
these articles it has published, then
would we have taken our medicine and
never made a protest.
But no indictments were brought
on any of these charges the charges
that have brought about a recall el
ection. : You men who reason, make what
you may out of the Courier indict
ment an indictment founded on a
mistake of lines of type, a mistake
the like of which is made and always
will be made as long as newspapers
are printed.
But we will state that if Mr. Beatie
and Mr. Blair thought this indictment
would so scare the Courier editor
that he would hike out on a vacation
that would last until after the recall
election was over, that these gentle
men are mighty poor judges of hu
man nature, and they have several
more guesses coming.
Who Will Try It?
Ward Bean is out for notoriety,
He is physical instructor of the Phil
adelphia college of Pharmacy. Ev-
dently there are not many who know
Mr. W. W. B. and he wants to shine.
He says he is an authority upon
the care and development of the hu
man body, and in the Philadelphia
Inquirer he springs' a line of don'ts to
prove it and here is the batting order:
"Don't wear high collars.
"Don't wear suspenders.
"Don't wear a belt
"Don't wear anything else that is
apt to retard the circulation of air
through one's clothing.
Mr. Bean goes on with several
more inches of don'ts, but there is no
use dragging in the finish until there
is some possibility of getting away
with some of the city's by laws and
Chief Shaw would have instructions
to discourage the practice.
What do you thmk about some
Philadelphia professor advising men
to leave off suspenders and belts ?
Some of you fellows try out Prof.
Bean's training for a day or two, and
let us know how it works out.
Some Circulation, This Courier
During the past six months the
Courier has added almost 900 new sub
scribers to its list. -
The present contest will put on as
many more new ones.
This paper has readers, live readers
and not a subscriber on the list that
is over a year in arrears.
And such a subscription list means
something to the advertiser who
knows its value. :
The Courier is Open.
Once more, and this is the third
time, this paper offers its columns to
any man or woman voter of Clacka
mas county to defend the members
of the county court against the recall.
We offer the space in all fairness
We will give any resident - of this
county a hearing. We invite you to
use these columns to show where the
charges against the county court are
untrue or where any member ot the
county court has been done an injus
tice. We ask the members of the
court to use it.
In Some counties They Indict.
A Portland daily paper last Satur
day committed an inexcusable blunder
when it headed an item from its cor
respondent in this city "Hillsboro
Butchers Under Charges." The body
of the story plainly told that the place
of business of the alleged offenders
was many miles distant and in anoth
er town. Hillsboro Independent .
In our issue of two weeks ago anJ
anonymous letter published at the re
quest of Prosecutor Don Upjohn, was
made to read as coming from Falls
City, and asserting that gambling was
being carried on there. Falls City was
not the town mentioned in the letter
but by some unknown juggling of the
types it was so designated and en
tirely overlooked in the proof read
ing. Dallas Itimizer.
WILL JUDGE BEATIE ANSWER?
REV. HENRY SPIESS ASKS HIM
SOME DIRECT ONES
How Can-he Aside Findings of
Another Court r..
Courier:
The Judfi-e says I had a sore spot
and that is why I complained against
Norns. Is it a sore spot when you
find out that every health law has
been violated? That the rules of the
State Board have been set aside ? Did
the Judge have a sore spot when he
went before the grand jury ! la it
more important to punish a man for
an error, in print which was corrected
than to have the health laws ai tne
state violated? These violations were
published, and the sections of the law
given, yet the violator is taken under
the protecting wing of the Judge.
Why?
Both Dr. JN orris ana ir. BtricKiana
gave testimony that the spread of
scarlet fever in Clackamas was en
tirely due to the breaking of quaran
tine and carelessness of first cases
but Dr. Norris is the man whose duty
it was to enforce these laws, yet he
did not Quarantine these first cases,
Why must the judge protect mm
in his violations? One man uninten
tionally violates the law and puts
dynamite in the river to dislodge an
obstruction;, he is indicted. Anotner
violates the health laws and the as-
sistent district attorney has been told
of it. vet no investigation. Why?
Will some one please answer aier
reading Lords Oregon Laws 4695 up
to and including 4700. (L. lauo, c,
107, p. 297,5).
4700 is as follows:
Violations of Act a Misdemeanor
Any persan or persons, any
board of health or the officers of
any corporation who shall yiolate
any corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of this act
shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor and upon conviction '
thereof shall be fined not - less
than $10 nor to exceed $100
The above was grossly violated
The violations were published. The
attention of the district attorney's of
fice was called to these violations in
January. Nothing has yet been done,
We were told that the STATE board
of HEALTH were the proper ones to
enforce these laws, but as soon as the
State Board found the man guilty
Judge Beatie woke up and said
"Spiess you are sore.
How is it that the county judge can
set aside the findings of another court
An answer to the above questions
will be greatly appreciated by several
thousand people as wen as myself.
Henry Spiess
Why Not Oregon City?
Efforts are being made by the res
idents of Milwaukie, Minthorn, Ar-
denwald and vicinity of these places
to secure the larere automobile manu
facturing establishment that is to be
erected by the Beaver State Motor
ComDanv. the automobiles to be man
ufactured being of the "Beaver Six'
make. In order to have this company
establish its place of business it re
quire $25,000 in stock. Of this amount
there has been already raised by the
citizens of that section $12,000, and
N. B. Harvey of Ardenwald has do
nnfpH five acres for the huildine- site.
This is one of the most valuable
nieces of land in that section. Mr. Co
ombs is presdent of the automobile
company.
The residents of Uresham are en
deavoring to secure the manufactur
in? Dlant for that place, but the peo
ple of Milwaukie are endeavoring to
nave it estaDiisnea in iiacKamas
County.
BOY SHOOTS DOG,
IN
S
DEPUTY SHERIFF TOO HANDY
WITH HIS COLT'S AU
TOMATIC, '
Earl McNaughton, a Portland boy
18 vears old. lies in the hospital in
this city with a bullet hole through
his leg and a 32 calibre bullet in his
intestines. ...
William Mumpower, a deputy
sheriff of Stone is under arrest on a
charge of assault with intent to kill.
The story as told by neighbors and
told on the street is substantially as
follows: .
Two Portland boys, Earl McNough-
ton and Lester Coomer, were . on a
country ride on motorcycles Sunday,
along the Clackamas river, and while
riding past a farm residence of W.
L. Kirchem, a bull dog ran out into
the road and attack Coomer who was
in the lead. One story is that the dog
became entangled in the machine and
,was injured, and that McJNougnton
shot him. Another is that While he
was chasing or running along side
the first machine McNoughtan fired
and killed the dog. Then the boys rode
away. j -.... , - . ...
Mr. Kirchem was very wratny over
the death of the dog, and he called
on the deputy sheriff, William Mum-
power, to catch the boys. The deputy
and Kirchem followed the boys in
an auto, and when the motorcyclists
came to a broken bridge and could go
no farther, they were overtaken by
the deputy and arrested.
The boys made no resistence, ana
McNouehton handed over to the de
puty the revolver with which he had
killed the dog. The party of four
then started for Oregon City, the boys
pushing their machines along to
where they were to be put in a Darn.
The story is that both the boys
were apparently adjusting their ma
chines, and the deputy tearing they
might try to jump out warned them
not to try to escape, when the Mc
Noughton boy called out, "we won't
try to run," at the same time swing
ing onto the seat and turned the ma
chine wide open.
' Mumpower then opened his Colt's
automatic and shot several times, one
bullet going through the boy's leg
and another through his back, lodg
ing m his intestines. ; The wounded lad
stuck to his machine . and rode it
nearly a mile, whan he came to a fish
ing part, where he fell from his ma
chine. Two autos were in the party
and the campers carried him to a car
when they hurriedly started to the
city before the auto of the deputy ar
rived.
As soon as the car reached this city
Sheriff Mass was notified, and he at
once started for Mumpower, but the
deputy was already on his way to the
sheriff's, office by another road. He
gave himself up, his star was taken
from him and he was placed under ar
rest. .
The boy, while seriously wounded,
is doing nicely, and the Doctors Mount
say symptoms are very favorable for
recovery. The bullet has not been
taken out, and will not be unless con
ditions make it necessary.
That the deputy far exceeded his
authority there is no dispute, but he
claims that he did not shoot to hit the
boy, but rather to puncture the tire of
his machine,
Mumpower was released on his own
word. He is said to be well regarded
in his home neighborhood. .
COUNTY TAXES EXCESSIVE
Pomona Grange Cornea Out with
Strong Resolution for Reform
The Pomona Grange met -at Tual
atin July 9, at which time business of
importance was transacted. Among
this was the passing of .the following
resolution, ordered to -be. published in
the Oregon City papers: "
Whereas, The taxes of (JlacKamas
County are getting to be a burden to
the taxpayers without any. adequate
returns, and
Whereas the records of our county
government are kept in a loose and
unbusinesslike manner, and
Whereas our County Court refuses
to give any just explanation or state
ment as to how our money has been
expended:
Therefore be it resolved that Clack
amas County Pomona Grange hereby
wishes to go on record as being in
favor of a thorough investigation of
our County affairs by a disinterested
and competent person and if neces
sary to take ledgai steps to remedy
same.
Signed by the Committee,
t Florance A. Dickinson
H. W. Hagemann .
T. L. Turner
Maggie A. Johnson
IS THE STATE THE GOAT
When ' Clackamas - County Collects
$658,758 in Taxes in One Year
"Increased taxes due to state's Man
date," is the big patent medicine
heading the Enterprise runs across a
two column article of county court
apology for high taxes in Clackamas
county.
And the same article shows by its
plain figures that last year there was
paid by this county by regular and
state taxes the enormous sums of
SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
Think of this, you tax payers.
Think of $658,758 paid into the coun
ty in twelve months. -
Almost $55,000 a month, over $12,
000 a week.
And then laying it onto the state
legislature.
That the state has added to the bur-
den, there is no doubt, but that is no
excuse for over $600,000 being ex
pended in this county in one year.
Because special levies add to this
giant tax fund is no excuse, for it
is a certainty the precincts would not
levy special taxation on themselves
if they were getting anything like
road results from the great sums the
county court pays out each month
for roads. ; They tax themselves and
do privately what the county court
does not do for them, and it begins
to look like this the only way to get
passable roads to markets.
Six hundred thousand dollars can't
be covered up by loading it onto the
state legislature because it was levied
and collected in Clackamas ocunty.
And as long as these great sums
are collected there will excessive tax
ation in this county.
' And the Courier believes Pomona
Grange is dead right when it registers
a protest.
WHAT ABOUT THIS?
ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME FOR PEO
PLE TO FIND OUT.
Are Politics and Pull to Enter Into
.' Life and Death
In reply to the communication and
the official letters published by Rev.
Henry Spiess in last week's Courier-,
Wednesday's Enterprise printed the
following letter from the State Board
of Health written to Judge Beatie:
Portland. Oregon. July 14, 1913
Judge Beatie,
Oregon City, Oregon.
Dear Sir:. -, .
Answering your inquiry of today,
the board has taken no decisive ac
tion in regard to the matter of Dr.
JNorris since giving the official infor
mation that Dr. Norris had not re
signed.. No official . notice of the former
hearing was ever sent to you.
A special meeting of the board will
be held within the next ten days and
a definite action taken one way or the
other, and you will be promptly no
tified of that action.
Yours very truly,
. CALVIN S. WHITE
State Health Officer.
Here's another letter. It was writ
ten to Dr. Calvin S. White. Note the
date. , . . ,
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 Health.
Very truly yours.
Dr. J. W. Norris, M.'D.
AS DEMANDED BY THE STATE
BOARD OF HEALTH. Get that?
After Dr. Norris had written this
letter to the health board. Judge
Beatie told him NOT TO RESIGN
and HE WOULD STAY WITH HIM.
Judge Beatie admitted this in his
Oak Grove seeech.
The state board of health told this
office over thephone that Dr. Norris
had resigned.
The Enterprise published a news
storv that his resignation had been
tendered and would take ettect May
1.
Isn't it about time the people took
a hand in this matter and went to
the bottom of it?
Isn't it time to insist that politics
and pull be eliminated from the most
important offices in the state or ure
gon and that the people demand that
public health matters rhall not be
kicked around !
It's time for public sentiment to
FORCE public investigation of this
very nasty smelling mess. Isn't it
about time to start indignation meet
ings.
EVERY WEEK GROWING
Courier Has Largest Circulation Be-
: tween Salem and Portland
' The "advertising in this issue of the
Courier is proof enough that it
reaches the readers ofClackamas
countv.
- Not an inch of it has been solicited,
It comes because the Courier reaches
the people that makes advertising
valuable, and it pays well to reach
them.
The Courier has the largest sworn
circulation of any newspaper between
Portland and Salem, and every week
it is errowinsr.
The votme contest is adding nuna
reds of names from all parts of the
countv.
If vou want to reach the readers.
this paper is the medium. It may cost
a little more than other papers, but
it delivers the ads.
ABOUT THE RECALL.
If You Registered at the Last Election
you Need not Register Again.
There have been many inquiries
at the Courier office as to whether or
not a registered voter in the last gen
eral election would have to register
again before he can vote at the re
call election.
From County Clerk Mulvey, from
an opinion from Attorney General
Crawford and from local attorneys
all agree that any person that was
registered at the general election does
not have to again register until the
next creneral election.
However, any man or woman who
did not register or vote at the last gen
erfel election must register before
they can vote at the recall election.
Houseboat for sale or rent, with
salmon nets, cork lines, five fijk nets,
27 crawfish nets, etc. Below Willam
ette Falls, Oregon City. John Melin.
WANTED General house work by
competent firl. Ask at Courier of
fice. .
T
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ARE POURING IN
ICK YOUR WINNER AND HELP
LAND COURIER'S BIG
PRIZES,
Ii's rolling in. The subscriptions to
the Courier we mean. They are new
ones in the main too. That means
much. It means that the Courier has
a multitude of friends throughout the
rural section that are waiting only to
be called on to turn in their share of
the support to make the hig $2000 sub
scription compaigunmr f dw ly lyu ylw
scription campaign a great success;
dozen of subs are also coming in from
the city folks this shows that the
Courier stanas in good lavor in cny
circles. The reason everybody likes
the Courier is because it stands for
everything that is square and clean.
If you are not on tne courier hsi
you can't be up with the great move
ment for clean politics that is now
being waged.
Hundreds ot Kenewais
Hundreds of renewals are also roll-
mtr in. Subscribers that are paio. a
year or so in advance are rallying to
their favorite contestant and paying
as high as five years in advance so
that the Courier contest will be a
wonderful success.
Many have said it can't be done.
One thousand new subscriptions in six
weeks. But the loyal friends or the
Courier are showing that it can be
done.
, Show Up.
Are vou a friend of the Courier?
Do you believe in the big fight the
Courier is now making for better gov
ernment? Then show your apprecia
tion by mustering up a few subs and
turning them in to the credit of your
favorite contestant. Look the list of
contestant over and pick out your
winner and then go to it.
. Miss Parry in Lead.
Miss Parry of Beaver Creek, is in
the lead today. How long she will
keep it we don't know. We are going
to try and award a trip this week. The
first trip will be given, it may be
by Saturday night.
wow is tne time to neip. ssoi to
morrow, but today. If ycu have made
a promise to a contestant fill it now.
They need your help now
Who will be on top next weekr
That's up to the friends of the con
testants get busy. , (
Miss Kate Cooper becona
Miss Kate Cooper of Oregon City,
is second in the race today. Miss
Cooper has been in the lead for sev
eral days past, and she is now a near
runner to the first place. Any one who
has promised to help Miss Cooper
cannot find a more opportune time
to help her than at present.
Miss Cooper is followed cioseiy oy
. G. Fletchner, Miss Hazel Erickson
Miss Noami Armstrong and Miss
Mary Green.
The friends of Miss Erickson will
perhaps be rather surprised to see the
advancement she has made in the last
day or so. Miss Erickson has ad
vanced in the last two days from
nineth to fourth place.
Miss Armstrong and Miss Green
are holding their own very well and
their friends predicet that theirs will
be hrst place before very many days.
Miss Esther Larson of Willam
ette, and Miss Zillah Kirbyson of Ore
gon City, have been taking some big
advances in the past few days, and
from what they say, they will con
tinue to climb up the list Dy rapid
strides.
This is a great opportunity to help
your candidate for tomorrow may be
too late and the prize may oe award
ed. The prizes offered in this cam
paign are some of the most liberal
ever offered in a campaign of a like
nature in Clackamas county and the
way it is appreciated is shown by the
great numbers of new subscribers
that come pouring into the contest
department from the candidates.
Candidates tan Make $800 in iNext
Four Weeks,
Did you ever hear of anything more
liberal? $850 in a month, for only
talking to a few of your friends. One
of the candidates said: "Why that. is
more money than I can make in a
whole year, and I have to work all
day from eight o'clock to six," and
that is true of many peoplo who work
all day, will have to work a whole
year for that amount. And just tnink
a candidate in the Courier's great sub
scription campaign can make that
amount in only four weeks more.
Three "Five Year Subscriptions' will
Put a New Candidate in Lead.
Just think of it. A new candidate
who has not even one vote at the pres
ent time can get in the lead of the
whole contest Dy calling on three of
their friends and getting them to pay
their subscription for a period of five
vears each. That is. call on three of
your friends, collect seven dollars and
fifty cents from each one which
amount pays their subscription to the
Oregon City Courier for a period of
five years, and forward the amount,
totaling $22.60 to the contest depart
ment of the Courier at Oregon City
and this party would be in the lead of
all the candidates, having a total vote
of 13,600 and then they would also
receive 1000 nomination votes to
which every candidate is entitled,
This total amount of 14,500 votos
would put any one ahead of all the
candidates by a lead of 1000, as you
will notice by the list of votes on an
other page of this paper.
Now is you opportunity. Take ad
vantage of it while you may for to
morrow may be too late Some one
in pnintr to rat thn votes of the DeoDle.
WHY NOT YOU ? You have just as
many friends who will be glad to
help you win by giving you their
votes as the next fellow. So get
busy. Call up the contest department
enter your name and get a subscrip
tion book. It costs you nothing but
little effort and you can maks $850
m the nsxt lour weeks, Do it now,
UB3C
IPTIONS
Hearing has Been Postponed.
The telephone hearing before the
state Railroad Commission, which was
announced for the court house Tues
day of this week, has been postponed
until July 28.
Only Seven Votes For.
It would seem that the instigat
ors of the special election in Canemah
precinct had but little knowledge of
public sentiment when they had a
special election called to vote on the
matter of stock running at large, for
the vote at Monday's election was 99
againts and 7 for.
Let Us Hope.
Once more the press dispatches give
it out that the end of the beginning
of the state and locks canal is in sight
and that work on the project will be
soon commenced. The Courier has
published like announcements at in
tervals for two years past, but this
may be true.
"Beauty Parlors" Raided.
The "beauty parlors" conducted by
two Portland women, giving their
names as Susan Doe and Jennie Roe,
were investigated by the police Tues
day night, and the women were ar
rested. The place has been under sus
picion for some time. They gave
bail and .will appear before Recorder
Stipp Friday. .
. Buried Up, Running Light
Although with two extra hands on
the force and working day and night
the Courier is short of its usual stand
ard of reading matter this week. The
othce has been buried up with work
and we simply had to boil down crowd
out and run over columns of news
matter.
Will they Back Down?
Owing to the failure of Dr. Norris
to resign as demanded by the State
Board of Health and to the activity
and pressure brought to bear by
Judge Beatie and Mr. Latourette up
on the board, the State Board will
meet next week to determine what
further steps to take. It is rumored
they will reverse their former find
ings. ,
. Jury Disagrees.
In the trial of William Allen, who
lives near Molalla, indicted for ob
taining goods under- false pretenses,
the jury disagreed and were discharg
ed . Saturday. The charge was that
Allen passed forged checks on mer
chants in this city and elsewhere. It
is said the disagreement hinged large
ly on the identification of Allen. G.
E. Hayes defended Allen
Muzzle the Dog, he Dies. '
Chas.' Cleveland, president of the
Livestock Sanitary board, has given
notice that all dogs in northern Clac
kamas, Multnomah and parts of Mar
ion counties must be muzzled or tied,
and any dog running at large with
out a muzzle will be shot. This ac
tion is taken because of the two rec
ent deaths in Portland and because
of the mad dog epedemic in the coun
try. May Be Big Coast Strike. .
A strike vote has been decided upon
and is being voted on in California,
which should it prevail may tie up
the entire coast country from Port
land to El Paso and east to Ogben,
Utah. The trouble is over a discrimin
ation of operatives on electric and
steam roads. There are 5000 men in
the trainmen's union, embracing con
ductors, trainmen and yard men. It
will take some time to determine the
results of the vote.
, Will Revise Charter
At a special meting of the council
Mondav monunc. Mr. Tooze called at
tention to the several defects in the
present city charter which are serious
diawbacks to the city in matters of
street work and maintaintr.ee, the en
forcement of the ordinances, etc., and
moved that the Mayor ar point a com
mittee composed of councilmen and
citizens to revise the same. The mo
tion prevailed and it is expected that
his honor will soon announce nis
choice of members.
Near Riot In Portland .
Tuesday nlcrht ten I. W. W.'s were
arrested as fast as they mounted the
soap box in Portland, and finally the
police carried away the box w. swp
the attempts to speak, mere were
wild scenes, bordering on riot, and the
mayor has issued orders that there
shall not be any more street speeking
in th citv. except relitrious rpeaking
Tom Burns was one of the leaders in
the sneakin? and troubles, and his In
cendiary talk led to the raid and the
arrests. -
Indicted for Riot, Jury Acquits
The fiften men arrested about five
weeks ago for connection with the
mill strike, and indicted bv the grand
jury on the charge of riot, were all
a remitted bv a trial iurv last week and
the man who was arresuo ouring me
trial, as one of the leaders of the
churrz-ed riot, was also discharged. '
The jury stood on tne nrsi oaiioi a
not iruiltv and 8 partially guilty, and
on every ballot nine men stood for
acquitted. Jurors questioned by the
Courier stated that tnere simpiy wos
not evidence to convict the men of
rioting, and it was their duty as Jur
iors to acquit
And this ends a case that gave Ore
gon city a lot of outside advertising,
The women's cannery strike in Port
land hus been a bad one for a little
one. and orobablv the end is not yet
The eivdence brought Oi.t shows the
women were far underpaid. The man
agers claim they cannot pay more for
the business does not warrant it. Un
der such conditions a commission
should have authority tcv investigate
their books and determine if starva
tion wages was all that was war
ranted, and if they lied, there should
be a law compelling them to pay de
cent wages or let a stut supervisor
run th plant for them.
WILL
STAND
IT
IT
MATTERS FOR TAXPAYERS TO
BE SERIOUSLY THINK
ING ABOUT.
"When a judge of a county court
has to apologize for the way he has
expended the taxpayers money, it is
time for the taxpayers to begin to
look around."
This is the way an Oregon City man
expressed himself on the recall the
other day.
This man is but one of many men
who are thinking things over these
days and wondering at the rising,
rising, rising taxation.
The state expenses are enormous,
we admit that, but this is no justifi
cation for making county expendi
tures keep up, but rather the best rea
son for curtailing and cutting to the
bone.
The most of the taxpayers of this
county do not believe there is good
reasons for having expenses so high
in this county. There are hundreds
of men who say the expenditures can
be vastly lowered and the county not
suffer or know the difference
The coming recall election is large
ly based on the matter of extrava
gance of the present county court.
Bridge building contracts,, court
house contracts, timber crusing con
tracts and many other expenditures
are considered to have been extrava-.
irnnf ani thorn la n rrtrova Rpnf.i-
ment that the county could and should
be run for far less money than is be
ing yearly paid out. .
Then there comes the charges of
politics and favoritism, of a "ring"
that controls, rewards and punishes,
and that if a man does not "stand in"
he will get the worst of it.
The- proposition of the recall is to
see if a new county court cannot
remedy the conditions the people are
smarting under in this county .If it
wins it will be a commencement of
an effort to get the taxpayers and the
tax-spenders closer together in this
county. It will be the first step in
a proposition to have representative
government, closer government, and
the organization of precinct bodies
that will be in touch with the county
court and who will be heard and con
sidered on all matters of importance
to the different stations of tbe county.
The candidates Who win run on tne
coming recall election will Tun in .
the hope to bring about these need
ed changes and to. reduce taxation in
Clackamas county. They will be men ;
who have ability, honesty and who .
will stand for the things that stand
right. .:..-
If they are elected there will not be
any private room contracts nor star
chamber politics. They will try to
find out the honest needs of the coun
ty, get in close touch with the people
and keep the enormous county expen
ses down.
The question for you voters to de
cide is whether you think the experi
ment is worth while, or whether you
are satisfied with the present.
That s the whole of it.
If vou want to turn things over and
see if a more efficient and economical
county government cannot be put in
to form, then the time has come to
line up with the men who have
worked hard for six months to bring
about a means where you can make
the change.
It lan't an idctna nf DAi-il cnAta I-'a .
haps sore spots started it, but that
stage has long gone by. It is an issue
sue of remedying conditions. of see-
. ' i. j ,:a:
mg li a lot oi expense ana pouues
cannot be cut out of Clackamas coun
ty and the county managed as a bus
iness would be run.
There are a lot of matters that look
pretty shady in county court records,
matters that they have to be dogged
to give a half explanaion of, and the
explanations are not at all satisfac
tory to the people. It smells of pol
itics and of pull, of friends and fav
oritism.
Think matters over. If you are sat
isfied with the present administra
tion and the way things have been
run, then stay by the present court
If you are not, then get in bheind the
recall, and not only voto for it ,but
work for it.
It '8 a time when men should smoke
out and show their sand.
BEAVER CREEK BOOSTS
Subscribes $750 Toward the Equity
Warehouse in Portland.
At thft mfttinff o f thn Clurltnmftft
County Union of the F. S. E. held
with Beaver Creek Local last Satur
day, President Haper, of the Equity
Warehouse Company, explained what
had been done by the board of direc
tors to date towards establishing the
warehouse in Portland and what they
proposed to do in future. After some
discussion of the proposition a sub
scription lslt was passed around and
$375 was subscribed. At a meting of
the local at night further subscrip
tions were forthcoming making a to
tal of $750. from Beaver Creek mem
bers. We consider this a pretty good
showing. If a few other locals would
do nearly so well, the warehouse will
very quickly be in operation for the
benefits of all members of the Equity.
The local has passed resolutions
urging all members to boost the so
ciety and the warehouse company. We
realize that success can only be ac
puired by pulling together for some
thing that will be of benefit to all
members everywhere in the state, and
not just this or that locality.
We would also urge all who pos
sibly can, to attend the etate meeting
on Friday next, July 18, at the county
courthouse in Portland at 10 a. m.
Make a record for attendance with
Clackamas county members in the
majority.
Respectfully yours,
W. GrisenthwaiU
IE