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31st YEAR ' OREGON CITY, ORE., THURSDAY, JULY 24 1913. - , No. 9
. COURIER IS IDE
THE STATE PAPER
STATE EQUITY SOCIETY DIREC
TORS MAKE IT THE OFFICIAL
REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOCIE
TY IN OREGON.
THE CHOICE WAS UNANIMOUS
Plans are Under way to Extend Cour
ier Field and Give it a State Wide
Circulation Equity Society Rapid
ly Growing
At the state meeting of the direc
tors of the Farmers' Society of Equity
in Portland Friday last, the Courier
was designated as the official paper
for Oregon for the society The de
signation was unanimous there was
not a dissenting vote.
The Equity Socity in Oregon is but
about six months old, but it is japidly
spreading and it will become a power
ful organization.
In the middle west it "is already a
power, and state after state is being
organized into a compact, co-opert-tive
unions and their strength is being
recognized more and more every
month, and it is but l: question
of time when it will become a power
in this country, for it has a plan that
a power behind it.
Commencing in Portland a few
months ago, it has grown rapidly, now
has a substantial state organization
and is being rapidly extended up the
Willamette valley. Clackamas county
alone has twenty-five organizations
and the memberships are increasing
every week.
The designation of the Courier as
the official representative of the state
is a handsome compliment to this
paper, but it means far more than a
compliment.
It means that working in and
through the many locals this paper
will keep up with the growth of the
Equity; will grow as the organization
grows; will extend its circulation into
other counties and if the plans as out
lined can be made good, ll.fi Courier
will have a state wide circulation. '
A new publicity committe has been
appointed to talu hold- of the Equity
page, new editors will soon be on the
job and as soon as- they get squared
awayVthe Equity department of the
Courier will be the most interesting
part of the paper.
There is one basic piinciple that
every man who farms wants to let
seep in and stay in, and that is that
only through organization everlast
ingly hanging together and co-operation
can the farmers of Oregon
get an even break with the huge or
ganizations that get rich off their pro
ducts. And if they will organize and
stick through rain and sunshine, they
are bound to get dividends.
Today the equity members in
Clackamas County are getting Equity
benefits, genuine, direst dollar bene
fits. This is but a starter for benefits
that will come as the order becomes
more solid in this " and the other
counties. Buying and selling together
standing solid as the big corporations
stand, the Equity people will soon be
a power to be rekoned with in Ore
gon. The Courier hopes to grew with the
Equity growth. It has some plans it
hopes to make good, and as soon as
we can get the plans in working or
der this paper will greatly enlarge its
field.
And until new editors can be sec
ured for the Equity department and
until we get things shaped for the
eeeemc hmfr dwiln un i rhc smhrfdw
bigger field we ask Equity readers
to have patience and stand pat.
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY.
The Buzz Wagon is the Handy Means
that Parts Them .
Where is this automobile craze go
ing to carry this country, and the peo
ple that are running with it ?
It's my guess that the final results
will be worse than a grasshopper
plague.
The trouble is that the plague is
epidemic, and the man who has been
the least bit exposed will get it and
get the chronic end of it.
If it were confined to those who can
afford it it would not be such a bad
disease, for it would simply loosen a
few of their mortgages and put mon
ey into circulation.
But when the poor folVs get it and
no doctor can cure them, then it is a
pretty bad risk.
A man told me the other day that
in a prosperous little town up the val
ley there were many mortgages on the
. real estate, probably aggregating
$30,000, to secure the purchase of au
tomobiles. The same man told me that a big
auto dealer in this state had mortga
ges all over the state, as security for
the payments of autos, and that the
auto firm was considering going into
the real estate business.
And here is where the pinch comes.
When a man has to plaster his home
or farm to buy an auto, he isn't a very
valuable asset to any locality for a
time. It will take all the coin he can
dig up to buy gasoline, pay for re
pairs and keep up the interest on the
mortgaged home.
You can buy an auto in Portland
today for $1000, drive it home, and if
you were forced to sell it next week
you couldn't get over $500 for it.
And that's losing money some.
And the minute you crank up that
engine and begin to be one of the buz
zers, you commence work as traveling
salesman for the rubber trust with
out salary.
If you have the business for it, or
if you have the income for it, then
a buzz wagon is a source of pleasure
and profit, but the man who has nei
ther will come a mighty sight nearer
playing his bills when he comes to
town if he come with old Dobbin and
the buggy.
' An auto will part a fool from his
money and plug along the divorce
business.
It takes $2 to shoe a team and $200
to shoe an auto, and yet $3 dollar a
day men are buying them and, giving
back mortgages on $2000 homes.
And long before the machines are
fully paid for they are worn out and
worthless.
Thousands of machines are sold on
terms of a few dollars down and the
balance in mortgages.
Those mortgages have got to be
paid, and then will come the pinch, a
pinch that keeps the business places
in many localities on the bum. The
mortgage will live long after, and it
will be a very live one.
If you can afford a gasoline car
riage, if your business and income
will permit the luxury, then have it,
but if you can't, then jog along as
you have jogged.
SNOW IS TOO DEEP
So is Recall, So Mr. Nease is Givei: an
Extension to Finish Cruise
In the county court proceedings of
last week there was an innocent ap
pearing little item tucked away
among other transactions. Here it
is:
In the matter of the petition of
M. G. Nease for extension of
time within which to complete the
cruising contraact; on account of
extremeepth of snow in the
mountains, the time is extended
to July 20th, 1913.
Readers will recall that the Courier
has been publishing every month
wha't the timber cruising cost, carry
ing forward each month the total
amount.
It was looking bad, mighty bad, and
the taxpayers were protesting on
paying bills on work which they say
could have been done for about one
fourth the juice- that, was given to
Beatie's old-time friend, Nease.
The bills have been, running from
$5000 to $9000 per month, and this
month they dropped down to $2,790.57
SNOW IS TOO DEEP IN THE
MONTAINS IN JULY is the pre
text. Sentiment is too deep for the recall
would be more like it.
If Nease's Crew can't cruise timber
in July, when can they cruise it ?
In the early spring months bills
rolled in way up in the thousands,
but in the hottest season of the year
they drop to the lowest record.
."Where there is snow in the moun
tains in July there is no timber to
cruise," said an old time Clackamas
county man to the Courier the other
day.
This matter of the extension of the
Nease contract so the bill can come in
after the recall election is too fresh
to fool any one.
It permits Nease to hold back on
the big timber cruising bills until
AFTER THE RECALL ELECTION,
for the monthly publications of the
big sums paid for the work have the
effect on the taxpayers that a red rag
has on a mad bull.
The . snow is too deep in the
mountains.
"Extreme depth" in the middle of
July!
. The protests are too deep in the
valley. A recall election is too close
at hand. Let the cruising bills go
over uneil after the election then
pour them in if you want to.
, The Usual Exaggeration.
In order to avert all danger of
collisions where the new Clack
amas Southern crosses the South
ern Pacific at Oregon City, the
railroad commission last week
ordered the installation of a com
plete interlocking plant. As the
entire expense of the plant has
to be borne by the new road and it
will cost not less than $30,000, it
may well be that its managers
are wdndering where the money
is to come from. Woodburn in
dependent. The Independent should not com
ment from articles printed in the Ore
gon City Enterprise, unless it divides
them by three. The interlocking
plant required here will cost $7,000,
not $30,000, and the managers are not
the least worried where the money is
to come from.
, MR. JAGGAR EXPLAINS.
Says Road Roller Cost Him $100 More
than County Paid Him for It.
In answer to a letter in the Courier
of three weeks ago, Frank Jaggar
former county road supervisor, states
to the Courier that he personally paid
$3250 for he road roller, and he ex
hibited the checks in proof, and he
stated that about a year later he sold
the roller to the county for $3150 and
that during the period when he owned
it he never received a dollar for the
use of the machine or any interest on
the money invested.
We gladly publish Mr. Jaggar's
side to the story.
ANDERSON ID
SMITH NOMINATED
WILL LEAD THE CITIZENS-INDEPENDENT
TICKET FOR THE
RECALL OF JUDGE BEATIE
AND COMMISSIONER BLAIR.
CLEAN, CAPABLE, HONEST MEN
Recall Petitions Have Been Filed and
the Fight is on For Honest and
Economical Government for Clack
amas County.
For County Judge, H. S. Anderson,
of Harding presinct.
For County Commisioner, J. W.
Smith, of Macksburg.
These are the candidates who will
run against R. B. Beatie and N. Blair
present Judge and Commissioner.
There were seventeen precincts
represented at the conference meet
ing held in Woodmen hall Monday
afternoon, for two and a half hours
the representatives of the different
precincts discussed the different can
didates under consideration, resulting
in the final choice of the two men
above.
E. D. Olds of Oak Gnwe, was named
as chairman of the meeting and M. J.
Brown secretary, when there followed
over an hour's discussion, nearly
every man present taking a part in
the talk.
George Ogle of Canby and George
Brown of New Era, both made strong
talks along the line of going slow and
sure. Mr. Brown suggested that sev
eral candidates be named, and that the
two standing highest should be voted
on to determine the nominee. Mr.
Brown thought it was of the utmost
importance to get the strongest man
that could be nominated, "for we want
to win this fight."
H. W. Hegeman of Logan, placed
In nomination H. S. Anderson of Hard
ing, and the nomination was seconded
by M. J. Brown.
G. F, Daywalt of Clackamas, placed
the name of William Grisenthwaite
in nomination, but stated the farmers
of the county would stand by any
clean and capable man.
F. Nichols of Highland, suggested
J. W. Smith of Macksburg, another
nominated George Browr of New Era.
Mr. Brown and Smith both declined,
Mr. Brown explaining that his busi
ness needed his entire time and atten
tion. He stated he was at this meet
ing, not to receive a nomination, but
because it was his duty to be there
and do all that he could to place in
nomination men who w-re clean, hon
est and able. Mr. Smith urged that
his name be dropped; that he could
not accept the nomination; that all
unite on the strongest candidate, a
man that would be county judge of
the whole county regardless of loca
tion. George Oglesby stated that Mr
Smith should be one of the nominees;
that he wts the choice of 95 per cent
of the presincts of Needy and Macks
tiurg, and that this- percent would
vote for him south of the Molalla
River; that Smith would leaad to no
man's halter and that he would never
lie down. '
A. H. Harvey of Mt Pleasant
stated he had alwoys been a staunch
republican but he was glad to note
that the word party had not entered
into the campaign so far, and he
hoped it would not; that i was not
a fight for politics but for economy
and better county government.
An informal ballot was then taken
with the following results: Anderson
9, Grisenthwaite 5, Smith 4. Then fol
lowed the. final, ballot between Mr.
Anderson and ' Mr. Grisenthwaite.
Standing 11 and 7.
Before the ballot Mr. Grisenthwaite
worked against his own nomination
by a generous short talk for Mr. An
derson. He stated Mr. Anderson was
a splendid man; a man of education,
and business ability; that he had been
three times elected master of Hard
ing Grange; had brought the Clear
Creek Creamery up to its present
splendid standing and was a capable
honest and square man Mr. Grisenth
waite said he would .only accept a
nomination . as a duty, but that he
would do all that he could to help
elect Mr. Anderson. After the vote
he moved that the vote record unan
imous sentiment
J. W. Reed of Estacada, urged every
man to work for the nominees, to
forget any sore spots and bury poli
tics. J. W. Smith of Macksburg was the
unanimous choice for fommissinoer.
He stated that he would accept it,
not because he wanted it, but because
if the the people wanted him to run
he would run.
By motion it was decided the nom
inees should go on the ballot as Citi
zensIndependent ticket '
The following committees were then
named. ' -
Finance George Lazelle, William
Grisenthwaite, H. W. Hageman.
Executive H. S. Anderson, Hard
ing; J. W. Smih of Macksburg; W. P
Kirchem, Logan; George Brown, New
Era; P. W .Meredith, Maple Lane;
Mr. Cary of Estacada and Mr. Haines
Oswego.
There has been strong sentiment for
two weeks past for the nomination of
Dr. M. C. Strickland of this city, and
there was much sentiment for his
j .
nomination Monday, but as the recall
election had been brought about al
most entirely by the farmers, it was
urged that it would be best to nomin
ate a farmer for the place. Other
names -considered in connection with
first place were Mr. Lewellyn, W. H.
Council, of Estacada; C. E. Spence of
Beaver Cerek.
The nominee for county judge, Mr.
Anderson, is conceded by all who
know him, to be a man of splendid
character, high education and remark
able business ability. He has been a
resident of Oregon for ten or twelve
years and no man could stand higher
in his community. Under his man
agement the Clear Creek Creamery
has been brought up from a little con
cern to one of state reputation, and
whose product today sells for five
cents per roll over the market price.
Mr. Andreson during one year sold
$96,000 of butter from the plant and
collected every last cent for it.
He is not as widely known in the
county as some other men, for the
reason that he is a quiet man, always
attending to his business. He is a
farmer and a successful one. He did
not want the nomination for judge.
In a financial way he cannot afford to
take it, but he said to those when
urged that his name be placed be
fore the conference, that if the people
wanted him he would consider it his
duty to accept and he would accept.
This is the kind of a man needed as
judge of Clackamas county, Probab
ly not a dozen men in the county know
his politics and not a dosen care. Bet
ter management' is wanted party and
pull do not count with the protesting
taxpayers. Honest managementt, out-in-the-open
transactions and close
economy are what the people want.
Of the nominee for commissioner,
J. W. Smith needs no introduction.He
is one of the best known men in Clac
kamas county; one of the most suc
cessful farmers in the coutny, and a
man who has a host of staunch,
standrby. friends and admirers. Two
stronger men could not have been
nomina ted. The candidates will be
nominated by petition.
V :
The petitions have been filed and
the campaign is now on. The law re
quires 20 per eent or 1560 names for
each, candidate, while about 1750
were filed. Several petitions were
not filed as at the last moment it was
found the acknowledgements were
not in correct form. Many more could
have been secured, but as soon as the
required number was reached they
were called in, nearly three weeks
ago. -
Judge Beatie and Commissioner
Blair have five days in which to re
sign, after which the county clerk is
required to call the election within 20
days, which will bring the election on
August 16.
That the recall will bo fought and
fough most bitterly, there is not the
slightest doubt. Every vote-getting
device known to politics and pull will
be played to the end of the string.
The "county court ring" will get in
and fight to the last ditch. Every old
guard Democrat and Republican will
stand by and every precinct will be
stormed by the ring.
And on the other hand the voters
who are working for better condi
tions will have no pull and politics to
help; they will promise no favors or
jobs. The mattter will be left to the
judgment of the voters and taxpayers,
and the backers of the recall will ac
cept the verdict and stand by it
It's a time for every man who is re
belling at present conditions, to act,
to work to vote. If th'ey will, the re
call will win, and win big.
Dangerous, Should Be Stopped
If there is not a city ordinance pro
hibiting the distribution of free patent
medicine samples, then-, should be
one.
If there is one it shouM be rigidly
enforced.
Two weeks ago some vender plas
tered the resident part of the city
with kidney and liver remedies, and
just before that headache tablets
were scattered, and wherever front
doors were closed they were left on
porches or tucked in the screen doors
left where little children could get
hold of them and eat them.
Such a scattering of drugs is dan
gerous, is is criminally earless. It
should be stopped at once. A little tot
does not know the tablets from candy.
RAID FRENCH QUARTERS.
Sheriff Mass Deputy Kay and Of fi
cals Gather in the Bunch.
Tuesday night a raid of a French
colony on the island at Milwaukie
was planned and carried out by Tom
Kay, the governor's special prose
cutor and Sheriff Mass of this city.
Six prisoners were arrested, two wo
men and four men, and they were
brought to the jail in this city.
For some time past ther elias been
rumors that the houses were of the
red light order and that booze was
dispenced at the houses.
A large quantity of liquors was
found and siezed.
. It was evident that the people had
been tipped off as to the raid, for the
cottages gave every evidence of hav
ing housed a considerable number of
people, who had hurriedly decamped.
Two men and two women were found
fishing back of the cottage and when
arrested one of the Frenchme nre
sisted, drawing a knife on Constable
Jack Frost, and there was a lively
time for a few minutes.
They wer all bailed out by Port
land friends.
THE STATE HOARD
REMOVES NORRIS
I, i,
JUDGE BEATIE AND THE RING
UNABLE TO PUT HIM OVER AT
THE STATE BOARD MEETING.
IN PORTLAND TUESDAY.
HENRY SPIESS WINS FIGHT.
State Board Notifies Judge Beattie
f its Action, and Another County
Health Officer will be Appointed.
Long Delay has Caused Comment.
At the meeting of the state board
of health held in Portland Tuesday
afternoon, Dr. J. W, Norris was oust
ed as county health officer, and Judge
Beatie has discovered that he is not
bigger than the state board of health
of Oregon.
Months ago the state board de
manded the resignation of Dr. Nor
ris, because of evidence of neglect of
duty, but County Judge Beatie and
the county ring politicians told the
Doctor to stick and they would but
him over. They could not do it
The whole affair has been a scan
dal and it has aroused much indigna
tion in the county, the people holding
that human health should not be
made a political plaything of, but it
was a matter that should be given the
utmost care and efficiency.
Rev. Henry Spiess of Clackamas,
who had a little girl die from scarlet
fever, and who knew that the state
laws had not been enforced during the
epidemic, and that carlessness and
neglect were responsible for the
spread of the disease, this man went
after the matter, went into it to the
very bottom, woul dnot be hushed up
and would not quit, and alone he has
succeeded in downing the ring and
the politicians of Oregon City, down
ing the doctors' association, downing
Judge Beatie, and has brought about
the action of the state board of
health an action that board should
have taken on its own account long
ago, without having been forced to.
And the Courier says of Henry
Spiess that he was dead right and the
people of the county are with him and
commend him. This county needs
more men like him, needs men who
will fight and stay with it until right
wins.
SHOULD TAKE QUICK ACTION.
Dogs Running at Large Should be at
Once Muzzled or Killed.
Two lives have been sacrificed by
the bites of mad dogs in Portland and
two boys in Oregon City have been
bitten.
Will we have to have deaths from
horrible hydrophobia before this city
will become sufficiently aroused to
take drastic action for protection
against its dogs?
Dogs are running he streets of the
city unmuzzled and unchained, and
yet the papers have been relating for
weeks that mad dogs were running in
the county.
City dogs running at large during
this hot weather, and with mad dogs
in the county, are far more dangerous
than would be a pack of wolves run
ning in our streets.
We should come alive to the serious
danger to our children, not next
month, but today.
William Thompson aged 12 and Ir
vine Kenney) aged ten wtre bitten by
dogs Tuesday, and there is every in
dication that one of the dogs was
mad. The Thompson boy was fishing
and had wih him his own. pet dog
The dog became overheated and the
boy sat down under the shade of a
tree for the dog o get rested whne
wihout any warning the animal sav
agely atacked him. The boy threw a
fishing net over the dogs head, and
then fought him off while he gained a
house, but in the meantime he was
twice bitten on the hand The other
boy was bitten while at play with the
dog, and it is not hought the dog
was mad. Doctors Mount dressed
both wounds.
William Thompson, father of the
boy bitten, made a search for the dog,
but found it had been killed. He
gays he will send the head of the dog
to Portland to have it examined to
determine if the dog had rabies.
There is all kinds of anxiety in the
city over the reported mad dogs run
ning at large, and parents are afraid
to let their children play in the streets
The city should at once take dras
tic action to have every dog, big or
small, muzzled or chained, and if the
action is not taken the ciizens
should proptly 'shoot every unmuzzled
dog.
Stands for Something
Oregon City has the finest
slogan yet chosen by any town in
this great common wealth. Here
it is: "Power, Payroll, Prosper- .
ity. McMinnville News-Reporter
And the slogan is literally true of
Oregon City. We have the power, the
greatest in Oregon; payrolls greater
than any city outside of Portland, and
prosperity that comes with $100,000
being added to the circulation every
month in the year. Hard times passes
up Oregon City.
Boy Drowns in the Molalla
Robert Gray, an 18 -year-old boy,
living at Nathans Mills, was drowned
in the Molalla River on Satm day last.
The boy was running logs when a log
rolled and he fell into the river. He
tried hard to pull himself up onto the
log, but the water was swift and he
was drawn under. The body was re
covered, sometime later at some dis
tance down stream.
Opening the Campaign.
Judge Beatie, J. E. Hedges and
Nick Blair opened the recall defense
campaign in Molalla Saturday night,
each of the trio making speeches.
The Enterprise says no questions were
asked the speakers, it being apparent
that they had covered the ground to
the satisfacttion of those present.
Come and Start It
There is a petition at the Courier
office for signature to make the
$1500 exemption amendment aa law
It proposes to exempt this amount
from taxation on houses, livestock,
machinery, improvements,, etc.
If you favor this bill, if you are
one of the middle class, which is pay
ing the brunt of Oregon's taxation,
come in 'and help make it a law. It's
a poor man's measure, and every poor
man should gladly boost it.
Mumpower Held on 1000 Bail
Wiliam Mumpower, who shot Earl
McAlty two weeks ago, when he tried
to escape from the official after shoot
ing a dog, was arraigned before Jus
tice Sievers Saturday morning, and
held for trial in the circuit court. His
bond was fixed at $1000, He waived
examination.
Charles Wright, the Oregon City
barber who tried to shoct Miss Elsie
Utiker of Oak Grove, was also held
for trial in bail of $2000
Patrolman Accepted the Dare.
Edward Martin was arrested by
Patrolman French Tuesday night for
getting too saucy. It is stated-that
Martin was having some words "with
the proprietor of a tobacco store,
when French told him to cut it out.
Martin replied that he was an Amer
ican citizen and within his rights and
that French dared not arrest him.
French dared, and after a lively scuf
fle landed the man in jail. Martin
put up $25 cash bail and was releas
ed. .The charge against him is dis
orderly conduct.
" r
WILL VOTE THIS FALL.
Supreme Court Says the Day bill is
Constitutional.
The supreme court handed down a
decision Tuesday that the Day bill,
passed by the last legislature, and
providing for a special referendum
election for November, Is constitution
al, and the election will be called for
November.
With this decision, W. S. U'Ren of
this city will at once start mandam
us proceedings to determine whether
or not initiative measures cannot al
so be voted on at this election, and he
will take action to force the secretary
of state o place the woman's wage
workers' bill on the ballot for this
election. It is stated thnt the initia
ive measure has over 1500 signatures
You Have Only One Week
Under the law Registration books
close one week before a special elec
tion. The special recall election for Judge
Beatie and Commissioner Blair will be
held August 16.
After August 1, it will be impos
sible for any voter in Clackamas
County to register.
Every woman voter and every man
who was not registered at the last
general election muBt register on or
before Friday, August2, or he or she
will not be permitted to vote at the
recall election.
This is a matter of information to
every voter. You ladies shoidd regis
ter. Do not wait until tomorrow, but
register now TODAY.
You Should Hear Dr. Wilson.
Dr. Clarence True Wilson will
speak in the Methodist church at
Clackamas Station at 11 o'clock next
Sunday morning, July 29, and he will
speak in the Methodist church at Oak
Grove of the same evening at 8
o'clock. Let everybody come. Live
questions will be discussed. Questions
of vital interest at this time to the
citizens of Clackamas County. Dr.
Wilson Is a forceful speaker. Come
and hear him.
Don't you miss this
The exhibit of the Oregon Social
Hygenic Society, which attracted so
much attention and favorable com
ment in Portland, will be exhibited in
the P. R. L. & P. Co.'s office building
on Main Street, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week. It is a won
derful exhibition. See it
J. Levitt is very ill at his home,
suffering from an attack of appen
dicitis. L. D. Proctor, advance man for the
Oklahoma Ranch wild west sho wand
circus was in the city Tuesday, ar
ranging for dates.
Mrs. John Adams, assistant libra
rian, who has been suffering from
carbuncle of the instep for the past
two weeks, is improving. She has
been spending the past week at the
home of her son, Allen, in Portland.
WHAT DO VOTERS
THINKJF THIS?
DARE NOT JUDGE BEATIE FACE
VOTERS OF THE COUNTY ON
THE CHARGES THAT ARE UP
AGAINST HIM?
WANT NAMES TAKEN OFF LIST
Judge Makes Tour of a District and
Petitioners Make Claim that Mat
ter was Misrepresentrd to Them.
A Petty Scheme that will Fail.
The expected tactics have developed
in the recall defense, and the Enter
prise announces that "AFTER A
TOUR THROUGH THE DISTRICT
seven signatures of the recall in dis
trict No. 52, known as Happy Hallow
have asked that their names be taken
fjrom the recall petitions, and the
Enterprise goes on to say there ars
many throughout the county "who are
reported" (by Judge Beatie, no doubt)
to "feel the same way." it is possible
a wholesale cancellation of names may
follow.
The names of those who have had
the change of mind, after Judge Bea
tie's tour of the district, are listed
by the Enterprise as follows:
Charles Babstock,
Lewis Becker
Frank Krause,
George Brookman
Otto Brookman
Joseph Rushford
H. W. Kanne.
The Enterprise says tlie facts were
misrepresented to them when they
signed he recall.
Mighty hard pressed when they re
sort to such tactics don't you think
so?
The object is to have sufficient
names taken off the petition so hat
an election cannot be held o prevent
the people from passing judgement
on the charges of mismanagemnet
and extravagance of the county court.
But any kid should know this is
too petty and too illegal to work.
There was printed on the front page
of he recall petitions the reasons for
asking the recall, and any man who
signed it could and shouljj have
known what those' Veascft.Wveroj and
Judge Beatie will find that' he can't
go out and remove names from a pe
tition by peddling a quantity of blue
sky. When a man signs a legal pe
tition the signature is as legal as to
a promissory note, and that signature
will stick.
But honest, men, isn't this a petty
deal?
If Judge Beatie is afraid to face an
election, let him resign. If he can go
before the voters and convince them
by facts and explanations that he is
unjustly accused and change their
minds, then all well and good.
But when he resorts to the expedi
ent of trying to take regularly sub
scribed names from a petition to try
to prevent an election these tactics
alone should be evidence enough that
there was something rotten, and ev
ery taxpayer in the county should
find out what.
Asking that names be taken from
a recall petition AFTER JUDGE
BEATIE HAD MADE A TOUR OF
THE DISTRICT, lobks bad, very bad.
And the people will probably show
the Judge what they think of it on
August 16. .
A SPLENDID SUCCESS
Chautauqua Out of Deht and With
Funds on Hand for Improvement
Sunday closed the most successful
Chautauqua session held in its long
continued sessions, and the association
is not now only in a position to pay
every dollar of its indebtedness, but
but to make needed improvements on
the auditorium, add new permanent
buildings to the grounds, and to be in
shape to put on a splendid program
of attractions next year.
The Willamette Valley Chautau
qua is assured of a future per
manency and greatness. For twenty
years it has passed through the sun
shine and showers, holding to its
course, every year growing stronger
and better, and now it has reached
a point where it will for years to
come, be the one Willamete Valley
Chautauqua attraction.
Careful, heady management, doing
all that could possibly be done with
safety to the association, has brought
it up to a state wide distinction, and
its future looks rosy.
Secretary II. E. Cross should shake
hands with himself. That assembly
is his hobby. He has been signally
successful in its management, and he
has it where it will come easy from ,
now on.
The Reason
Last week Rev. Henry Spiess went
to the Enterprise with a communica
tion for publication. The editor was
absent, and he left the n.anuscript at
this office with repuest that we de
liver it. Again the Enterprise ed
itor was absent, and we mailed it,
with a personal letter of explanation.
The Enterprise published the per
sonal letter with the comment and in
ference that the Courier editor dared
not go to the Enterpriser and this
i is the place to laf.