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VOTERS OFt CLACKAMAS COUTY: In 88 days, April 4 to August 1, the County Court ran the county in debt $60,642
in the road and bridge fund and the records of Treasurer Tufts and Clerk Mulvey will prove this. You should worry.
EGOM CITY
The Farmers Society of Equity is
spreading over this county and th
Courier is spreading with it. Its ad
vertislng columns are good as gold
Clackamas County Fair
September 24, 25, 26, 27
Canby, Oregon
31st YEAR
OREGON CITY, ORE., THURSDAY, AUG. 7 1913.
No. 11
OR
COUKIE1
THE WILD WEST
7
THE CIRCUIT COURT AND GOV
ERNOR WEST DID
AND THE GOVERNOR WON OUT
Pastors, Attorney Schuebel and Gov
ernor Stop Sabbath Show
Last week's Courier had these two
paragraphs in regard to the effort to
close the Oklahoma wild west circus
billed for Sunday:
Deputy Stipp says in his judge
ment the performance would be
illegal, and that it is the Sher-.
iff's duty to arrest any violators.
Sheriff Mass, acting on the
opinion of Mr. Stipp, says unless J
.restrained by law, he will arrest
every performer who violates the
law.
And Judge Eakin of the circuit
court issued an injunction forbidding
Sheriff Mass to interefer with the
Sunday circus.
And Governor West overruled the
circuit court, came here in person and
with his officials and there was no
wild west Sunday show in Oregon
City.
The above is the short story At
torney Chris Schuebel, Rev.- Milli
ken, Landsboro and Ford, and the
people who believe in the 4th com
mandment, won out, won out big,
and established a precedent for Ore
gon. The injunction by Judge Eakin has
been and yet is ,the topic of severe
criticism in this city, and the people
cannot understand the Justice of such
a legal restraint an injunction for
bidding the sheriff, the highest peace
officer of the county, from keeping
his promise to arrest every man who
violated the law.
Here is Governor West's comment
on the injunction:
Now that the precedent has
been established, I take it that
when a man wants to steal a
horse or break into a house he
will, if he is up to snuff, ask for
an injunction against the peace
officers in order that he may per
petrate the crime unmolested.
And another peculiar light on this
matter is that G. L. Hedges sent a
messenger on a rush trip to Astoria
to get the signature of Judge Eakin
to an injunction, when Judge Camp
bell was in the city Saturday, and he
was not appealed to.
It all looks queer, fishy, and it looks
to many people that, an .injunction
may be issued on anything but justice
and reason.
Perhaps it is not good policy for
this paper to criticise the judical ac
tion of a judge before whom the ed
itor of this paper may be tried for
libel, but many years ago he formed
the habit of printing his honest con
victions and he isn't going to welch
now.
To this paper the injunction that
Judge Eakin granted was simply ab
surd, in view of the situation.
It removed a sheriff from perform
ing his duty as he saw it; it forbade
him from executing his oath of of
fice; it was attempted government
by injunction when there was no ne
cessity for it. no emergency, no good
reason. It was restraining a sheriff
from forbidding a wild west circus on
Sunday after the district attorney
had told him the show would be a
violation of the state law.
It was a remarkable injunction, one
that should not have stood, and
thanks to a governor who has sand,
it did not stand.
And there will be no more Sunday
circuses in Oregon City.
Things and people are changing.
Some lawyers and newrpapers can
not appreciate this change; they can
not understand that the old days of
free-and-easy, politics and pull have
passed in this citv.
The closing of the Sunday picnics
with their booze and boister on the
west side last summer, should have
shown them, but some men have to
be shown three times.
The better class of people ni Ore
eon City will stand with the minis-
ters and Attorney Scheubel in their
victory, the same as they have stood
with them in the past.
Sheriff Mass in Texas
Sheriff Mass left the first of the
week for Dallas, Tex., where he went
after "Blackie" lies, one of the Os
wego rioters who jumped his bail.
EXIT
COUNYY OWED $60,642.88
ON FRIDAY,
On April 4, 1913, in the road and
bridge fund they say the county was
out of debt and had about $2,000 in
the treasury.
Friday last week, August 1, the
records in the county clerk's office
showed the county was in debt $60,
642.88, to say nothing about bills for
July, which are not yet paid, which
will amount to at least $25,000.
And this is how Clackamas County
is out of debt.
Over $60,000 in debt in less than
four months, where will it be in eight
more months? t
Over $60,000 in debt since April 4,
and last month's big audit to be
paid Wednesday of this week.
When the usual big county expen
ditures for this month are paid the
debt will no doubt jump to $85,000
by September 4.
Men who knew told the Courier ed
itor months ago that the "out of debt
story" would bound back and be the
strongest issue in the campaign if the
recall went and the men knew.
The figures above were taken from
Elevator Work Under Way
Excavation for the foundation for
the public elevator has commenced,
just north of the S. P. depot, and the
work will be rushed to completion.
If the County Court Wins
' It is reported to this office from
the Molalla precinct that that locality
also will come in for favors a new
bridge across Molalla, near Shaffer's
Mill, at a cost of $10,000.
Date Fixed for October 13
M. J. Brown, with his attorneys,
W. A. Dimick and U'Ren & Scheuble,
appeared before Judge Campbell
Tuesday noon in connection with the
indictment of a month ago and the
trial date was set for October 13.
There was no bail required.
Swedish Service
There will be service in the Swed
ish language next Sunday afternoon
in the Methodist Church at 3 o clock.
The Rev. Otta Westling of Portland,
will preach, Good songs and music
will be rendered. All Scandinavians
are most cordially invited to attend
this service.
What Blame?
The Enterprise says Rev. Ford was
satisfied with Sheriff's plans and
passes blame to Scheuble. If Rev.
Ford is correctly quoted we would
like to know what were the sheriff's
Dlans and what blame he fixes on At
torney Scheubel, who brought Gover
nor West here and who stopped the
Sunday circus.
Every Woman of Age Can Vote
Attorney General Crawford has
written an opinion to County Clerk
Mulvey in which he states that any
man or woman who have the qualifi
cations of a voter, and who failed to
register, may vote at the recall elec
tion August 16, by swearing in their
votes.
Myres Held on $2500 Bail
J. N. Besselleu, a colored man, had
Lawrence Myres arrested Saturday,
for an attempt to shoot him, and
brought before Justice .Sievers Mon
day, a second charge was brought
against him, the charge ol attempt
ing to shoot W. J. Bowerman, who
grappled with him after Myres had
shot at Besselleu. Myres was held for
the September grand jury in $2500
bail.
Recall Meeting, Molalla, Friday Night
Friday nighi of this week, August
8, there wilt be a recall mass meeting
at Molalla at 7:30, at which place the
recall nominees . and other speakers
will make talks. Rev. Henry Spiess
will make the opening address. Judge
Beatie, Commissioners B'air and Mat
toon, George C. Brownell, O. D. Eby
and J. E. Hedges are invited to . be
present and ask questions on the mat
ters discussed.
"If They Get Beatie, Save Blair"
Last nifht there was a rumor in
the city that the County Court back
ers, fearing that the recall ticket will
win, are getting busy with farmers
and others, telling them that if they
must vote for the recall, not to vote
against Blair.
The scheme is too plain. They hope
to hold control of the County Court
even if Beatie is beaten, by retaining
Blair and Mattoon, and having a
"County Court" balance of power.
Rather tough on "Honest Bob,"
but its the game of the ring to cast
off and save.
Don't let them work it. Vote the
recall straight.
ENTERPRISE FALSEHOODS
Mt. Pleasant Equity Local Strongly
Denounces Newspaper Misstate
ments Resolved by Mt. Pleasant local in
retrular session, that we do not ap
prove of members or locals airing
their business controversies before the
disinterested public. And we condemn
the action of that sheet, the Prevari
cator, sometimes called the Enter
prise, for publishing falsehoods
against the Equity society and mak
ing resolutions pertaining 10 jtusinesg
appear to the public as political.
The Equity Society has never taken
any action officially in regard to the
recall election by any local or county
organization. The Beaver Creek reso
lutions had nothing to do whatever
with the recall and we wonder if the
Enterprise with its printed falsehoods
represent the morality of our county
court.
P. W. Meredith, Pres..
F. G. Buchanon, Sec.
AUGUST 1ST
nnntv ronrHa Mnnrtav nf t.hia
week just before the session of the
county court wnicn win . pay out
thousands of dollars for July expens-
Go to the County Clerk's office and
the Treasurer's office and verify these
figures. Don't take our word for it.
Prove it Go over and see how this
county has gone back, gone in debt,
for $60,643. as in lour months, and
then see if you can figure out any
credit for a county judge who has
iumDcd on his predecessor, Judge
Dimick, and who like the rooster
crowed too soon.
XflO.R42.88 behind since Anril 1. You
taxpayers Bhould worry, this debt
and its accumulations win grow, mis
debt must be paid. If the present ex
cessive taxation can't hold the county
court even, what kind of taxation will
it require to "get out ot debt again 7
You SHOULD worry.
You should think a few between
now and August 16 think $60,642.88
worth, and vote for men who will
work for the interests of your pocket-book.
Card ess, Extravagant,
Incompetent, Wasteful.
Here is Enough Evidence to Bury any County
Court, and Voters Should do Their full Duty.
Let's take up the county court's "de
fense" in last week's Enterprise, and
take it down to brass tacks.
. Last January, the bridge charges
were made. They were made over sig
natures and affidavits.
Last April the mass meeting com
mittee made its report.
And ONLY LAST WEEK was an at
tempt made to officially answer the
charges last week after a notice for
a recall election had been given.
There is an old saying that figures
won't lie but liars will figure.
'Judge Beatie shows his report of
the county's finances. He made the
same report (read it) at Oak Grove,
and in that same meeting Robert
Schuebel told him that either the re
port he had just read or the official
sworn reports of the county were faise
He stated that he would take any man
who cared to determine the truth and
prove by the records on file that the
mass meeting committee's report was
correct, and that the present court had
$163,000 advantage of the former
court on same footing. Voters take
your choice. No person has ever ask
ed to be shown, and yet this challenge
was first printed in this paper soon
after the mass meeting. Further the
offer was publicly made and printed In
this paper to submit the mass meet
ing report to three former county
court judges, Ryan, Hayes and Dim
ick. It was never accepted and until
it is taxpayers have the right to ask
where that $163,000 went to.
Did you read Judge Beatie's defense
of the charge that many steel bridges
had been built without publicity and
competitive bids ? Do you remember
that defense? If you have forgotten it,
get the Enterprise and read it again,
you will find Judge Beatie quoted Sec.
6366 of Lord's laws to prove his ac
tion was lawful. He only quoted a
PART of that section. The part he om
mitted is the part that proves he vi
olated that section,
Judge Beatie quotes the law which
provides two ways under which bridg
es shall be built sealed bids after
advertising for them, and that the
county court MAY "employ a compe
tent superintendent and assistants,
provide the necessary material and
cause said bridge (not bridges) to be
constructed without any advertise
ment," etc.
Judge Beatie cut Lord's Oregon laws
short right here, and here follows
WHAT HE CUT OUT:
"and shall inspect all bills for ma
terial and labor and certify to their
correctness BEFORE THEY SHALL
BE ORDERED PAID by said court,
and upon the completion of said bridge
shall prepare and file with the clerk
of said court a FULL AND COM
PLETE DETAILED STATEMENT,
duly verified, giving the name of the
stream across which said bridge is
built, the name or location of said
bridge in such a manner that it may
easily be found; its extreme length,
width, amount of cost of each kind of
material and entire cost of said bridge,
which statement shall be subject to
inspection at all times.
"The above is the part of the law
Judge Beatie skipped. He had no use
for it, any more than he had for the
state health laws which he tried to
cut out, and got caught at.
The law says that the Court shall
either advertise or shall employ a
superintendent to erect the bridge.
Judge Beatie did not do either. He
did NOT advertise and he did -NOT
have a superintendent build them; he
did NOT file a full and complete
statement with the county clerk. He
let the group of contracts in one con
tract to the Coast Bridge Co., he
agreed to pay them $17,950.00 for the
steel in 30 days in county warrants;
there is no statement on file from any
GEORGE OGLE IS DROWNED
Well Known Public Man of Canby is
Caught in the Molalla
George Ogle of Canby, one of the
best known men in Clackamas county,
was drowned in the Molalla river
Sunday, under the covered bridge at
Molalla.
Mr. Ogle, with his wife and niece
were spending a part of the day
along the river, and Mr. Ogle and
niece went in wading, but Mr. Ogle,
being a good swimmer, swam out to
where the water was very deep, call
ing out to Mrs. Ogle and his niece
in a laughing way. And suddendly he
was seized with cramps, no doubt
caused by the chill of the water, and
he went under the water. He strug
gled for the surface, made it, but
only to sink a second time, and then
disappeared.
The frantic women hastily summon
ed aid, but the body was not recover
ed until Monday night
The news was a great rhock to Mr.
Ogle's many friends in this city. He
was widely and favorably known. He
had a great circle of warm friends
and was a man of splendid character
and ability. He was a former repre
sentative from this county. Mrs. Ogle
was prostrated by the sudden shock.
The funeral was held at Canby
Wednesday and was largely attended.
Drowned in the Clackamas
Kingsley Brown, '. aged 16, of
Clackamas Heights, was seized with
cramps while swimming in the Clack
amas river at Gladstone Saturday
night and despite the efforts of his
companions he was drowned. , ,
superintendent or other person show-;
ing the costs of these bridges, and yet
Beatie and Blair sign their names to
a statement which says "we have
acted strictly within the law and have
followed the provisions of the stat
utes." t
And Jay S. Groo, an expert civil en
gineer, formerly with the Northwes
tern Steel Co., now expert engineer at
White Salmon, Wash., was employed
to measure and compute the steel in
these bridges, and over his sworn af
fidavit the cost of the same was $6000
less than the county paid, and even
.this allowed the bridge company 2000
for profit on the steel alone.
If there is a voter in Oregon who
can figure out that these bridge deals
were within 100 miles of being for
the interests of the taxpayers of
Clackamas county, let that man stand
up where the tax-burdened voters can
take Jjis measure.
The County Court says they have
followed the provisions of the statut
es. We say THEY HAVE NOT. Who
is the liar?
Now the timber cruising for $51.20
per section, and the second cruise by
Mr. Boyles at $5 per day and expens
es, amounting to $7 per day, mak
ing a total of $58 per section. Now
look this over:
Timber and mill men, owning tim
ber, pay their cruisers $5 per day and
expenses, or a total of $7 per day, and
they are required to cruise at least
one half section per day, which brings
the total cost per section to $14, and
allowing double for making maps,
giving contour of the country, etc., the
cost might be $28, or $30 less per
section than our worthy county court
is paying his bosom friend, Mr. Nease.
Is this not rank extravagance to
give Bosom Friend Nease $30 per sec
tion more than Clackamas Co. men
would have done the work for? Is it
not a waste of public nicney to pay
$60,000 for a cruise that could have
been done for $15000? What do you
call it? Does it look honest? Does it
look for your interests or Judge Beat
ie's interests ? '
Look at the other bridges, the one
at Kellogg Creek that cost $800, and
which the county court-let the con
tract for, and had it signed up BE
FOE THE KIND OF A BRIDGE WAS
DETERMINED the contract stating
the specifications WOULD BE FUR
NISHED LATER on. Look' at the
proposition of building bridges to ac
comodate friends who have "stood in,"
bridges that that have not been used
to this day by the public because there
is no use for them, yet the county
court could not spare a few dollars for
the South End road in this city and
other places where badly needed.
And Lord's Oregon laws state that
bridges costing over $500 MUST BE
ADVERTISED FOR, or done by a
superintendent And again (in this
Kellogg Creek bridge Judge Beatieo
ignored Lord's Oregon Laws.
Look at the quarried stones scatter
ed around the county, that cost $3
each, laying by the roadsides.
Look at the thousands and thous
ands of dollars expended on the
county roads where $100 is spent for
$25 worth of results.
Extravagance, carelessness, politics
arid pull. Men, what are you getting
for your taxes that have gone up, up,
up ? Not only farm owntrs, but home
owners; not only property owners, but
renters. When taxes go up, rents go
up, what you buy goes up and every
eater and wearer pays just as much
taxes in proportion as the farmer.
Where is this taxation going to i
we don't stop extravagance and loose
contracts and expenditures? We have
GOT to stop it.
Here's another matter that shows
rank carelessness and where Clacka
mas county has been trimmed out of
LOOK OVER THE BUNCH
And See if Your Interests are With
These Political Halfbreeds
Voters, taxpayers, workers, just
look over the men and influences that
are working night and day to keep
Judge Beatie as general manager of
this county.
Look them over, size them up, and
see if a man of these backers has any
thing in common with you if their
interests are your interests.
They represent the biggest corpora
tions on the Pacific coast; they are
leaders and backers of a once power
ful political machine a machine that
is such a scrambled mess of "old line"
republicans and democrats that
Charles H. Murphy would be asham
ed of it
Look at them; George C. Brownell,
old time ringmaster of lob politics.
Frank Jaggar, republican central
committeeman, under whose guidnace
Clackamas county has gone democrat
ic. J. E. Hedges, council for the big
gest business corporation on the Paci
fic coast
Judge Beatie, side-partner to Geo.
C. Brownell, and the man who deals
the cards after Brownell has stacked
them.
The Etnerprise, mouthpiece of the
county ring, standing for and advo
cating everything the ring tells it to
advocate a newspaper without a vis
ible policy or principle.
These and a few lesser lights who
live on the crumbs, are the train crew
that is railroading artinst the recall.
and who are moving everything that
is not nailed down to put Beatie over
and save his neek and his job from
$10,000.
Kead sections, 3579, 3580, 3583, re
garding taxation on outside sheep
grazing in this county, where it pro
vides they shall be taxed. Here are
the official figures of the number of
sheep from outside counties that have
been grazed in this county for the
past four years, and on which there
has been no tax collected according to
law. These figures are based on four
month's grazing and on an 18 mill
levy:
Year No. sheep Val. 18 mills 4 mos
1909- 10 22189 $44378 $7988 2662
1910- 11 20805 $41610 7489 $2496
1911- 12 22201 $44402 $7992 2664
1912- 13 22431 $44862 $8075 2691
Lost in taxation$10,509
Bull Run, Cherryville, Cascade,
George, Eagle Creek, Springwater,
Milk Creek, Soda Springs and all the
other precincts. Just think of this
carelessness on the garb of our County
Court 1 If you have any sheep or cat
tle running into the reserve your
worthy county officers will soon find
it out and you'll pay accordingly, but
those transient fellows go scott free.
The Court house job you can't get
from the fact that it cost over $26,000
that bids were rejected that called for
$17,000 and this plain signed state
ment of the architect:
Myself and Architect Wilson of
Portland carefully estimated the
cost of the court house improve
ments AS CALLED FOR AND
SHOWN ON ADOPTED PLANS
in August 1911, and we found we
could not exceed $20,000 at the
very most, but thought $18000
should complete the work.
And it cost over $26,000. Why were
the bids rejected? Ask yourself.
The State Board of Health matter
and Judge Beati's work. Not one word
of defense has ever been made by the
speakers. Your county judge holding
up this matter and the state laws for
three months and only dropping . it
when he was forced to by Rev. Spiess.
This matter alone is sufficient to re
call him. It can't be defended. The
goods, the proof was fornd on Judge
Beatie. Politics and pull were greater
than health laws and were set aside.
Not a man on the recall speaking
force dare touch it Not a man on the
speaking force dare meet Mr. Spiess
and discuss the matter.
What of this, you people of Ore
gon City who went through a typhoid
epidemic last fall ? What do you think
of a judge and a "county ring" that
would dare play politics with human
life conditions?
The suspension bridge inspection
$350 was paid for, and Judge Beatie
has never denied that his own brother-in-law
made the inspection. A compe
tent engineer in this city offered to
make the inspection free of charge
for the city, and yet it went to Port
land (as usual) and cost $350.
The free franchise to a Portland
gas combination that's another one
the judge doesn't touch.
And so they go there are charges
enough to bury him.
On the other hand look at the op-
Sosing candidate flean cut, honest
onorable men against which not one
word has ever been written or print
ed. Take your choice. The recall has
been invoked. Use it, and you put the
fear in the hearts of all officials to
come after in this county.
Turn it down and you will have to
stand what is handed to you for years
to come, for if once we fail the re
call in this county wil lgo on a long
vacation.
Weigh these matters. Use your
head, and vote the way your head
and heart tell you.
the uprising of voters of Clackamas
county.
Look them over and reason out if
what this bunch of political half
breeds wants is good for you.
See if you don't come to the con
clusion what THEY want you com
mon fellows don't want.
WHY? WHY? WHY?
Why Didn't They Indict on the "False
and Malicious Statements.
Statements absolutely false and
malicious have been hurled forth
by the steaming champions of the
recall. R. B. Beatie, N. Blair.
'Absolutely false and malicious,"
these men say, over their signatures.
These charges have been made for
many months.
They were made before the last
grand jury convened and made while
that grand jury was in session.
I Yet Robert Beatie and William
Mattoon went before the grand jury
and had the Courier editor INDICT-
I ED BECAUSE OF A MIXUP OF
LINOTYPE LINES in the Courier
and its comments thereon which the
editor had every reason to believe
.were true and he had reason to com
ment on.
I Why did not Judge Beatie ask for
'an indictment on these charges he
'says were "absolutely false and ma
licious 7 '
Why, and again WHY?
Did they think an indictment of
the Courier editor would make him
quit and muzzle this paprr until after
Swedish Service at Methodist Church
Rev. John Ovall, the Swedish min
ister of the Swedish Methodist Church
work in this part of the county, visit
ed our city last Tuesday. He is much
interested in the future of Oregon
City and is one of a committee look
ing over the city as a college site.
He thinks Oregon City has a good
chance to get the school.
Farm For Sale Cheap
53 acres partly improved. Good
buildings, running water, orchard.
One mile from store and school, sev
en miles from Oregon City on Clear
Creek. Will take $75 per acre for this
farm, $2,000 down, balance on time
to suit purchaser at 6 per cent. No
trades. Inquire or phone Dr. E. E.
Chase, Silverton, Oregon.
Good for Governor West
Editor Courier: ,
Through your paper I wish to con
gratulate Governor West in his stand
to have the laws enforced. It mat
ters not what nature, whether a cir
cus, blind pig, riot or deportation of
citizens. This is true patriotism and
all law-abiding citizens should give
three cheers and a tiger for Gover
nor West.
W. W.M yers.
CRUSHED IN ELEVATOR
John Rohl Killed at Woolen Mills
Wednesday Morning ;
John Rohl, for ten years an employ
ee of the woolen mills, was killed at
the mills Wednesday morning. He
was the elevator operator for two
months past and his dead body was
found crushed between ihe elevator
and the floor, presumably attempting
to leave the car while in motion. He
was 65 years old, lived on Pearl
street, and leaves a widow.
WOMLD'S FAIR TRIP WON
THERE'S ANOTHER TO BE GIVEN
DO YOU WANT IT?
Courier Voting Contest is Now a
Huge Success
Last week was a 'record breaker in
the Courier's Big $2000.00 contest
Big returns came in from every sec
tion of the field. It was a big fight
between the contestants for the first
triD to the Worlds Fair Somebody
won, too. The first trip has gone. The
name of the winner will be annonuced
in a later issue of the paptwi. There is
another trip to go. If you missed the
first one you still have another
chance. Besides there are many other
things to be awarded such as schol
arships and etc. Every contestant gets
something. That is every contestant
.that turns in $10.00 or more during
the contest.
See the Big Ad
See the big ad in .another section
of the DaDer. It will tell you who won
the special prizes, and give other
valuable information.
S25.00 Gold Watch
Next week will be the watch week.
It's a dandy too. See it in the display
window of the Gardner Jewelry store.
The Courier has purchased it at a
cost of $25.00. With it goes the Uard
ner Guarantee. You know the mean.
ing of a Gardner Guarantee. This
watch will be awarded to the con
testant turning in the best results
between Aug. 6 and noon Aug. 13. Get
in the game for the watch it's a
dandy. We are also going to give
10,000 bonus votes to the winner of
the watch. To the second highest we
will give a $25.00 scholarship in the
Portland Business College, and a
bonus of 5,000 votes. The third high
est will receive 3,000 bonus votes.
Helo Now
If you have promised to help a
contestant do it now. Now is when
they need your help. Now is the time
for every contestant to get in their
promises. Win the gold watch, also
take a chance on winning a trip, or
one of the grand prizes. Just a few
days are left before the close. Make
every move count votes. If you do
this and continue to worn nara you
will be justly awarded for your ef
forts. Who will win the watch next
week? That's up to you.
Mr. and Mrs. James Swafford and
son and daughter, Miss Nell and Har
old Swafford, who are occupying a
cottage at Seaside, write tnat tney
are enjoving themselves immensely.
They have enjoyed long walks along
the beach and had much fun hunting
for clams, of which they found all
they wanted. The weather is splen
did and ideal for vacation times. They
expect to remain for another week
yet
HOW JUDGE BEATIE GOT
COUNTY OUT OF DEBT
Mr. Taxpayer, we are giving you
facts and figures by the year under
the present term of the county judge
and commissioners, which is for 1911,
the first year of the "economy ad
ministration." Read it carefully and if you doubt
its correctness, call at the Courier of
fice and see the certified copies for
yourself, or call at the clerk's office
and see the originals, and have the
clerk check it over for you and see
if they are not correct.
At the January term of the county
court in 1911, the present county
court started to practice economy and
the following are the official figures,
certified to be correct by the county
clerk, showing the transactions.
First: They levied $43,000 for the
general county purposes and they lev
ied $16,000 for the repair of the court
house and jail, making a total of
$64,000, and they expended for those
purposes $82,910.39, so instead of
making a saving the county lost $18,
910.39, or in other words went behind
that much for 1911, for general coun
SCHUEBEL
SCORES
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QUESTIONS RIGHT AND JUSTICE
OF JUDGE EAKIN'S ORDER
NO SUCH POWER IS GIVEN
Constitution Does Not Give Judge the
Power of Law Making
Editor Courier:
I wish to enter my protest as an
attorney and a citizen of Oregon
against the act of one of our judges
in granting an injunction Saturday
to restrain the sheriff cf Clackamas
County from performing his duty as
a neace officer on Sunday to prevent
a circus performance in violation of
a state law.
In issuing this injunction I believe
the Circuit Court usurped a power
that is not granted to the Judges by
the Constitution. It left this county
without an officer to serve a warrant
or enforce the law of the State against-the
operatives and owners of an
unlawful Sunday circus performance
just outside of the city limits of -Oregon
City.
The I. W. W's of Portland sued for
an injunction to restrain the peace of
ficers from interfering with their
street meetings, and Judge McGinn,
who heard the application .held that
the Courts had no authority to enjoin
a peace officer from the performance
of his duty. The officer and his bonds
men are responsible if he exceeds or
abuses his power in the alleged per
formance of his official duties.
If the precedent established by
Judge Eakin is to be established as
good law, then any time in the future
than an itinerant criminal wishes to
violate the law on Sunday he can't get
an injunction Saturday afternoon
against the sheriff and all his assis
tants, and before the injnuction can
be dissolved, he can commit his crime
and leave the state.
At the next session of the Legis
lature Ih act should be passed, plac
ing a very plain limit on the power of
judges to govern by injunction, and
especially to prevent judges (whose
duty it is to see that all the laws are
enforced) from granting restraining
orders against peace officers from
performing their duty and enforcing
Governor W&t obeyed thfi fjfsti
tutional provision requiring that ''lie
shall take care that the Laws be
faithfully executed." There is no lan
guage in the constitution that confers
any executive power on the Courts.
Thee onstitutional duty of the Judge
is to try persons who are accused of
having violated the law and they are
expressly prohibited from exercising
any executive or legislative powers.
C. Scheuble
Watch for It
The Enterprise is going to pull off
a master stroke in politics. It has the
drawing and is only awaiting the car
toon. It will be a great argument
against the recall. It will show Ed.
Old's picture and "The Valiant Three"
M. J. Brown, S. L. Casto and Robert
Scheubel. Surely it will be some dog.
Order your extra copies now. This is
a free ad for the Enterprise and
comes within the corrupt practice
act
Kay Arrests Three Men
Tom Kay, Governor West's special
deputy, Sheriff Mass deputy, Bert
Staats, discovered a keg of beer be
ing delivered from the ice plant to a
waiting auto Sunday, and Chris Hart
man, Roy Cox and Nicholas Humph
ries were arrested. Roy Cox
and Humphries pleaded guilty to sell
ing liquor on Sunday, wore fined $50
each by Justice Sievers and then
fines suspended. Hartman pleaded not
guilty and his case will be tried today.
Big Recall Meeting at Clackamas
Monday, August 11th the people of
Clackamas Station will have a chance
to Bee our candidates and hear some
of the reasons and causes that has
caused the general uprising among
the taxpayers of Clackamas Co.
against our present County Court
.P. W. Meredith, Sec'r.
Harry Lammers and Miss Blodwyn
Thomas, well known young people of
Beaver Creek, were in this city Sun
day on their way to the Oaks, where
they spent the day.
ty purposes.
Second: For 1911, there was levied
$48,000 to apply on road warrant in
debtedness and there was also levied
$125,000 for general road and bridge
purposes, making a total of $173,000,
but the county court expended for
that year $198,730.88, for roads and
bridges, thereby going fuither in debt
in the sum of $26,730.88 for road and
bridge purposes.
These figures are supported by cer
tified copias obtained i'rom the county
clerk under his official seal, so in oth
er words the county court expended
more money than was collected under
the levy, for those purposes in 1911,
making a deficiency between the ex
penditures and the levy above men
tioned, of a total sum for the county
of $44,641.27, which Brownell, Beatie
& Company says is "practical econ
omy." Remember the county never was
gotten out of debt through the prac
tice of economy, but by a HEAVY
LEVY upon an INCREASED AS
SESSMENT ROLL, made in January,
1913.
COURT
NJUNG