OREGON CITYSJCOURIER, THURSDAY, AUG. 7 1913
OREGON CITY COURIER
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M. J. BR.OWN,
EDITOR
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say that I am editor and part owner
of the Oregon City Courier, and that
the average weekly circulation of that
paper from May 1, 1912, to May 1, 19
13, has exceeded 2,000 copies, and that
these papers have been printed and
circulated from the Courier office in
the usual, manner.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 6th day of May, 1913.
GILBERT L. HEDGES,
Notary Public for Oregon
CHARGES THEY CAN'T ANSWER
I would like to see the man who has
the taxpayers' interests at heart stand
up and defend the county court's ac
tion in letting contract after contract
to the Coast Bridge Co. for Clakcamas
county bridges without advertising
and without giving others a chance
to bid.
The honest way to build bridges is
to invite competition and get them to
build for the least money.
Why were not the bridges of this
county built in this manner'
Ask them to drop law technicalities,
to drop other counties, and tell the
people of THIS county why the bridge
contracts were let in private offices to
big corporations, and ask them to ex
plain the report of the bridge expert,
Groo, who measured the bridges and
computed the weight of steel, and
found them $6,000 short.
The county court won't answer
these charges and questions.
Answer them yourself, Mr. laxpay-
That "out of debt" crow came home
to roost.
Eight days more, and we will see
how this "abortive" recau movement.
the Enterprise calls it, shows up.
Don't let them fool you with good
mads nromises. A Dromise made at
this stage of the game ought to brand
Will some of the attorneys of this
county answer Attorney bchuebel
criticism of Judge Eakin on page 1
Don't crowd come one at a time.
The Enterprise appears to have
lllsd off from the recall fieht
But it is too late. It has done its
worst. '
.. Wnut nfana '.n anA rlnoa SI
sheriff's duties, after a circuit judge
nSIH Fl IIIIIIUU WIG DWV, ill " vv
Great oregonian criticizes the govern
or.
Clackamas county out of debt April
4, and owing $(jU,04.,s August i
t.hov will throw the taxat
inn hnnk in deeper to eet the county
out of some more debt
It is amusin, the protests of the
Republican papers because Secretary
Bryan is making Chautauqua addres
ses during his vacation. Taft played
golf during his, and the air was not
burned with protests.
As near as we could figure the sit'
uation out back east frcm a person
al view the main thing that ails the
country is the results of over a quar
ter of a century of Republicans' rule
which has left a Rockefeller at one
end of the string and a tramp at the
other. Kichmond (Cal.) Herald.
Last year the Oregonian fought
for the exemption law on household
furniture and eltects. it was a law lor
the irood of the people fund the Ore
gonian editor.) But when a law is
proposed to exempt $1500 of the toil
ers' improvements, the Oregonian
fights it. That is not for the good for
the millionaires and idle lands.
,. Failure to let contracts to the
lowest bidder is the best way in
the world to kill paving compe
tition." Eugene Register.
It's the best way in the world to
kill any competition, and there is no
reason in the world (but private
reasons) for private contracts. If
Clackamas county had had competit
ion in its contracts for the past three
years taxation would not be as high
as it is.
The McMinnville Telephone
Register is the only publication
coming to this office, aside from
the Oregon City Courier, that has
opposed the Oregon University
propriations and that is in favor
of the application of the refer
endum to that measure. Dallas
Observer.
The Observer's exchange list must
be limited, but even if it were true, it
simply shows the newspapers of the
state do not represent Bentiment. The
big popular vote of lust year showed
what the people thought of this bale
of political fodder, and the people will
show it again this year.
Three professional bunco men
were arrested yesterday, taken
before the Court and were sen
tenced to 00 duys on the rockpilo.
Tho bunco men wore I Wells, E.
L. Edwurds and Dick Rogers.
Their gamo is to operate a fake
racing scheme Each man plead
ed guilty and agreed to leave
town, which was satisfactory to
all concerned. Portland Journal.
Why were they arrested ? Why
were they tried? Why wero they sen
tenced, und why was their release
satisfactory to all concerned? They
would have promised lo have left
town before all this happened. And
the newspapers state the courts are
so far behind on their work more
help is needed.
ulont. Wilson has removed Am
bassador Wilson and the Oregonian
tells us what a mistake ne maae ana
what a hole he is in.
Wilonn talked too much to be a safe
man in Mexico, and the president did
the rignt tni.ng at me nguw nine.
The Enterprise far overplayed its
hand when its lying columns stated
the Equity Society was hitting at the
recall. If one thing was needed to
make the individual members support
the recall, the Enterprise furnished
it.
How verv considerate the County
Court's friends were in not asking
.ludce Beatie for an injunction to re
strain Sheriff Mass from doing his
duty. They said that on account of
the recall elction they would not ask
him. Did they anticipate he would
have granted the injunction, and it
would have injured his chances to
If there is any truth in the talk
that the gang is out to "save Blair"
and let Beatie go, the "ring" had bet
ter have another think, for remember
there is a fall election coming, and it
would not cost anything but the
printing of the ballots to go after
Commissioner Mattoon. Ana mere
are hundreds of voters in this county
who want him.
Here is a little point worth consi
dering m connection with the recall
candidate, Mr. Anderson. It is a
point for parents to consider, of the
fitness of this man as juvenile judge
for this county. No better man could
be found. Ouiet, kind, considerate
with children of his own, Mr. Ander
son would make a splendid councellor
for the boys and girls, who sometimes
have their little troubles. This is
simply a detail of county court duties
but it is a big detail, an important
detail, and one that parents should
give a lot of consideration.
GOOD FOR WEST
Governor West has ordered Attor
ney General (Jrawtord to bring to
justice the men who have violated
the law in deportations of the I. W,
W'8 at Marshfield and Bandon, and
the I. W. W's who have violated the
laws.
Out of this will come trial by jury
instead of trial by mob. Out of this
will come a time when every man will
be given a hearing, and justice be
rendered.
And this is just what and all the
Courier has stood for.
"Mob rule will not go in Oregon,"
says our governor, and he is everlast
ing right in this stand.
Six hundred men had no right to
deport Editor Leach. It was mob rule
and they insulted the stars and
stripes when they made a monkey
play of compelling him to salute the
flag a flag carried in the hands of
men who were violuting the consti
tution that flag is supposed to stand
for.
If Leach is guilty put him in the
pen, put him there for the limit, and
put with him every I. W. W. who is
guilty.
But don t put them there because a
umber boss says he is guilty. Don't
put him thero because a sheriff vi
olated his oath of office and a mar
shall encouraged mob law.
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thereon, This guarantee makes the check
equivalent to so much cash, and there
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at once. If not used, a certified check
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you may receive due credit. If lost, the
bank should be notified promptly..
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OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
If you want to break up the county
court ring next Week Saturday, Aug.
16, is the time and place.
If a recall election suceeds on Sher
iff Tom Word of Portland, it will
spoil his gubernatorial chances.
As nearly as we can make out, the
district that hasn't been promised all
kinds of road improvement is a lone
some, over-looked precinct.
The Courier has heard many high
compliments of the outline platform
as given by Judge G. B. Dimick, in
his announcement speech for gover
nor at Macksburg.
Voters look on the precinct roads
in this county, see the utter waste of
good money in incomputent hands,
and then vote for two men for the
county court who will divorce politics
from roads nad inaugurate a system
of roads that will be built for per
manency. It is a scandal to our county
the way tax money is sunk into mud
holes today
H. S. ANDERSON
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Nominated for County Judge on the
Citizens Independent ticket
If the people make II. S. Anderson
county judge Saturday of. next week
they will never regret it, for he will
make good he couldn't do otherwise.
Any man who knows Mr. Anderson
absolutely knows UacKamas county
will tret an honest and economical
administration if he is elected and
that is what Clackamas county needs
more than any thing on earth.
Any voter who does not know Mr.
Anderson should know him, should
know him as his neighbors know him,
as a man of unquestioned honor, hon
esty and ability.
Wot one word; not one wnisper nas
been uttered against this man during
the campaign, and not one word or
whisper atcainst him will be made
for even his opponents dare not make
them.
The opposition has to fall back on
the men who have worked for the re
call. They can't touch Mr. Anderson,
and they forget that M. J. Brown, E.
D. X)lds and others are not the can
didates, the issues or the arugments.
Mr. Anderson has been for eleven
years a resident of Clackamas county.
He was born in Ohio, and came to
this county in 1002. He has always
been a Republican. He is educated,
a man of exceptional business ability,
and his splendid work during the past
three and a half years in making a
state wide reputation for the Clear
Creek Creamery Co., is sufficient
proof of his business ability.
He is a farmer, a successiul far
mer, and has a fine farm and hand
some home in Harding precinct.
Mr. Anderson is a man money
could not buy or influence. He would
do what he thought was right and
honest, despite politics, big business
or any other influences.
These reasons are why the ring
doesn't want Mr. Anderson for judge.
And these reasons are why the vot
ers of this county should make him
judge.
J. S. YODER'S VIEWS
What lie Thinks of Courier, the Re
call and and the Candidates
Hubbard, Ore, Aug. 4
Editor Courier:
I wish to commend the stand you
have taken in regard to the Sunday
exhibition of the Wild West Show
that was advertised to give an exhib
ition in your city on iaunday August
3rd. To my mind those giving the
circus people permission as well as
those advertising the performance
have very little regard for the fourth
commandment. I also would have you
send copies of this week's Courier to
voters who are not subscribers to
your paper, and herewith enclose a
check to help the cause, for even
should you do as tho great moral (?)
daily of your city did, which sent out
a last week's issue with double head
ines in crimson as sample copies,
still it takes time and lubor to wrap
and mail.
I also wish to commend tho dele
gates of the recall convention for
their selection of candidates. I have
known Mr. Smith for twenty years
and I think there is no man in this
end of tho county better qualified
for the position he is asked to fill.
I am not acquainted, with Mr.
Anderson, but any mi:n that can
make a success of a cooperative
reamery is fit for any office that the
people of the county may thrust up
on him, at least that is my opinion.
J.H. loder .
Wanted Position as housekeeper
in the country by reliable, elderly
widow. Ask at Postoffice, E. Newman,
Oregon City.
ABOUT FOOD.
(K to your ImnqiU't, then, but
use delight,
So as to rise still with an ap
petite. Ilerrlck.
Ho who feasts every day
feasts no day. Simmons.
One should eat to live and not
live to eat, Henjaiuln Frauklln.
The discovery of a new dish
does more for the happiness of
a man than the discovery of a
star. Brlllat-Savarin.
Eat at your own table as you
would eat at tho table of a king.
Confucius.
Enough U equal to a feast
Kidding.
"GRANT A."
This Is not for the youngsters. . They
must turn the page and seek better
reading elsewhere.
It Is for the oldsters whose heads
are gray and whose memories of child
hood lie far beyond the mountains In
the east It is not for the solitary old
man, but for the man whose sunset of
life Is compounded of the beautiful
smiles of the little ones. It is for those
who hear a hundred times a day the
tones of the little chaps and maidens
calling:
"Gran'pa!"
It's "gran'pa this" and "gran'pa
that" until a man can't rest, isn't It?
It's "Gran'pa, answer questions," and
'Gran'pa, where's my dolly?" and
'Gran'pa, when will supper be ready?'"
Do you know there are few things
on earth that are more wonderful and
beautiful than the trust which little
ones place In their grandparents?
Mother Is busy with her household
cares, and father can't spare time from
his business or his work to bother with
the babies, but grandpa or grandma is
always there, always patient and kind
and indulgent.
The man who said "God could not be
always everywhere, so be made moth
ers," voiced a great truth. But tf a
substitute must be had for mother oh,
of course only when mother Is busy!
who can fill the bill better than a
grandparent? Not even a maiden aunt,
with loving, kindly ways and genuine
affection for the little ones that are
hers and are still not hers, can do as
much for them as a grandparent who
Is still bale and active.
And, when grandpa or grandma Is not
well and must sit in an armchair and
be 'tended to, bow often are the posi
tions reversed and grandpa or grandma
becomes the cared for Instead of the
caring! Then tho little ones delight in
helping grandpa or grandma to fetch
books or pipes or sewing materials.
Then the true loving kindness of chil
dren, so often overlooked or deprecated,
becomes manifest.
The invisible bond that unites grand
parents and grandchildren becomes
stronger as the older lives wane. In it
Is found touching testimony of the
power of blood. Can you think of
closer kinship than that which is ex
pressed in terms of loving care by
grandchildren and grateful affection by
grandparents?
There Is a light that illumines the
sunset path that is not seen in earlier
years.
IN SCHOOL WITH HIS SON.
Willis Hickam, lawyer, of Spencer,
Ind., has been graduated from the law
school of Indiana university in the
same class as his son, Hubert Hickam.
Thirty years ngo the elder man was a
student In the Institution, but the school
was disbanded before he finished his
course, tie studied elsewhere, was ad
mitted to the bar and became a suc
cessful practitioner. When his son be
came old enough to enter the college
Hickam entered with him to complete
his course.
It is pleasant to think of the younger
man and his father studying and work
ing together. Too often the page of
life's book, on which are written the
relations of father and son, Bhow a dif
ferent picture, one of father and son
with divergent interests.
It is perhaps a trite figure of speech
to say that we are all students in life's
school. Hut it is true, and the man
who pnld first It was many centuries
ago "While I live I learn," bad tne
right idea.
Who. ran say that Hickam and bis
son have not learned to know each oth
er better during the years they have
been In the law school? Poring over
the same books, working out the same
problems, the younger man cannot
have failed to develop a greater feellns
of respect for the old man's ability.
And the father? Of course he is proud
of his "boy." but wltb the pride has
mucb of me," be says..
And If by natural ability he has goi
somehow into the big league he doesn't
stay there. Klrst he drifts back to the
minors; then be gets into the semi
professional class that is the "jumping
off place" in baseball. Then he disap
pears altogether, and only the most
rabid "fans" remember his name
"George MIGHT have made a ball
player," they say, "but he wouldn't
try. ne never seemed able to get a
grip on himself. Seems be took him
self as a kind of Joke."
That's the way It is In life, lads off
the ball field the same as It Is on the
diamond. If you consider yourself a
joke and feel that you can't make
good
You won't that's all.
This doesn't mean taking yourself
so seriously that you think you are
the whole tbiag In the game of life
teams, umpires, grand stand, bleachers
and all. Not at all. It does not mean
having n swelled head. You may be a
manager In the BIG GAME or you
may be only the boy who carries the
bat bag. But you've got to take your
self seriously when the game is called
and when it is on.
That means all the time In life when
Herious business is to be done.
It's the player who knows how to
play the game and who kuows how to
apply his knowledge who scores In the
GREAT GAMK. He Is the mau who
heads the column when the averages
are made up.
PLUNGE IN I
There is u wonderful river that flows
through the streets of a big city. Some
times it roars through the canyons of
the business streets and Is nngry with
Its confinement between the high walls.
Sometimes it broadens out in the home
places and sings quietly of the mothers
and children sheltered from the strife
of life.
It Is the river of humanity. It has
its ebb and Its flow, its rapid movement
und its slow. It bears along on Its cur
rent the lives of men and women and
little children, their hopes, their aspira
tions, their joys and their woes.
Tuke a plunge Into the river of hu
inanity: He a part of its mighty swirl,
if only for one day. When you emerge
go back. If you will, to your quieter life
on the farm, In the village, the town,
the small city, but know for once at
least the "feel" of the mightier current
The real city mau feels that It Is good
to be a factor in the sum of problems
that make up a great heap of human
ity. He Is proud of deciding for him
self to be a power for the good that
In the end makes up the major portion
of the life of a city or town.
How could it be otherwise? Cities
could not exist, their sites would be
given up to the howling of the Jackal
and ravening of tbe hyena. If the ma-
cot the rest needed for the further
dragging or tbe load of life? Do vol'
give them a thought, or do you wave r
fan listlessly to and fro and complaii
querulously as you order your servuii;
to bring ice und cooling drUiks and ur
range more carefully the pillows where
on yon lie?
Do you know that In the city-aye
and lu the poorer districts of the town
and the village and tbe open country -human
beings, men, women and little
children, your own klnfolk In virtue
of human brotherhood, faint and dlc
for want of a breath of fresh air?
"1 am hot, too." you say. "I do not
bring the heat. There Is a Providence
which orders such things. Why should
I be blamed for the beat that kills as
well as briugs life?"
You are not blamed. Bister and broth
er. It is not your fault But Is it not
your fault if you, mitigating your owu
sufferings from the beat, fail to take
thought of the little children whose
naked feet burn ou hot asphalt, whose
food is scanty and unfitted for tbe sea
son, whose lied Is the filthy sidewalk,
whose Bufferings are too fearful to con
template when tbe dog star shines
down on misery that sp'reads in ever
widening circles?
Are you doing your share toward
raising' the fresh air funds which are
alleviating tbe lot of summer sufferers?
Are you giving anything of yourself to
tbe work? There Is a field which the
Master would like to see tilled that it
may bring forth the sound fruits of
human brotherhood and sympathy and
love. It is a wide field, and the work
ers therein are few compared to the
need.
Bring to it whatever energy you can
spare in the days of midsummer heat,
and If one baby looks up to you with
gratitude in its eyes you will truly feel
that-
"Inusmucb as ye have done it unto
one of tbe least of these, my brethren,
ve have done It unto me."
The law in recall elections provide
that the County Clerk and two jus
tices shall canvass the vote and as
soon as this is done Mr. Anderson and
Smith, if elected, will be sworn in and
take their seats.
J. W. SMITH
Citizens Independent Candidate for
Commissioner on Recall Ticket
There probably is not a better in a county which had a normal Re
known farmer in Clackamas county publican majority of about 1600, but
than J. W. Smith of Macksburg, the he cut that majority 1200 and gave
nominee for county commissioner on the ring the scare of their lives.
the Citizens Independent ticket the
recall ticket.
"Jim" Smith is a level-headed,
practical, thinking, successful far-
"Jim" Smith would make a strong
man on the county court. He is a
heavy taxpayer, he knows Clackamas
County, and he knows the needs and
mer. He has one of the finest farms its leaks, knows the weak System
ana farm homes in the county a
home that has every modern city con
venience. And his farm is a model
' n1ati nrViiiVi if ia run anA wifVi T-1
S. Anderson as judge, would make a
for the county.
Mr. Smith is endowed with a dis
position of sunshine, and he possess
es that faculty of making warm, per
sonal friends, yet at the same time he
is a scrapper when occasion demands,
lority of city men and women were not an aggressive, out-and-out fiirhter.
good and true, honestly following the His popularity was shown when he
right in the light of conscience. ran for commissioner p gainst Wil-
A city made up in ireater purt of ra. ham Mattoon. Mr. Smith is a Demo
crat and had little hope of an election
strong team of county managers.
The kind of a man to help manage
Clackamas county is a man who has
made a success of his own business,
and no man in this big county has
made more of a success than J. W.
Smith of Macksburg.
He's the quality of man needed to
help run Clackamas county. They
won't put anything over on him.
Vote him in and see if he doesn't
pay dividends.
FR
ANK BUSCH
The Man That Sells Fence
Oregon City
Oregon
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Made or the best hard sieel wire, thoroughly fjnlvanized.The locks will not slip,
they are n.t driven down on the wire, hence not a wire is injured. 16 cross tai
JO the rod. The heaviest woven wire standard (arm fence on ihp market
Mr, Farmer :
If you wish to fence new land or replace an old, de
lapidated one with a modern, up-to-date fence, then
come and see us it does not matter if you are a mem
ber of the Equity Club, we will make you a better price
right here at home than what ycu are paying East. We
ask for our 40 in. Field Fence 33c per rod and it weighs
.7.81 pounds to every rod.
STEEL RANGES AND COOK STOVES
What is the use of paying fancy prices for
Stoves when you can get a good range for
$15.00
COMFORT COMES
FIRST
A Rocker may be ever so handsome in appear
ance ever so costly if it is not comfortable to sit in
if it does not "just it is not the rocker you
want around the home. It doesn't make much differ
ence what you may want in a rocker, it's 1 ere we're
pretty sure. At any rate we'd like
you to see, and sit in some of them
Fine Parlor Rocker
$3.50