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vertising columns are good as gold
Clackamas County Fair
September 24, 25, 2627
. Canby, Oregon
JfldB.
31st YEAR.
OREGON CITY, ORE., THURSDAY, AUG. 21 1313.
No. 13
OREGON
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WITH THE SCALES
LOOK. OVER WEIGHTS AND SEE
IF THESE ARE JUSTICE
VARIATIONS CAUSE COMMENT
Here is the Product That is Causing
Men to Wonder and Question
Now that election is over and we
have all come to and become calm,
here are a few illustrations of justice
or injustice that we ask you fellows
who think as you read to 'get busy
on. The subject may be a little old,
but if you will follow it through, it
will make you ponder a little and
wonder a few.
You remember the Courier editor
was indicted by the Grand Jury in
June for commenting on the county
court expenditures which it had pub
lished over thirty days before, and
which no person or official had ever
denied. It has never been shown this
office made the error. If the error had
been made by the county officials
who furnished this office the official
copy, there would have been no indict
ment. If thee ounty officials made the
error, our comment would have been
lawful; if we made it, our comment
was criminal. See?
Now again: Last week, just on the
eve of election, the Courier was
again indicted this time for "issuing
an anonymous political publication"
in printing an article written by a
man without his signature. This ar
ticle was under the heading "The
Men Behind." Joseph E. Hedges says
the article was written by the Cour
ier editor. Joseph is wrong. He was
one who appeared before the grand
jury. If he had cared to see the orig
inal copy, or if he cares to see it now,
he may do so, and if the grand jury
had cared to have seen it, they might.
It was written by a man who will
back the assertions in it and who owns
to its authorship. Mind you the in
dictment isn't because of the untruth
of the statements, but because the
law says that during a campaign let
ters must be signed by the writer.
The law is all right. The letter slip
ped through without noting the sig
nature. Now let us look at a few other
cases of technical and plain violation
of the corrupt practice act, and see
what became of them:
In the recent election in Portland
the Oregonian on the day of election
violated the act in twos pecific cases,
by running paid advertising and by
editorial comment on election day
both of which are prohibited. When
the Journal called public attention to
the violation, the Oregonian boldly
stated they were running that paper,
not the election laws.
The big Oregonian was not indicted,
the little Courier was.
During the last campaign one of the
present county officials violated the
corrupt practice act. He did not do it
intentionally, he did it carelessly,
thoughtlessly, as the Courier editor
did in the unsigned letter .He was not
indicted.
During the same campaign the
Courier violated the law in allowing
to be slipped through a Portland ad
vertisement on political issues which
was not marked "Paid Advertise
ment." It was an electrotyped cut, we
thought the words were on the cut.
It was just as much a violation as
the one we were indicted on last week
only that was not a recall election and
the advertisement had no connection
with Clackamas county candidates.
In the last campaign the Enterprise
openly violated the corrupt practice
act by printing a libelous statement
atrainst a candidate for representa
tive, Attorney C. Schuebel. The grand
jury failed to indict, and later on the
Enterprise pleaded guilty in an open
article, and publicly stated it NEVER
RELIEVED ANY OF THE CHARG
ES AGAINST HIM WERE TRUE."
The grand jury reported no true bill.
Last summer Sunday picnics were
held on the west side and booze was
dispensed openly. Boys and girls came
across the bridge at night reeling in
drunkenness. Police officers reported
the conditions to this office and the
ministers rose up in protest.
Grand iuries came and went, and
no indictments were ever found. Yet
iust before election J. W. Smith of
Macksburg was indicted for selling
liauor on Sundav. because a grove on
his farm is rented to the Germans for
their Verein mcmcs. And the Cour
ier was indicted because it omiteed the
name of a man who wrote a letter to
the paper.
Lawrence Myres, a farmer, was ar-
rested and brought before Justice
Sievers for attempting to kill a color
ed man. Evidence showed that he hid
his rifle in a berry patch and was
picking berries while he was waiting
for the negro to pass by, which he
Hid. on the public highway, when
Myres grabbed his gun and shot at
tim twice, once wnen ne was on nis
wagon and again as he was fleeing
for his life on foot. When the son of
the neero came along afterward, tes
timony showed that Myres said that
he would get him too, and the men
attracted to the spot by the firing.
one of them a minister, forcibly pre
vented them an from shooting again,
Judge Sievers held this man for the
grand jury on two charges, assault
with intent to kill, and threatening to
commit a felony, and held him in
$2500 bail, and men from thataection
protested at his being releasecfbn any
bail.
Yet in the face of this evidence the
grand jury did not indict. They turned
him loose. ,
But J. W. Smith aTO the Courier
editor got theirs, Smith because the
Germans had beer in his grove and
Brown because a signaturew as omit
ted from a published letter.
H. E. Cross, in his recall street
speech Friday night stated facts,
cold-blood, plain facts, handed them
out in the plainest and most forcible
English, which charges had this pa
per dared to print the editor would be
smothered to death under indictments,
judged by the past.
On election, day, the day the elect
ion laws plainly state there shall be
no campaigning, nothing done to in
fluence voters, and which law brings
the matter down to such a fine point
that a voter cannot even wear his
party button when ho votes on this
day the Enterprise came out with a
lengthy campaign editorial in one par
ticular stating:
People who will vote to sup
port the county administration
will do so because they think it
shameful to blast the reputations
of Judge Beatie and Commission
er Blair solely, as they think to
satisfy those who may have per
sonal grievance against them."
Now you men who want justice, you
who like to see fair play; you who be
lieve that every man should be serv
ed alike for the same offenses under
the same law just review this scram
bled column, look over the haphazard
results, see the different weights from
the same scales of justice, and draw
your ownc onclusions.
THE RECALL CARRIED BY 500
THE RESPONSIBILITY
Rev. Milliken Says Pastors want it,
if Others Dodge
Editor Courier:
Apparently some think the pastors
are trying to avoid their share of re
sponsibility in the late Sunday circus
fracas. We have no desire to shoulder
the responsibility off on Mr. Schuebel,
Mr. Mass and Mr. Stipp. We were in
to the matter just as much as we
knew how to be, and are glad of the
fact.
Have you noticed how some people
like to cry "Narrow" and "Bigoted"
against everything that does not fall
into their particular groove? Speak
ing for my bretheren in the ministery,
any one of them has forgotten more
in the line of scholarship than any of
their critics who has arisen to speak,
so far, ever knew. Our reputations
along that line can take care of them
selves. As to the recent Sabbath fracas, the
religious part of the question played
no figure in the matter at issue. It
was simply a matter of plain obser
vance of the State law. Section 2125
of Lord's Oregon Laws states, as
clearly as words can express an idea,
that all amusements except theatres
(an exception made because a strong
theaticral lobby got busy when the
act was up,) and all forms of business
except doctors' shops, restaurants,
liverv stables, etc., should close Sun
days. These were excepted because
people have a habit of getting sick,
of traveling and of eating on Sunday
the same as on other days. Every
public official is under oath to admin
ister the law as it stands, inis tne
sheriff and Mr. Stipp consented to do.
A letter reposine in my desk from the
office of the chief legal light in Ore
gon says that no other interpretat
ion of the law is Honestly possiDie. a
kindergarten child could scarcely
read a wrong interpretation into it.
Strange what a fat fee from a would-be-law-breaking
organization can do!
By soma weird mysterious pettyfog
ging the hands of the county offic
ials were tied. LiKe tnese otticiais tue
Governor is sworn to uphold the laws
of Oregon, and to see that they are
iustlv executed. In coming to the as
sistance of our county officers he was
but observing his oath of ottice, as an
honorable man should do. Neither re
ligion nor sentiment had anything to
do with the matter, out a plain case
of law observance.
Some of our friends in the past
have ODDosed Socialism, as they have
never shown themselves especially
the champions of the working man.
We apologize for our mistake. They
have come out clearly upon the plat
form of anarchy, arguing that when
a law does not coincide with your
likes or desires, let the law go to
glory, and do what you think best
anyhow. We congratulate our anar
chist brethren upon coming out in
their true colors as honest men should
and claim the same privileges as up
holders of law and order.
W. T. Milliken
Judge R. B. Beatie and Commis
sioner N. Blair were recalled by the
voters of Clackamas county at the
special election last Saturday by the
decisive majority of 500.
This is the first recall of county
officials in Oregon or in the Unite!
States, and it has attracted state
wide attention.
Recall agitation had been under way
since January last, but it was not un
til April that it took definite form in
a big mass meeting in this city. This
gathering planly showed the discon
tent of the people, and it plainly
snowed that unless the defense was
clear and plain, the people were go
ing to use the recall.
They used it Saturday. ' The de
fense was not satisfactory, and the
only precincts out of 44 to give Judge
Beatie and Commissioner Blair help
ful majorities were Sandy, 125; Mo
lalla, 62; Canemah, 49; Oswego, 52,
and Oregon City, 50, while the pre
cincts of Colton, Viola, Maple Lane,
Oak Grove, Mill Creek, Harding, Bea
ver Creek, Estacada, Canby, Damas
cus, Needy, Highland, New Era,
Macksburg, rolled up the big majori
ties that brought decisive defeat.
The county court defenders would
not heed the significance of the mass
meeting. They made light of the re
call, and during the weeks when the
recall petitions were being circulated,
there was absolutely no defense made.
And only when 1750 names were fil-
TWO IMPORTANT MEASURES
One Should be Passed and the Other
Put to Sleep
In the judgment of the Courier
there are two matters before the city
council that should have careful at
tention. One the city can't go to fast
on and one it can't go too slow on
the garbage ordinance and the pur
chase of the Jones rock crusher.
The only needed argument for the
garbage ordinance is health condi
tions. The ordinance provides for
weekly or semi-weekly collections,
fly-tight metallic boxes and that the
persons served snail pay necessary
cost of hauling away. It also uro
vides residents who have facilities
may dispose of their own garbage, af
ter a permit is granted, and it pro
vides a fine of not more than $20 or
imprisonment for the one who vio
lates.
It should be a city law. We are
filthy in this particular and our con
ditions are unsanitary in many sec
tions. This ordinance of Mr. looze
should pass.
The rock crusher is not urgent, ana
in view of the heavy coming expenses
f the elevator und pure water, we
should not expend $6000 for this
crusher. Streets and elevators are
of far less importance than human
life, and if we pile on too many city
expenses the taxpayers win turn down
water propositions and our peopl
will move to Gladstone and Portland.
Let the rock crusher wait, and if
the Courier had foreseen the present
real health emergency last Wovembe:
it would have also said let the ele
vator wait.
SHOULD NOT WORRY
New County Managers Will Not Open
a Spoils System of Patronage
The Enterprise seems to be much
worried and concerned that someone
may lose his job over the change in
countv officers, and it goes on with a
column of editorial advice, telling
Judge Anderson and Commissioner
Smith to ignore the recaiiers.
The Enterprise can't see anything
but plunder in any reform or change.
It can't appreciate that it wasn't the
desire for jobs and graft that caused
the uprising and tne recall in tnis
county. It can't appreciate that men
can work for a betterment of condit
ions without having a job or a pull
in navment.
Judge Anderson and Commissioner
Smith don't need any advice r warn
ings from the Enterprise. They never
made a promise to any man. They
will not run thee ounty on the spoils
system. They want efficiency, honesty,
and economy. If they get it the em
ployee need not worry. The voters
of this county voted for a change, not
a distinction without a difference.
Drowned at Oswego
Sevenn Enckson, aged 23, was
drowned in sight of his two brothers.
in the Willamette river at Oswego
Sunday. Hew as in a canoe which
capsized, and he could not swim. Be
fore his two brothers, whow ere swim
ming on the opposite side of the river,
could reach him, he had sunken. Cor
oner Wilson of this city was notified
and the bdy was recovered.
Two Days, No Judge
Not waiting for the canvass of the
votes Tuesday, Judge Beatie left the
court house Monday and went to his
farm at Beaver Creek, and for nearly
two days Clackamas county had no
judge.
ed with the county clerk for a recall
election, did the defense realize
the strength behind the movement.
The campaign was short and des
perate. At the last moment the de
fenders of the court fully realized the
stone wall ahead, and every trick
known to the political game was re
sorted to. But they bounded back.
That defeat was caused by a light
vote will not pass. The registration
showed unusual interest, men and wo
men crowding the registration places
for three weeks. And those who did
not vote refrained because of the
stigma of the recall. They could not
sustain the court and they did not
want to vote to recall. Forced .to
vote they would have used the re
call. Had the vote been heavier the
defeat would have been greater.
Friday night defeat for the court
was in the air you could see it,
smell it. It was the silent strength.
Men and women were talking it over.
They were quiet but determined.
They were dissatisfied, rebelling.
They had made up their minds.
As an indication of the resentment
of the people over an indictment
sprung two days before election on
Commissioner Smith, the people stood
solidly with him, and many women of
this city denounced the action and
compared it with the liquor conditions
on the west side ot this city last sum
mer which the grand jures winked at. urday's verdict.
It didn't work.
The vote was canvassed Tuesday,
giving Anderson 2831, Beatie 2335;
Smith 2774, Blair 2362.
At eleven o'clock Judge Anderson
was given his certificate of election
and was sworn in.
The recall election makes new his
tory for Oregon, and as usual Clack
amas county led. This establishes the
recall as a part of the state's govern
ment and the people's power. The
law was framed by W. S. U'Ren, and
while it has been invoked on lesser
officials, it has never effectually re
called a county official.
In view of the verdict of the peo
ple that Messrs. Beatie and Blair have
not made good, and in view of the fact
that Commissioner Mattoon is equally
at fault, he having served during the
entire time of the recalled officials, a
committee will be selected to ask for
his resignation, and it is said if it is
not tendered a recall election will be
called at the same day of the general
election this fall.
Mr. Mattoon was not included in
the recall for the reason of being re
elected, he had not served six months
at the time recall petitions were circu
lated. It is argued that a recall elec
tion on the date of the fall election
would not add a cent to the expense,
and that Mr. Mattoon has no moral
right to hold office in face of Sat-
Some Crepe to Keep
Here's a little story. Some of you
will appreciate it.
Years ago in a JNew zone town, on
the eve of election, the sanguine Re
publicans hauled a cannon to an emi
nence in the village, loaded it to the
muzzle, and announced that at mid
night its firing would proclaim Re
publican victory.
but tne -KepuDiicans lost, ana tnen
some Democrat wags draped the can
non and put up this sign:
"A CHARGE TO KEEP I HAVE".
The connection of this story will
be most appreciated by those of the
"ring" who gave it out that the Cou
rier office would be draped in crepe
Saturday night.
That mourning material can no
doubt be bought cheap, as the market
is decidedly weak and woDoiy, ana
there are no present prospects Of its
being used.
MR. SCHUEBEL'S EXPLANATION
Wants the People to Understand Rea
sons for His Actions
Precinct
Eldorado, Ore.
Editor Courier:
Allow me to correct a statement
you made in the last issue of the Cou
rier in regard to Judge Beatie's de
fense and my attitude at the Oak
Grove meeting. You claim that Mr.
Beatie gave the same figures at the
Oak Grove meeting as he did at Mu
lino and that I took exception to
them and offered to prove they were
wrong. Now you have that mixed.
I referred to the expert's report at
the Oak Grove meeting and not the
state tax, school tax and special taxes
the mass meeting committee never got
that far along in their investigation.
We did not know what those taxes
were. I toad no idea what it had been
in 1910 or I would have dropped some
thing else and looked into that. Had
intended to do so but failed to get
time myself and others in the com
mittee did not do so. I started in
this investigation to give the people
the truth as near it .could be ascer
tained. That report is true but we
did not go far enoughs4o get the bot
tom of all facts. I Knew this but the
men who were managing the recall Estacada
intended to recall the court regardless Canby
of the report of the committee so 1 1 Eagle Creek .
thought it useless to advocate fur- Damascus . . .
ther investigation. I arose in the Needy ......
mass meeting and was going to advo- Killin
cate further investigation but changed Barlow
my mind and said nothing. I had Highland . . .
spent all the time I could spare at Clackamas ...
the time as I had promised Mr. Beatie Springwater .
all along that I would publish any New Era . . .
truth that could be ascertained at Bull Run ....
any time regarding those matters. Macksburg . .
t . . , Til I TTI11
1 lelt it my duty to do so ana now rieasant mu
am ready to do the same thing with Harmony . . .
the recall Doys nat i oiiered to ao rauwauKie ..
with the others in regard to the Soda Springs
mass meeting committee's report that George
is I will go with anyone who wishes Union
to do so and prove to them that Canyon Creek
Judge Beatie told the truth in regard ' Cherryville . ,
to the matters I referred to in my Cascades . . .
statement published in the Enterprise Dover
Thfi reason there is a difference in Boring
the ballance statement arrived at by ' Oregon City
THE VOTE THAT RECALLED
How the 44 Precincts Voted at Sat
urday's Election
Colton
Viola
Abernethy . . .
Marquam . . .
Molalla
West' Side
Maple Lane .
Sunnyside . .
Oak Grove . .
Wilamette . .
Oswego ,
Sandy
Gladstone . . .
Mill Creek ..
Harding ....
Canemah . . .
Wilhoit
Beaver Creek
Tualatin .
ATTENTION.
YOUNG MEN! YOUNG WOMEN!
Do you desire a position in the clas
sified civil service? Post Office
Clerks, Letter Carriers, Railway Mail
Clerks, etc. in demand. Ages 18 to
45. Salary $75 to $iiu montniy.
Hundreds of appointments to fill va
cancies, extension of service and Par
cels Post. Mr. H. L. Carl will be at
the Electric Hotel in Oregon City on
Tuesday, August 26, inquiring for
young men and women who desire to
quality tor one or tnese appointments.
He will be there one day only, until
9 n. m. Those interested should call
and see him without fail.
The Ringsters' Come-back
The rumors, started by the ring
sters Monday, that recalls would be
started against all of the court house
officials except County Clerk Mulvey
and Recorder Deadman, was the rank
est nonsense, and had absolutely no
foundation. It was started to cause
the people to think the men behind
the recall were "drunken with victory"
and running amuck.
Clackamas county will not recall
anv public official unless there is
mighty good and plenty of reasons
for so doing. The voters are not lun
atics.
We Wonder Why -
Four weeks ago the Enterprise
stated that three-fourths of the wo
men in registering had proclaimed
thev would vote for the county court,
and Sunday the Enterprise stated
the womens' vote was the cause of the
big slump in Oregon City.
Speaking of Stomach
' The Courier editor's stomach is de
cidedly improving. How is yours,
George C?
the mass meeting committee and the
expert, Mr. Hackett, is that Mr. Hack
ett does not mention the amount on
hand by the sheriff for the years 1910
and 1912. Mr. Beatie as sheriff on
March 31st, 1910, had on hand $125,
000. Mr. Mass had less than half
that much which to my mind should
be taken into account just the same
as if it were already turned over to
the treasurer. I hen the mass meet
ing committee not having the figures
on the state school and special taxes
our balance naturally differed. This
ought to make the matter clear. To
mv mind the court gave a good ex
planation of their actions if they are
beaten it will be lor other causes.
They have made some bad mistakes
and the crowd that are backing them
such as Brownell, J. E. Hedges and
the lies published in the Enterprise is
bound to hurt their cause. Appar
ently there is a Portland combina
tion in Uregon uity tnat is not lor
the best interests of the people and
maybe it would be best to break it
up, but we Bhould be able to-do so
on the truth. The recall candidates
I believe are exceptionally good men
and that will certainly help their
cause.
R. SCHUEBEL.
Precinct No 1
Precinct No. 2
Precinct No. 3
Precinct No. 4
Totals
371
46
881
24
72
60
108
37
103
42
29
20
124
62
123
56
32
122
211
146
133
65
69
100
33
31
110
75
62
100
8
138
31
62
41
32
8!
4
37
12
20
11
10
72
92
1371
85
2831
5!
17
851
33
132
' 65
27
35
59
59
81
145
122
45
21
105
34
441
69
68
87
43
38
48
58
35
17
55
33
29
15
24
25
48
46
34
15
8
5
9
145
5
46
84
164
95
97
5
15
35!
35
131
61
26
36
61
57
781
1421
125
61
25
107
39'
43
70J
67
88
45
37
65
60
34
17
68
32
32
14
35
29
60
42
39
15
8
6
10
142
7
45
78
158
94
98
87
48
85
22
70
63
108
36
100
42
33
20
118
66
118
52
27
122
20
THE LIGHT THAT FAILED
Cold, upon a marble slab.in the com
posing rooms of the Enterprise,
draped over to shield it from the
morbid gaze, lies a cartoon, dead
since Saturday night. Only the artist
and the county court few ever gazed
on its features in life. It was born
with a beautiful mission. It was to
have proclaimed a great "vindicat
ion." But it died without an utter
ance strangled to death at 10:30
P. M.
None will ever gaze upon this off
spring of George C. Brownell. None
will ever view this wonderful product
of the genius of the county ring and
the brilliant mind of e. e. brodie.
Softly it was laid to rest. None heard
the trampling of the mourners, or
saw the funeral train. Silently in the
dead of night it was passed from the
gaze of the living into that oblivion
from which made-in-advance political
cartoons never return.
The utmost sympathy goes out to
the heartbroken parents in the loss
of this infant from which so much
was anticipated.
MR. FREYTAG ANSWERED
A. H.
Harvey Answers his Criticism
in Last Week's Courier
Editor Courier:
Manager Freytag of the publicity
department of the Oregon City Com
mercial Club in his Courier commun
ication of last week gets off on the
wrong foot in his reply to your Twi
light correspondent. Better market
facilities for country produce has been
our hobby for more than two years
and not productivity. Neither have we
complained about prices, only as we
have shown by comparison wherein
the consumer has been robbed by
greedy merchantmen. We have put up
long face about the capacity of Ore
gon's soil to give forth bountifully,
nor have we, to our knowledge, said
anything that should cause this pub
licity man to accuse us of being poor
farmers. He refers to the weedy po
tato patches in Twilight and the gen
eral character of farming as carried
on in this district, which is evidence
that he has been training too closely
with the "Long-Enterprise-Woolen-mill
episode bunch," and we are going
to invite the Courier editor to come
out, look us over and report on what
he finds, as did he in the above yel
low filler.
This correspondent refers us to Mr.
Finnegan, the heretofore Strawberry
King of Clackamas county, to confute
our claim of the unprofitable culture
of strawberries by reason of no mar
ket in Oregon City to takec are of the
fruit when grown. This is additional
evidence that his disparaging com
ments were made after the same kind
of an investigation as that made by
Fire Chief Long into the woolen millls
safety appliances, as Mr. Finnegan,
m one-ot the strawberry neids plow-
STATE BOARD
WILL
I T
E
Tl
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF
SOURCES OF TYPHOID
IS THE WATER THE CAUSE?
Can
a Sewer be Doctored and be
Made Fit to Drink?
ed up and planted tor corn, prepara-
tuiy iaj implanting ui uenrca iur ute
plant market, which he finds in Cal
ifornia, not Oregon. It is not neces
sary to even misrepresent Oregon, as
the climate, of which he so truly
gloats, overcomes its few drawbacks
and is largely responsible for the
hearty congratulations being receiv
ed within its borders, and not the ex
travagant stories scattered broad
cast by the Commercial organizations
of this great Northwest.
If friend Freytag will confine him
self to our subject, markets, not
44 prices, nor shabby farming, as we are
27 not experts along that line, we shall
g be glad to further enlighten him on
(j that subject, that the farmers brought
37 into it his country through his public-
H ity efforts may at least sell what they
22 produce. Why Freytag, you can't
g sell a dozen eggs in your town at their
l full value unless you swap with your
groceryman.
74 There is but one thing in Mr. Frey-
96 tag's communication on which we
137 agree, which is that the indications
82 are that in the no distant future the
producer will create their own market,
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Splendid Work
The writer has seen many big fires
splendidly handled, but the work of
the fire companies on the big fire
on upper Main street two weeks ago
was the equal in splendid action and
discipline of any fire department, and
Chief Long and the fire boys cannot
receive too much merited praise.
It was splendid work against big
odds. The men worked like machin
ery. Every order was obeyed at the
drop of the hat. Every move count
ed. It was great.
Consistentcy
A writer In the Enterprise, signing
H. W. Smith, from Oregon City, de
nounces the recall of the County
Court, on the trround that it will drive
good men away from office seeking,
and in tne next paragrapn it auvo
cates the recall of the whole city
council.
This summons is published in pur
suance of an order of the Hon. R. B.
Beatie, judge in the above entitled
court, in the absence of the Circuit
Judge, made and entered on the 12
day of August, 1913.
Will be at Pendleton Roundup
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OOQR OQRO 0774 nnf nlnna fnr fknf urlii.V, ika.r Tinrlii4,
out aiso lor wnat tney consume, and
outbursts such as escaped from my
contemporary will aid quite material
ly in awakening this great producer
class to the necessity of such action.
Its sure coming and methinks I see
in the Equity movement the birth of
this result. It may require years to
arrive at complete maturity, but when
it comes its benefits will be under no
obligations to the publicity manager
unless ho thinks and acts differently
from the way he writes.
A. II. Harvey
The state health board will now
take a hand in determining the causa
of typhoid in this city. The city
authorities, physicians, commercial
organizations and people generally
will get in the work with the stat
board, and no doubt causes and pr
ventitives will be found.
The state board should have takea
this action many months ago. Oregon
City has paid a high price for th
typhoid and the scare, but if this in
vestigation will only definitely de
termine the cause the people will
certainly remedy it
It is given out that the drinking
water is pure, but the people do not
believe it is safe or healthy. Business
men and professional men bring their
bottles and pitchers of boiled or
spring water, and many a family
would not drink from a city faucet
any sooner than they would drink
some poisons. The water board sends
out public notice the water is pur
and physicians give families private
notice not to drink it.
There may be other causes of ty
phoid but the people fear the water.
The river- is a great sewer and w
live at its mouth and drink the filth
of the Willamette valley. We drink th
sewer deposits of (Jorvallis, Albany,
Eugene, Salem, and other towns. This
filth may be filtered, this sewage may
have the typhoid germs eaten out by
the chemical process that was add4
to the filtering plant some months
ago, but this filth can t be mad
healthy IF IT WAS FRIED, and our
people know it
This typhoid may have other sourc
es than the city water, and the com
ing investigation may show other
sources and causes, but It is the his
tory of the world that pure water
has been the solution and the cur
of dreaded typhoid, and as H. E.
Cross stated in his street speech last
Friday night, until we obtain water
that the people have confidence in,
we might as well close our Commer
cial Club and booster organizations.
Every , person should in very post
sible manner aid the -iovestation th
state board is to make. Typhoid is
spreading here. Last week two fam
ilies made arrangements to leave this
city on account of typhoid and they
will not return.
There will soon be placed before tbp
people propositions for obtaining
pure water, propositions that men oa
the city council have worked many
long days on, and these matters
should be given the fullest and most
careful consideration by our people.
Certain it is we MUST stamp otit
typhoid.
Mr. Fletchner's Thanks .
I wish to express my sincere thank
to the many friends who so kindly
helped me to win the Courie's trip to
the world's fair, and to the contest
managers for their utmost fairnee
to all contestants during the contest.
Gustave Flechtner.
Commissioner Smith Sworn In.
Commissioner J. W. Smith of Meek
sberg arrived in the city Wednesday
noon and was sworn in by Couaty
Mulvey.
DON'T MISS THIS
Mr. Fred Camerath of Beaver Creek
made a business trip to this city Monday.
Col. Thatcher, U. S. Engineer, Will
Speak Here Next Wednesday
Colonel Thatcher of U. S. Engi
neering Department will be in Orego
City next Wednesday Aug. 27th. He
will deliver an address on good roads.
Every Road Supervisor in the County,
every man and woman interested in
good roads should not miss his rare
treat. The Colonel has a national re
putation as a good road enthusiast.
The meet will be held in the parlors
of the Commercial Club at 2:80 P. U.
Free to all. Don't miss it Every rot 4
supervisor should attend.
The Winners
In the Courier's Great Contest Which Closed Tues
day Night at Nine O'clock
MR. G. G. FLECHTNER, Oregon City, Oregon 101,125
Wins Second Trip to San Francisco and all Expenses Paid
MISS HAZEL ERICKSON, Mulino, Oregon 99,975
MWins the Two Lots in Solano Beach, Washington.
MRS. E. SHARP, Sherwood, Oregon, 95,475
Wjns the Scholarship in the PortlandBusiness College, Portland, Oregon.
MISS MARY PARRY, Beaver Creek 72,075
Wins Gold Bond Certificates on the Eilers Piano House, Portland, Oregon.
MISS ZILLAH KIRBYSON, Oregon City, Oregon 63,275
Was the Winner of the World's Fair Trip awarded August 6th, 1913
MISS KATE COOPER, Oregon City.Oregon 16,225
Wins Gold Bond Certificates '
MISS ESTHER LARSEN, Willamette, Oregon 13,950
Wins Gold Bond Certificates
MISS NOAMI ARMSTRONG, Oregon .City, Oregon, 12,926
Wins Gold Bond Certificates ......
MISS MARY GREEN, Oregon City 10,000
Wins Gold Bond Certificates
The Prizes will he mailed in a few days.
OREGON CITY COURIER PUB. CO.