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OREGON CITY
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31st YEAR
' OREGON CITY, ORE., THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1913.
No. 26
COURIER
THE BILL
ITER
MATTER
CHAIRMAN TOOZE REPORT CON
TINUED FROM LAST WEEK
WHAT IT WILL COST THE CITY
Exhaustive Report that Should be
Carefully Considered
The Moody Land Company employ
ed Mr. Scott at a much higher price
to drill for water on their property
immediately after drilling here. They
were not successful in finding water,
though, within two hundred feet of
the Willamette bank and at consid
erable depth. They are satisfied with
their investment in finding out what
conditions are, however.
The following estimates of costs of
conveying water to consumers are bas
ed upon the maintaince of the present
Reservoir at Mountain View, and the
other presentReservoir by the Board
of Water Commissioners and to be lo
cated on the tract now onwed by the
city and including the site of the
Jones crusher. The pipe lines would
be direct from wells to reservoirs and
the present pumps removed and utiliz
ed in the new plant.
From Wells to Reservoir at Mountain
View
(1) 10,000 ft. 12 inch pipe
at $1.00 $10,000.00
Hauling, Labor, Etc., at .25 2,500.00
$12,500.00
From Wells to Proposed Reservoir at
Crusher
(2) 5,800 ft. 12 inch pipe at
$1.00 $5i,800.00
Hauling, Labor,, etc at .25 . 1450.00
$7,250.00
(3) Estimated- cost of 4-8 inch wells
each producing 600,000 gals, or a total
of 2,400,000 gals, per. day $1500.00
Estimated cost of Pit for
Pumps 1,000.00
(4) Total cost wells and
and pipe line to Mountain
View Reservoir $14,500.00
(5) Total cost wells and
pipe lino to Crusher site . . 9,250.00
(6) Adding cost of new
pumps to (4) would cost... 17,500.00
(7) Adding cost of new
pumps to (5) would cost . 11,250.00
The following estimate is based on
conveying water from wells 'to present
pumping station a plan not recom
mended by the committee.
From Wells to Station
(8) 5,800 ft. 12 inch pipe "
at $1.00 $5800.00
Hauling, Labor, etc at .25 . 1450.00
Pump and Pit . 1,000.00
Total 7 8,250.00
Using the present system, entering
the mains at the nearest point prac
ticable, would eliminate a large part of
the cost of the proposed pipe lines to
the 2 reservoirs. The total eost per
year then for operation of these wells
would be to the consumer, under this
most feasible plan:
Cost of water per mo. for
year $0000
Int. on well construction
$1500 at 5 per cent 75.00
Int. on well pit for pump
1,000 at 5 per cent 60.00
Depreciation 10 per cem on
pumps & pit . .' 250.00
Cost of pipe line from wells to 5th
st. main, to supply upper reservoir
district estimated at (8000) dollars.
Int. on $8,000 at 5 per cent . 400.00
Depreciation iron pipe 4 per
cent 320.00
Superintendent 1500.00
Three Operators, ($100, $75,
$75) $250 per mo 3,000.00
Incidentals 1,000.00
Cost per. year .$6595.00
Cost per month $549.58
BULL RUN SUPPLY FOR OREGON
CTTY
4. Last winter definite effort was put
iortn Dy tne council committee to ob
tain Bull Run water from the citv of
Portland, but at that time her city
charter would allow only a two-year
contract, thus making it necessary to
renew the contract with each admin
istration, or to obtain the consent of
ner electorate tnru an election to i
change in the charter,
Under these conditions it was deem
ed inadvisable to proceed with the
matter farther. 1
Immedintelv nftor tha rnmrniaoinn
ers took office under the new Port
land cnarter July 1st, the committee
renewed its efforts and from time to
time urged the errant of water ririits
to this city. Many conferences were
held, and manv nrnhlpmo loo-ol arA
civic came up for solution in connect
ion inerewun. r many tne commission
ers pranteri verhnllv and than J
writing this concession, Oct. 22d. The
city attorney's opinion coveriner the
legal phases of the question most
likelv to
ing the right of the city to sell water
The terms thereof are in general:
(1) Oregon City shall construct a
pipe line from reservoir No. 1, the
point of contact urged by the commits
tee at Mount Tabor to such point as
Oregon City may select.
(2) Water shall be furnished thru
meter.
(3) The amount of water is
1,500,000 per. day.
(4) Rates (a) First 4,500 gal at
22 ft c per 1,000 gal. '
(b) Next 150,000 gal
at 16 two-thirds c per 1,000 gal.
, (c) Over 154,500 gal
at 13 one-third per 1,000 gal.
Payment therefor to be made
monthly m advance, based upon the
estimated flmmml. in hp ennsnm an1
adjusted toe orrespowd with the meter
reading, uregon city snail also pay
into the Water Board Sinking Fund
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 6)
Money to Loan.
Paul C. Fischer, Lawyer, Room 2,
Beaver Building, Oregon City, Oregon
Refused to Restrain.
Hillsboro went dry at this month's
election, and then the wets asked
Judge Campbell to issue an order re
straining the county judge from de
claring the city dry in 1914, because
of some technical' points. The judge
refused the injunction until he could
hear both sides of the matter.
Sealed Bids Wanted
Sealed bids will be received by the
directors of school district No. 34 of
Clackamas County for furnishing
transportation for pupils from the
western end of the district to the
school house and return for a period
of 4 months. The number of pupils to
be transported will not exceed 14.
Bids must be in the hands of K.
McLarty, R. F. D. 5, Oregon City, on
or before Nov. 28, 1913 at 9:20 P. M.
. Big Thanksgiving Ball
Frost and Edwards are making ar
rangements for a Thanksgiving Ball
to be given at Busch s Hall on the
night of Thanksgiving, that will be
some dance. These gentlemen are re
nowned for their high class dances
and for orderly gatherings and the
dancing public always look forward
to their hops with much pleasure.
Bowkers orchestra of Portland has
been engaged for the occassion and
good' music is assured. You will not
want to miss this dance.
Just Too Late.
Charging that the election judges
for the recent election were appointed
by the recorder and not by the coun
ty clerk, and that the city charter
provides city elections must be held
the first Monday in December, Law
rence Ruconich, a city saloonman,
started injunction proceedings last
week. to prevent Judge Anderson from
declaring the saloons of the city clos
ed January 1.
But just 45 minutes before the suit
was filed Judge Anderson had issued
an order declaring the saloons closed
January 1st, 1914.
STATE EDITORS TO MEET HERE
Annual Gathering has Been Secured
for Ths City Next Summer.
Through the efforts of Editor E. E.
Brodie, and the co-operation of the
Live Wires, the next annual state
meeting of the State Editorial Asso
ciation will be held in1 Oregon City,
the date to be fixed later.
The convention lasts two days, and
it is expected about one hundred edi
tors of the state will attend.
The Live Wires will take hold of
the matter and a big time is being
outlined, as they realize the big ad
vertising value of having the many
newspaper men of the state come
here, have a good time, and depart
feeling good.
A fine program and series of en-
trtainment will be worked out later
TO GIVE HOME-TALENT PLAY
Oregon City Women's Club AiUmpts
Big Undertaking
"Esmeralda" a four-act comedy
that stood the test of a 850-niciit run
in New York City, is the play nov be
ing staged by the Women's Club of
Oregon City, under t'ls management
of a capable Portland director. 1 he
proceeds are to be used for civic im
provement. The play will be present
ed in the course of the next four
weeks and is expected to make a two
night stand. The cast will be com
posed of the best talent in Oregon
City, chosen without respect to de
nomination or creed.
Miss Edith Aldridge is booked for
the leading lady, while Mr. Harold
Swafford will be the hero. Mr. Wag
ner, the science teacher in the local
Hieh school will also play a heavy
character. Other members of the cast
will be placed within the next few
days.
KIT J Clan.
under the present management, and
was proclaimed to be the biggest
home-talent sensation ever presented.
The full cast, as selected, will ap
pear in next week's Courier.
WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE
It Is Time for the People To Remove
The Cause
"Who shall decide when doctors
disagree?"
A local chemist analyzes the city
water and says it has typhoid germs
Next week another chemist from
the state board of health, tests it,
and says there is no typhoid.
Why this thusness?
Does colon bacilli take a run
through the filters and mains of Ore
gon City this week, and then hike out
for some other Willamette Valley
town?
Or are these different tests like the
testimony of "expert witnesses"
any kind of evidence either side
wants?
One fellow thought the state board
of health had always made a monkey
of Oregon City and did it through
force of habit.
And another man said the first an
alysis was timed to keep the pure wa
ter project warm.
For two years we have had these
conflicting analyses. One week we
are drinking nectar, the next week
poison, until the people are becoming
thoroughly disgusted.
But be they all true or all false,
certain it is that Oregon City has
had enoueh bad advertising.
We will never be able to make the
people believe the water out of the
Willamette river can be made safe
to drink from now on if we run it
through seventeen filters.
The only thing to do now, for the
present and future of Oregon City, is
to unite on the best proposition for
mountain water, and get it.
Oregon City has been held back
long enough and it has boosted Glad
stone enough.
Let's play our own game.
LET US F
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AND GRANT CARVER RAILROAD
QUICK FRANCHISE
IT WILL BOOM THIS CITY
We Have Lost One Road, let us Profit
by Mistake
So often you hear it said that no
railroad should have been given a
franchise in Oregon City only on Wa
ter street.
And vet when a new road wants to
come in on this street a protest is at
once made.
Property on Main street, where the
P. R. L. & P. Co., has a franchise, is
worth six times what property is on
Water street, which has no railroad,
and which is about the deadest street
in the city.
The Oreeron Electric wanted a fran
chise to come into this .city. Protests
were started and the road was forced
to another route, and along the route
are towns springing up as fast as
carpenters can build them.
Oregon City lost a bonanza.
We have another road asking for
a franchise into the city, and we have
the usual protests.
The road is certainly going to be
built. It is coming through some
where.
It may bo forced out so it will not
do the business part of the city any
good, but it would simply be another
big bonehead play.
Let the Carver road in.
It isn't one of these future pros
pects. The franchise asked for says
work shall be commenced within
three months and completed within
eighteen months, .,
We want more railroads don't we?
They will boom this city, won't they?
Then let them in and don't mane any
more costly mistakes.
The rights of property owners are
details matters that must be ad
justed between the individual and the
railroad. There are means tnrougn
which to adjust damages and these
means are not for the city council to
consider.
. There is one street in the city for
railroads. Railroads want - a fran
chise over it. The taxpayers of the
city are almost unanimous that the
council grant them a franchise.
, Yesterday the franchise was given
the company in Portland. The grant
was unanimous for Portland's five
commissioners welcome a competing
line and the people of Portland back
them in their decision. The line win
enter East Portland, thence over the
Hawthorne Bridge and right into tne
heart of the metropolis. The fran
chise is not visionary. It calls for
quick action and the cars must be in
operation within eignteen montns.
Milwaukie and Gladstone, too, have
Granted the comnanv franchises to
run through their streets, because the
people there, too, realize what a great
think a competing railroad is to the
community.
The line is a sure go now from
Portland, clear through to Oregon
City. Are we going to permit private
interests to stand in the way of its
construction at this end of the line l
The Courier does not believe it.
"Col." Moore From Now On.
Frank Moore, Meade Post No. 2,
G. A. R.. has been appointed aide on
the staff of the department command
er of the department of Oregon, with
the rajik of "Colonel."
. Willamette Adopts New Charter.
Rv fhfl r-lnaA mninritv nf 13. Wil
lamette adopted its new charter at
Monday s special election. mere
were 157 votes cast, 87 for and 70
against A new city hall and iire
house go with the winning vote.
A Rim a Twitr. n Result.
It was the same old story, hunting,
Louis Myres, aged 26, of Canby,
was hunting with companions. They
were walking single file through the
woods, when a bird flew up. Chester
Willis- was behind Myres. He raised
his gun to shoot, it caught on a brush
and was fired into Myres back. He
died before tne doctor arrived.
Teachers' Institute November 29
County Superintendent of Schools
J. E. Calavan. has called an institute
for teachers of the county to be held
m the court house in this city .Satur
day of next week, and has asked
Frank Rigler of Portland to deliver
an address on "Numbers, Step by
Step," Miss Agnes Jones on "The
Palmer Writing System," and State
Superintendent Churchill and M. S,
Palmer of the state normal to deliver
addresses.
Candidates for City Council.
. From the petitions already filed
and those in circulation, there will be
at least two nominees for the city
council m each ward and perhaps
more.
In the first ward the nominees are
J. O. Staats and H. M. Templeton.
In the second ward E. C. Hackett,
former republican candidate for sher
iff and Philip Soreghan, a P. R. L. &
P. conductor, are rivals.
In ward three O. W. Griffin and E,
B. Andrews are candidates and an ef
fort is being made to induce Council
man Horton to consent to stand for
re-election.
For Sale at a Bargain.
Until the 10th of December we are
offering one new 8-room story and a
half bungalow, with basement, iVi
lots for $1200.
One 4-room house, four years old
2 lots, $800, situated on Rosevelt
street, Oregon City. Enquire of Dix
Bros., owners, phone Beaver creek,
PORTLAND
LEAD
Saturday Will Decide
Saturday of this week is the day
for the hearing of the arguments be
fore Judge Campbell as to whether
technicalities shall annul the vote of
the people on the license matter in
Oregon City. 1
Water Board Wins Out v
Judge Campbell sustained the
water board as against the ousting
order of the city council last week,
and he held that the newly appointed
board cannot qualify. The judge held
that disobedience to orders on the
part of the board, when that disobed
lerice was a difference in judgement,
did not constitute cause for removal.
Not the Hoped for Decision
The decision of Judge Campbell in
the Arthur Schneider case was not
only justice, but it was unanimously
popular in Oregon City.
Mrs. Anna Schneider was losing
her eyesight, and her husband was di
vorced from her, leaving her with two
little girls, and ne afterwards married
again. Then he returned and wanted
to take the girls away from the blind
mother. .. ;
Judge Campbell hot only refused
to give the children to the father, but
ordered him to pay $12 a month to
ward their support at the home of
their mother.
County S. S. A. Officers
The Clackamas County Sunday
School Association closed a most in
teresting meeting at Milwaukie Tues
day night, and named the following
officers for the coming year:
President, Mrs. W. A. White, Ure
gon City.
First vice president, Prof. Burgees
Ford of Estacada.
Second vice president, A. J. Burdet-
te, Canby.
Secretary, Kev. Hi. A. Smith, Ore
gon City.
Elementary Department. Mrs. Carl
Smith, Jennings Lodge.
Sec. Department, E. B. Andrews.
Oregon City.
Adult Department, J. W. Loder,
Oregon City, i
Home Department, Mrs. J. R. Nash
Milwaukie. j
Teachers Training Department. F.
J. Tooze, Oregon City.
Temperance Department. S. Mac-
donald, Oregon City.
Missionary Dpartment, Mrs. W. H.
Lucke, Canby.f
NO "POLITICAL PLOT"
Just a Proposition to Ask Candidates
Where they Stand
Why all the noise because the dry
people proposed to ask the candidates
for councilmen to line up and let the
people know just where they would
stand if elected !
Is this hatching a big political
plot? "- -
As a voter, don't you want to know
where these candidates stand before
you vote for or against them?
Isn't It your right to know?
If the candidate hasn't got kidney
enough to come right out and tell
you how he stands and what he stands
for, haven't the people a right, and
isn't it their duty, to smoke him out
The people of this city voted out
tne saloons November 4, and there
isn't any doubt as to that expression.
The voters said the town should be
dry next year.
But through fear the supreme
court might annul it because John
Doe did something in connection with
the election that Richard Roe should
have done; because a microscone
found a technical wiggler in the pe
tition; because there may not have
been a pencil in some voting booth or
someone spit on the sidewalk on el
ection day through fear that jus
tice may annul justice, the people who
rendered the verdict thought to make
it stick, despite the courts.
So it was proposed to ask each can
didate for city councilman to look at
'Statement No. 1," asking him to
pledge himself that he will not vote
to grant any licenses in Oregon City
until the people vote for licenses.
The candidate could sign this
statement or not lust as he willed.
The people, may elect him or not.
because of his decision just as they
win.
There is nothing wrong with this
proposition, but there is everything
right with it. and it should not be con
fined to city officials . We should
smoke out all our candidates by the
same method.
No plot, no scheme, just making
the fellows come out and line up
just letting voters know what they
are electing.
We learn later that this matter was
only talk, that it will not be carried
out, that . the people believe honor
should be as strong to hold them as
a signed pledge.
TAKE A BROAD VIEW
Cut Out Grievances and Elect Coun
cilmen on Principle
J. O. Staats, candidate for council
man in the first ward, did not wait
for the people to smoke him out, but
he flatly stated if elected he would
not vote to grant any liquor licenses,
after the people had voted dry.
Mr. Staats is a candidate in the one
ward of the city that gave a good ma'
jority for license in the recent elec
tion, and this ward will no doubt work
hard to defeat him because of his
stand for no license. He knew when
he accepted the nomination the odds
were big against him, but he had sand
enough to take it
But here is another thing voters of
ward 1 should consider, Mr. Staats
stands for some other things things
that every taxpayer should be inter
ested in.
He is out for better government of
Oregon City in a business way. He
wants to put the city under a new
system ; wants to have it handled un
der business methods, and wants to
save you taxpayers money and cut
out the everlasting city scraps.
He is the calibre of men needed on
the council, and he should not be
turned down because he has sand
enough to be a dry candidate in a wet
ward.
JUST TO IKE
REMEMBER
AND WE KNOW YOU WILL THEN
HELP THE TOTS
00R HOMELESS LITTLE WAIFS
That an Apple, a Toy or a Cookie
Make Happy
Thanksgiving is just ahead of us,
and then come the holiday seasons
of happiness and enjoyment for we
well-feds. . . 1
But down at St. Aenes baby home
are fifty poor little fatherless and
., i ; .L-l 1L. L 1 : .1
motneriess wans mat uie nuuuuya
won't mean much to unless you and
I make them mean something.
There is hardly a man or woman in
Oregon City whose heart is not in
the right place. The trouble is we are
careless, we don't realize, and we whit
for someone to jog our sympathetles
and cause us to remember.
The children at the baby home at.
the babies of the unfortunate pool
little kids thrown upon the woitfd
who never knew a mother's caresk.
The Sisters take in these little kid
dies that we would not take, give
them homes, medical care and nurs
ing and all the comforts and enjoy
ments that their limited means will
permit. I
But the little enjoyments are piti
fully few food and clothing for these
children keep the sisters worrying
How many of us can give a piece
of silver to these poor little waifs
and never miss it? Will you? Then
leave it, or send it to the Courier of
fice, and when the quarters aggregate
a nice little sum, it will be expended
for a list of things that will give the
little tots the happiest days of their
lives. t
And you ladies can't a few of you
get together and give the babies! a
treat? Can't you bake some things
the little ones like and send them
down? Can't you make them soipe
clothes, send them some apples, can
dies, toys? Do it, start.it, and ybu
will be far happier, for "inasmuch as
you do it unto the least of these ybu
do it unto me."
There white and colored children !ln
this home, there Italians, protestnat
and Catholic children. Wo discrimin
ation is made. All are given the same
care. They are pittiful little waifs,
many of them frail and sickly. t
The home depends entirely on the
big hearted and sympathetic to pro
vide for these children, and the Sis
ters freely give their lives to the
work. , I
Will you give a quarter or more?
Let's start it. Leave it at the Courier
and we will make a purchase that will
make little hearts glad.
Don t think about it, do it and
think about it afterwards. Skip a ci
gar or two and the movies for a week,
We want to send your name down to
the home as a friend to the father-
is.
R. F. D. PATRONS NOTICE
Department Wants You to Stamp
Your Letters, No Loose Change in
Boxes
Probably the biggest nuisance the
R. F. D. boys have to contend with,
and smile while they do it, is picking
the pennies from the mail boxes or
sticking stamps on the letters.
With cold fingers, under a rain,
and with gloves on, it is certainly
crowding good nature some to ask
the boys to dig out the pennies and
fix up your mail for you, and if you
would just be a little more thought
ful it would not be necessary.
The fourth assistant postmaster
general has issued orders to post
masters to bring it to the attention of
patrons, that letters must be stamp
ed before being deposited in the
boxes and for purchase of stamps
the coin should be put in coin-holding
receptacles and NUT enclosed in en
velopes, wrapped in paper or left
loose in boxes.
The R. F. D. boys are dead willing
to oblige you in any reasonable way
and you want to meet them half way
and not load it onto them. Observe
the department's request, and things
will run smoother all around.
Money to Loan
I have several sums of mone yto
loan on Real Estate. Wm. Hammond
Beaver Building, Oregon City.
David Williams has purchased the
house that has stood for many years
on the property where will be erected
the new postoffice building, and thu
same is being removed to Mr. Will
iam's property on Centre street be
tween Eleventh and Iwelfth street,
It is Mr. William's intention to have
this renovated and will be made into
a modern bungalow and will be oc
cupied by he and his family.
Mrs. Jennie Nelson has arrived in
Oregon City, where .she is the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. William Weis-
mandel of Eleventh and Centre St,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nelson ar
rived in this city this week from Til
lamook, and will probably remain at
this place for the winter. They are
for the present visiting the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maddox. .
Wanted! WOMEN
M uiuvui ail(1 Girls
(over 18 years of age)
To Operate SEWING Machines
in garment factory
Oregon City Woolen Mills
A Challenge
I herewith challenge Charles Bur
chett to meet me in a 10-round box
ing contest, any time and place ho
may designate where boxing will be
permitted, for any amount he may
state. Marquise of Queensbury rules
to govern.
Louis Roll.
Woodburn, Route 1.
LLOYD WILLIAMS FOUND
Lloyd Williams, former county re
corder, who mysteriously disappear
ed from this city something over a
year and a half ago, has been locat
ed in Australia, where he has been
since his disappearance. A letter to
his mother says he has been ill with
pneumonia, asks forgiveness for leav
ing as he did, and states he hopes to
return home soon. -
STREET CARS FOR THE HILL
Would Benefit far More than Eleva
tor and Would Sustain Itself
Oregon City, Ore, Nov. 17. '13.
Editor Courier:
I noticed an article in the Courier
a short time ago about changing the
elevator to a railroad to Elyville.
Now those are just my sentiments,
although I am not a resident of the
city, I am a property owner on the
hill, and I am interested in the growth
of the city. They talk about a greater
Uregon City and the City beautiful.
Why don't the Live Wires, the
Commercial Club and the rest of the
people get together and build a road
to Elyville and to Mt. Pleasant?
Let the City build and operate it.
It would undoubtedly be a paying
proposition for the City, and would
also help to settle the hill part of
the town, besides increasing the val
ue of the property. This is one way
of making it the greater Oregon City
and the City beautiful.
The people have got together and
made this a dry town. Now why not
get your heads together and have a
streetcar line on the hill?
Yours for the growth of the City,
J. F. Dix.
DON'T MISS THIS.
It's Free, It's for Your Interests and
and You Should Attend.
At the fruit growers' meeting next
Friday morning there will be a lec
ture and a demonstration by an ex
pert packer who won the State prize
for the Walla Walla Commercial Club.
a urill ovrtln ii tliA tQ.ilio li iron!
eties of the same, the kinds used for
different fruits, how to grade, and
how to spray. He will have boxes and
apples at the hall, and will give a
thorough explanation and demonstra
tion. . '
The fruit growers' organizations of
Hood River, Payette Valley, Idaho,
Spokane, and W.enatchee, and many
other places in the Worth. West, have
made their business a vety profit
able one, through the use of expert
methods. The producing class gets
its fair share of work. The result
shows up in better homes, more mon
ey, automobiles, good roads and a
higher standing of living.
It is now possible for the growers
of Clackamas County to get in the
swim. The head organization will take
our stuff this year, even though we
are not organized at all.
But our product must be graded
and packed according to the rules of
the big association, a copy of which
rules will be given each person on ap-l
plication. Also the company re-in-'
spects the packing and the fruit.
Every fruit and potato grower is
urged to come,- Friday, November
21st, at 10 A. M., to Willamette Hall,
Oregon City, Oregon, where and when
the matter of sending our fruit and
potatoes, the matter of an organiza
tion locally to handle 'this business,
and the matter of grading, packing
and shipping, will be taken up.
Do not fail to come, no matter what
the weather may be, or how backward
you may feel.
This is a question of money to pay
off that mortgage, and buy that auto
mobile.
Come and let us have your idea.
The farmers' concern that we are
dealing with puts more money into
the bank at Spokane than Jim Hills
railroad does.
Bring others with you November
21st, 1913 at 10 A. M., to Willamette
Hall, Oregon City, located just south
of the post office.
Social News.
J. L. Swafford, one of the promi
nent residents of this city, was given
a pleasant surprise at his home Sat
urday evening, when members of the
M. E. church and a few of his friends
called in a body in honor of his birth
day anniversary. Mr. Swafford was
completely surprised by the large
throng of people. . A handsome gold
signet ring was presented Mr. Swaff
ord by Dr. Ford, on behalf of the
church members, for Mr. Swafford's
untiring efforts in church matters
for many years.
Mrs. Len Charman was the hos
tess of the Wednesday Afternoon
Bridge Club at her home Saturday af
ternoon, and a few of her friends
were also invited in to spend the af
ternoon in cards. Mrs. Henry O'Mal-
ley, Mrs. L. L. Pickens and Mrs. Livy
Stipp were awarded the prizes.
Luncheon was served during the af
ternoon. The rooms were prettily
decorated in chrysanthemums and
ferns. In entertaining Mrs. Char
man was assisted by her daughter,
Miss June Charman. The cuests were:
Mrs. H .L. Clark, Mrs .3. H. Walk,
er, Mrs .H. P. Brightbill, Mrs. H. E.
Hendry, Mrs.. H. S. Mount, Mrs. F.
W. Greenman, Mrs. Theodore Os
mund,, Mrs. E. A. Chapman, Mrs. W
S. U'Ren, Mrs. Max Bollock of Port
land, Mrs. H. S. Moody, Mrs. W. R.
Log-us, Mrs. Charles D. Latourette,
Mrs. William Money, Mrs. Will Mul
vey, Mrs. L. L. Pickens, Mrs. Nieta
Lawrence, Mrs. John Humphreys,
Mrs. Livy Stipp, Mrs. E. P. Rands!
Mrs. W. G. Huntley, Miss M. L.
Holmes, Miss Fannie Porter and Miss
Katie Porter.
1
COMMISSI
E
COMPARISONS WITH OUR PRES
ENT METHODS
CONCRETE EXAMPLES CITED
Practical Proofs that Present System
is Failure
Editor Courier:
Three weeks ago in these columns
reasons were outlined why 1 consid
ered Commission Government the
best form of City Government. I made
three points that should be bourne in
mind: First, this government gives
a man his personal time; second, it
gives him a living, and third, it gives
mm adequate power, and there is al
ways the check of the recall and di
rect responsibility. .
Concretely, 1 . wish co show why
these advantages will produce the
best and quickest possible results.
The best way to show this is to take
a concrete case. Take the water sit
uation; all cities have water troubles.
Let us suppose that the commission
ers are installed, clothed with proper
power, and are not aided by the
County and State officers of Board
of Health. Oregon City is having an
nually an epidemic of typhoid. How
shall it be checked in the best and
also quickest manner? I say the best
and also the quickest manner because
it is best to consider these manners
as being entirely separated in as
much as the quickest way may be the
best way, but in municipal matters
nine times out of ten it is not
It is Wednesday night and the com
missioners are meeting. The epidem
ic is here. What shall be done? The
hour is 8:30. Normally the City Coun
cil would meet, talk over the matter,
refer-it to, the committee on health,
and police and at 11 o'clock adjourn.
The commissioners are fully and per
sonally responsible so they take up
the situation, discuss it and without ,
shoving it into a committee's hands
they set to work. Being allowed heir
personal time by the city the work is
never laid down.
The next morning they do not have
to worry about getting to the mill at
7 A. M., or hustling for their respec
tive livings, but at 9 o'clock next
morning they call in the doctors of
the city and have a consultation. The
work is discussed and a decision
reached as to what shall be done to
relieve the situation in the future
years. At noon they adjourn, and the
I commissioners all afternnon spend
the time with their assistants and tne
physicians in procurring samples of
river and well water and examining
dairies, alley-ways, cesspools, mud
holes, conditions surrounding victims
of the epidemic, and procurring
samples of all kinds, especially milk.
At 7:30 P. M. the commissioners
meet again and report. Doctors are
assigned to make special examinat
ions, and a commissioner is assign
ed to interview specialists in Port
land. The next morning this commis
sioner with all data and samples in
terviews the specialist and in a day
or two comes back with the answers
and instructions as to what to do.
The commissioner immediately orders
the instructions carried out and the
epidemic is stayed.
They can stay it in seven days, and
where forty cases might have been
as a matter of fact only three or four
have occurred. In other words while
the committee of the city council is
btting ready for business, this com
mission is through work and have the
situation in hand. This duel not dis
parage the city councilmen at all. It
is a difference cf system.
Councilman A is a man of moder
ate means and cannot let his business
go to ruin, as he has to suoport him
self and family; also it is wed known
that a man who is so altruistic that
he does others', business to the ne
glect of his own, is never repaid. So
to serve his city he may actually give
up his future, or large prospectsi
The difference in the system gives
the commissioner his personal time;
it gives him a salary; it clothes him
with such power as he needs, as he.
does not have to depend on red tape,
yes, yards of it, and he will surely
do his best because he can not shift
the blame for his acts.
In a few days a great tragedy could
be averted by the commissioner, and
in those few days the councilmens'
system would permit the tragedy. No
man would be to blame. The system
alone muBt stand the guilt It was
always so, it always will be so.
The commission government was
born to meet emergencies, and has
always met them well. At Galveston,
Texas, the City Council would have
required four years to do what the
commission in six months. The se
cret was continuous sessions and act
ivity if necessary, personal finances
satisfactory at all times, adequate
power and no strings tied to him thru
procedure, custom or other red tape,
and personal responsibility.
Now the epidemic is met and the
tragedy averted. The commissioners
meet again to discuss the matter with
a view of cleaning up the situation
permanently. Not being driven to
their work they do not have to decide
on the fly. No one but a thorough ex
pert can decide on the fly and de-
i cide the question absolutely right, yet
tne present city council system re
quires this to be done, except in tha
case of capitalists in the city council.
. The commissioners meet every day;
consider the question leisutely: call
in experts and, bearing in mind that
in the thousands of cities in our land
a 11 water and fever problems have
been fought out, they establish a
Bureau of Investigation by corres
pondence, and in the course of a few
months, at a cost of $100.00, they
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