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31st YEAR
OREGON CITY, ORE., THURSDAY, NOVJ27, 1913.
No. 27
OREGON
THE SNAKE DICE
OF TIE
5
WIERD, BARBARIC CUSTOM OF
OUR SAVAGE DAYS
HQLO RATTLESNAKES IN MOUTH
Wonderful Religious Ceremony Dat
. ing Back Before Conquest
(M. J. Brown, Courier, Oregon City.)
The Moqui snake dance js a relic
of ancient savagery, more weird and
horrible than anything that can be
seen in darkest Africa. Yet it is per
formed by our native sons, our first
Americans.
Roosevelt wrote it up in the Satur
day Evening Post. He saw it last
August. I never saw it, but I am go
ing to write of it. I have visited two
of the Mqui cliff cities. I have seen
the flat rock where the snake dances
are held; the ceremonial rooms where
the actors make their preparations;
the Indians who have taken part in
the mystic rite and I have talked with
many a white man who has seen the
famous rattlesnake dance.
But first let me locate the Moqui
land. It is the most remote of any of
the Indian reservations, with the pos
sible exception of Zuni, and the Hupi
people remain the nearest to what
they were before Columbus landed, of
any of the American Indians.
Far from any other tribe (except
the wandering Navajos) and seldom
visited by white men, these Indians
retain their old customs and ways of
life are practically as they were
when Coronada found them 375 years
ago. And how many hundreds of
years they had lived there before this
adventurous Spaniard ran onto their
villages, none can tell, but many
claim at least a thousand years.
But I was locating their Moqui
towns.
The petrified forest is about the
only place of beginning, thence due
north 100 miles., be the same more or
less, and before you get there you will
say it is about 50 miles more. That
Arizona desert is some desert, and
when you have traveled along its
edge, 100 miles from a railroad, you
will know it. The wonderful places of
our country are pretty well hidden.
There are seven cities in the Moqui
country, so I am told, I saw two of
them, and when a white man told me
how they spelled the second one I
dared not tackle the third. Si-chom-wi.
You pronounce it. The first was
not so bad Hualpi.
These Indian villages are all built
on the top of mesas (hills) of solid
rock, built up of dobi blocks, and
built in just the same way they were
built hundreds of years before the
conquest. The houses are all one
great house, all built adjoining, and
cut up with partitions like stock yard
pens. They are wonderful sights the
first time American eyes see them
and the American has to pinch him
self to be sure he is not dreaming.
xThere are, I am told, from 1,500 to
1,200 Indians in these several towns.
And far out in this remote corner
of the U. S. way back where the Am
erican desert forbids many to go,
here is held, once in two years, one
. of the most barbaric ceremonies the
world has ever seen and right here
almost in the center of our country,
and in the year 1913.
The man who started that slogan
"See America First,", had probably
been to the snake dance.
I intended to have seen this year's
rattlesnake dance. A friend at Espa
nola, N. M., wrote, me it would be
held about the middle of September.
But it was, in August, and I missed
it
There is no particular date for it.
It is held once in two years at a cer
tain time when the moon does a cer
tain thing, but only a Moqui Indian
can tell the day a month in advance.
He can.
You don't care about the legends
and the religious ceremonies that go
with this weird dance, so I will cut it
short and get down to the snake danc
ing and snake eating. But I will say
that in every one of the seven pueblos
I have visited, Santa Clara, Isleta,
Acoma, Laguni, Zuni and Moqui, the
deadly rattlesnake is held sacred by
the Indians.
For about two weeks before the
snake dance the priests who are to
take part in the ceremony, begin to
train, and that training is drinking
daily large quantities of bitter medi
cine made from secret herb, and for
a week before the ceremony not to
touch food in any form. It is also said
the Indians rub their bodies with this
medicine.
It is said if an Indian is bitten dur
ing the dance, the effect of the snake
poison on his system, full of the herb
tea, is only a stomach sickness and
that after the dance many of the In
dians may bee seen, bending over a
trough, vomiting.
There are from 15 to 20 of the
priests who take part in the cere
mony. They march into the court and
do a few preliminary stunts, and then
the game starts.
One after another, they reach into
buckskin bags, grab a huge rattler,
lift it to the mouth, fastened to it
with their teeth, about six or eight
inches from the reptile's ugly head,
and with the huge snake hanging
from their jaws they hippity-hop
pus ami 'jpoi oxbus air punojs
again.
Mind you there are six or eight in
ches of the business end of this dead
ly snake free to act, free to strike
into the Indiun'se face, and may do.
HoweVer the dancers do not try to
be bitten, in fact they try not to to
be. They dance in pairs and an at
tendant whisks feathers in the sake's
face to tickle it and prevent it from
biting. But often the snake will drive
jts fangs into the Indian's cheek,
MODUI
another Indian will unhook the snake,
and the bitten man will continue to
dance on as if nothing had happen
ed. '
After about so many turns around
the court, the Indians will., swing
their heads, give the snake a snap,
open their jaws and deposit them in
a writhing mass on the rocks, while
they get fresh snakes, and it is up
to the attendants not to let these
snakes run into the crowds. If the rat
tler coils they wilk never grab him.
but tickle him or prod him to strike,
and the instant he lengthens out then
they grab . One Indian will sometimes
have a half dozen of these huge
snakes at a time, and I have seen
many a rattler in this country from
three to six inches thru.
This is about all there is to the
dance just grabbing a great, writh
ing reptile, putting it in the mouth,
dancing around with it, dropping it.
getting' a fresh one, and occasioally
being bitten. But only those who have
seen the big, deadly diamond desert
rattlers, can fully appreciate these
barbaric rites.
It is often printed that one Indian
will hold a snake and purposely let
it strike the bare breast of his part
ner, but those 1 have, talked with,
who have seen several of the dances,
say this is not in any way true,
The fangs are not withdrawn from
these snakes, this is established. They
are as deadly at these dances as when
sleeping on the hot sand. The secret
is in the medKine the Indian drinks.
an herb that counteracts the deadly
poison and the Indian has kept that
secret tor about lour hundred years
that Americans know of.
On three sides of this dance rock or
court are the Indian houses or cere-
monial rooms, and on one side there
is a perpendicular descent of many
feet just a straight drop down, and
without any railing or protection
whatever.
I was shown the spot where an In
dian girl fell over this bluff and was
killed and mangled on the rocks be
low.
Four years ago at the dance there
was a large crowd, many Navajos be
ing present. The girl was standing
on the very edge of the bluff, and
when the dancers let go of the snakes
one huge fellow started directly for
the girl, and in trying to avoid be
ing bitten, she fell over the bluff
and was instantly killed.
Up to a few years ago but very few
white men ever saw the rattlesnake
dance, but today the Moquis are get
ting wise, they are beginning to ad'
vertise and to combine business with
religion they are beginning to com'
mercialize the dance, beginning to
welcome the white men and sell them
the choice seats for "5 cents per. The
The Moqui is about the last man on
earth to fall for the white man's ways
and influence, but he is falling. Roo
sevelt was a great ad for the show,
and hundreds of tourists are expected
at the next meeting. Make your res
ervations early.
I expected to see the usual marks
of degeneracy among the Moquis, but
I did not. In Zuni, I saw sights one
could hardly believe, as results of
intermarriage, but at that pueblo the
1600 people have lived in one house
for so many hundreds of years that
they are all more or less relatives.
There I saw perfect albinos, with
pink cheeks, red eyes and white hair,
full blooded Indians, and I saw luna
tics, deformed Indians, and no end to
strange freaks. But nothing of the
like in the Moqui villages, altho they
are as ancient as any pueblo m Amer-
ica. This I account for because the
villages are scattered, and the tribes
mix more or less with their neighbors
on the east the roving Navajos.
I had long heard that the Moquis
had the handsomest girls and the ug
liest old squaws in the southwest, but
I could not find the beauties.
However beauty is 'from custom
and viewpoint. They say the Indians
think our women are hideous. A
freighter said after one became ac
customed to the Moqui belles they
were as handsome as white women.
The girls and women have a most
peculiar way of doing up their hair,
and that gives them an odd appear
ance to unaccustomed eyes. Unmar
ried girls wear it in a big ring, about
the size of a sauce dish, over sach ear.
This indicates they are single, while
the married squaws wear it in a roll
over the ears. And the fashions in
Hulpi land never change.
Health, you see it everywhere. The
girls are perfect specimens of devel
opement, of trained developement,
and the men are like iron. It is said it
is not uncommon to find Indians who
have lived one hundred years and
over.
And I found among the Moquis so
many living examples that raise the
Dickens with our modern rules of hy
giene and science of sanitation.
There are probably hundreds of In
dians on this reservation who never
have and never will take a bath, and
yet we down-and-out white men go
to him at the last resort, live his life
and get well.
Their homes are filthy, and dur
ing cold weather they close up and
cord up without any ventilation. Yet
they are the1 finest specimens of
health and endurance in our country.
Probably there was never a tooth
brush on the reservation, yet men and
women have beautiful and perfect
teeth. I have seen men whose wrin
kles and hair indicated extreme age,
with almost perfect teeth. And never
a dentist opened a Moqui mouth .
No appendicitis, rheumatism, spi
nal meningitis, or any of our fash
ionable ' diseases. No surgeons, op
erations or hospitals. And none are
needed.
Yet the Indians are horribly dirty
positively filthy. I never rub up
against them. Nearly all of them have
body lice, big fat "seam squirrels,"
bred from filth. When they get too
thick, and bite too fierce, they will
wet their clothes and rub their bod
ies with sheep dip.
The southwest reservations are
strange lands, inhabited by strange
people.
Just think, in four days one can go
back to the days before the conquest,
he can go to a land where the people
live just as they lived before Colum
bus ever thought of a western con
tinent, back before history, before
iron. The land is almost in the center
of our great United States. Any per-
INTERESTING OLD HISTORY
How I. O. O .F. Order here was De-
prived of Being First Coast Lodge
One of the social events of the
season that is leoked forward to is
the celebration of the 60th anniver
sary of Oregon Lodge No. 3, I. O. O.
F., to be celebrated at Busch's Hall
December 31, when the old year will
be given a farewell, and the New
Year welcomed. On that day it will
be 60 years since the organization of
the lodge in Oregon City, and several
lodges of Clackamas County have
been invited to attend to assist in
celebrating this notable event, and
there will probably be about 500
people in attendance.
Oregon City Lodge No. 3 should
should have been Oregon City Lodge
No. 1, but the folowing accounts for
it not being such: The charter of the
lodge was applied for and granted in
1850, and was forwarded by mail on
a sailing. vessel to San Francisco, but
for some reason the ship failed to
stop at San Francisco, but proceed
ed to Honolulu, where the charter
was removed from the ship, and
where the name of Oregon Lodge
was removed from the charter, and in
its place inserted "Excelsior" Lodge
No. 1, of Honolulu. Before Oregon
could procure a new chrter, a lodge
in saiem naa been organized, this be
ing named "Chemeka Lodge No. 1,"
and this was granted the first charter
in Oregon, while Samaritan Lodge of
rortiand was organized and given the
second place, and by that time the
second charter was granted Oreeron
L.ity ixiage.
The charter members of the Local
order are now deceased and were the
following: William P. Burns, Mosse
Kahn, Simon Kahn, Charles McCue,
Charles rope and Kmiores Holbrook.
The oldest members living are: John
T. Apperson. initiated into the order
May 27, 1857; John Meldrum, initi
ated July 15, 1857. Mr. Apperson re
sides at Parkplace, and Mr. Meldrum
-at Meldrum Station. William P. Burns
who recently died in Portland, was
the first Grand Master, and was the
father of Charles Burns of this city.
The records were destroyed bv fire
January 1859. The only articles sav
ed at that time were the Bible and
charter, the former saved by the late
D. J. Slover and the latter by the
late J. M. Bacon. At the time of the
fire the building was located on lower
south Main street, now the site of
the- Oregon City Manufacturing Co's
plant.
"lhe present building was erected
inl860 by the I. O. 0. F. Lodge, and
has been the home of the order since
that. time. The-property is owned by
the order and is located in the center
of the city, the lower floor of the
building being occupied bv the Dost
office. The lodge is in a flourishing
condition, and has a membership of
ioo, an oi whom are in good standing.
Since, the organization the' local or
ganization has paid In benefits to
sick members, widows - and orphans
aoout siuu.uuu. This is probably the
only order that has a home in the
state of Oregon for the orphans and
widows of members, and this is lo-
cated at Portland. Mrs. W. H. Howell,
of this city, is superintendent of the
home.
In observing the 60th anniversary
oi mis oroer judge urant a. LUmick
J.1 ' .1... T 1 ft n r. .
of this city will give the opening ad
dress, and Judge Thomas F. Ryan, of
Salem, will give the history of the
lodge. There will also be a literarv
and musical programme, preceding
the grand ball, the music for danc
ing of which will be furnished bv a
local orchestra. Some of the best mu
sical and literary talent will be se
cured for this occasion. L. G. Lageson
of this city, who has been a member
of the I. O.- O. F. Lodge of the East
for many years, and is at the present
time a member of the Oregon City
Lodge, is. chairman of the entertain.
ment committee. During the evening
a banquet will be served. The hall is
to be elaborately decorated for the
occasion.
PROPOSED MEASURES
Amendments and Ordinances to be
Voted on at Coming Election
There will be three charter amend
ments and one ordinance to be voted
on by the people at the coming city
election, as follows:
One is that the council shall, fix
the salary of th chief of police here
after. Now it is fixed by charter,
and it is said the council is paying
this onicial more than the charter
authorizes.
Another would take away from the
mayor the right to remove or sus
pend any police officer and give the
right to the council. The proposed
amendment does not read this way,
but it provides for this just the same.
It provides that the mayor may re
move or suspend, but kills the au
thority by following with the provis
ion that the mayor's action shall not
take effect until approved by a ma
jority of tne council.
The third amendment proposes that
city bonds shall be issued in denom
inations of $50, the purpose being
that home people may invest in them.
The proposed ordinance is for an
appropriation of $2,500 to purchase
four acres of land known as the
Englebrecht tract, to be used for
public purposes.
Up Against It
Oregon City has gone dry, the
water has typhoid germs and the milk
is condemned. What is a fellow to do
there ? Molalla Pioneer.
Dr. Morey, of Liberal, was in this
city Saturday.
son who can stand a little roughing,
can see. It is a safer locality than
the streets of our cities.
Yet how pitifully few of us ever
see the wonders at home, and how
many of us rush across the big drink
to ancient Pompeii and other less in
teresting places abroad ?
America is just as old as any old
corner of our country, and Arizona,
New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Cali
fornia and Old Mexico are literally
crowded with wonderful and ancient
museums.
M. J. Brown.
MURDER, FIRST DEGREE
Grand Jury Indicts Harry Clark for
Murder of Chief Henry
In September Indian Henry, last
chief of the Molallas, was killed. Sus
picion was strong sgainst Harry
Clark, an Indian well known in police
court circles of this county. Enough
evidence was presented to the grand
jury to warrant his indictment. The
trial will probably come off at the
theft of brass from the plant of the
Six other indictments have been re
ported.
S. Hoffman was held for the alleg
ed concealing and purchasing of stol
en brass that had been taken from
the plant of the Crown-Columbia Pa-
per company. Worn Bo is held on a
charge of assault with intent to kill
Wong iing, a laborer on the Port
land Eugene & Eastern at Canby,
September 11; Alonzo Haskins. per
forming acts that tend to contribute
to the delinquency of Bula Barcum
James McDonald and Rov Labouix
theft of brass fro mthe plant of tne
Crown-Columbia company: Enric Po.
lo, daylight burglary in the house of
Marie V. Gehnsky at Lakewood: Jam
es V. Reece, threatening to kill Ailene
Keece.
A WORTHLESS SYSTEM
How. Much Longer will we Dump
Good Money Into Poor Roads?
How much longer will it be before
the people of this county will- square
away on some system that will stop
burying hundreds of thousands of dol
lars into mud dumps, called roads?
Clackamas county is laughed at as
the worst road county in northwest
ern Oregon.
We have 59 roads upervisors, all
working independently, . spending a
barrel of money each year, and yet
our roads do not improve, and it is
pretty much money thrown away.
Good roads are the bicreest orob-
lems in the United States today, and
an over tne country states and coun-
ties are facing thenr and workinsr
tnem out.
The Courier has no system to pro
pose, but it does know that we have
men capable of working out a sys
tem ana erettinir this countv started
on PERMANENT roads, if we only
build a mile a, year.
ihe supervisor system, iudmner
from results, is all wrong. Fifty-nine
men, without any definite policy,
aren t getting us ahead any.
we are spending huere sums on
roads. If we had commenced 20 veartt
ago to build little, built hard surface
and maintained the work, today we
could have had hard surfaced, splen
did thoroughfares on all the princi
pal roaas oi tne county.
' It costs producers three times
what it would under good roads, to
get their stuff in. v '-"k
It holds back develope'meht of the
county as nothing else can.
It holds back the cities and towns
of the county.
We ought to get at this proposi
tion and work out a remedy.
We should stop sinking good mon
ey into roads that are very little im
provement. We should commence to build the
roads that last.
Remember the Little Ones
Among the many and necessary
charitable institions in and around
Portland, a more worthy one cannot
be found than the home to which
these few lines of appeal have refer
ence.
Anyone, who could spend an hour
or two enjoying the prattle of its tiny
inmates, would certainly come away
with the conscious feeliner of how
much is being done for these helpless
uttie ones.
Yes, and much more could be ac
complished with the co-operation of
tne charitable men and women of
Portland and surrounding country,
Ihe Home is a haven for all it mat
ters not the race or creed. Now, when
within a very few days, we will re
joice in the great "Day of Thanks
giving," let us hope the little orphans
will be remembered generously by
their old friends, and that many new
ones will be among the number of
tnose who send donations to gladden
their young hearts on that happy day.
Ten Days to Amend
When the matter of the complaint
asking for, an injunction -against
County Judge Anderson declaring
Oregon City dry in 1914, came before
Circuit Judge Campbell Saturday, he
granted the liquor people ten days'
time in which to amend their com
plaint.
Straws that Show Wind's Direction
The Hillsboro "Drys" have won
the second battle over the "Wets,"
Judge Campbell having made a de
cision in their favor on the recent
election contest. Every straw would
indicate that Oregon is coiner to eret
into the "Dry" column before long
even if it does rain "occasionally."
Forest Grove News-Times.
Swedish Thanksgiving Festival
A Thanksgiving festival will be
held by the Scandinavians at G. O.
Molins, Fallview, Oregon Citv. on
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov.
27. The programme will begin in the
afternoon. The Rev. John Ovall and
others from Portland will take part
in the programme. The ladies Aid
Society "Vorkas" will meet at same
time. All Scandinavians are most
cordially invited to attend.
Had Sand to Stand By
The Oregon City Courier and The
News-Reporter are two of the news
papers that did not receive a compli
mentary letter from President Camp
bell of the state university, for sup
port given to the university meas
ures at the last election. These two
papers knew how the people of their
respective counties stood on these ap
propriations. They knew that the ma
jority of their readers were opposed
to them. McMinnville News-Report-
- I
HOUSE WAS RANSACKED
Burglars Loot Fred Swift's Residence
And Carry Away Much Stuff
Friday, Saturday or Sunday night,
the home of Fred Swift, manager of
theClackamas Southern railroad, at
Risley, was broken into, thoroughly
ransacked in every room, and many
articles of value taken.
The residence is owned bv Mrs
Vernah Shewman, who is now with
her parents at Tionesta, Pa., and was
leased furnished to Mr. Swift.
Mr. and Mrs. Swift were away at
the time. The burglars forced an en
trance through the bathroom window,
and once inside the house it appears
tney wok tneir time and did a thor
ough job of turning things over. Al
most everything in the front part of
tne nouse was carried to the back
rooms and examined and rifled,
Drawers, boxes, trunks, hand baei
everything was dumped, and sorted,
and what was wanted was taken.
A clothes room, where Mrs. Shew
man had stored a trunk, grips, cloth
ing, etc., was lockea. This was pried
open, tne door ruined and the con
tents of the room scattered and rifled,
Ihe housebreakers carried off
medley of plunder, including cloth
ing, boots, silverware, sheets and nil
low cases, a revolver, canned fruit.
conee, etc.
Mr. swift had a full suit in
clothes room. The coat and vest were
taken and the trousers left.
As a box or drawer was examined
the contents were scattered over the
floor, and the house was indeed a
sight.
Mrs. Tyra Warren. who lives
across the street, first discovered the
house had been broken into, and after
a hasty examination she reported it
A. til ' If IK I i r l.v
lo onerin mass, put as Mr. and Mrs,
Swift were away and it was impos
sible to determine just what had been
taken, there has been little to work
on. 1
DOESN'T LOOK SAFE
Why Was not Salary Fixed in Pro
posed Charter Amendment?
It seems to us if the salarv for
the chief of police had been definitalv
fixed in the proposed charter amend
ment, it would have been more satis
factory to the voters.
The present charter fixes the sal.
ary of the chief of police at $60. This
was adopted years ago. This is not
salary enough for today. The pay
should at least be $100.00. But it
would seem that the salary should be
uemiaeiy svaieu Derore tne people are
asked to raise it that it should be as
specific as are the salaries of the
other city otticers.
Should the proposed amendment.
pass, five men, a majority of the city
council, could, if they willed, defeat
any appointee of the mayor, by fix
ing a salary so low that he could not
accept it, and they could, if they will
ed, pay some man they wanted, two
or mree times nis worth.
If we always had a harmonious
council and a mayor in accord with
it. the lirpnRf wnnM A tin ham k..-
nistory, which often repeats, tells us
we may have a lot of scrappers run
ning things some day in the future,
ana we mignt sadly regret this salary-fixing
power, after we had given
it away.
ihe people of this city are will
ing, to pay any eood chief of police
a good salary, and if the council had
fixed a maximum and minimum, lib
eral enough to provide for a good
man, the people would have sustained
it with their votes.
But we very much doubt if thev
will give over their rights, and vote
to give live men the unrestricted
power to fix a salary so small a man
can't accept it, or so high it becomes
a gratt snap.
As the propositions is presented.
tne people shu ULiD VOTlS IT
DOWN.
Turn Your Ring Over
Any number of you would give a
quarter or more to make the babies
at the home happy if someone would
can on you personally.
A few have dropped into the Cour.
ier office and started a little fund to
be expended for the little ones at St
Agnes home, but so many forget it.
Turn your ring over and wear It
so until you remember. We want to
gather together a few dollars and
make the children happy want to
give them a few of the things that
children love best, which the home
cannot give them.
Help this along. You wouldn't
forget your own children. A quarter
will make a little one happy for a
long day. ,
Drop in.
The Precinct Boundaries.
Following are the boundaries
of
the three precincts for the city elec
tion Monday:
Wo. 1. All the city west of John
Q. Adams and south of Seventh st.
No. 2 All the city north of Sev
enth and west of John Q. Adams.
no. a ah the city west of John
Adams street.
Seventh Street Doings
Work is well under way on Sev
enth street for an 18 inch sewer,
which is the commencement of a
general sewer system of the city.
This sewer is nine feet under ground,
lower than the deepest basement of
that locality.
Couldn't Have Been Worse
Torn up streets are bad enough at
any time, but it does seem as if the
worst possible time was selected to
put Seventh street into a mud hole
just as the rainy season has set in.
Wanted! H
(over 18 years of age)
o operate SEWING Machines
' in garment factory
Oregon City Woolen Mills
FRANCHISE BEFORE COUNCIL.
City Fathers Look Favorably Toward
New Era of Competition.
Ihe Oregon City council peeled
their coats and delved tnto a thor
ough examination of the proposed
Carver franchise at a special meet
ing Monday evening. The opposition
peeled their coats, too, and while the
session was not quite as warm as
one or two of the previous franchise
meetings, nevertheless ,it was a little
exciting at times.
No definite action was taken in re
gard to the franchise, which Mr.
Carver desires as the completing link
to his Portland-Oregon City electric
line. The sections of the franchise
were gone over one by one, with Mr.
carver and ins attorney, 11. JE. Cross,
It is probable that some definite ac
tion may be taken when tho matter
again comes up Friday evening.
The feeling prevailed at the meet
ing that Oregon City needs another
electric line between here and Port
land, and needs it badly, and the city
iatners, wnue considering tne active
opponents of the line along Water
street, for the -most part, looked at
the general good to the city as a
whole, that the new line would mean.
As Councilman Horton wisely said:
"I believe it would be a great mis
take if the council should do anything
that would cause them to lose this
road. I belive we need a new line
and ought to encourage, rather than
prevent the construction of every line
mat wants to enter nere." Council
men Tooze, Metzner and others also
argued favorably, on the ground that
tne general interest of the city de
manded that the new line be allowed
to enter.
The opponents of the road are the
owners of Water street property, ov
er which the line, if granted will run.
Outside of private interests the peo
ple of Orecjm City very naturally
welcome the line with outstretched
arms, and feel that a competing line
between Oregon City and Portland
will build up Oregon City faster than
any other influence. The merchants
along Main street want the line to
come clear through, as it would be
an unfair advantage to stop the line
at Twelfth or Fifteenth.
As the franchise to the P. R. L. &
P. on Main street does not permit of
a common-user Water street is the
only means by which the new line
can enter Oregon City. The hill so
lution is entirely out of the question,
as no railroad would want an inter-
urban franchise with a terminal point
on the mil, and it would be grossly
unfair to ask a road to come in on the
hill section.
The Courier editor will bet a new
hat that there's not a city in the Uni
ted States that would turn down the
Carver franchise, after due considera
tion of its merits and faults. The
franchise is fair, if ever there was
one. Mr. Carver is a man of action.
and has embodied his spirit in the!
ordinance he asks the council to pass.
Carver delivers the goods and with
in eighteen months; otherwise he for
feits his rights. Already Mr. Carver
has about five miles of his line
graded, has started on the Clackamas
River bridge, and has franchises
through Milwaukie, Gladstone and
Portland, from Eust Portland clear
into the very hea.t of the west side.
Every citizen of Oregon City who
is interested in the ultimate good of
the town, should be a booster for
the new Poitland & Oregon City Rail
way LOOK THEM OVER.
Six Men to Pick Three Council Mem
bers from Next Monday.
Next Monday is the city election,
to elect mayor, councilmen and pass
on three or four charter amendments.
Mayor Jones has a clear field.
There is no candidate against him,
and the chances are he will have
al'out as much of a cinch as M. D.
LatcuruUe had for treasurer iait
year.
The wet and dry factions are tax
Ing some part in the councilmen con
tests.
In Ward 1. J. O. Staats and H. M
Templeton are the nominees. This is
the city's only wet ward and no
doubt the hardest fight in the city
will center here, as Mr. Staats has
plainly stated where he stands on
the matter of saloons, and that he
would not vote to grant any license
in the city, so as long as tne people
vote dry. Just what position Mr.
Temnleton takes on the liquor ques
tion the Courier rloes not know.
In Ward 2 Phil Sorghon and E. C.
Hackett are the nominees. Mr.
Hackett is said to be a no-license
man. He was formerly a candi
date for sheriff and is a man of good
business ideas. Mr. Sorghon is an
emnlovee of the P. R. L. & P. Co.,
and regardless of whether he is for
or against license the Courier does
not believe it eood policy to elect any
man connected with any corporation
to the city council. It places him in
a position where his every act would
be subjected to criticism.
In Ward 8. E. B. Andrews and O.
W. Gri'fir. are the nominees. Mr. An
drews is a, architect, a man well
known, ar.d a "dry" candidate. Mr.
Griffin it a contractor and is a "wet
candidate.
Logan and Evergreen Sermons.
Rev. E. A. Smith will preach next
Sunday, December 7, at Logan at
11 a. m.. and at 3 o'clock he will
preach at Evergreen school house.
Subject at Logan "Home inanKsgiv
ing Heroes.' At Evergreen will be
"A Voice Behind You." All the com
munity invited to these meetings.
S. S. District Convention at Canby.
Becrinninar with an address Tues
day evening, December 9th, 1913, and
continuing Wednesday, December 10,
until 3:00 p. m., there will be held at
Canby in the M. E. church the Dis
trict Sabbath school convention. All
Sabbath workers are cordially invited
to be present. There will be good
Frogram and entertainment will be
urnished delegates. This is the con
vention of all the Sabbath schools in
the Canby district, but workers out
side our district will be welcomed.
C. F. ROMIG, President
MRS. W. H. LUCKE, Secy.
GEO. C. HELL
FOR GOVERNOR
REPUBLICAN RUNNING ON
PROHIBITION PLAFORM
THIS IS EXPECTED DECISION
Story is He Will Make Announcement
Saturday of This Week.
Oregon City is very likely to have
a third candidate for governor.
ueorge c. .Brownell is very likely
to announce as a candidate for gov
ernor, on a state wide prohibition
platform.
r lhis is more than "political ru
mor." The Courier gets it from those
connected with the state prohibition
headquarters in Portland and from
local prohibition workers in the city.
Mr. isrowneii is considering the
call, 8eriojusly considering it, and it
is said that within a few days he wilt
give a definite answer will either
jump into the fight and make an ag
gressive campaign, or will refuse to
take any part in next year's contest. .
it is reported that Mr. Brownelf
made the prediction some months
ago that in his judgement the next
governor of Oregon would be the man
who came out squarely against the
booze.
Whether Mr. Brownell would be a
Republican candidate for the primar
ies on a prohibition platform, or
whether he wov.. i run as an indepen
dent on a dry y, form, or whether he
would run at ai., remains to be Been.
The state organization we are told
believe the chances for making Ore
gon dry would be much better in
1914 if Republicans, Democrats or In
dependents were candidates on a dry
plaform, than if they were to place
the regular line of Prohibition nom
inees in the field. They think other
party nominees would poll a larger
vote. ,
Should Mr. Brownell kick in and
play, Oregon City would have three
Republicans for governor, and there
would doubtless be some warm times
in the old town.
GIVE THE CITY A CHANCE
Give Her Good Water, Good Govern
ment and Let Her Spread
A dispatch from this city to tha
Journal says Oregon City is the de
fendant in seven suits in the circuit
court. . . -
- - These embrace street improvemnts,
two public elevator actions, the wa
tr commissioner suit, and so on.
How many of these actions would
have been brought if we had had
commission government?
Three or four of these actions are
the outgrowth of factions, matters
that could have been and should have
been settled without going to court.
You may bet and win your bet that
these actions will cost the city a snug
little expense bill before they are
finished, whichever way they are de
cided. Perhaps you did not know that
Oregon City is paying out over $800
per month in salaries under the pres
ent so-called "free government."
Add the cost of expensive mistakes
to this salary roll and give it to
about three capable, common sense,
business men, or adopt the business
manager plan and put a big boss on
the job, and Oregon City would go
ahead and be some city.
Given good water and good gov
ernment, and this city should bound
ahead.
We have everything to make a city
a great water power, great mills,
great payrolls and the richest , sur
rounding country.
What this city wants now is a
CHANCE TO GROW.
Let us square away, put in a man
aging system as big as the city, cut
out the everlasting warfare and
grow.
HANDSOME CLACKAMAS AD
Immigration Commission's Album
Has Clackamas Well to Front
The Oregon Immigration Commis
sion has just issued its foreign book
lets which may be seen at the public
ity office of the Commercial club. Tha
set contains three volumes, one book
of 64 pages, one of 92 and an album
of 194 pages and are printed in the
German, Swedish and Norwegian
languages. The album contains 18
photos of Clackamas county, which
is seven more cuts than is shown by
any other county. This is due to the
publicity department having secured
photos and seeing that Clackamas
county had its snare of publicity.
These books will be sent out in sets
to parties who do not read the Eng
lish language. The following cuts
are subjects in the album:
Al Gribble, Aurora Dairy scene.
P. O. Chindgren, Meadow Brook,
field of oats.
Geo. Lazelle, Oregon City, field of
rye.
Henry Babler, Logan .harvest
scene.
Mrs. Kate Spulak, New Era, wheat
field in shocks.
E. P. Schedens, Damascus oat field.
A. R. Cummings, Canby, field of
corn.
A. H. Anthony, New Era, apiary.
Josi Sherebele. Oregon Citv. hon
field.
General Farming Landscape. Tu-
alitan Meadows.
Farm in Scandinavian Colony,
(Carlsborg).
J. W. Smith, Macksburg, residence.
Franz Kraxbereer. Aurora Farm
home.
Hon. Gustav Schnoerr, Willamette
Home. ........
R. Petzold, Oregon City, residence.
German Church, Macksburg.
Celebration of German Society of
Clackamas county with Gustav
Schnoerr as central figure; picture ta
ken at Schnoerr's Park.