OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY DEC. 11, 1913
OREGON CITY COURIER
I'liUi.tict Pri.Uy from llie Courier Building, Kihth and Main streets, and en-Uic-I
in tlx IWnflice al Oregon City, Ore., ai tecond class mail matter.
OREGON CITr COURIER PUBLISHING COMPANY, PUBLISHER
M.J. BKOWN, A. K. FROST, OWNERS.
Telephone!, Main 5-1; Home A 5-1
Olficlal Paper for the Farmers Society of Equity of Clackamas Co
M. J. BR.OWN,
EDITOR
TUre pulli'l iitT itt Eugene
Eaiu.lav U.l jx.hliiul i.luy that
ii. u J.f if ).'f irtantxl lti l(ciuliln-an
Pf-r, lui wlnili have iml yi-t expir-
I, kii'l lu H oi" hu kra familiar with
-,i.i..i.l intnlioin, the wtuile ahine
Ti i.ji.ilfnl nun ar.J women, an
Ikn ioi ttorir tell un, rmrchi-ti on
I, ,lft A. ;th' home, like a bund
if i i t'Suh tii!Tfai.'-ttr, and ili'tnand
e I. In ''jir i fd nih d that ho for
uU a, I i I irnut the "dear people"
lu hiilo hun a t'liiud HtuU't aena-li-r
I v..i lead the Ion arrount In
i llfruliiall ? It a the ri'ul
ll , i'f ruur, a coniilfte ur
,fi. lf. !ith nrvtr dreamed of
h a iikiv, and he was all
IfvVen up vrr llii exhibition of the
j,j.c' a.f rriiuq and eteem.
l.icr inc he aljl M iiator he
Kd rt Un iiiiur, very mui'h, and
hi Ihu in.i of ;'J marched to
kit t."ii, ).ikrj him out of a Hip
n Wu.l' !!) and hIihmI him up
t-rfo a j'l'Vir of the V. 8. kenatc
thaihWr -rl. It a Jut too pa
Ihn.e fur anything, and at the
! I-r ).'.- Mmt tried lo cry.
ll ail urh a complete nu
j.ris lo l:..i-rr. A. a complete an
ltf(May affoira the women
eni. Ihry find I he to-be HU-
.ii- 4 hn lit- utinif rixjin kept and
M il.,r in apple ie order.
Mr. l...lh n u upried that
..nl. failed liim-Oiul is all but a
tul iri.n m , half of handy oiii h he
luipl-rir. iu have lying krounj, in
k'.iais- form.
Htk Tin ued to nay if there
ii)tin. he liked better than
an) thing rl-e ll vtaa to b taken by
upti and l railed on for an extern-
f.ri,c.,u. c-h hen he had about
lhrr rrl. axltaure knowledge to ex
lm rur in.
ITMt Tam t.le lm pinned to ui
rt'l "' at Ho plare.)
ll .lrt A. H.xilii o taken o
hi fcl II. at he rouldn't talk over
half lumr, but the pre dnpatrhen
i. !. fv improvri every Benin,) o
11.
ll lin-r lii "duly" and mud
himr!f j. h a palriut that minip of
IK frll... j i.l had to -Itiih, 'rah
tK an) ( apir Ihey did it I
K plara limrd.
He hiurhl hi4 mother and nevi
lef in, eirniMire. It wouldn't d
lTe Ihnn out when women Vote
in Dirun.
II i:L- i.f rii'plinir Oreiron rill
Ur.ld )ng nul. kllllot are a viaterfull
an-l t'.r..rl.,,ri rrabbllil? it.
He U'.U-i .f I In j,-. n a a state, of
H Ouiuiciful reMiune and future.
l.l he tni-hiy i an f not to
pk of iH,lrr or luinU r rorimra
Iwh if., allv. He won n't tukiriR
err iMh.il wild lal, iolr
Ir-cre Were plnrei In oh, plureH
f"f ln.lae r'xepiniplea lo el in
IVif r. I o lliro ready hat
in Ik air. and p3ur for the aofl
mir And he (Iom-iI the convent ion
ia IK ml.iluii (hat when "duly
"' I" IM-rrl A. lliH.lh had both
opi, and he Would fornike all
and av .Scoalor ( lianilx'rluin out
ef hi. In the Wa.duifton Kennte.
And l ) il nerined I ik) bad that
Ikn nun hoold e luki-n from bin
krw r.d frrii, a Ihe rilireim o
VI..K(,rl. tk larh. tleportetl to
i f 'ift,,n kt frr, la ait in a aen
lea n,t fur hurt.
,o imh )mi have ilm-, your
lra rn. hat Ihe I Ireeunmn did
'T nti.NT:
l uf mrl, ;..l r Itmilh hn been
ruIJ. ,(.,!, .y rH it tnula lo K'
k'm in h a tun fur governor, not
I ft .n (..r. a in I every ulnlile Imiv il
k en !")f i.f Ihe biT Imainriia eir-
ml j- t. . he ouhl Urt on the
!"'' If iUv.
He a n.Mx-d until he nlmwn,
mm iij!!y Irvotita at Ihe differ-
rl riu. . hi.l..li-., weiirhcd and
! ! .e I mlh li.l. rfrriht,' pad
r.e Uf .i. p niih hH4 put on
n t ..u,ii, an. I l-..'ii he aaw what
l.n. he iil,iM ho pilihed Ihk
f a-. i Mi,i, -,m rr ihe big
.rum; mi i o rouiitry nn)f,
,-. mn f..r Ihe I'. S. MMinle h
W I. or (hrre vi .ml. In'l i any hnr.te
r
He id Ihe ruin, he MjiinN for
'" I il.:i, nii in, and with
k. r.. nli.ui he Minply cullld
r.l I ctr.
s" I'iiiiin i'hutiV'd for
llio 'tl .til fll'llll.
Mt i,.ih . liiuhiT corporation
i I hi. i lipped i-iinpons from
! l!,.ii U,n,, milil h,- him rhi'll
. .in in h. rii-hl elUiiv.
He I. r I:. .mIii,bii ulninlpnlter, n
' f ' .ii ii -prrienlnliv e, niul ulunit
! flu'in In p"ulllillty u 111 n itll
i( t. i i.f i.,ltr t hi n, i n in clmr-
i'j ri tni i !i..i. ,i iliu iilimiiil
uir-
ponen.
He would make Congressman Haw
ley a Hplcndid team mate.
It wan a Rplendid play, that Eu-(ren-i
vaudeville stunt, but the people
can m- the Htage settings. It is an old
ach'Mil cheHtnut. That "call to duty"
Ihu'I aent out to timber barons in
Orcifon in 1914.
Man named Reese on west side of
the river wag arrested on threat to
ahoot hi wife, brought before Jus-
lice Kievers, and held for grand jury.
Now this man was presumed to be
Innocent of the charge until he was
found Kuilty by a trial jury or plead
cd Kuiity-
llo could not procure bail, so he
wan aent to jail, to remain tnere as
a criminal until he was found guilty,
allho law nuid he was innocent at the
time.
When his case came up for trial
ho pleuded guilty and was paroled.
Now iret this: As long as Reese
wan prcHumed to be innocent under
the law nc was neiu in jmi, mm no
noon 88 he pleaded guilty he was
freed wan paroled, which, if a man
obn'.'rves the provisions of monthly
reports is no punishment.
Man'named Ilaskins, of Gladstone,
wai arreKted on charge of an act
tending to cause a minor s delin
nuance, held for grand jury and in
li-t"tl. , ., ...
I lu could not Drocure bail and is do
Iiir time in jail. In the eyes of the
law he is entirely innocent of the
crime charged until he has been found
guilty, yet as innocent ne is every aay
aulfering all the punishment (uf a
ciiiivit'Lcd fu on.
Ilaskins pleuds not guilty and goes
td illll.
liec'so pleads guilty and is at once
released from jail, where he had been
aerving under a plea oi nor, gumy.
lt'a law. it's legal, it's the system
Not only in Oregon, but in many
or tho different stales, u not an.
Hut it's a dead wrong, dead unjust
ayittem of fuvouritism.
If a man of nronerty is indicted by
the grand jury on an offense similar
to theo men ne uoesn i go io jun
until he is found guilty or innocent.
And there should not be one weight
for the rich man and another pair of
aculea for tho poor man.
lack of property should not put a
man in jail until he is tried.
How this injustice is to be reme
died ia a question, but it is a dead
cinch it dhould be fixed.
And speuking of justice.
Io you remember the Lorimer
Hcanduh And do you remember read
ing aliotit three weeks ago that Dan
iel Donahue, a lawyer, was fined $2000
for coimpirecy.
All right, here's the inside.
Clarence Funk, general manager of
the International Harvesting Co. gave
damaging evidence against Lorimer
on hia trial, and then a Chicago man
brought an action against Funk for
breaking up his family, for winning
bin wife away from him.
It was a rotten "frame up" and so
evident tho public would not fall for
it, Lorimer was ousted.
And after Lorimer went down,
Kunk went after the man who con
Hpired to ruin him because he told the
truth about Big Business Lorimer's
bribery.
The man was a lawyer, Daniel
Don.ihoe or rather he was the goat
ued to bliickmnil Funk, so he would
iiuit on Lorimer.
. i i D.iA,n
llo was convicteu ami iuieu $iuiw.
Now. Ihe Point is, who was punish
ed for this dirty work.
No one. The higher ups paiu ine
lino.
And the miostion is, what influence
waa ho great that this conspirator
wim auvvd from Jail was lot
with a line for this worst of crimes?
A aenlenoe to state prison could
not have been paid by this tools
backers, but if he had been given the
pen ho would hnyd "squealed" on the
men who made nun a tooi.
So it really seems the courts
were used to protect criminals
rather to punish them.
A New Yoi k paper stated the word
"liar" was firs', used in a political
Ciiropaign 110 years ago, lo which the
Philadelphia North American adds it
has been wor'.ar.g 21 hours evec since.
What the people should now find
out is whether these cold storage
morgues are to serve the people or
pinch them; "whether they are to be
used to equalize the demand or to
form a monopoly.
What the f aimers need and should
obtain is legislation which will make
their own abundant and suojlantial
credit resources available as a foun
dation for joint, concerted local action
in their own behalf in getting the
canital they must use. Woodrow
Wilson.
That kid, Vincent Astor, had one
hundred million dollars fall on him.
That is nine hundred and ninety-nie
millions more than any man should
be allowed to own, for it is that much
beyond his possible needs and robs
millions of people. When a man dies
every dollar above what his family
would need for life should go to the
government.
Soeakine of the supreme court's
action in declaring the election law
void ,the McMinnville Telephone Reg
ister says.
. It is blunder like this that is
creating a howl in many quar
ters against having any legisla
ture, since the law making pow
er is virtually in the hands of the
people under the Oregon system.
"Most judges are blind to human
right3." is the deliberate opinion ex
pressed by Mr. Roosevelt in his re
cent address at Santiago, Chilli. The
judicial decisions that have been made
in Oreiron since the election a month
ago today, would go some way toward
justifying a stronger statement than
that-to-wit, that plenty of judges are
willing to invoke any possible tech
nicality to prevent the people from
governing themselves, when their de
cisions tend to put the saloons out of
business. Woodburn Independent.
Iti s promulgated on pretty strong
authority that George J. Jjrownell of
Oregon City, who has figured prom
inently in Oregon politics in the past
as a legislator and campaigner, will
enter the primary face for governor
next year. Whether he will be a re
publican candidate on a prohibition
platform, or whether he will run in
dependent on a dry platform, rc
mains in doubt. If he essays the first
roll the outcome is not in doubt, and
and probably isn't in any case. But
whoever heard of a republican run
ning on a prohibition platform, and
where is the prohibition party that
would support such a move? As well
ask the sun to stand still. Prohibition
ists always have candidates of their
own. Register, McMinnville.
Democrats are suprised that
the tariff bill has not cut down
the high cost of living, and the
Republicans are suprised that
it hasn't closed up more factor
ies. Perhaps the tariff bill isn't
so good or bad as it has been
represented. McMinnville Telephone-Register.
Years ago Chauncey M. Depew
said it would not make any difference
to the consumer if we had absolutely
free trade. At the time this was con
sidered campaign buncomb, fjut 5t
now looks as if "Chaunce" knew what
he was warbling about.
If we let meat in free and let the
meat trust grab it at the wharf, we
won't get any reduction oh sirloin
cuts.
It is simply a question of which is
ine Digger, the government or the
trusts.
. rv
B. F. Jones of Roseburg, a Repubh
can of state prominence, is to run
against Congressman Hawley and
there promises to be a scrap you read
about, for the stand patters are not
going to allow Mr Hawley to lie down
until he is knocked down.
And righ there is Democratic op
portunity if the Democrats will take
advantage of it.
Bourne and Selling scrapped in 1912
and the democrats chopped out Lane
for U. S. Senator.
Hawley and Jones will clash and
the Democrats can put in a punch hit
ter and score, if they will.
But they can't do it and play ball
as they did in the last campaign.
It was all too evident then that
they nominated a Democrat for the
express purpose of helping Mr. Haw
ley. Oregon has been having great Dem
ocratic success, and the boys should
play every card dealt to them,
i
The Oregon City Courier de
votes a double column editorial
to an argument for the destruc
tion of the state University. It
thinks it is costing the people
too much. Reasoning .exactly the
i same way, it might be strongly
advocated the overthrow of our
entire public school system. Our
common schools are maintained
very largely by taxes paid by
the people who send no children
to school. Woodburnndepen-
. dent.
One year ago the Independent
stood shouldrer to shoulder with the
Courier and helped to burry the uni
versity appropriations. Why this
change?
The Courier believes the Univer
sity should be run in proportion to the
expense of private universities and
schools.
The Courier believes that a half of
ithese appropriations would have done
far more good for the education of
Oregon if put into the district schools
of our state.
It is not a long step from city
government by commission to state
government by commission. Already
there is agitation in Oklahoma to sub
stitute a commission form of govern
ment for the present state govern
ment. The chief advocate of the
change in State Senator Thomas. His
plan is to replace the executive and
legislative departments as they now
exist in Oklahoma by a commission
of either twelvo or sixteen members.
This will eliminate, Mr. Thomas
urges, 143 members of the legislat
ure, fourteen state officers, and ten
state boards, and twelve or sixteen
men will do the work done by more
than 200. This commission would be
in continuous session and its buderet
would be prepared annually instead of
biennially as at present. It is urged
that the commission plan would be
much cheaper than the present plan.
It is significant that changes that
are being urged in state government
often . come from the newer states,
which are not so Wedded to tradition
as the states of the Eeast.
The income tax isn't worrying the
Courier office half as much as the
county tax.
The Darcels Dost netted $30,000,000
in its experiment year. Now you know
something about how the express
companies have been throwing the
spear into you.
'
What's the good of all these com
missions to hunt for the high cost of
living, when we all know the causes
are due to trust methods merges
combinations and the holding back of
competition.
County Superintendent Calavan be
lieves that spelling is the weak spot
in our present educational system,
and he is dead right, the average
school boy from 8 to 10 can't spell
correctly half of the commonest words
and if Superintendent Ualavan will in.
sist that this neglected branch is giv
en more attention he will have done a
needed work.
As Cassandra warned the Trojans
ineffectively against the admis
sion of the wooden horse within the
walls of Troy, so James J. Hill, the
railroad magnate and her modern
prototype, keeps warning the people
of the United States against the
wooden horse more to be dreaded than
that of the Greeks the fast-growing
mountain of private and public debt
"Executive borrowing" going haiW in
hand with "frightful spending." Mr.
Hill warns the country, is carrying
us nearer and nearer the precipice,
and "less spending for purposes that
.can wait; less borrowing on any
terms," are the conditions upon which
our salvation depends.
The Lillie case has dragged on for
about a year, in hearings, indictments
and postponements, and when the
case was finally brought to trial last
week there was no trial, there were
no witnesses or evidence to convict,
and Judge Campbell dismissed the
case.
This was a serious charge and in
dictment, that of a father charged
with a crime against his daughter.
If it was true, Lillie should be serv
ing time. If it was not true, and a
"frame up as Lily declares, then the
dead inside should have been gone in
to, and he should -have been given a
chance on trial to have shown up any
conspiracy.
Where was the evidence that was
sufficient to have indicted him? Why
was it not forthcoming at the trial (
Individual's Money To Loan.
$1,0003 to 5 years.
$15002 years.
$1,0001 to 3 years.
$5002 to 3 years.
$6003 years.
$3002 years.
On real estate, terms reasonable,
JOHN W. LODER.
Stevens Bldg., Oregon City, Ore.
President Title & Investment Co,
(Jlackamas County Abstracts.
J Chrilmas Gifts for Every Purse
Hughes, Smith, Brown, Lily and
the O.iwego union men, all indicted
iy lust summer's grand jury, and
very every man ot tnem acquitted.
These triiild have cost Clackamas
county a pile of good money, every
lolliir of which was wasted.
If Judge Galloway's decision sticks,
that Salem's election is void because
the registration was under an uncon-
Htitutioiml law, then why doesn't
someone enjoin the state treasurer
from raving over to the university
tho hig appropriations? If the rcgis-
rntiim was illegal in anieni it was
llcgal all over the state.
SAVING rVlONEY
U iiiijly a itucss of growth. If you
fi'rni tlic h.-ilut, nn independent fortune
will Kiow out or your small beginnings
ju-t as mire as tin giant treo grows from
the sapling. Nobody saves nnudt at a
tinio. liverybydy can suvu a little at a
1 1 inc. l-'inatuial success is simply a
m ilter of sticking to your saving plan
making your character stronger than
any temptation to ppcud. Try the bank
account plan of saving sec how fast the
small change grows into dollars, and
how the dollars will grow into tens and
hundreds.
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ow to Detect the
um Baking Powder
"Which are the alum baking powders;
how can I avoid them unless they are named?"
asks a housekeeper.
Here is one way: take the can of a low
priced powder in your hand and read the
ingredient clause upon the back label. The
law requires that if the powder contains alum
that fact must be there stated. If you find
one of the ingredients named alum, or sul
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There is another and a better way. You
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Library Report.
The financial report from Novem
ber 19, 1912, to November 19, 1913,
is as follows:
Receipts
Balance in Bank of Oregon
City Nov. 19, 1912 $ 211.54
Balance in City Fund Nov. 19
1912 922.02
Amount collected by Library
association from Nov. 1912
to Nov. 19, 1913 317.01
Amount from 1912 tax levy 1332.07
TOTAL $2782.64
Disbursements
Salary of librarians $1042.45
Rent 51.00
Light and heat 172.20
Boooks 112.66
Magazines and newspapers .. 67.78
Janitor service 147.05
Insurance 145.62
Library printing and card
board 14.05
Moving v 22.25
Inspection of furnace 8.00
Window screening 65.65
Rent of typewriter, 1 month 5.00
Lamps for building 39.90
Shades and hardware 20.60
Janitor supplies 12.15
Stamps and postal cards.... 2.50
Catalogue cards 21.45
Mending supplies, scrap books
book marks, rubber stamp,
and tape 16.25
Printing, county campaign .. 24.50
Stamp and envelopes, county
campaign 102,53
Traveling expenses of librar
ian and book freight during
county campaign, total .... 18.94
TOTAL $2099.80
Balance on hand Nov. 22,
19913 $ 682.84
75c returned from excess of warrant
No. 49 expended for stamps.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY B. U'REN Sec.
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