OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY JAN. 8, 1914
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Official Paper for the Farmers Society of Equity of Clackamas Co
M. J. BROWN,
EDITOR
HOW TO REDUCE TAXES IN
CLACKAMAS COUNTY
(By Alfred D. Cridge.)
Whenever the producing classes of
Clackamas county desire to do so they
can reduce their taxes from 25 to 76
per cent, or even more.
Collective kicking at the right spot
will accomplish it.
Individual kicking in the air does
not amount to the tenth of a cent,
which is about the value of an ancient
Spanish coin called a dam.
In Piedmont, a city near Oakland,
California, taxes were high on the
small home owner, not so very high
on the well to do residence owner, and
quite light on the idle land specula
tor. A man who knew how got on the
job and assessed land at 90 per cent
of its true value, regardless of im
provements; personal property he ig
nored; improvements he assessed at
about 15 per cent of their value, al
lowing liberally for depreciation of
the frame cottage and workingmen's
shacks, shanties and sheds. Indeed, it
was said that some of the cheaper lit
tle one-room dwellings he forgot to
see entirely.
This raised a commotion, but
suited everybody but a few rich and
a lew speculators. It still continues
notwithstanding the letter of the law
that all propery -shall be assessed at
its tun value.
In Houston assessments alone th
same lines have been so satisfactory
tnai au tne large cities ot Texas have
been compelled to follow Houston
Ihere is no more law for this in Tex
as than in California or Oregon an
just as much law.
The law is what the courts have in
terpreted it to be.
Ever hear of an assessor who as
sessed ALL property at its "full vul
ue '."
Ever expect to hear of one?
Ever expect to find an assessment
roll that does this?
Did you ever notice that millionair
es escape on ninety-seven and a half
per cent of their property while the
smau nome owner oi ten pays on 12C
per cent or mjh property?
Yet those kind of assessment roll
are accepted have to be by the
courts wnenver tne board of equali
. zation pass them.
The big tax dodgers know this very
well. The big corporation lawyers
know this very well. So do some little
corporation lawvers.
They are not telling the Clackn nm
county farmers anything about this
ana tney are not going to.
IV AN ASSESSMENT ROLL IS
LEGAL THAT DOES NOT ASSESS
AT ITS FULL VALUE THE PROP.
rim i UF THE RIG CORPORA
T1UNS AND SPECULATIVE LAND
uwjnbks, IT WILL LIKEWISE BE
LEGAL IF IT DOES NOT ASSESS
AT I' VLU VALUE THE IMPROVE
MBNTS AND LIVE STOCK OF Till
WORKING FARMERS, AND THF
cjMALL HOME OWNERS IN THE
tlTlfcS AND TOWNS.
One remedy, then is to assemble in
a mass meeting of workingmen and
mriners wno live upon and work their
own land, cutting out the corporation
luwyer, tne landlord and the finan
ciai snarks anil their ret.reamitniiunc,
Bend for the assessor and the county
lay uown to mem mo following
1. Assess cultivated land no high
er tnan uncultivated land of equal
ioii,im.y mm advantages alongside.
lass up the improvements und
personal property of the farmers and
workingmen of all kinds at least to
the amount of $1,000 to any one tax
payer, iou cio not nave to assess
them. You have passed up the rich
mese -many years on these things-
woiKingman in field nm
town me Denolit ot the same law that
yuu tonoweu instead of the lash of it
J. Make up the difference by as
sessing water power SITES as "busi
ness property; franchises and rights
way at uieir capitalized value;
water power the same; timber land
iand no foolishness about it.
These worthy officials may squirm
and read law to you. Tim more you
will swallow the more they will food
you.
vrXl16 law of assessments is what
YOU want it to be, or what YOU
will stand for, and that is all the law
there is, when you come right down to
it
This has been demonstrated in Tex
as, California, and elsewhere.
Apply these principles in Clacka
mas County. You know how to do it.
lno Recall has been made uso of.
Ilainlv tell the tax and assessment
0 m'!. to "b down or ol,t'y orders.
The farmers and workingmen ure
assessed on not loss than five million
of dollars that they should not pay.
The values of the water power of
Clackamas county alone are worth
over eight millions, practically unas
sessed. The assessor will pass the
"buck to the state tax commission
but the sites of land without which
the water power cannot be used are
valuable, and can be assessed.
One corporaion in Clackamas coun
ty has nearly 90,000 acres of land that
could take un a lot of taxes now lev
ied on the taxpayers with one or two
horses and cows each. There are half
a dozen other big speculative tracts
that could help out a whole lot if
you, Mr. Little Taxpayer, get after
the assessor and the county commiss
ioners and give them to understand
that it is hereafter pass out a square
deal on the tax business, or QUIT.
The more taxes you will stand for
on your improvements and live stock
Mr. Little Taxpayer, the more will
be piled on to you by the franchise
corpoiations and idle land specula
tors, because it relieves them that
much.
In any concerted efforts to reduce
taxes do not be led into blind alleys
discussing expenditures tor bridees
culverts, gravel, rock, lumber, or of
other details. To whittle a shaving off
nere and there will not cut down, a
big tree. The agents of the big tax
dodgers will endeavor to distract your
attention by such tricks. Keep right to
the point cut down the taxes now by
cutting down the assessments on the
used land, increasing the assessments
on the un-used and idle tracts; ex
empting the evidences of industry,
thrift and love of home, increasing
the taxes upon the evidences of idle
speculation, forestalling and special
privileges.
So far in Oregon all countv meet
ings of taxpayers to confer with the
assessors or commissioners have been
devoted to drooning details and dis
cussion concerning triflinir exnendi
trrres, and the little taxpayer has been
worn out, discouraged, disgusted and
gone nome to pay more taxes, and
next year more taxes still.
Perhaps the taxpayers of Clacka-
mas county like the present system so
well that they will do nothing but
grunt a little as the load is piled on
them, and stagger from one Doint nf
l-OCK to another Ilkn over hurrpnpH
pack burros in Mexico. If so. then
they will continue to be loaded to the
limit, indications are that thev can
stand a little more next year; and un
less tney taite some concerted action
the kind and generous officials will
unconsciously be led under the hvnno-
tic eyes of the corporation lawvers to
assess all property (of the working
iuriuurj at us iuu value, and to ex
empt from tax a third or more of the
property of Clackamas county held by
corporations ana speculators.
God helps them who helns themselv
es. When it comes to dodging taxes
mere are a score of taxpayers in
Clackamas county who help them
selves more than all the farmers put
i-ueuier pay.
it is easy to reduce taxes if vnn
iuiuw now.
Over 05,000 signatures, more than
twice the number renuired. have heon
obtained to the initiative petition ask
ing that the question of a constitninn.
al amendment prohibiting the manu
facture, sale or use of liquor, be plac
ed upon the ballot at the coming state
election in California.
There are hundreds of thousands of
unemployed men all over the country,
because the money lords are locking
up their funds, and it strikes us. that
a smart thing for the government to
do would be to take a few millinn
of that income tax collected from the
an ana put that army of unemploy
d at work constructing good roads
t living wares. Richmond Cat
Herald.
In an editorial comment on Ey.Rpii.
tor Bourne's proposition to abolish
aid circulators, the Enp-enn finnrd
says that should the senator's idea
revail it would make tho wnv nlonr
for men with money or men who have
i ponm-ai axe to grind to spend their
unu aim surplus cash in forcing their
L-.tnes unon me nenn e. whothor thm.
o wanted or not. The
the abuse of the direct legislation law
w stop it, not make it harder for
ono class and easier for nnothnr.
FOR RESULTS
j lature will pass a bill prohibiting the I
sale oi or giving away of cigarettes
A MEANS
You don't see many of the "loyalty or cigarette papers. This nucstion nf what, wp are tn An .
to party "tags" hitched on men these Would the Messenger oppose it, on with the unemployed, is one the most '
aays. me grounu mat it ioruaue tne eunor ot us are shying at.
Men have gotten into the habit of " finl . purcna.se ana smoKe Its hot) and we refuse to bandIe
thinking for themselves and having whi it protected his boyj
ii . .1- ii ...I.!. Imp "npronnnl lihorttr"
The "personal liberty" arguments
it.
men are stand nE sturdilv beh nd for druKs and li(luors that degrade " ,s n,?oing t0 cooi 0 ? sure ot
men are standing sturdily Denind make &r& that, and the sooner we pick it up the
I' worn nut. Thev havo frino-o nn thom lesS a hole it Will burn.
a Pacific coast
opinions as a result of this thinking,
and
thpm
. . ... . .... worn out. Thev have frino-e on them.
And its good, good for the man when H ;3 f-Qr the best ood of the It isn't entirely
people .to restrain, there should be problem
Partisanship has gone by, and the bars put up, and "restraining person- We have thousands of them here,
party tag has few places to tie on. al privilege" has brought us up from but there are five million of them in
upimuu ia tuning uieir piuces puunc the days of survival of the fittest to the country.
r :: il fnJZ J:T? 0n anfl t0 PrteCUOn .. A!m. "very city is confronted by
yj,,. w w.... "., it, and every year, for four or six
themselves, then desires for reforms When one drink of liquor will lead months of the year they are going to
and betterment of conditions result, a man to go on ft beastly debauch, have to face it and unfess coBnditfons
aim mey crysiaiize into iirauii. ui. ui.ua. anouiu ue xoroiuuen change (and they won't) and immi
have power that almost every state strains.
in the Union is pleading for.
Oregon has gained this power be
cause the people rose up, stood solid
ly for them, and forced them through,
GOING
gration is rigidly restricted (and it
won't be,) we are going up against it
harder each year.
When the winter rains and snows
closes the country from work, then
No doubt some of these popular t n : ...... i!44.i . J EwV i.
, i , , , . , f,, , aciiauc wide ia very ntue uuuut oi .v.j anu uiuic uicu aaiv
laws have weak spots, which will be thisl ' for work.-Our population is rapidly
tightened as experience shows them, The Grange the Equity Society, increasing, and demand for labor does
but as they stand today, the voters the Farmers Union, the State Federal not keep pace. Improvements and
of the great Empire State would trade tion of Labor ' u t f u d consolidations are pushing out labor.
are going to work hard for it.- up and down this coast men are
Men like U'Ren, Spence, Cridge tramping and asking for work. Los-
and the Portland labor leaders are Angeles has 20,000 idle men; San-
for it, and will take the stump for it. Francisco has B0,000; Portland has
u.m v. .,li u .i i. il l cnnviio ale ttiieauy in i-iiuuiauuu -"i--"i v " eo.
nST-.v? necry 12,000 signatures,! Chief Shaw's report, shows that
constitutions and throw in a few
thousand laws to boot for what Ore
gon has. And so would almost any
state in the Union.
The power the Oregon voters have
using their heads thinking, reason
ing, then acting. They dropped party,
let individual matters slide, and went
down the line together.
And they got people s power,
"Everything for party" is passing
away on every tick of the clock
What does the individual voter
and they won't be hard to obtain. 1r1. men nave Deen corded up in our
Un the ballot next fall will be this mv Jau nere to sleep during last year.
simple, direct, plainp roposition:
inn, ouiij orjiAiCi ajnd
THE OFFICE OF STATE SEN
ATOR IS HEREBY ABOLISH
ED,
Now when conditions get to this
state of affairs, it has passed the ar
gument of "Let George do it" and
comes right up to us to solve.
iou know these men have got to
---
S- y ewnL,,,ieTpr?t r Re" t0 it- and " looks a pretty safe bet means. If we don't, after a little these
fi?.bfeJUS b UUSe he 18 ne r that it will be "yes" by a big major- men will provide the means.
lty. ihis may be rather ugly talk, but
by a big major-
The people generally see but lit- a nuS?ry man is an ugly proposition,
the other?
Party name of itself doesn't stand
pJI!y2li r meB" ."J1"-. . J tie use for the upper house only as and & enough of them together and
The people made Wilson president i A. u ,v- thpv wnn't t ..-.i
because his elean-un rernrd n rntt.on I K'a lu " fO"K" legislation - if'- " ""
Npw jprPv lnnWpH nH anu appropriations tne people do not w T." laKe . ...
.. . want anri no q nic-o dnni- A,a,.n out we-an Know rnar. eaph Etntp
Democrats didn't elect him. There PoonnoJi,!iit.r can take ud this nrnhlpm and BOtti
The candidate who runs for the il easily and at little expense.
senate this year, who makes a cam- "e a'l know that these men who
paign for the primary nomination, are looking for work can be given
and then a horse race fnr plpptinn needed public work.
runs against big odds, for the chanc- We a" know it will be far cheaper
es are that the same votes that will ? support tnem out ot jail than in
elect mm will abolish the iob he is 'u'eess in jau.
elected for. Provide work for them, at moder
mi. t . II. ,i ,i I atp nrnnnn nn lU.n. 1 -
k-; ...!. i n , i ine courier peneves tnai tne PCD- "6ta " wuuoaiiua oi acres
"'" juii na kuuu as arne3. i r ...mi nt Ho hnHi anA lot tu tt
raft's. Rrvnn's a, niw. f' . v'."K"n wl" P.ut over. 01S j " J'u.
, ..tl invpsr.mpnr whpn t.hpv nn ntt tho con ucnui aim uuv tne ianu ix necessary.
ate. it will be a good investment.
It will leave only one house to Put them to work on the irrigation
watch and it. will nut rpni-ocontoivpo works, let the state do the work and
right out in the open where the vot- r let the contractors have a rest,
ers can see their work and can tally Put tnem to work on the thou
up each individual. sands of miles of awful roads in this
1 '
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G. B. DIMICK'S PLATFORM
Tn flip ffpnornl nrimnrv aaotnn nnncicfino' n f the Governor. Secretary
in the month of May, 1914, the Re- of State and State Treasurer, so that
there will be no smiting oi leojjuna-
were not enough of them. Republicans
thousands of them, thought morn of
his record and his character than thev
did of party tag.
Americans have reached th point
wnere tney don't let Dartv leaders
drag them any more. They are using
meir orains more and torch light pro
ssions less. Thev believe their
Murphy's, Taft's.
body's else.
And this newspaper is goin? to
stand by the man who it thinks stands
right, the man who it thinks has the
goods, regardless of what party he
belongs to.
I his paper has opinions and it is
going to back them until the last bell
rings.
Thev mav not annpnl tn tVip mgoa.
es and they may, but the opinions
ibility. '
I favor the rapid improvement of
our public roads, under the supervis
ion of men skilled in that particular
WEST'S WAY
state, let them earn fair wages and
their labor pay dividends to the far
ming country practically shut in for
iour montns in the year.
(jot to do something along these
ines.
Today city restauiants ask stran
gers to pay in advance for meals. Too
The Courier thinks this of Govern.
will be honest. Thev won't be inher- or West's Conperfield work:
ited or borrowed. No clioue or party He got results, and that is what we
will control them . This paper will must sum up on.
stand for the men who its editor He rid Copperfield of its red light many men order them, eat them! and
hnnpdt.lv hplinvea atnmta fnr a nit 1) nnles. its mulatto lovnnta on1 it I i.ll ii- - . , ' . .. " u
,.o i... . , "n ujn me proprietor to arrest them.
work for the best good for the many, crap games. The other day a Portland man de.
tuun. mw uuo ma own nanus, ue- nberately smashed a plate glass win
fied injunctions and forced law to be zW tn n-ot ;t 6
" i , , , 1 " vw fi'-w jau
ooservea ana obeyed and he got Men are blowing safes, holding up
awi t i a u- . a. Pedestrians, snatching purses and
; His spectacular doings, his red fire climbing porches. They are robbing
stunts, his Miss Hobbs, his advertis- trains and firim? building in crot
O Cf
CENTRALIZATION
(McMinnville Telephone-Register.)
There are two . hard, cold facts
,l,Vli.K TV.. .t V.n fnnA. f: .I
Uon 1 pri T isTrhing o heast JllflTT6 X plunder"
and can never be brought back, 'and, ""n ItfgL ZZ? . 2l!
feed them and we might
second, the tendency of the age is ItUf p"h hnt tw , w t- er give them work than charity-
centralization. Any attempt to re- 8atiie?i.b,it they ar.e est waySl. . Each state has got to meet it. Men
create competition or to reverse cen
tralization will fall dead from the
page. They are contrary to nature
Legislation to relieve the situation,
must move along these well defined
ways and push forward. Government
regulation or ownership is irresis
tible,
But the governor had sand enough h.' J'T' f Kl
.i i j j .i I "via oiiu live, HIIU 11
to play his cards, and this oaDer i nrtf u 'uj-i
neartny commends tne results. live, we have o-ot tn mfllfp it on1 Mr a
who are able HAVE GOT TO PAY
UlUllU.lU 1V1, UUL1V11CJ
P. Si For fear this line of talk
wi ct. u u:i,:. ii.. will put the fear of hierher taxation
frvuiu cuaiAi luuiliu UlUlllult tile I r- - ij ,
.0i;oH Do.t., nt ii.- i. i - onto Oregon, we would suee-est that
We are not Socialists in the regu- commerce from asking a citizen to amendments similar to "The state
Iar acceptance of the term. (Our sign a petition drawn up and endorsed ?enate ls hereby abollshed" be applied
premise regarding competition proves by that body? If not, then his entire
it,) and we are not prophets, but any bill is moonshine. If he would so pro
man up a tree can see that progress hibit, then he has a measure that will
must mean more and not less cen- rank with unma nt tho iVont Kiii i
tralization. trnHnnpH that hnvo tiovoi. irnt V,t tho
rinvornmntit numtiVLiliin nmuM kn,,. ;ti n " , ..
, ... . .uv bunujii.wf,, a vi kciiiaua tne acil-
been well nigh impossible a few atnr Hnea nnt Toaiiio that, i nnn ,.
years ago when business was segre- sistant secretaries of the chamber of
guteu into a tnousana iactions, but commerce can be appointed and paid
to
The fish and game commission.
The naval militia. ,,
The state board of health.
The railroad commission.
The corporation commission.
The school supervisor law.
lhe state senate.
The veterinary law.
now men looking only to their own at the pleasure of that body. And so tu- i., or 14 others- we don,t iust
purses nave prepared the wav and w tk ti, :..; . " "ow.
nwlo it ;ti, ,- ti l. " r Xv'."r' "8'"'"""'
.....Y .u ciuuui vano uvci ui tu Aitred v. (jridse.
regulate the whole fabric of busi-
ness. Is any other solution tenable?
LEAKY.
Recently the Salem Messenirer. in
rguing against prohibition, asked if
Who pays the expense of these
measures, outside of the ink and ex
tra paper used therein? Surely not
the state. Is not the day of election
ana not tne filing of the petition, the
trial of he merit of the measure?
lhe working class are now provid-
CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF
The Courier regrets that II. W.
oung has sold the Woodburn Inde
pendent. In the two and a half years
he has edited the pnper he has put it
mong tne best country papers in
legon. Mr. loung is a brainy man,
thinker and originator, and too
good n newspaper man to leave Ore
gon. Wo understand he is looking for
-.!..!.. .l
paper in a uuge place.
prohibited. The Courier replied as L":wk , a, are "0W Por0vl?"
,..h i ..um.:..j JL ed with the lawmaking Power. Surelv
ua nv law Miuiuuiieu. to wnicn L..i. , i ,i i' - . -
that paper comes back with a lengthy T.y -,f y . f.armn& t0"?6
nerinnnl lihortu "" w"""K'y yieiu to
ptrsonai "oerty, , npjvii-a )owtl ti,.fi: if tuoi.
editorial advocating
one pnragraph of which follows:
Frankly, we believe in tem
perance but not prohibition. We
believe in every man living the
largest possible life, and getting
the most and best out of it. To
do this, individual liberty is nec
essary. Because one individual
makes a hog of himself and fills
up on wine, beer, or whiskey,
und becomes a disgusting spec
tacle and public nuisance, is no
reason why the other ninety-nine
temperate, orderly citizens
should be deprived of a personal
special privilege laws that limit their
power. The cure for democracy is
more democracy. Stand by the lau
rels you have won. ve of the workine
ciass. . w. uarzee.
A strong effort will be made in
congress to eliminate the $20,000,000
franking graft now enjoyed by our
representatives.
privilege.
Th
FORMING A
HABIT
It doesn't take long to form a habit. It takes years
sometimes to break one. You can form the saving
habit so completely ia u year that it will bo one of
the fixed habits of the rest of your life one you
will never want to break. Suppose you begin today.
Make up your mind to place a certain portion of
your income at interest in this bank at stated inter
vnls. The ,-nd of 191 1 ill find yol, wi, h a (itiy mlm
to your credit, and a habit formed which will crown
your future with success.
The Bank of Oregon City
OLDEST BANK IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY
The Salem Messenger picks ex-Su-
.preme judge W. T. Slater of Salem
I as the Democratic nominee to suc
ceed Governor West, and states he is
one or the best equipped men in the
state lor tne oitice.
publicans of Oregon will nominate a I
candidate for Governor, and I hereby
submit my candidacy for their consid
eration, and if nominated and elected,
I pledge mvself to the citizens of Ore
gon to a faithful and careful dis- line of work, free from extravagance
charge of the duties of that high of- and graft, and am opposed to the
fice. ' present wasteful methods employed,
Political parties are necessary and as the tax-payers are not getting
useful under our Republican form of value received for the money expend-
government, and every elector should ed.
be actuated by an honest motive in I stand for the constant lmprove
the selection of his or her party affil- ment of our public school system so
iation, and register and work in ac- that the children of the state will get
cordance with his or her true politi- the best results that spring from ad
cal views. i vanced ideas along educational lines,
, I am a. member of the Republican but am opposed to the present waste
party and endorse the principles for ful emthods employed,
which it stands and its accomplish-1 I endorse the Direct Primary Nom
ments, but condemn the political me- ination law and the purposes for
thods employed by some of its mem- which it was enacted by the elector
bers. ate of the state.
I oppose the high and extravagant I endorse the Initiative and Refer,
appropriations by the Legislature and endum as great safety-valves in the
the constant creation of salaried hands of the electorate, but condemn
boards and commissions, which carry
witn tnem an army ot employees to
be paid by the taxpayers of the state.
The duties assigned to a large num
ber of these boards and commissions
should be placed with the state board,
its use on trivial matters that over
burden the ballot and thus defeat the
true purposes of the measure.
I sand for the strict and rigid en
forcement of every criminal statute.
G. B. Dimick.
WHOSE VICTORY?
his from one of the brightest ed-
itorial pages that comes to the Cour
ier on ice, is decidedly weak logic.
Almost every law that is passer! re- The supreme court clerk savs that.
..I....!..- . 1 i;i i . .1 I 1. ).. .. . .. ,.....' .
ainiina ui-isomu i uenv. me nurnose uouv is six mnntna neninri its wnrk
oi w men is tne good ot the many. mat 4,sd appeals were filed last year, Henry W. Strebig, proprietor of
"'"u 1 1 oke anid nun,-y mav ad that it wiIl take several years at the "Pioneer Meat Market" has an-
uut iu i.uii. up anu roo tne man wno tne present rate to eaten up. There nounced his candidacy for the office
has gold in his pocket, and a law for- should never have been 433 appeals of Sheriff of Clackamas County,
bidding him, restrains his liberty taken to it and there should be a stop Mr. Strebig has been in the meat
his right of nught. to this continuation of litigation, business in Oregon Citv for the nast
j.. .. u f.t.t.Ki: UllllLi:iOIM LU Kt;il I ..IVV AUVIll-lia UL L.11LTMH ITM.NIM Klllllllll A l,nr (TOO 0 D H nMniv n n t- iha knn
..ii (Miimj uuiuiue i ts liu ui ine in- nave uwu juiwi in ine circuit courts
dividual liberty to purchase of the
A national statute forbidding the f Paraon issued to J. lhoburn c
importation Ot absinthe IS individual KL. "'i""":' ul" ??Vul"'eK"" ,u Gladstone Cnrnmeri-ial Plnh AUn aP.
restraint, Our state game laws, our :rrrj,ruercyts.',.tnf tive member of German Verein Soc -
Hailev. Idaho, hv the rhiof
ety
made a host of friends in Clackamas
county. He is a popular lodge man
Thoburn and 's very aetive 'n tne Commercial
.... j Club., and a charter member of the
city ordinances all forbid us ti do
wnai many of us would like to do.
A state law forbid? a man to take
a bottle of liquor out of his own suit
case and drink it on the train.
A state law forbids the selliiii? or
giing of cigarettes or tobacco to mi-
nnrs.
And so on we could cite them by
bi.iicreds.
'Here are three da -yea in connect
ion with liquor. One clus never touch
es it lhe next can tul,v it or leave
it nioie. lhe third be; ?ne drunken
bums.
It isn't the case as the Messenger
i-ues oi mneiy-nine "temperate, or
derly citizens" being deprived of pei
sonal privilege to save the hundredth
man. Far from this proportion.
Personal privilege, so far as ob
taining booze, is entirely curtailed by
law in Kansas, and we ask the Mes
senger editor to look up the statistics
of crime and pauperism in that state
and und a license state in the Union
that will compare with it.
We expect the next Oregon legis-
of that state, lead the Salem Journal
to remark in a sensible editorial that
"the quality of mercy was badly
strained."
Estimating the December expense
for roadwork in Clackamas county at
I K Ollll f"........ m i. nr:n; r r t
Luumy vierit vviniam Lt iuui
vey has figured out that the county
has spent on its highways $847,744.17
in the four years ending December 1,
1913. It is now up to somebody to fi
gure out what Clackamas county has
received for this outlay. The county
certainly has not cot four-fifths nf
a million dollars worth of roads. Yet
enough money was spent for road
purposes during the last four years
to hard-surface at least one main
highway throughout the entire width
of the county, or to materially im
prove the muddy streets that do ser
vice for highways six Months out nf
the year. Where did the Ynnnev trn
and where lies th fault for the ap
parent waste! .
Mr. Strebig had considerable ex
perience in the detective service and
is capable of serving the people of
lacKamas L-ounty with credit to him
self, his friends and his county.
Mr. Strebig will run on the straight
exceptions in the ease. Paid Adv.
Rev. E. A. Smith will spend Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday in Logan
and Redlands. Friday and Saturday
will be used in renovating the church
at Logun, with other friends there.
The church is being replastered bv
Mr. M. Kellogg and will be as good I
as new wnen completed. Sunday he
will preach at Logan at 11 A. M.. and
in the afternoon he will preach at Ev
ergreen at 3 P. M. Subjects will be
"Running" and "Sowing."
"Know thyself" is a piece of advice
which has come down to us from the
days when Greece was in her glory.
"Know thy newspapers" is a piece
of advice which you taxpayers should
heed if you prevent county bank
ruptcy, and the addition of unbearable
burdens of taxation. To be specific
it stands revealed to you in all its
naked shame in the leading editor
ial in the Enterprise of January 7th,
1914.
Recently District Attornev Gil
bert L. Hedges, defended Clackamas
County in two damages cases brought
against it by persons who claimed
their injuries resulted by defects in
the County highways. The first case,
Terry vs. Clackr.mas County wns tried
in Washington County on a change of
venue.
Terry claimed that he was iniured
and his automobile was wrecked by
reason of a defect in the county high
way just beyond MilWaukie. He was
oh his way with two passengers to
the Milwaukie Club about 10 o'clock
on Sunday morning, and jumped off
the road. The case was thrown out of
court on a motion for non-suit, made
by the District Attorney.
The taxpayers were thus saved
$2,000.00.
The other case was Bradshaw vs.
Clackamas County. This case was tri
ed before a jury in Clackamas County
January 5th, 1914. Bradshaw claimed
he was injured when his wagon went
into a deep hole or rut near Bull Run
on the Bull Run-Aimes County road.
It was shown that he was driving
four horses, two of which were frac
tious and only partly broken. That
he had a heavy load of lumber on the
wagon and that he was going down
a long, steep part of the road. He had
a rope break and it was held by anoth
er man. He thus entrusted the safe
ty attachment to another. He had
passed over the same piece of road a
few days before and therefore knew
its condition. He filed his case in 1011
and tried it in 1914. The preponder
ance of the evidence showed the road
was in good condition. After hearing
the lecturing and the charge of the
court the jury returned a verdict fnr
the county. Clackamas county was
saved another $2,000.
Ut this the Enterprise savs: "Tho
victory in two of these cases recently
tried has pleased some nnartpro Ho.
cidedly, but it seems to us that there
is very nttie cause lor elation nn tho
part of the county."
What? the taxpayers save $4 Onft
and the Morning Enterprise finds no
cause for elation?
Who is the Morning Enternriso loo-.
ging for anyway? Isn't its duty to
you taxpayers to stand for the host
interests of Clackamas County, where
it lives, moves and has its being, or
will it stand with the early Sunday
callers of the Milwaukie Club? Does
it draw its life and substance from
you taxpayers, then shnnlH it
for you or against you? ,
Taxes are high, yet the Enterprise
wants the county stuck for damages
j uui wAca may ue nigner.
Why does it throw
the estimable gentlemen whn ont ac
a jury in the Bradshaw case? Listen'
Here is what the editorial says:
"The court is unable tn aitoi. mot
ters and it is probable that the jury
could see no other wav nut nf tul
dilemma ? There was none. The plain
tiff was not entitled to get his hands
into the Countv Treasurv anH tho
said so. ' JU1J
Who is right? The Morning Ent
looking after the County's interests.
As for the Morning Enterprise well
taxpayers know your newspapers!
Taxpayers know the Morning Enterprise!
Juryman Held Up
Valentine Bolander, a well known
farmer living near Beaver Creek, was
assaulted on his way home from this
city Monday night. Mr. Bolander was
on jury service here and was driving
home after dark. Two men asked to
ride in the wagon. One asked him the
time and as he pulled out his watch
he was struck on the head and fell
into the wagon. He called out as he
was struck and the team started
quickly and one man was thrown out
by the start, and as he regained con
sciousness he saw the other man jumpi
out. His head was considerably bruis
ed and he was unable to attend court
Tuesday.
SHUBEL
Say, do you think it is possible
that John Stark could write one ar
ticle without calling everyone who
does not agree with him, a fool, or
some other pet name, which seems
to be mania with him? I read every
one of his articles, and think if he
will cut out his fault-finding with
everyone that he may do some good.
There surely are some good men and
women, even if they are not Social
ists, and just as honest and sincere as
this John Stark, and are really doing
some goon, wnicn everyone sees ex
cepting this John Stark, who sees
some ulterior motive. Cut it out.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Hornshuh went to
Sherwood to spend the holidays with
relatives.
Wm. Moehnke will move his family
trt nftn.rt r-:,. .u:.
vw vyicun ny una weeK.
Chris Moehnke, Jr., of Ritzville, '
Wash., will move on the Wm. Moeh
nke place, and will take charge of
the shingle mill.
There is some talk of starting an
Equity store here.
Some of the farmers are sowing
barley for a change. If they can't sell
it to make beer hogs they can use it
for hog feed.
Rev Man, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Moehnke Miss Lena Heft, Wm. and
Miss Athleen Bluhm and Ben Fisher
went to Eastern Oregon to attend the
wedding of Miss Nora Moehnke and
Rudolph Khnger.
John Heft has been helping Mr.
Kirbyson finish his concrete building.
Individual's Money To Loan.
$1,0003 to 5 years
$15002 years.
$1,0001 to 3 vears.
$5002 to 3 vears.
$6003 years.
$3002 years.
On real estate, terms reasonable.
JOHN W. LODER.
Stevens Bldg., Oregon City, Ore.
President Title & Investment Co,
Clackamas County Abstracts.
You r Child's
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
prise, which has no use for the tavnnvr
ers. money or the following jurymen
who sat on the Bradshaw case- '
Fred Lins, H. T. Melvin, John
Stormer, Gust Englebrecht, Fred Mat
thies, E. F. Vetito, E. J. Daulton,
John Burgoyne, N. M, Crissell, S. P
Davis, W. A. Proctor, V. Bolander.
The Courier congratulates the jury
who handled the case and District At
torney Hedges for ably and fearlessly
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