Public Opinion
From The People Subjects of General Iateret
INCREASE SUPERVISORS TO 118
Robert Schuebel Outlines a Plan to
Improve our County Roads .
Editor Courier:
In your last issue of the Courier
you ask for a remedy for the present
methods of building roads under the
supervision of 59 supervisors. I will
offer this solution
That we change and have 118 su
pervisors, one for each school dis
trict. That will throw the work as
much as possible in the neighborhood
where the supervisor is directly in
terested, besides it will always be
near enough to his home to always
know the condition of the road and
can attend to the work to better ad
vantage. The districts are too large
now for a man to look after properly
without wasting considerable time.
I can guarantee this as a good
remedy for we have done considerable
donation work in my neighborhood
and the men work well where they
are interested without the use of the
cat 'o nine-tails.
My friend Cross wants to know
what is the matter with the farmers;
why they are not falling in line to
the ideas proposed by him and the
other Live Wire road boosters. Well,
here is the reason. When men have
worked like slaves to try and better
the road conditions in all kinds of
weather; paid their taxes and donat
ed liberally on the side, then to have
a bunch of fellows who don't know
what a day's work is, who never fol
lowed any of the useful occupations
who wouldn't know the first thing
about blowing out a stump, break a
rock, noia a scraper or nanoie a snov-
el; who don't want to know how and
yet insinuate that the men who have
done the work have been wasting the
money who wouldn't get sore at that
kind of dope from such sources to
to prove that your fellows' figuring
is all wrong. Let me illustrate.
District No. 19 has in the neigh
borhood of 40 miles of road. It has
had an average about $1,000 per year
to spend for the last five years.
Those figures mean the amount the
supervisor had to work on the court
keeping an equal amount for bridges
and special work.
Now for arguments sake we will
asume that there were no bridges
built, but there were, and we will as
sume that $2,000.00 was spent on the
roads in District No. 19 per year for
five years, which would mean $10,
000 according to all work so far done
in the line of permanent road build
ing this sum would build 2 miles of
rock road if every dollar was used for
that purpose and no bridges or cul
verts built under such a plan just as
those fellows propose. We would have
to discontinue the rural mail routes
for 5 Oyears until we could get around
to all the roads with permanent im
provements, for unless the very kind
of work is done as has been the cus
tom no mail carrier could get over the
roads, it is just as important to
dump part of this monev into mud
holes if you please, as any work that
is done.
Now the facts are, District No. 19
has l mile of rock road, some plank
road, about 5 miles of gravel road and
several miles of graded rods with
stumps out and ready for permanen
road improvement when there is man
ey enough to do it with. The farmers
have donated whenever called on and
so made those changes possible, the
whole trouble is we haven't got mon
ey enough to make the improvements
cauea ior. wow I believe in experi
menting in road building just the
same as in anything else and am in
favor of the Court taking some of the
money ana try-out some of the hard
sunace roads advocated.
Am in favor of bonds if the money
win ue uistriDutea anoui tne same as
other money so each neighborhood
. win get it s share of the good roads,
Right here lot me make iim. ifn.
less the matter is handled so that the
people will know they are going to
have their share the bonds will never
carry. Am pleased with the decision
oi the court on the new road law, Im
agine the condition and what wnnlH
become of our road money if the court
naa listened to (jrawiord, Cross, Hed
ges and other men who advnmtn re.
pair work and all work done under a
surveyor and by contract as they in
terpreted the new law. To illustrate
a tree reii across the road on our mail
route just before mail time. Under
their plan the surveyor would have
to take measurements, draw plans,
advertise for bids if the court was
satisfied the bid was right let the con
tract and the surveyor at $5.00 per
uoy nee mat tne worK was done Be
coming to pians or thes upervisor
iud piUtC. illlHHUlB wnat it would
cost to cut out this tree now under
our plan. I called up the nearest
neignoor on the phone and he cut the
tree out for nothing. The mail car
rier went on his way without losing
a minute. Under their plan he would
be held up yet. This happened over
a ween ago. u the legislature con
tinues to make such foolish laws as
wa seem to get and if the courts
should give such unreasonable deci
sions as we 'sometimes get; much
longer, the time is not far distant
wnen tne people will refuse to pay
their taxes and resort to any method
in their power to stop the oppression
of the tyrants who soom to think they
are tne wnoie cneese. 1 think 1 can
stand it as loner as anvone. so. mn
wait for the remedy which is coming
last.
R. Schuebel
Harding Grange Opposes Pacific
Logan, Feb. 15, 1914
Oregon City Courier:
At the last regular meeting c
Harding Grange, No. 122, P. of 11.,
the following resolution was passed:
Resolved, that whereas, there is
a movement on foot, among the Pa
cific Highway boosters, to bond the
county for the sum of six hundred
thousand dollars, for so-called Pa
cific Highway purposes, principally.
Therefore, be it resolved by Hard
ing Grange, No. 122, P. of II., in regu
lar session assembled, that we are
opposed to any bond issue for any
such purpose;
And that a copy of this resolution
be forwarded to the county papers.
Feb. 7th, 1914.
Mrs Gladys Sloper,
Sec. Harding Grange
The Courier and the twice-a-week
Portland Journal, three papers each
week for $1.76 is some bargain.
A SOCIALISTIC VIEW
When Farmers Learn More Socialism
they will get Cheaper Roads
To the Editor: .
This is a question of importance to
every farmer as well as every dwell
er in towns and villaees. They add
to the convenience 'and comfort of
everybody, but to-day they are more
talked aoout in tne large cities man
elsewhere, because since the advent
of automobiles it is possible to more
frequently enjoy the country life than
before.
To secure good roads necessitates
a large outlay of money and unless
it can be shown to be a help to the
farmers their co-operation will not be
forth coming.
To accomplish this means special
education which is now being done
The farmer and his family as well as
those living in small towns, will be
able with more ease and comfort to
share in the pleasures of social life
and entertainment if roads are good.
No people are more alert to this fact
than the socialists, and moreover they
know how to raise the funds to build
roads without further burdening the
farmers. Their plan is to socialize
industries and public utilities and to
use for road building part of the pro
fits now going to the Goulds, Vander
bilts, Hills Harrimans and the horde
of others, none of whom can claim
they need all they now get from so
ciety, nor can they say they in any
way earn it. If fanners and all other
working men and women would vote
to have the rail roads owned by the
I People as the county roads are owned
by the people the good roads problem
would be settled. The fortunes ac
cumulated by excessive freights, etc.,
would build all dirt roads for use of
che farmers and city dwellers without
adding one cent to their taxes. It
will pay - farmers along with other
workers to study socialism and not
lo vote blindly for continuing to make
millionaires.
There are other ways of killing a
cat than by trying ti shoke him to
death with feeding him butter, as we
ere now Joing when we bond oursel
ves and re-double our energies to
build roads so as to give trreater pro
tits ot the vampire mor.ouolici that
are taking all we can make and then
lome
Joseph Barratt
WHAT IS YOUR INCOME?
Better Get Busy, as There are Only a
Few Days Left to File
Only a few days left in which to
file your income tax statement.
Applications for blanks can be
made to any bank or County Trea
surer or to Milton A. Miller, Collect
or Internal Revenue, Portland, Ore
gon. Penalty of $20 to $1,000 for failure
to file returns on or before March 1st.
Fine not exceeding $2,000 or im
prisonment not exceeding one year or
both at the discretion of the court for
making a false or fraudulent return.
Every person having a net income of
$3,000 or over for calendar year ($2,
500 fof year 1913) miwt make a re
turn; a single person is allowed an
exemption of $3,000 and a married
person $4,000. (For year 1913, Mar.
1 to December 81, the exemption al
lowed is $2,500 or $3,333.33.
All payments due on your income
may be remitted at once or you can
have until June 30 in which to pay.
Payment must be made by certified
cheek, money order or draft. Per.
sonai checks cannot be accepted.
Partnerships as such are nnt ro.
quired to make income returns, but
the members comprising the firm pro
viding their individual Incomes reach
$3,000 ($2,500 for 1913) or over are
to make returns.
If in doubt reirardi nir nnv nnv
of the law or regulations write for
information to M. A. Miller, Collector,
Portland, Oregon.
( For year 1913, the law operates
uniy irom iviarcn l to December 31
so tne incomes, deductions and exemp
nuiia uro iigurea. accordingly.
FARMERS AREN'T KICKING
It is the City Fellows who are Clam
oring for Change In Road System
Estnrndn. Oro
Editor Courier:
I have been rcadine- the different
opinions on the extravagant waste of
money, and while so doing one pecu
mrity is very noticable, that farmers
living away from the much hnlWn.l
about marketing centers, don't say a
wum. Kjnn u oe tnrougn ignorance,
or satisfaction, from Dresent condi.
tions? I am very much inclined to
ooueve that they are satisfied, and
why should they not? They are get
ting their trails blazed so they can
find their homes even in the dark.
it is but within the memory of
some older settlers, when it was
preacned "open the roads to the mar
ket places first, and we will keen nn
coming back toward the outer dis
tricts with road building." Well did
that come through, I guess not. I
can remenibor when we had to go and
iieip someoouy out of mudholes, and
volunteers fixing roads where thev
were impassable. Well, them days
are over, even under present system,
with all it's faults, not so many fence
ran warnings in mud holes.
The Courier on Fuhrnn
"One million dollars expended in five
years in mis county for roads and
brideires. This shonlil h nvo m'van
Oregon City 150 miles of hard sur-
,m roU(,s' Why should OREGON
CITl in particular pet the Unl ef
faced roads? Why not let the outer
district get them as they dof
From the present acitatinn it nn.
pears that it must be some selfish mo
tives, cither get all the monev toward
a certain point or else creating such
satisfactory result through contract
system that the different road dis
tricts will refuse to vote special road
taxes and of course that would be a
great niesximr on and KnoonWM
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hu iuiiu iiuiuurs.
A. C. Anderson,
(Note the above mintntinn fmm
the Courier is plainly an errnr
everybody knows that it would be ut
terly impossible to IniilH 1 n,ilo.
paved streets in the city. The copy
as written stated 150 miles of hard
surfaced roads for "Clackamas coun
ty." Ed.)
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORI A
CRITICISES DR. MILLIKEN
Portland Writer Disagrees arid De
fends Christian Science Doctrines
Portland, February 13, 1914.
To the Editor of the Courier:
Your issue of February 5 contains
an article by W. T. Milliken on "The
Light of Faith," in which the writer
condemns the teaching of Christian
Science that material phenomena are
unreal, as wholly fallacious, and up
holds the countrary belief that there's
in the universe a "phenomenal as well
as a nomenal reality," In other
words, tne article supports the theory
that God, who is Spirit, is expressed
through material phenomena. Be
cause Christian Science does not
agree, its metaphysics is disapproved.
The critic correctly says that "The
man who knows nothing save that
which is physical and sensory is out
of touch with his times," and "The
man who knows only the physical
sees but the world of change and de
cay and unreality." If he had not
quite forgotten 'these deductions in
his later reasoning, and had refused
to surrender his logic, for the sake of
agreeing with commonly entertained
belief, the conclusions which this
critic condemns Christian Science for
adopting would have been his also.
When the master Christian told his
followers that they could not serve
two masters, he exposed the fallacy
of trying to cling to spiritual reality
with one hand and holding to materi
ality with the other. "It is the spir
it," he said, "which quickeneth, the
flesh profiteth nothing," thus leaving
no room for material phenomena in
the consciousness which is wholly of
God.
When physical science today ad
mits matter to be "immaterial ener
gy" it approaches a step nearer the
conclusions reached by Mrs. Eddy
more than forty years ago, that "mat-
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mortal mind," (Science and Health,
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tal mind are but different strata of
human belief." (Science and Health.
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When he addressed the materially
minded Pharisees, Jesus exposed the
nature ot all mortal consciousness in
the unequivocal statement: "Ye are
of your father the devil, and the lusts
of your father ye will do. He was a
murderer from the beinnmni" and
abode not in the truth, because there
is no truth in him. When he spenk-
eth a lie he speaketh of his own: for
he is a liar, and the father of it. And
because I tell you the truth, ye be
lieve me not. 1'resent day orthodoxy
agrees that transient, evil thought is
not of God, while material phenomena
which to the material senses seems
more constant, is held to be .God's
creation, though it evidences none of
the perfection and permanence of
spiritual existence. The Christian
Scientist understands that there is
but one God and one creator, who is
expressed by the spiritual universe
and spiritual man.
Christian Science airrees with Tan!
that we for the present "see through
a glass darkly." But by demonstra
ted proofs of disease healed and sin
cast out, Christian Science is point
ing the way to the destruction of all
materiality through the individual un
derstanding of spiritual truth, which
Jesus pronounced the one way to life
and peace when he said "The king
dom of God is within vou."
Paul SUrk Soeley
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printed with the name of your farm
on them. The Courier will make them
cheap for on.
OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAV,
WANTS A LIVE TRAFFIC LAW
One that is Workable and Enforcable
for Clackamas County
Clackamas, Ore.
Editor Courier:
A traffic law that will regulate is
enforceable, that can be executed by
the officers, is what I am finding
many people ask and talk about.
Is there any encouragement in Mr.
Schubel's item along the line I wrote,
as staying by the words I wrote will
easily clear up the impression any
one may have about there being an
effective traffic law.
What little start on passing an ef
fective regulation of the roads was
what I mentioned and if the editors
will print this act that is not enfor
ceable it will put your minimum about
weights out of the error; I would be
pleased to meet you anywhere and
talk up the law you claim is there and
I am sure it will help to secure much
more interest than some of the ways
planned to get the people lined up to
better roads at a reasonable cost with
out destroying a well made road be
fore there are many miles made as
many suggest which the people will
agree to build at the cost they know
it does, should it all get into road con
struction. I would go ahead and enumerate
a lot that I see, and know much of the
circumstances about our road con
struction all of which we hear on
every side and is not getting us ahead
with better roads that the expendi
tures justify.
The changing of a few words will
misquote a person's meaning I said
where we- have agreed where and
amount of money used before voting
extra road funds which we have done
several years past in several road
districts there has been a weak mi
nority against better road making.
A. C. Newell.
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The subject for discussion at the
lecturer's hour at the February
meeting of Harding Grange, was the
temperance movement. There were
not many speakers, but all agreed
that the signs of the times show that
prohibition is marching steadily on
and that the liquor business is doom-
ed to extinction at a not very distant
duy. sluus iniu umioer xor comns, sasn,
National and state officials, who doors, shingles, etc., and then the land
help by example and strict law en- turned oveF to. actual settlers as the
forccment were highly commended. government originally intended All
0. E. Freytag and A. C. Goodrich ho"?r to Jh" Manning, .the Demo
were present, the latter being com- aUc candidate for governor, who
missioncr with a district of seven ?a's tth4ls lllle Jand must be usf bv
counties. He gave an instructive talk the ,state f,r the common good and
on spraying and other treatment for employment and homes given to our
fruit pests, showing thorough know- ldle poor-
ledge of the subject. The powerful organ of the idle rich
The masquerade ball on the 14th and weii-fed, the Oregonian, derisive-
was a hummer. There was fine mu- iy cMs Brownell and U'Ren the Ore-
sic a large crowd of merry dancers, pon city twins on account of the
IT; . ePf,h",K We't- off,fnely- It.ls clear calls to duty of the Oregon vo-
?. u?n the Prey.fb"ff ck of mois- ters contained in their public an-
ture in Oregon City had a benificial nouncements as candidates for the
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Card of Thanks
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to our friends and acquain-
tances for their kind acts during the
illness and death of our beloved
wife and mother, the late Mrs Georpe
M. Seorest, also for the beautiful
floral offerings.
George M. Secrest
Albert Hall
Francis Hall
Mrs. Jessie Johnson
FEB. 19, 1914
U'REN AND BROWNELL
Cherryville Writer Says they are
Factors to be Reckoned with this
Fall ;
Mr. Editor:
I see by a recent issue of your val
uable paper that amidst the plenty of
candidates for office in this state no
one has appeared as a candidate for
Congress from this district on the
Democratic ticket in opposition to
Hawley, the present misrepresenta
tive of the Republican party.. Most
anybody ought to beat Hawley as his
whole political career while in Un
gress has been a continuous case of
assault and battery on the intelligence
of the voters of this district. Any
one belonging to the great producing
class who do the work in the fields,
farms and factories, who will delib
erately go to the polls and vote for
Hawley this fall ought to be sent at
once to an institution for the feeble
minded. It is well for the big land
speculators, the big corporations and
big bankers and big business general
ly to vote for him, but what has he
ever done for the common people .'
No, Mr. Editor, it is time high
time f or the retirement of Mr. Haw
ley and if no one else offers to enter
the list against him on the Democra
tic ticket then your correspondent
will on the platform of restore the
land to the people, and let the poor
man have a chance. Never again, it
is hoped, will we hear of 500 hungry
men fighting in the streets of Port
land for a chance to work on a rock
pile for 3, days in the week. The Re
publican party while in power, has al
lowed big corporations to gobble up
one-fourth of the area of the state
and hold it out of use and in all of
these shameful transactions Hawley
has had a guilty knowledge and never
raised his voice in protest.
It is known to be a fact that there
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! road land in this vicinity that have
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at least ?5000 worth of cedar los
and stubs on them going to waste that
the Southern Pacific will not convert
jnto iumber and shingles nor allow
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anyne else to- Thlnk what a vast
army of men could find employment
in manufacturing these logs and
n,Sh office of governor of the state.
Everyone of intelligence knows that
it was U'Ren who put Oregon on the
PHtiCal P in red ink and il Wa9
his initiative and earnest progressive
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U-glSlBUUH U1BI IS HOW 8 pari OI CHC
aw f the land and people of this
state know that George Brownell is
one of the very smartest men on the
Coast and one of the aWoRt la wvora
in the great northwest They also
know that in his fight against the
big brewers and big liquor dealers of
Portland he wilL give them the fight
of their lives and make it interesting
for all of his ODDonents. Oh. no! Mr.
Oregonian, don't &f that flattering
unction to your soul that either one
of these men are to be lightly dealt
: with
Parnell Averill
CLYDE REPLIES
Slave Matter and Railroad Confisca
tion are Not any Comparisons
Editor Courier: ,
In reply to W. W. Myers' article,
I would like to say that Webster de
fines confiscation as the act of con
demning as forfeited to the Public
Treasury, the goods of a criminal,
who has committed a public offence.
This is justified by the Bible in Ezra
7'2G
' Now then, we all know that the
South rebeled and fired on the flag,
and it was not a question of slavery
but of seccession in the beginning,
and only became a military necessity
after" the South had cost the Nation
more than the slaves were worth,
and even then the rebels were given
90 days to lay down their arms, re
tain their slaves and come back to the
Union. They did not, and the free
North paid in blood and money many
times the value of the slaves and
gave them their liberty, so they were
not converted to the public treasury
therefore not confiscated.
We believe in the Golden Rule and
would apply it to all the walks of life,
both public and private. The govern
ment took the people's land and gave
it to the four transcontinental lines.
We believes the government owns
them and what has been built by pri
vate capital should be bought and
paid for at actual cost. There is some
thing wrong when a few men have
become multi millionaires in a few
years and the farmers and laborers
have worked hard and remained poor.
H. S. Clyde.
TWILIGHT
Some people are so sensitive that
the walking of a fly on the ceiling
disturbs them.
J. M. Jack, our progressive live
stock man, attended a Duroc Jersey
stock sale at Brooks the 19th.
It has been decided by the Ladies
Aid Society that the model husband
is always accompanied by his wife
when absent from home, and he lives
in this community. What a slam at
the rest of us, who usually steal away
alone on the pretext of attending a
"man only" meeting.
The present delightful weather has
done much toward relieving that tir
ed feeling so long noticeable on even
the average citizen's visage.
The aged Mr. Meyer is still in very
feeble health at the home oi his
daughter, Mrs. Nash.
A Portland pastor says "suiciue is
not an indication of courage, but the
fight to win out in life is," and we be
lieve he is right, after reading in the
daily press of five children at a sin
gle birth and both parents agreeable
to a continuation of life's battles.
St. Valentine's day was ushered
out with a very pleasant party at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K.ei
land. It was in the nature of a sur
prise on the head of the house, and
quite fully came up to tne lonaest de
sires of the promoter ,Mrs. Kelland,
Cards furnished the principal amuse
ment and dainty refreshments were
served to the delight of all present.
In addition to the immediate neigh
bors of the entertaining couple, Mr.
and Mrs. L. A. Bullard, of Oak Grove,
and Judd Kelland of New Era, were
present.
A prominent physical instructor
asserts that the narrow skirts and
high heel shoes worn by the fashion
able set, is inducive of 'malformation,
which reminds us of the piteous
pleadings years ago in our churches
for missionary support to free the
heathen Chinese' feet from bondage.
Reciprocity on the part of China,
should soon locate missionaries in
heathen America to free our poor wo
men from hip pressure and the toe
movement.
We are of the opinion that the rev
eries of a bachelor are but second to
those of an old maid. The "what
might have been" expression quite
frequently oozes out of the former
with the impression that the latter is
solely responsible for his condition
in life, which we must accept as true
until some fair spinster disarranges
our understanding of the situation.
AGAINST BOND ISSUE
Springwater Writer Says Taxpayers
Demand Halt on Taxation
District 33, Feb. 16, 1914.
Editor Courier:
I see an ad in your paper, "Get
down to tacks concerning the good
roads." I think I know about as
much about good roads as most of
our county officials. It has been stated
we have no roads of any account in
Clackamas County. That is a slam
on the County Court to make such
statements as so much money has
been expended under our commission
er's management. They say we have
good roads under their term of office.
I think I see where the shoe pinches.
The court wants to let it out by con
tract so the farmers will get no work.
I think it is about time such nonsense
is stopped.
If we have to pay a special levy
we expect to get a part of our mon
ey back in work. Then to appoint a
road boss we oppose. We farmers
have a competent road boss and we
believe he knows what a good road
is and how to build one. We believe
in building good, hard-surfaced roads
and finishing as far as we go good
enough for the auto to run over. I
notice the autos can spin over our
Springwater roads. I believe in a
heavy rock bottom in low lands, with
a coarse surface on top of that. Roll
each layer as it is put down.
We farmers are positively opposed
to bonding the district or county. Our
tax is as high as we propose to stand
Every crook in the law means a new
omcer with a big salary. The forest i
mm Kume waraen ottices are an imno-
Clflnn rry it,. i mi . 1
u ,,,1C peopie. mere have!
been more destructive fires since their
7r ""wieage. man
there was before. I tell you we tax
payers are getting tired of such work.
If the bonding system is launched,
the present officers of the "county
court will po begging for office the
rest of their days by my vote. We
demanTa halt to any higher taxation
I. M. Park.
Springwater, Oregon.
Gladstone Gleanings
The Christian Plniy.n
8 having a revival. Come and trBt
some of the spirit of the renvoi rij
.u..lls me nearts of the people
here to a great victory for Christ and
His kingdom.
Three members were baptized Sun
day in the Clackamas River; four
having been baptized in the Bantistry
of the church. God is surely blessing
the meetings. . 6
Brother W il!ams
the Christian
Evangelist, assisted by the Pastor
Rrnthor nn. - . .. oi51'"Ii
meetings. 8
U'REN HAS THE SYSTEM
Good Roads without Bonds paid for
by Dead Men look Good .
Mulino, Ore., Feb. 16, 1914
Editor Courier:
The road issue is the topic of the
day, so will butt in.
Bonding for road building is or
has proven so far a 'large field for
graft without any great benefits be
ing derived from it, it has been tried
in a number of instances and has to
a certain degree been a failure.
Most of the working people will
turn it down hard.
U'Ren has given us a very good
way to build roads without bonding.
In this part of the county under
U'Ren's proposition we would have
built several miles of good roads and
would have been glad of the oppor
tunity to earn a few dollars. Gen
eral Coxie gave us as simple a plan
to build good roads and pay for therw
without bonding as Myers did in pay
ing for pure water in Oregon City,
but its too simple and works hardships
on the bond buyers and bankers (but
we must take care of the moneyed
men whether school keeps or not.)
The working people have about all
the load on" their backs that they can,
well carry without imposing on them
any more.
Why can't the short term prisoners
be taken to build our state highway
by the county "needing the work done.
The county boarding them and
sheltering them then by their good
work and conduct cut their time to
two-thirds by a recommendation from
the proper authorities. At the time
of a prisoners release give him back
his citizenship, a new suit of clothes,
and ten dollars to start out to face
the world again.
I think it would be better for the
state and better for the men. For
they would have just cause to try to
become better citizens and cut this
cutthroat bonding.
U'Ren is the only candidate that
has announced himself for the gov
ernor race, that has come out on any
definite platform. He says what he
means and means what he says with
out any sidestepping or dodging
around the bush. ,
Yours for good roads without
bonding.
A. J. Culbertson
UNION MILL
Grubbing, cutting wood and getting
ready for spring work is the prder of
the day with us rubes.
Several rumors of chicken confi
scating reported in these parts.
Our new crew in the (Union Mill)
flouring mill is doing a good business
Success to them.
Arthur Zweifel is sporting a new
boat on the mill pond. Those wishing
the pleasure of a boat ride look Ar
thurs way.
Our school is progressing nicely.
Two scholars passed the eight grade.
A. J. Culbertson has a new hello
box in stalled in his house.
Hult Bros, has a large run of logs
in milk creek.
O. A. Davis has finished his log
drive down milk creek.
Basket ball has hit these diggins
hard. Some of the youngsters get
a little bark knocked loose now and
then but everything goes,
D. L. Trullinger has a very proud
bearing now-a-days, on account of
a large boil on his neck.
J. F. Nelson has been confined, to
his bed for several days on account
of lagrippe, but is better at this writ
ing. Uncle Bob Morris was seen over
in these parts one day last week.
Wonder whre the widow is.
Health has been unusually good in
this locality this winter.
Ye Liberal scribe and ye Courier
editor haven't given us guff about
green railroads and dry pastures since
Oregon City went dry. Must have
lost their special brand.
Ye Liberal scribe has settled down
to asking brain wrecking questions.
Liberal is on the boom. When the
Clackamas Southern hits Liberal it
will make a town yet. It has strug
gled hard and long.
Hay seeds, Hayseeds coming ' to
town,
To vote the good roads bondage
down.
CUT FLOWERS and Potted Plants;
aiso an Kinds or Fruit Trees, Roses
and Shrubbery for sale at the new
croon hniiDflo nn ti- I m , n
..uuoco un Denver una inira era.
Funeral work done at lowest peisible
prices. Orders received over puone
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