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OREGON. CITY, ORE., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1914.
31st YEAR.
University
Eugene,
Ore
COURIER
A YEAR THE
COST 0 KIDNEY
ONE OF DEALS INDEPENDENT
PAPER GOES UP AGAINST
PLAY GAME OR PAY THE RENT
And We'll Pay the Rent
the Game
and Play
Here's a narrative of what a news
paper with a spine has to stack up
against once in' a while.
It may not interest you, but it sure
does the Courier $660 worth."
When the present owners bought
the Courier a little more than two
years ago they found that the office
had no lease on the building, that it
simply rented it one month at a
time, that a lease would not be given,
and the new Courier owners were
given a tip (not by the owners of the
building) that the way to be sure
of having a permanent place in the
Weinhard block, was to let the liquor
questions and the saloons alone.
And here let us state that the
Courier building is owned by the
Weinhard estate, Portland, and that
bills 'for monthly rent are sent out
by the Weinhard Brewing Co., and
checks for same sent to that com-
pany.
And time jogged along as it usu
ally does in Oregon and one. Sunny
Sabbath day cartloads of beer were
brought down from Portland and in
a park on the west side of the river
there was held a drunken picnic,
where boys and girls in their teens
became intoxicated and reeled across
the suspension bridge on their way
home at night. ' r
The Courier forgot its "hands 'off"
tip and aired the law violation af
fair proper. The ministers, fathers
and mothers took it up, and we un
derstand the matter went to Gov
ernor West.
The result was no more Sunday
picnics were held in the park and no
more Sunday shipments 01 beer came
in from the Portland brewery.
Following this, readers will per
haps recall, that the Enterprise took
up the Courier's story, endeavored to
make it ridiculous (this was before
Editor Brodie got religion) and
wound up its comments by asking
"Why is rent .'"
Readers generally did not under
stand the "rent" reference. They
were not expected to. The Ji,nterpnse
knew the Courier would understand,
' and it was expected to' put the fear
of the powerful Weinhard estate in
to our hearts.
But it didn't. We copied their
comment, explained the application,
and told the Weinhardt people to
serve their vacate notice just as soon
no t.hpv nlpaseri.
, nut they didnt serve it.
; There was a "dry" campaign com
. ing on in Oregon City.
And time rolled on again.
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Then there came, one after anoth
er, cases of saloon violation of the
city ordinances, selling liquor to mi
nors, selling to, drunkards, having
women in the saloons, and so on.
The Courier must have again for
gotten the scare of high rent, for it
. printed the city ordinances being vi
olated, and showed the people that
these violations automatically annul
led the licenses and the city council
had no legal right to let the convic.
ted saloonkeepers continue in busi
ness.
The churches, the temperance peo
ple, the ministers, stood solidly be
hind this paper, and the result was
that in place of former $25 fines for
these repeated violations five licenses
lirAWQ TM7errri Kir U " inn n 11 1 I
' And at this stage and date of the
game we got our third warning.
". A man told the Courier he met
one of the saloonmen put out of bus-
iness, who told him the Couriers
noise had caused him to transfer his
license and get out, but that he would
soon be back in the city and .
"I am going to open a saloon
where the Courier is now located.
"Where is the Courier going?"
asked the man.
"I don't know. The Weinhard peo
ple don t care about the Courier."
The man who gave this conversa
tion to the Courier said he was satis.
fied it was given to him as a message
to deliver.
We told him he could give It
straight to the Weinhard Brewing Co
that they were not running or dicta-
ting to the Courier, and they could
' quit cracking their whin.
Then followed the recent local op
tion contest in the citv. where all thi
saloons were put out of business, and
which is of too recent history to need
reviewing.
On the 21st day of January a man
came to the Courier and reported
that a saloon keeper who was put
out 01 business said the Courier ;
rent was going to be raised $55
month, that' the Weinhard estate
were going to add this amount to the
present rent.
The man was either a close confi-
. dent of the Portland Brewing Co., or
he was a mind reader, for under date
of February 28 this office received
notice from the brewing company
signed by Paul Wessinger, that com
mencing with next month the Cour
ier s rent would be increased $55
month.
That is increasing the cost of liv
ing some 'eh 7
If they had gradually done the
work, as the kid cut off the dog
tail, an inch at a time, it would not
have looked so bloody an operation.
But to jump $55 a month RAISE
at one fell boost well it sure made
us realize that he wild goes up
, against the beer kegs, goes hard.
And not satisfied with this jar,
hard enough to make the electric me
ter skip a few watts, Uncle Paul
asked this office to kindly acknow
ledge receipt of the raise.
He probably wanted to get direct
evidence that the blow did not quite
kill.
We revived and managed to get
this into the mail box: 1
Oregon City, March 2, 1914. '
Paul Wessinger, Dear Sir:
We have received your notice
of February 28 that the Cour
ier's rent has been raised $55 a
month, but would state that we ;
had received this notice (unof
ficially) through a deposed sa
loonkeeper six weeks before.
' We take it from . this notice
that we will hereafter be expec
ted to pay the rent ($55) that
you formerly received from the
saloon (now vacant) in the rear
of the Courier office. , ' ; '
Yours truly, '
M. J. Brown.
And not satisfied with all this the
Weinhard Brewing company en
closed this printed notice to the
Courier:
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REGISTER NOW
Get Your Women Friends
Registered.' Vote Against
State Wide Prohibition!
J
fcS i$ J 6 J 1$ tt v& iif
To verify our own opinion as to
the object in sending the letter, the
above notice, and raising the Cour
ier's rent the amount the saloon in
the rear- formerly paid, they were
showed to a friend for an opinion.
Here is his reply.
' Policy would say that the Cour
ier manager had better answer the
notice IN PERSON, for I believe it
is an expensive job to move a print
ing plant."
But the Courier managers don t
play POLICY very hard, nor do they
stand to let someone play horse with
them very long.
Ihey didnt go down to Portland
and have- any heart to heart talks
with the Weinhard estate.
This . $55 raise won't stop the
Courier coming out every Thursday.
It will be issued when Paul Wessing
er's brewery is closed as tight as
fourteen saloons are closed in Oregon
City..
It will be issued when the liquor
interests of Oregon have- lost their
power to prick and their influence to
pull. .. .. , ,
If the liquor interests thought $55
month would get this paper into
line, they have another think coming.
And what do you readers who like
game. on the level think about it?;
And soma sweet day when we are
feeling just right, we will give you
some'little side lights ana informa
tion that you may- be able to fit in
to this story.
HEDGES DOESN'T MEAN IT
HE IS DEFENDING CLIENTS
He's a Water Commissioner and -' 1
Lawyer, and 'Tis Force of Habit ;:
The declaration of Joseph E. Hed-
eest at the Live Wire luncheon Tues
day that Oregon City water is "the
purest in the state." and its lone
some second by George Randall, have
been the matter of considerable fun
this week. -
Oreeon City's water supply is
from a designated state sewer. The
people know it is not pure, Mr. Hed
ges knows it is not.
Time and again the state board of
health has,, analyzed water from oar
faucets and reported typhoid germs. ;
The public drinking fountains in
the city have been shut off so that the
thirsty could not drinic the dangerous
water.
The citv health authorities have
time and again given public notice
to the people t6 boil all city water
before drinking.
The public schools in this city
have locked the faucets so the pu
pils could not get the city water, and
have boned tne water in me duuu
ings before allowing the pupils to
drink it. .' . . . V
There are scores of homes in this
city today which have not used a drop
of the citv water from the faucets
in many months, and Bull Run water
from Portland is used in our stores
and office buildincs.
Dr. Calvin S. White has stated
that he did not believe a driven well
water source anywhere' along the
Willamette river would be found tree
from tvtihoid. '
Almost everv cutter, livery siaoie.
hospital, sewer and filthy place in
everv citv and town on the river
nours into the Willamette river
washes down to Oregon City AND
WE DRINK IT. . -
Dead dogs, cats, cows and horses
are dumped into the state sewer
above us.
They fester and rot.
Orecon Citv drinks 'em.
Everv heavy rain washes the filth
of the whole Willamette Valley into
this river, and it comes down to us
goes up to our Jewel filter ana we
drink it. Ugh! '
And yet Joseph E. Hedges stands
up before the Live Wires and says
our water is tne purest in tne state.
It's force of habit with Joseph,
He doesn't mean it and doesn't ex
pect you to believe it.
He is a water commissioner and
lawyer. He is defending his own case
and the Jewel filter.
It's his work. Nobodv takes his
water defense , seriously. He is de
fending his client;
But people do feel a little sorry
for Mr. Randall.
vt tjj t j4 $ J$ $ $ $
Voters of City and County
Warned They Must Register
All voters of the city and
county must re-register now
for the two-year period. All
registrations made . before
. January 5 are now absolutely
void, because of the recent de
t cision of the supreme court,
v declaring the 1913 election law
invalid. Persons who have not
registered cannot vote at the
primaries May .15 . Register
early and avoid the crowds
of the last few days.
J,1f,PPif,l,Jf,J,flf,K'PP,lPtf'
DYNAMITE, A KID,
AND A RESULT
WHAT ONE MUST EXPECT WHO
HAS FOOL FRIENDS
REVIVING A FORLORN HOPE
And Trying to Start a "Come Back"
for R. B. Beatie
With political foresight as short
as the Enterprise's policy, and Editor
Brodie's strategy, that paper Sunday
morning hoisted a red-rag fisrt page
display head and story in connection
with the Democratic Central Commit
tee meeting Saturday that was most
untimely and ill-advised.
Here is the first paee head lines
that covered the story of the central
committee meeting: .
DEMOCRATS WANT
BEATIE AS JUDGE"
Political Friends of Former Official
Think He Can 'Come Back. "
Then went on a rambling story of
Editor Brodie's deep insight into poli
tics, in which he scrambled K. a.
Beatie, W. L. Mulvey, H. S. Anderson
and H. E. Cross, and drew cenclu
sions of pipe-dream possible condi
tions, party splits, etc., and which re
sulted, in absolutely nothing the
same material he had to start his
story with.
Here's the first paragraph, ,01 tne
brain storm" Editor Brodie worked
off on a Sunday public:
That scores of the Democra-
tic friends of Ex-County Judge
R. B. Beatie believe that he can
"come back" was evidenced here
Saturday when he was strongly
urged at the biennial session of
the Democratic county central
committee to run for county
judge. , '
The above paragraph gives out the
impression (it comes as near a defi
nite statement as that paper gener
ally makes) that the Central Com
mittee meeting went on record as
urging ex-Judge Beatie to be a can
didate for county judge to vindicate
himself.
As a matter of FACT there never
was a word ,an act a suggestion or
implication in the meeting -from tne
opening word to the closing second
about Mr. Beatie s candidacy,
Here's the straight of that gather-
ine in a few lines:
R. B. Beatie. chairman of the coun
ty central committee and John
son, secretary, called the meeting and
after it had organized Mr. Beatie and
Mr. Johnson both tendered their res
ignations, Mr. Beatie explaining that
he was living on his jarm at
Beaver Creek, the . chairman should
be one who was a resident of Oregon
Citv.
There were placed in. nomination
Sheriff E. T. Mass, Tom Meyers and
Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson declined
the nomination. . Mr. Myers was not
present, but Mr. Johnson stated for
him that he knew he would not ac
cept it, when Mr. Mass was the unan
imous choice.
There was no opposition to Bert
Staats as secretary and his selection
was unanimous..
Assessor Jack was chosen treasurer
and committees appointed for a big
Democratic banquet to be given at
a date to be fixed later.
Mr. Beatie s candidacy for judge
was never discussed, suggested or
mentioned, yet the Enterprise puts a
flash head over the story implying
that the meeting endorsed him for
the nomination, and the body of the
article caused many to think that the
recall was again to be made an issue
in the county and a big summer fight
was outlined.
If Editor Brodie had as much po-
litical sense as God gives to snai!
he would know that Mr. Beatie can't
come back" at this statre of the
game. , Mr. Beatie Knows it, his
friends know it, and it would be folly
and suicide to the party to try it.
But this story of the enterprise
will now put every Democrat who
hereafter comes out as a candidate
under suspicion.
It will put the friends and backers
of every candidate under suspicion
There were all kinds of rumors
chasing around, before the meeting
that the rieatie followers were go
ing to "start something" and every
Democrat who favored the recall last
summer would get the harpoon arid
have a red hot nominee put in the
held against him.
There was apparently no truth to
the rumors, and .Democrats were
highly pleased with the harmony that
prevailed, and the apparent good feel
lnir ior tne coming campaign.
The Enterprise story, no matter
how much discredited, will have the
effect of putting any Democratic can
didate who may hereafter announce
in a decidedly embarassing position
and his friends as well.
The article was riot written (as we
understand Editor Brodie now
claims) to cause a split in the Demo
cratic party, for it is well known that
the Republican editor has ever backed
R. B. Beatie s plays, and would be
with him from the front page to the
want columns if he thought he could
come back and would leave him as
rats do a sinking ship if he thought
he could not.
Brodie , thought he was playing
four of a kind for Beatie's lost cause
when he printed it He sandwiched
in Sheriff Mass' picture at the head
of the "come back" story to give it
strentrth.
Brodie bungled made the mess he
always makes when he tries to do
things alone overplayed his hand
and mussed things up so that the
Democratswill have to work to pull
through with anything, for the late
tf, recall is yet dynamite, Brodie didn
Know it wouia expieae. tie wanted
to write something ail his own. Ana
he did.
Democrats resent this story and
they should.
A campaign is coming on wnicn is
strife between the two old parties.
;The recall is past and gone and
would remain dead if "some fool
friend didn't drag it back.
Robert Beatie showed mighty good
horse sense and political judgment in
his course and- actions at Saturday's
meeting, but a kid played with a gun
he "didn't know was loaded, and
spoiled it all.
Rank Foolishness
About the biggest foolishness to
date is the proposed referendum el
ection in Portland to attempt to
knock out the installation of the me
ter system for water, that would
make the people pay for What they
use. .
Short,' but it Means Something
"Careful economy and steady im
provement" is the platform of Judge
Anderson. It is short, but those who
know Judge Anderson know it means
lot. .
Candidate for Constable
L. E. Blanchard, Captain of Co. G.
Oregon National Guards, an employee
of Jack & Albright, is an announced
candidate for constable, on the Dem
ocratic ticket.
Mr. Blanchard- is a young man,
has a clean reputation and stands
high in the city. He says he will
not "try" to enforce the laws, but
WILL enforce them, strictly and im
partially, and that he is out and out
for statewide prohibition.
Sievers for Justice
John W. Sievers is a Republican
candidate for the nomination of jus
tice of the peace. He is serving out
the term of the late Justice Sampson
by appointment, and it is not likely
he will have any opposition in his
party, for he has given general satis
faction, and is having a suite of
rooms remodeled that will be much
more commodious and convenient for
justice court.
Sievers is. a decidedly popular
young man; the attorneys and the
people think well of him for his fair
ness and impartiality, and he would
be a hard candidate to beat.
To Whom Concerned
Sunday's . Morning Enterprise
printed an article under headlines
that gave ' the impression that the
Central Democratic Committee brot
up the recall issue, and endorsed ex
Judge R. B. Beatie for county judge
and that the meeting was a conven
tion gathering to bring out candi
dates. I wish to State that the impression
and the Enterprise headlines were ab
solutely untruthful, and misleading.
1 introduced the only resolution in
the meeting .that mentioned R. B.
Beatie's name, and this was a reso
lution of thanks to Mr. - Beatie as
chairman andi Mr. Johnson as secre
tary, which was unanimously adopt
ed. ' W. B. Stafford i
May Hold Bond Election May. 15
Attorney General Crawford has
given it out that there is no legal ob
stacle to the county court calling the
pecial election to vote upon the
question of issuing bonds for build
ing permanent roads at the time of
the general primary election May 15.
Send in ' Your Petitions '
All Dersons having petitions for
the $1500 tax exemption law are re
quested to send them in to the Cour
ier office at once .mere are some
that have not been sworn to that
should also be executed at once.(
WOUfD MAKE TAXES
' PAYABLE QUARTERLY
Renresentative Schuebel Uutlines
Tax Amendment ww ne m
' , Introduce ,
Renresentative Schuebel of this
city last year started something by
giving in advance, week after week,
outlines of bills which he would work
for, and legislation he would oppose
if elected to the house.
This year he is taking the same
course and the following is the draft
of a bill he will introduce and work
for. .It will be a decidedly' popular
measure with the people generally:
Taxes legally levied and charged
in any year may be paid on or before
the first Monday of April following
and if not so paid they shall become
delinquent; Provided, however, that
one-fourth of the taxes against any
particular parcel of real property, or
the taxes on personal property
rhnrc-ed as-ainst any individual, may
be paid on or before the first Mon
day in April, one fourth on or be
fore the first Monday in July follow
ing, one fourth on or before the first
MnnHav in October following, and
fourth before the first day of
January following, but if any install
ment ef such tax be not paid upon
the date when the same shall become
due and payable as hereinbefore
specified, then such installment shall
become delinquent. Upon all taxes so
delinquent there shall be charged and
collected interest at tne rate 01 ie.
nor cent ner annum from the day on
which they become delinquent until
paid.
All Denalties and interest charged
and collected, as provided in this sec
tion, shall be for the benefit of tne
county and municipal corporations or
districts wnicn may nave an inter
est in any portion of such tax.
Where Casto Stands
S. I,. Casto. of Carus. Republican
candidate for county clerk, has filed
his petition with the county clerk
with this declaration:
If I am nominated and elected
will during my term of office perform
the duties efficiently. imDartially, and
as economically as possible. I will
PKneciallv insist on a fair equaliza
tion of assessments when I am acting
as a member of the County Board of
Equalization.
Mr. Sasto is a man of splendid
character and qualifications, is
farmer, and will have a heavy sup
port throughout the country pre
cincts.
COUNCIL
BUT
WORK
DRASTIC LIQUOR ORDINANCE
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
INITIATIVE LAW INTRODUCED
Property Owners Rapped by Temple
ton for not Cleaning Streets
With frequent interludes devoted
to sharp interchanges of more or less
sarcastic comments, the city council
met in regular session Wednesday
evening, listened to the February re
ports of municipal officers, passed
the drastic Schuebel ordinance again
st the bringing of liquor into the
city, set another ordinance directed
against liquor on the way to the fi
nal passage, and transacted a con
siderable mass of routine business.
The second liquor ordinance, drawn
like the first by Mr. Schuebel, puts
the ban upon advertising liquor for
sale or delivery, prohibits the keep
ing of liquor in club or lodge rooms,
makes it a misdemeanor to solicit
for, orders for liquor, and provides
a fine of from $25 to $30 for viola
tions. The first tilt of the evening came
soon after the opening lof the ses
sion, when an application for a pool
hall license was presented by Gross
& Ruconiciv Councilman Andrews
moved that the application be laid
upon the table, and his motion was
seconded by Councilman Van Auken.
Councilman Templeton moved that
the motion be amended so as to grant
the license. A verbal vote was lnsuffic
ient to show the' sentiment of the
council, and so Mayor Jones called
for a standing ballot. The license was
carried with Councilman Andrews
and Van Auken objecting.
Petitions for arc lights on Hol
man avenue and at May street and
Raymond place were referred to the
street committee. Under the regime
of economy which the present council
is following, chances for the estab
lishing of these arcs were regarded
sum.
Hard Luck Reported
In connection with the reports of
city officers considerable misfortune
In connection with the reports of
city officers considerable misfortune
was brought to light. The city engi
neer reported but $2.25 collected for
buildinsr Dermits. during February.
City Recorder Loder admitted that
two prisoners' whom- he had paroled
to go out and gatner tunas to pay zo
fines had failed to return with the
money. Chief of Police Shaw, when
questioned by Councilman Templeton
and.Tooze, admitted that even the po
lice business was falling off, arrests
for February, 1914, being only about
a third as many as for rebruary la
13.
The finance committee reported a
basis of settlement with' H. E. Cross
regarding property of his which he
offered to deed to the city in ex
change for delinquent assessments,
and their Dlan was approved.
The ordinance relating to display
signs in front of stores was brought
up in amended form, ana win ue hcu
bH unon finallv on March 16. The
amendment provides that such signs
need not be swung back against the
buildings in daytime.
An ordinance calling for the issu
ance of S24.387.50 worth of improve
ment bonds was passed to secona
reading, and will come up for final
passage March 16. The bonds cover
street work on Main, Jackson .Six
teenth. Fourth and J. Q. Adams
atreets and two sewer districts. Coun
cilman Hackett voted against the in-
olnainn rf the Main street improve
ment costs in this bond issue, declar
ing that the work done on that thor
oughfare was not worth the $9,000
or so which the city win pay.
Local I & R Planned
An ordinance providing for the in
corporation of the Initiative and Ref
erendum in the city charter was in
troduced and passed to second read
ing, It makes the state law a part
of the city charter, and cuts down
the time for action in initiative mat
ters from 60 to 21 days. The ordi
nance is introduced so as to. expidate
matters in regard to the proposed
mountain water pipe line, and will
come un for final passage March 16.
In the course of the reading of the
finance committee report a squabble
arose over the increase of the salary
of the chief draughtsman in the city
encineer's office from $90 to $100 u
month. Councilman HacKett ana
Templeton led the fight against the
increase, declaring that any advance
in salary would not be an aonerance
to the nlatform of economy deter
mined upon at the first meeting of
the year. When brought to a vote tne
council stood four to four on the mat
ter, and Mayor Jones cast a vote for
the increase.
Application by the ClacKamas
Countv Gas company for the repass
ace of the eras franchise granted
some time ago to A. L. Beatie, brot
on another councilmanic mix-up. The
comnanv. in asking the franchise, de
sires that tne document oe cnangea
so that it will provide for heating
and power purposes, as well as illu
minating. Councilman Tooze fought
all action in the matter that was sug
gested, and finally succeeded in get
ting the franchise tabled for one
week. In applying for the franchise
a representative of the new company
said that he had transier papers or
the franchise from Mr. Beatie, and
that no extension of time was being
sought. Under the terms of the fran
chise mains would have to be ready
for service by next September.
Fire Perils Seen
Councilman Long called the atten
tion of the city fathers to the need 6f
fire hydrants on High, bixtn and
(Continue on Page 8, Column 4)
JUDGE ANDERSON'S PLATFORM
Opposses Road Bond Issue and
Promises Careful Economy for
County
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for election to the office of
County Judge subject to the will of
a majority of the voters of the Re
publican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held on the loth
day of May, 1914.
If nominated and elected I shall
earnestly try to serve impartially
the entire county and it will sbe my
intention to conduction my part of
(
3i '
county affairs as economically ag is
consistent with good publ lcj service.
I do not favor an issuojof bonds
by the county for the purpose 1 of
building roads nor for any cjther rJea
son now apparent. J J
While 1 fully agrco , that good
roads are a matter of greujt impor
tance in the development of qur coun
ty and for the wellbeing arid happi
ness of our people, I aluo tljink that
an interest-bearing debt is I burden
which should not be assume! exqept
under the stress of dire necflBBity.; .
a. S. Andbrson
SENATOR DIMICK'S PI
FORM
I
Out and Out Decisive Standi on the
Issues before the State
If I am nominated and fleeted I
will during my term of offite stand
fcr strict economy in appropriations;
for the elimination of all xtraVa-
. j 1 : . 1!
gance; ior a Dusiness iikb txpenai
ture of money; for less staty taxes;
for the elimination of all possible
Boards and Commissions; for the
amendment of the present Ux lawb
to accommodate the taxpayer for any
thing that tends toward clearer and
letter government, it will not be my
purpose to go to the Legislature! to
intention to conduct my psrt ' of
great number of laws but to 'defeat
useless, extravagant, and offici crea
ting measures j'" ; . '
W, A. XJIIUCK4
JACK FROST FILES'-
Candidate for Constable out ': for
Clean and Moral City ,
Constable Jack Frost filed his
nomination papers with the county
clerk Thursday for constable, and he
says his platform is strict and impar-
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tiai eniorcement 01 tne mwa, aim
that he will all the time work 1 to
make this city clean, moral and the
right kind of a city to bring up ooys
ana gins. 1 .
Mr. Frost has been good officer.
He is always on the job, he gets there
and gets back, and he has no favor
ites among law violators. He is al
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ways the friend of the boys and the
girls and has made a splendid juven-
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ile officer. He will be a strong candi
date for the Republican nomination.
ALBRIGHT FOR SHERIFF
City Councilman Comes out as Re
publican Candidate lor riuce ,
John F. Albright, councilman for
first ward, has filed his nomination
with the county clerk as Republican
candidate for sheriff, and says 1 if
nominated and elected he will cut the
expense of the office to the lowest
limit; will work as hard and as long
for the county as he .would for a
n.i0fA nmrmnu ant that he will
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Mr. Albright will mane an active
t a,,, 1 .TaMr" hsa a lot
of friends who say' that he will make
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Girls Wanted
(ovor 18 years of age)
To operate SEWING Machines
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CITIES AND TOWNS TAKE ALL
W. H. Hagemann presents a Novel
.. Possibility of Bonding Deal.
Logan, Ore.March" 2, 1914.
Editor Courier: '
Permit me to ca,tl tho attention of
your readers to a few facts in regard
to the proposed band issue for public
roads. .
I must state' before going further
that I and neaily every other farmer
with whom I have discussed this
question are HEARTILY IN FAVOR
OF GOOD R0A,P9, but we are unal
terably opposed, to this $600,000 bond
issue for the following reasons:
The legal voters of every city and
town may enact and amend their
charters subject to the constitution
and criminal laws of the State.
Heretofore the cities and towns
have received about fifty. or sixty
per cent of j the road, taxes collected
on property; within their respective
limits the, balance went into the
the genera road fund for building
bridges and assisting in betterment
of outside roads.- " '- -
The City of Gladstone, Mr. Harvey
Cross as Mayor, . under the above
quoted provision, demanded ALL
THE ROAD TAXES COLLECTED
ON PROPERTY WITHIN ITS CITY
LIMITS. Upon being refused by the
County Court, Gladstone brought
suit for the whole amount and our
Hon. Judge Campbell decided in fa
vor of the city and there is now on
record a judgement against the
county. ,
West Linn, a newly incorporated
city, wherein Beveral large paper
mills, etc., are located, comes to the
front and demands of the County
Treasurer all the road taxes collect
ed within its limits.
Milwaukie and Estacada also have
made inquiries and I don't blame
them, because if one town is entitled
to it the others ought to have their
share also. Under this provision of
our wise laws, the property owners
outside of incorporated cities,, that
is the farmers, will have to stand
all the expenses of building bridges
and public roads. "Consistency, thou
are a Jewel,"
Now if we vote m favor and issue
those $600,000 road bonds, I should
not be a bit surprised) if those cities
and towns would not claim their pro
portion, 8mething like; $200,000. (lo
have not the exact ficures at hand.)
and the balance would be turned into
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Highway, so the city people might
enjoy their joy ridei at all hours of
the day to their hearts' content. Of
course this is a question and the cor-
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recmesH win ue uefuea uy uiu legal
fraternity, but, nevertheless stranger
decisions have been) dished out by our
courts lately. 1
Brother C. E. Koence. Mr. Hicin-
P.
botham, Louis Fufk and others have
brought forward some good reasons
Why bonds should! not be issued ana
it is therefore usajess to repeat them.
The ".Press" of the county is us-
ing the argument that millions and
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millions have been wasted on pub
lic roads, dumped into mud holes.
Some of the Kacific Highway boos
ters even go soj far as Baying "it is
a shame the way the road money has
been squandered." Gentlemen, this is
not true. The fact is you do not con
sider what work it takes to clear
and grade nearly 300 miles of public
road. I admit! that mistakes have
been made but tell me, Mr. Sullivan,
if any engineering project, whether
it is road building or building power
dams, that have not encountered un
foreseen difficulties and therefore
unnecessary expenses? Look at the
North Fork development. How many
hundreds of thousands were spent in
order to get a little experience?
Men if this money for roads has
been wasted, it has done this much
good, it kept a good many pioneers
and home builders from starving in
years gone by.
Gentlemen of the "Booster Club,
you may make up your minds that
the bond issue will never carry if
submitted to the voters of Old Clack
amas. But there is a way to settle
this good roads question and it is
this. (Of course the howl will go
forth that the writer is a Socialist,
but maybe or not, he will still keep
on voting the Republican ticket)
Our government pays to deposit
ors in Postal Savings Banks two and
one half per cent interest. The mon
ey is then lent to bankers who pay
three per cent to the government,
so Uncle Sam really gets one-half of
one per cent for all his trouble,
Now why cannot the counties In
the several states in the Union issue
bonds, say five or ten per cent of
their assessed valuation, leaving one
per cent interest and payable on or
before fifty years, deposit them in
our national treasury and receive le
gal tender notes therefore. This
money to be used under federal su
I pei-vision on permanent public high
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I body dunnar the next ten years and
by that time America would have the
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cent, in fact it would profit thereby
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ana at tne same time it wuuiu buivc
the un-employed question to a great
extent. Look at the billion we are
dumping into the Philippines, and for
what! Svmnathv7 rour nundred
millions' into the Panama Canal,
which experts claims can never be
utilized by large men of war.
Look at Cuba, Porto Kico. Thirty-
five million for a railroad in Alaska.
Look at all the river and harbor
improvements BUT NOTHING FOR
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