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31st YEAR
OREGON CITY, ORE., THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1914.
No. 49
OREGON
THE PEOPLE
PAY THE COSTS
THE VAN BRAKEL CASE AND
ITS RESULTS
BIG EXPENSE, BIGGER FARCE
Case Should Have been Forced to a
Trial and Settled.
Within the limit of our capabil
ities and understanding (the limit is
small an M. B says) this paper will
give anv man a fair deal.
We have taken the Dr. van Brakle
side of this doctor's fight, because
as we see it, the physicians of this
county are trying to "double team"
and "roll" him. -
But these columns are open Un
any physicians against the following
comments and deductions:
Last November an action waj
brought by the Clackamas County
Medical Society in the circuit court
to have Dr. J. A. van iirakle, an os
teopath, removed as county health of
ficer, on the grounds that he tyas
not a graduate of a "reputable" med
ical college.
In other words because he was an
osteopath.
And when the case finally came to
trial Saturday (or when it came
where it MUST BE TRIED) it was
dismissed by the doctors who brought
it, or by the district attorney, by
non-appearance cjismissed n 'because
there were none to go up against Dr,
van Brakle, who was ready for trial.
This action which has dragged on
for months, ended in a farce when
the time came to make the charged
good.
And the expense of this costly
farce must be paid, not by the phy
sicians who staged it, but by you
taxpayers, you who are entirely sat
isfied with the health conditions of
this county, and you who have n ever
made a protest against Dr. van Bra
kle.
When this action was started last
November, Deputy District Attorney
Stipp, under District Attorney Ton
gue, refused a complaint against Dr.
van Brakle. -
He knew it was but a combine of
. doctors against the osteopath, and If
brought in the name of the state the
people would have to pay the doc
tors' court bills.
.. But Attorney Eaton made a trip
to Mr. Tongue, (two of them they
say) when that gentleman came
thru "in the name of the state" and
the farce was booked at the expense
of you who are reading these lines.
Pretty fat for the doctors. ThU
provided them with a district attor
ney to prosecute the case for them,
and the state to pay their bills.
Dr. van Brakle, standing all alone
against this bunch, had to hire -his
attorneys The state didn't play
his end.
, Saturday the witnesses, the at
torneys and the court was ready for
trial and the case was dismissed.
The expense of all these witnesses
is a charge against the taxpayers,
one witness alone was paid $17.00 in
fees.
The public jury says the doctors
did not dare try the case. The peo
ple say the doctors realized this case
would have been tried on facts, on
evidence, on proof, not before a
state board of medical doctors, but
before Judge Campbell and the doc
tors welched.
Now just a few circumstances and
comparisons in connection with the
trial of Van Brakle before the State
Board of Health March 81.
Van Brakle was tried on the
charge of not knowing his business
not being qualified to diagnose two
cases sent to him, and one out of the
city.
. Two men were sent to him from a
doctor's office in this city, at differ
ent times, and the doctors swore they
sent them there to test Van Brakle,
and they were in waiting for the men
to return and tell them what he said.
Van Brakle had no knowledge the
doctors had framed up a "test" for
him. The men came into his office,
he examined them, treated them and
asked them to return the next day. .
They did not return.
The assembled physicians pro
nounced the cases diptheria and ty
phoid, and claimed Van Brakle did
not know his business because he did
not so pronounce them at first sight.
And yet under oath one of these
physicians swore that he was NOT
SURE the case he doctored at Park
Place was scarlet fever, yet he quar
antined it as such to be safe for 30
But Dr. Van Brakle was supposed
to correctly guess on a case in THIR
STY MIUTES. A case sent to him by
the physicians to "test" him.
Dr. Van Brakle ' says he did cor
rectly diagnose the case, but even ad
mitting he was wrong, isn't he enti
tled to as much leeway as had Dr.
Strickland in the scarlet fever case
a case which he was never certain
of, -and so testified?
The case of the little girl who had
diptheria.
Dr. Mount testified that he spray
ed her throat with an antiseptic and
gave her antitoxine. These would ef
fectively kill the germs.
Dr. Van Brakle was sent there as
another "test" Dr. Mount admitted
this.
Dr. van Brakle took cultures and
sent them to the state board of
health, asking for an examination.
The state board reported NEGA
TIVE, and van Brakle raised the
quarantine. -
The state board of health didn't
know the samples had been sprayed
and antitoxined and they were fool
ed. Dr. van Brakle didn't know the
child's throat had been sprayed and
antitoxine administered that would
kill the germs and he was fooled
just as the state board had been.
Is this conclusive evidence that
he is not qualified for the office?
By the way, did you, the reader,
ever know a doctor to be fooled in
your family?
Did you ever know one of them to
guess wrong, and keep guessing?
Ever know one to examine you,
say little, look wise, write a prescrip
again ? .
Ever remember, at his second trip,
that he changed the medicine, wrote
would another prescription, and said
he would "come again?"
Ever know of a case dragging on
until a "council" of physicians was
enllpH ?
The reasons of these changes of
meaicines ana consultations are
WRONG GUESSING, or to put it
more smoothly "incorrect diagnosis."
Doctors HAVE to guess. The
Samp lnHlVfltinna at Dirmnfnma ma.
mean a half dozen different diseases.
A pink patch on an abdomen may
indicate typhoid or that the patient
una eaten too mucn pork.
Men and wnmn ro rnvrio4 intn
hospitals, cut up and carted out
ugam, uecuuse me pnysicians aid not
guess right.
Are they not as dangerous as an
uaieujjai.il, on wnom tney framed up
a "test"?
If the Clackamas County Medical
Society wants proof of wrong diag
nosis,, the Courier will cite some
uoaes rigni nere in uregon City
cases thev went Hpnii wrnno. nn
And should they not be denied the
right to practice?
, Are thev nnt an di n(rnrnna aa an
osteopath, on whom they framed up
a lest (
If tho physicians wanted to have
ousted van Brakle, really had any
thing on him, and had come out and
stated we will pay these expenses,
mo muiier mignt nave looKed differ
ent.
This action which was dismissed
last Saturday was a raw deal on the
countv. i
The physicians should have been
jorcea to nave tried it, and if they
lost they should have been forced to
DAV TH T im
L n. i rja 11.
As to the "hearing" before the
state board of heatlh, it was a trial
of a man hv his pnomino
' And the presiding officer of that
uuoiu, ur. rierce, nas since this
hearing been tried. snH fnnni ,,;it
nf vini.Kn u i lit. i A, .
..iictiug ulc iieaiui laws 01 tori-
iauu.
And one of the physicians who tes
tified ap-ainsh T)r von Ri.oM"
Mount ,had his examination to secure
license passed on by an osteopath,
a member of the state board of med
ical examiners, Dr. F. E. Moore.
The whole t.hino- pQi-ofnli.r ,,
J 1 l ii " v.. u.y WUBIU-
ered looks like a plain frame-up of
van Brakle. ' 6"
And so far they have made a mess
of it-a mess the taxpayers will have
to stand for.
-hue uueiurs or r.nie Mnntu nni
PARTNER MAKES CONFESSION
Yet Jury Returns Virdict of Not Guil
ty In Fishing Case
The old saying "you can't toll wW
a jury will do", was again proven in
the case of the State against Chas.
Gates, before Justice Sievers, Tues
day. Chas. Gates wa3 accused nf natch.
mg salmon in a net out of season.
Fish wardens descended on Fred
Haynes, who was on a scow on the
shore where a number of salmon
were found. Haynes signaled to
Gates who" was out in the river fishing
made known to him the warden's
presence, and he did not come in
at least Haynes made a sworn affi
davit to this effect, which was intro
duced in evidence. He confessed
the fish were caught by Gates and
he (Haynes) was his helper and that
he gave the warning signel as agreed
upon.
ifut notwithstanding this confes
sion by Haynes. the iurv after de-
liberating about three hours return
ed a verdict of not guilty and Dis
trict Attorney Hedges has again
found out that about the hardest
proposition in Clackamas county Is
to convict for violation of the fish
and game laws.
But it would seem that this case
should go further.
If Haynes stated the truth in his
affidavit of confession, there waj
open violation of the fishing laws,
and there should be punishment.
If he swore to a lie .if he made u
false confession to "get" his partner
and get out himself, there should be
punishment. .
And it would not need a Burns to
find out which and see that some
one got justice in a deal that looks
very shady and makes justice look
like thirty cents.
George. C. Jjrownell defended
Gates.
STRIEBIG SELLS OUT
Henry Striebig has sold his. Main
street meat market to Ort & Mc
Ewan of San Pedro, Cal., and pos
session was given Monday. The
new men are experienced in the bus
iness.
Mr. Streibie has been eight years
in the business here and has built up
a fine business and been more than
successful. Just what he will do now
is uncertain. He is making an ag
gressive fight for the Democratic
nomination for sheriff, and he says
his chances of winning look good. ,
Wanted to Rent
Two or three furnished house
keeping rooms. Must be in vicinity
of 14th and Main.
Girls Wanted
(over 18 years of age)
To operate SEWING Machines
In garment factory
Oregon City Woolen Mills
T
ATTACKING
E
SIMPLY A CANDIDATE AGAINST
1 Him IN THE PRIMARIEE
MULVEY ANSWERS HAGEMANN
And Shows Weak Spots in the Pres
ent ... Court Management.
To the Voters of Clackamas County
There has been some criticism of
m voiced in the papers and else
where since I announced myself a
candidate for the Republican nomin
ation for County Judge, and I desire
to set myself correctly before you by
a frank statement Deiore wis critic
ism creates a wrong impression,
While manv people have promised
me their support in the coming pri
maries, I find that quite a number
look upon my candidacy as an attack
upon Judge Anderson. ,
I desire to state most emphatically
that I am not in this race with any
ill will toward the present incumbent
of the office, who is also a candidate
for the nomination and should he re
ceive this I should be among the
first to get in and support him.
I am announcing myself for othe
reasons. I have served the county
to the best of my ability as County
Clerk, and feel that I have done well.
During my term of office I have read
law nights, and have been admitted
to the bar, and naturally 1 am anx.
ious to progress in the legal profes
sion. I believe that service as Coun
ty Judge would advance me, and I
also believe 1 could give a business
like and economical administration.
It is natural therefor, that I am a
candidate for I believe that I can
serve both the county and "myself.
In our state the primary election
takes the plafee of the convention.
I respectfully submit that in all con
ventions there are many aspirants for
the nomination, and it is not regard
ed as any breach of political etiquette
or faith to be such aspirant. 'Presi
dent Wilson was opposed in the Dem
ocratic convention by Champ Clark
and by William Jennings Bryan,.both
of whom coveted the honor of nomi-
nation as the party standard bearer,
but Democrats think none the less of
them for. their aspirations or their
ambitions to be elected president.
My position is similar to theirs.
While I appreciate the fact that
Judge Anderson has done his best,
I feel, that I could do better. Judge
Anderson and I differ honestly in
our ideas of administration of county
matters and I think mine would prove
more economical. I have stated my
platform openly, and in it there is
no word of censure or of onnosition
personally for the present incumbent.
1 do not believe that the mere fact
that we are rivals for the same of
fice should be chareed against me
any more than do 1 think he feels
personal bitterness towards me be-
cause I am in the race.
I believe that the Countv Judge.
who aside from his dutv as one of
the County Commissioners has many
legal matters to handle, should be a
lawyer. Yet this opinion of mine is
no reflection upon Judge Anderson.
It is simply my view of the matter
and one of my reasons for being a
candidate.
I therefore desire to state franklv
to you that I was not picked to beat
Judge1 Anderson as Mr. Hagemann
would have you believe and that crit
icism of my stand on the ground that
I am "Assailing Judge Anderson" is
not justified. I am not ' attacking
him. Our relations since he has been
in office have been most pleasant.
However I am in the race to win if
possible, end if I loose I shall take
the verdict of the voters without com
plaint, and I will support the party
nominee. I believe in majority rule
and if you feel that somebody els
can meet your demands better than
I can, I Rhall realize that you, as the
people of the countv. are the best
judges of what you want.
I fully realize that at this Dartic-
ular time it would be impossible for
any person to advance any idea of
county government which would suit
Mr, Hagemann, unless it would he
Judge Anderson. In his letter re
garding my candidacy wherein he
states "only in districts where no
petitions were circulated or received
from did the County Court select men
it thought best fitted for the position
of road supervisor." This is false
and is made by him only for the pur
pose of prejudicing the voters against
me, as for instance in Road District
No. 23 a petition was presented to
the County Court containing eighty
two names for the appointment of D.
J. Parmenter as supervisor but the
same was denied and one Geo. Ogles
by, a man for whom no petition was
nied nor presented was appointed.
Neither was he voted for by the tax
payers of his district.
As to his statement that I have al
ways been a staunch supporter of the
Facihc Highway, I will say that I
have never been any more in favor
of this particular road that I am of
any other road in the county. As to
the bond issue, if .the same is voted
upon and is carried, and which Mr.
Hagemann refers to as a big plum
which I would distribute if elected.
Now Mr. Hagemann knows I would
do nothing of the kind whatever. If
the petitions for this bond issue are
regularly presented, it will be the du
ty of our present Court to say, and
it will be printed in the notices of
election which they will order me
to make, the roads on which this
money will be spent, and the maxi
mum amount on each. It will be
their duty io order the surveys made,
also plans and specifications and to
let the contracts for the same to the
lowest responsible bidder. This work
would be nearly completed or at
least well under way by the time a
DG
ANDERSON
County Judge would take office.
He tries to make you believe that
by keeping in repair gravel or ma
cadam roads which are built and
which I stated I would insist uoon
if elected, I would in this manner
build up a 'political machine which
would rule the county and that it
would cost $4o00u.U0 per year. He
knows this is not true and that I
have no idea of doing such a thing.
The road supervisor or some one un
der his direction, living along the
road could keep the same in repair.
This has been done in other states
and the cost has been as low as $11.00
per mile per year. I do not say it
could be done for this in Clackamas
County but I think you as a voter
and taxpayer., will agree with me
there is no economy in letting the
roads which are or may be built go
to pieces, and that it would not cost
as much as Mr. Hagemann says.
.1 stated in . my platform that in
auditing bills ( which is the duty of
the County court, not the Clerk)
none of the loostei unbusiness-like
methods heretofoie used would be
permitted and that I would allow
none unless the same are verified and
itemized as is required by law. Mr.
Hagemann says he does not believe
our present County Court can be guil
ty of any such offense and that there
is not a word of truth in it. If he
will step into my office I will quick
ly show him, in one instance, where
in our present Court at the March
term. 1914, audited and ordered paid
two bills for F, A. Miles in the sum
of $150.00 supposed to be for services
as field deputy for Sheriff Mass, but
presented and paid as a salary for
$75.00 per month when as a matter
of fact Mr. Miles was not on salary,
and rightfully he should have been
paid only for the amount of work
done and this the bill should show.
So far as our present Court, Mr.
Hagemann nor no one else knows
whether Mr. Miles earned $5.00 or
anything at all for the $150.00 which
the Court paid him. A bill for
field deputy such as Mr. Miles was,
should show the amount of work done
and he should be paid accordingly,
Mr. Miles has since been appointed
a regular Deputy Sheriff at a salary
of $900.00 per year by our Court and
I am -strongly of the opinion that
this additional expense on the tax
payers is unnecessary as since the
collection of taxes has been elimin
ated from the duties of the sheriff,
and, as he already has one regular
deputy at a salary of $900.00 per
year, I should say it would be suf
ficient to pay a field deputy only what
ho earns.
I ask you Mr. Hagemann why is it
you state in the paper that I receive
as salary $1700 per year when you
know I only receive $1500.00 and whv
is it that, havjnps much confidence
m the Lounty Court as you do that
you find it necessary when a jury is
being drawn to come from your farm
to the , County Court room,, take a
chair beside Judge Anderson and the
County Commissioners and proceed to
do his work with them ? ' Don't you
think it would be much ihore appro
priate and look better to the taxpay
ers and voters if you would leave this
part of the work, which is their duty
to them?., Don't you think they are
capable of performing this duty.
Don't you, know the laws says the
County Court, NOT YOU, shall se
lect at least two hundred names of
taxpayers who are otherwise quali
fied which will constitute the jury?
You did this Mr. Hagemann and your
name being among those drawn
whether placed there by yourself or
not, I am will to leave to the voters
whether it is just -and proper and
whether it is right for any man to
intimidate the Court in this manner.
I am frank to sav such nntinnc.
will not reflect any great amount of
ureun upon tne Jourt in whom you
have so much confidence.
, ; W. L. MULVEY.
ANOTHER TO GUESS ON
Question of Whether a County Judge
? io oe .ieciea mis Year
"Are countv iiidiroa t ho t..i
this year?"
This if) thfl niipatinn 1
scratching their heads over, and the
Question that will probably be put
through the courts for answers De
fore election. x
In 1910 an Ampnrlmont waa no.DaJ
- - ......... ., u aa uaDDCU
by the people providing that the
iuuges oi tne supreme courts and
all other judges" shall be elected for
six years.
The same election that passed this
amendment elected the county judg
es, although they did not take of
fice until the following January.
Tho. miAst.inn in wUan Aiit h.
amendment apply to the judges el
ected on tnat oay jiour years ago)
or was it a piece of legislation to
take effect years in advance?
Manv nf tha nffnpnova 001, tli
law is in force now, and there is no
county judge to be elected this fall,
while others construe it in another
way.
Another case of meaningless leg
islation. It would not have done to
have mad( the amendment plain and
specific.
A Matter of Price
If it can be shown that gas will
be cheaper or as cheap as wood, and
as cheap for lighting as electricity,
no doubt this city will take kindly
to the new fuel, for the convenience
is a big asset.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Owing to necessary changes In
plan of improvement, the time for
opening bids for said work, on the
Milwaukie-Oregon City road known
as the "River Road." is postponed
from April 17 to May 6th, 1914.
order or the County Corut 07
Clackamas County.
Getting all That's Coming
"Seventh street has had chicken-
pox, erysipelas and spinal meningi
tis," said a resident the other day,"
"and I wonder what next"
A companion pointed uo the street
where a gang of men had commenced
work on gas trenches and answered,
"Now she has got to be operated on
for appendicitis."
THE 5
OF
COURIER READER SHOWS UP
THE BOOZE GAME
ANSWERS THE DAKOTA LETTER
And Shows Him that his Article is
Full of Leaks.
Editor Courier:
I see that a North Dakota Stein
p5 Af,over int0 an effusion against
m Olds in your last number. Ed is
big enough and old enough to take
care of himself. But this Stein's
frothy effusion is a slander upon two
great and clean states that should
not go uncalled. '
Who says that Prohibition does not
prohibit in North I Dakota ? - The
brewer and the distiler say it. The
?aIon keeper and the bar tender say
iu C 8ambler and the pimp, and
the bottlegger. and the joint keeper
all say it. What a benevolent set of
cusses they are anyhow! Their bus
iness booming and the dollars roll
ing in, and things never better, yet
their love for humanity is so great
that they are willing to forego the
blessing of their increased trade un
der prohibition to go back to high li
cense! What touching devotion to
humanity 1
What do the United States Gov
ernment Reports say? That in 190f
mij iuubj long oi saloons were
closed and the drink bill dropped off
$217,000,000. In 1909 sixty miles of
saloons closed, forty-one every day
over 2,000,000 barrels less of whiskey
drunk, and the drink bill took an
other slump .of $412,000,000. Now
you can see why the hog squeals.
What do the brewers themselves
say? Julius Liebman, head of the
United Brewing interests . in the
United States, in an address to brew
ers in 1909 said that the- Prohihitimi
wave had curtailed the output of beer
in the United States over 5,000,000
barrels in 18 months time. One of
the owners of one of tho largest
wholesale wineries in the country
saiu a snort time ago in a letter to a
friend: "In the last year we have
lost over $300,000 of established
trade, legislated out of existence."
The lament of the North Dakota
Stein is the swan song of a bad bus
iness. Many of us have been all
over North Dakota. It is a beauti
ful state. Its cities are far superior
ootn in wealth and in desirability as
places of residence or business, to
the Minnesota booze towns across the
river. We do not hear about its cit
izens moving across to Moorhead so
as to bring their families under the
inestimable boon of the high license
saloon. Teachers, doctors, lawyers,
bankers, merchants, almost without
exception, ascribe their prosperity as
due, in large measure, to Prohibition.
Their legislature is the expression of
the will of the people, and if they
wanted their Prohibition law repeal
ed wanted it really and truly the
very next legislature would fall over
itself to accommodate them.
As to Kansas, we have been down
in that kneck of the woods also, and
have found scores of young men and
women who have never seen an in
toxicated man. I remember when
we sent grain to the Kansas famine
sufferers from the Worthern states,
Now Kansas could buy any of those
out. - She is fourth state in the Un
ion in assessed valuation of property,
being exceeded only by New York,
Pennsylvania and Illinois. Her
wealth per capita is $1500, by far
the highest in the Union. That is
because her citizens have saved their
earnings instead of blowing them for
booze. At the same time the cost of
the state government is but half that
of Wisconsin, and less than one third
that of Massachusetts. That is be
cause she has no whiskey-paupers
and booze-wrecks to support. Her
taxes are correspondingly low.
Governor Hoch's thanksgiving pro
clamation contained the following
paragraph:
"One third of our counties are
without either prisoners in their
jails, or paupers in their almshouses.
One half of our counties sent no con
victs to our prisons this yea v and
one half of our prison inmates never
lived in Kansas long enough to ac
quire a residence here. Churches
and schools flourish, the spiritual
outlook is hopeful, and TIIE SA
LOON IS PRACTICALLY BAN
ISHED." Take your choice, gentle
men. Which will you have ? The
statement of the booze champion
from North Dakota with the sugges
tive name, or the declaration of the
honored governor of the great Com
monwealth of Kansas?
' William Thomas.
HAGEMANN TO MULVEY
Logan Farmer Again Writes of Mat
ters Relating to County Judge
Editor Courier:
In my letter of March 25th to Mr.
Mulvey I stated that he received a
salary of $1700 'per year. In justice
to Mr. Mulvey I must correct this,
the salary of County Clerk is only
$1500. But section 3104 L. O. L.
says "the County Court of any
county may allow additional com-
fiensation to a county clerk for mak
ng an assessment, census, or tax
roll, or exhibit of receipts and ex
penditures, or any poll book, when
the compensation herein prescribed
is deemed inadequate for thes er
vice." '
Whether . any extra allowances
have been heretofore made I do not
know. BUT I DO KNOW from Mr.
Mulvey's own reports, that in Sep
tember, 1913, there appeared under
the heading of Coun.ty Clerk, the fol
lowing: Elsie Telford, $5; W. L.
Mulvey, $10; October: W. L. Mulvey,
$10.30; Ruth Smith, $18; November,
Business
W. L. Mulvey, $10; December, W. L.
Mulvey $10; E. T. Quinn $1.40; Iva
Harrington $1.40; Smith, $16;
January, 1914, W. L. Mulvey, $10;
February, W. L. Mulvey, $15. For
what purpose those amounts were
required Mr. Mulvey says not. May
be I am not very far out of the way
after all in $1700. I also find in the
semi-annual statement, April, 1913,
an item extending rolls ita'x rolls
1 suppose) $605.14. There may be
some more items for all I know.
During January last, the' county
court was required to select a jury
list, and it was necessary to fall
back upon the registration lists,
made up under the personal super
vision of Mr. Mulvey but such a mix
up as there was in their records is a
fright. Voters that belong in Cas
cade precinct were listed under Bor
ing; Boring under Damascus and
Damascus under Boring, and so on
over the county. Is it any wonder
that the court called on outsiders to
assist them straighten some of those
mixups? The Court had only been
in office a ' couple of months. It
WASN'T ONTO THE GAME LIKE
MR. MULVEY-
Section 2902, L. 0. L., provides
that the county clerk SHALL FUR
NISH SUCH (County) papers select
ed A COPY OF THE PROCEEDING
AND A LIST OF CLAIMS. Did Mr.
Mulvey furnish a copy of the County
Court proceedings regularly, to be
published for the taxpayers' benefit
and information? He has not.
When his attention was called to
this omission he answered that he
(Mr. Mulvey) knew what the law re
quired him to do. But it seems there
are items sometimes that it is bet
ter for the people not to know any
thing about.
Sometime ago Mr. Mulvey stated
that as he himself and the clerk's
office helped to oust the former
County -Court in the recall election,
and as Mr. Anderson was doing what
was right, it would not be fair for
him to but in against Mr. Anderson.
Also that he (Mr. Mulvey) had an
offer to join a prominent law firm
in Oregon City, and also there was
a clerical position open for him in
one of the paper mills, either one of
these positions would pay better than
tne county judge s office. Mr. Mul
vey is getting now $1500 and maybe
a little extra; as Judge he would
only get $1200. Where would the
difference come from? Surely he
would not act as a SILENT PART
NER TO SOMEBODY.
Voters of Clackamas County, com
pare those two gentlemen, Mr. Mul
vey and Judge Anderson. Mr. Mul
vey is out electioneering, if not
in the streets of Oregon City,
then in the country; but drawing his
$5 nearly every day or so of your
vaxpuyers- money, and lets his as
sistants run the office to suit them
selves.
Mr. Anderson tends strictly to his
duties oCthe office; never speaks oi
asks anybody to support him and he
NEVER LOAFS about the street
for making votes. His slogan is
juaiiuu tu ALL, FAVORS TO
wuwiu. ,
H. W. Hagemann.
Chase Knit fin
The condemnation suit for prop-
eriy ior elevator landing and walks
has been before the circuit court and
a jury for two days and a verdict
in expected tonight.
The RlnHHftma ran' Wait
A Deculinrit.v nf tho
particularly noticeable to easterners,
ia tliA ... .L.i 1 1 M i l '
io tne inti umi uuus ana oiossoms
come long before the leaves on treea
and fallACA. whilA in tho caafni-n
states the blossoms follow the leaves
and foliage.
To Bond or Not to Bond?
An interesting attraction at the
Congregational Brotherhood meeting
April 21 will be the debate on the
question:
"Resolved that hard surface pav
ing would be economy to the tax
payers oi uackamas county."
There will be two speakers on
each side of the question.
Coming Back Hard
Beats four of a kind how things
will stack up against the best laid
of plans at times.
Just as we had everything laid out
for a new printing office, and work
men on the foundation job, then with
out any warning cfame a messenger
from a city physician, in language
more profane than courteous, to stop
the Courier. (
'Tis stopped. He will read this
from a borrowed paper this week,
but the work on the building will still
go on.
The contractor has been directed
to cut the plans down one dollar, and
to rush it along before the medical
association can call a consultation
and all send in the same prescrip
tions.
SUIT TO CLOSE TAVERN
FILED AT WEST'S ORDER
Charter of Notorious Milwaukie Re-
....... CiUtninoA Uv VranA f'hnrtro
BUll UU.UtllGU UJ 1 I U .. p,
At the "written request" of Gov
ernor Oswald West, according to the
complaint, suit has been filed in the
circuit court to have annulled the ar
ticles of incorporation and charter oi
the "Friar's Club of Milwaukie," the
organization which is responsible for
the continuing in business of the no
torious Milwaukie Tavern. Though
the suit is brought in the name of
the state cf Oregon, Gilbert L. Hed-
;es, county attorney, A. JH. craw
nrH. attorney general, and J. A. Ben
jamin, assistant , attorney general,
are the complainants.
It is set fortn in tne compiainj
that the charter for the "Friar's
Club" was obtained by fraudulently
misrepresenting the purposes of tho
organization. The articles of incor
poration represent that the purpose
of the club are to "develop the phys
ical abilities of its members and to
encourage acquatic exercises and al
so to develop the mental capacity and
literary taste of its members."
The complaint states that the ac
tual purposes of the organization are
immoral, and asks that the charter
bo annulled. Governor West sign
ed the original charter of the club.
COUNCIL IRKS
Pi EMS
WATER QUESTION CONTINUES
TO STIR UP DISCORD
PLAYGROUND CAUSES DEBATE
Cigarette Ordinance KJilletd Afteil
Amendment is Laughed Down
Water, playgrounds and cigarettes
took up most of the city council's
time at its session Wednesday even
ing of this week, and incident to the
discussion of these several subject
there were some lively and spirited
interchanges of repartee and person
al opinion. As has happened fre
quently in the past, most of these
disagreements came to light during
discussion of various aspects of tho
water question.
Early in the session the council
laid over until next week receipt of
the report from the Pure Water Com
mission on the matter of sharing the
?irst in- the PrPseQ pipeline with
West Linn. The commission was not
ready to make its report and inti
mated that it was delving into legal
aspects of the case. This moved one
of the councilmen to move that the
city attorney be added to the com
mission, but after considerable ar
gument this idea was abandoned.
Water dropped out of the program
then until near the close of the meet
ing when it bobbed up again with the
appearance of the ordinance appro
priating $6,000 for a permanent sur
vey and preliminary work on the pipe
line. Mr. Andresen, of the special
pipeline commission, spoke briefly)
in favor of this plan, as did Council
men Myer and City Attorney Scheu
bel, Mr. Templeton, Mr. Hackett and
Mr. Tooze opposed it.
New Source Opposed.'
Mr. Templeton said that he doubt
ed very much whether a majority of
Oregon City citizens wanted to get
water from the south fork of the
Clackamas. He thought it would be
a good thing to wait until the opin
on of the people was expressed. De
laying this two or three or even
four months won't do any harm he
said. We are delaying action now
to wait for West Linn, bo we might
as well wait a little longer and Bee
what the people want.'
"This whole thing is the biggest
farce I ever heard about," said Coun
cilman Hackett. "Oregon City can't
carry its obligations now, yet you
talk of adding $325,000 to the city's
debt. I am against this whole water
proposition."
Councilman Tooze opposed the
passage of the ordinance, saying he
wanted another week to consider it.
He added that he had been asked by
many people to vote against the or
dinance. Mr. Templeto likewise relieved
himself of his opinion of the pipeline
ptoposition, and declared that nobody
knew what it would cost. "First an
engineer told us that it would cost
$287,000" said he "and then another
engineer told us it would cost $325,
000. Probably it will cost us $500,
000." Templeton is "Called."
Councilman Metzner jumped to his
feet when Mr. Templeton had finish
ed his remarks, and rebuked his fel-low-solon
for his line of argument,
pointing out that the second estimate
included the cost of a reservoir,
while aside from this both engineers
had agreed that the pipeline could
be built for less than $280,000,which
was a liberal estimate.
Before the ordinance went to final
passage Mr. Charman, a property
owner, asked permission to say a
word. "It seems to me," said he
that if the professors at our colleges
and university can be relied upon,
Oregon City's- water is at present
pure. Their reports on the filtered
water show that it is pure. In fact
Oregon City's water was all right un
til West Linn wanted a supply, and
then they began to find things the
matter with it."
On final passage the ordinance
carried, with only Councilman Tooze
and Hackett voting in the negative,
Mr. Templeton coming over when the
roll was called.
Earlier in the evening the council
granted Meade Post $75 to assist in
celebrating Memorial Day.
Playground is Wanted.
Further pyrotechnics developed
following the reading of a set of res
olutions suggesting that the city ac
quire property in the vacinity of 5tll
and J. Q. Adams streets for a public
play ground. Councilman Hackett
moved that the matter be indefinite
ly postponed, and Councilman Van
Auken seconded the motion. Coun
cilman Templeton opposed the plan
at some length. City Attorney
Schuebel, Councilman Tooze, City
Engineer Noble, O. E. Eby, Mr. Char-
mnn anrl others snoke for the Plan.
laying emphasis upon the need St
some provision for children of the
city.
Un vote tJouncumen lempieton,
Hackett and Van Auken voted again
st any further consideration of the
matter. Following their failure to
kill the subject, Mr. Tooze. moved
that a committee be named to look
into the matter, and the mayor nam
ed Mr. Tooze, Mr. Metzner and Mr.
Andrews. City Engineer Noble out
lined a plan which will probably de
velop the possibility of a playground
on Thirteenth and Fourteenth street.
After the committee was named
Mr. Templeton demanded of the may
or:
"What is the idea now? Are you
going to put this baseball ground
over in spite of tho people voting it
down at the last election?"
Cigarettes Cause Smoke
Consideration of the Schuebel an
ti-cigarette ordinance, upon final
passage, also brought forth some
lively tilts. Councilman Metzner
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