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31st YEAR
OREGON CITY, ORE., THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1914.
No. SO
OR
COURIER
Basket Social at Beaver Creek
The Beaver Creek school will give
a basket social at the hall Saturday
night, April 18, to which all are in
vited and a good time guaranteed.
Want a Carrier Position?
There will be a mail clerk-carrier
examination for the post office ser
vice on May 9th. Examination was
to have been held on April lltb but
was postponed on account of an in
sufficient number of applicants.
Looks Like A Winner.
The tax exemption measure only
needed 11,000 names to put it on the
ballot, and it already has over 14,000
signatures, with more coming in ev
ery day. It looks very much as if
the people took kindly to this bill as
a promised partial relief from high
taxation.
i The Enterprise Scramble
The Enterprise of Thursday cer
tainly presented a horrible mix-up
of a county ticket for May 15.
It has "W. B." Mulvey Republican
candidate for Judge, H. S .Anderson
as a Democratic candidate against
him.
It has O. D. Eby running for rep
resentative, who is not a candidate,
and washes the slate of W. A. Dim -ick,
Republican, and Harvey Stark
weather, Democrat, who are candi
dates. It has John Cook down as having
filed for representative (he will be
a candidate for judge) and M. D.
Latourette for the house, who is not
to be a candidate.
Altogether it is SOME mixup.
"If you see it in the Enterprise It
is SO.'"
Swat Crawford and His Bill
Springwater, Oregon.
Editor Courier:
Some of your Democratic readers
say because I registered Socialist I
can not vote on the bond issue. If
not, why not? They never refuse
to let, us pay our taxes because we
are Socialists. Why don't they draw
the lines-the same way between other
parties? Please answer through the
Courier.
Dora Millard.
You CAN vote on the bond issue
May 15 every voter in the county
can vote on it.
This rumor is doubtless the out
come of Attorney General Crawford's
platform for governor. He propos
es that all initiative petitions be sub
mitted to the voters at the primaries
before they go on the ballot for the
fall elections. If this initiative bill
should carry thisfall, then Socialists,
Independents, Prohibitionists!, etc.,
would be practically disfranchised,
as only those who are eligible to party
primaries could vote on the initiative
measures to bes ubmitted at the gen
eral election. 1
' Don't sign the Crawford petition
and don't vote for him for governor
at the primaries. -
EASY MONEY FOR CITY
Golden Opportunity at Hand to Add
to Municipal Revenues
Any time the city dads of this mu
nicipality find the increase of the
common debt a subject for real alarm 1
and some of them talk a good deal
about that $210,000 that we owe now
there is a way that they can es
tablish a new source of revenue. In
fact they can make about $480 or
$960 a day for Oregon City.
How? Very easily.
Section 5 of the franchise under
which the Portland Railway, Light &
Tower company operates within the
city limits provides, among other
things, that the rate of speed for
cars "shall be as near uniform as
possible, and shall not exceed seven
miles per hour." Violation of this
provision may be punished with a
fine of from $10 to $20 for each of
fense. ,
There are approximately 48
trains a day on the interurban line
moving through Oregon City. And
approximately 48 of these trains car
een up and down Main street at a
speed of anywhere from 15 to 25
miles an hour for the greater part
of the distance. If the council really
wants to make some money for the
city it only has to order these 48
trains "pinched" and the City Re
corder may be trusted to assess the
fines.
Lovely scheme. Why not try it
and get rich quick?
IS THERE A "CHAIN" GAME?
W. W. Myers Asks that Commercial
Club Look into Matter
Editor Courier:
If reports are true there is a con
dition in this county that the Com
mercial Club and Live Wires might
look into for the good of the county.
. I am informed there is a string
of men going out to work on the Wil
lamette Valley Southern Railroad,
and a string of men constantly com
ing in and I am told the reasons are
that each man has to get his job thru
an "agenqy" to which he pays a lib
eral fee. After a few days he is
let go by the boss and a new mar.
takes his place, after he has paid
his fee to the agency. Also that res
idents of this city and county who
go out to the road and ask for work
are refused and told to apply to the
agency for a job.
The workmen claim there is an
arrangement between the employ
ment agency and the working boss,
whereby men pay their job fees, get
work; get fired, and then other men
take their places.
It is certainly a fact that there Is
a constant string of workmen com
ing into this city who say that they
' have been working on the road and
who have been "let go" by the boss,
and it is also a fact that there is a
string of men coming out from Port
land and taking their places.
If it is true that there is an ar
rangement between the agencies and
the bosses, and that the workmen
are being bled of the fees, it is a
condition the people should not allow
to operate a damnable condition
that should be stopped at once. It
is hard enough for the workingmcu
a lftra thoca Anxrn without heini?
W 4T1- v..-...- J " ' " -
played for the profits of the employ
ment agencies ana me rauroau uus
ss- ... '
W. W. Myers.
TWO
EAR
LEST WE FORGET
WHO. ADMINISTERED THE DOSE
OF CHLOROFORM?
WHO ROCKED IT TO SLEEP?
Who Runs this City, the Railroad
Commission or the Bell Company? -
Just about two years ago, or to
be exact, June 21, 1912, the Courier
took up the matter of discriminating
and unjust telephone rates charged
oy the Pacific Telephone Co. in this
city.
We showed up how a permanent
resident was paying one price and
a renter another price, and that
either price was too high.
We showed up that few years
before, when Oregon City -was small
er and the telephone company got
less revenue, that the price was then
$1.00. Then it was jmuped to $1.25.
Then to $1.50.
Then we referred you to the city
charter, page 16, Sec. 43, which
reads:
The council has power and
authority in Oregon City to
license, regulate and tax tele
phone companies, and to fix a
maximum rate to be charged
by telephone companies for the
rental and use of telephones.
The Live Wires took it and the
council got busy. Horton, Tooze and
dolman were appointed a committee
.o investigate the matter and they
spent weeks on the matter. -
The telephone company got busy
ind their head men came here to
argue and explain that the more
j'jsiness and money they got, the
nore necessary it was to increase
ates.
And July 12, 1912, the council
-ommittee made its report to the
nayor and council; that the increased
ate fell most heavily on the people
east able to bear it; that the expense
)f improvements should be borne by
;he telephone company; that the dis
crimination "should not be tol
jrated"; that the city council require
;ho company to reduce its rates back
to the former schedule and same to
ae put into effect not later than Aug
lst 1, 1912.
' What has been the result?
Absolutely no result.
The head guys came to the Courier
office and explained the discrimina
tng rate would be made the flat rate
for all as soon as the yearly con
tracts expired,' and informed the
Courier editor that his two-party line
?1'50 rate would be raised to $1.75
(the rate charged to the new comer)
is soon as the year expired.
That was nearly two years ago,
and he pays the same.
The council committee's work and
its report to the council to REQUIRE
the former schedule to be put in
operation, and the discrimination to
be stopped did not amount to any
thing. The Live Wire's efforts did not
amount to anything.
The case was reported to the state
railroad commission (that costly
bunch that steers more politics than
railroads) and they promised ac
tion. Time after time they made dates
for hearings in the court house here,
and time after time postporcd them,
until ancient history relates they did
finally have something that was call
ed a "hearing" when the matter was
taken over for "consideration."
And it is still in that pigeon-hole.
Oregon City still pays the rates,
and if such "darned disturbers" as
the Courier bunch would only let it
rest memory would soon outlaw the
investigation, and everything would
be lovely (for the Bell combination )
again.
Now just look back to the section
of the city charter quoted above
which says the city council has FULL
POWER to fix the MAXIMUM RATE
for rentals.
. Then why all this wasted time and
energy?
Why all this waiting and hoping
for something to come through the
political railroad commission.
Why does not the city council use
the power the charter gives it and
ORDER the Pacific company to fix
its flat rate the same as the Home
company charges? .
WHY DON'T THEY?
It's too bad to tackle a proposition
like this and get left on it.
It spoils the city from tackling
again.
ft makes us look like a lot of
mutts who had had an easy one slip
ped over on us.
It makes us a bunch of suckers.
We should get after this matter,
take it out of cold storage and stay
with it until we have shown the
Bell Telephone Co. the city laws are
just s big as that octopus.
Will we?
After Oregon City Trade
The Canby Business Men's Club,
ever watching for a chance to better
trade conditions and bring more peo
ple to Canby, are now working on a
proposition to establish a ferry
across the river at Canby, and diveri
the trade "most of which now goes
to Oregon City." The Irrigator says
that no doubt the county would main
tain it after it was established.
FURNISHED FLAT Ask at the
Courier office.
Girls Wanted
(over 18 years of age)
To operate SEWING Machines
in garment factory
Oregon City Woolen Mills
Novelty Social
At the Carus school on April 25,.
1914. The proceeds are to be used inl
building ? play shed. Everybody
come. Ladies bring lunch for two.
Hustling the Gas Mains
The Clackamas Gas Co. has a big
force of men laying gas mains all
over the city, and it is but a ques
tion of weeks now when the service
will be ready.
Registration Closes April 30
One of the most important elec
tions ever before Oregon is the com
ing election. Unless you are regis
tered you cannot vote. Registration
closes April 30. Do it today.
County is Out of Debt
Monday of this week Clackamas
county was free from debt, Treas
urer Tufts stating that about $125,
000 of road fund indebtedness hav
ing been paid off.
Register Next Week
Next week the registration office
in the court house will be open every
night until eight o'clock, for the
convenience of those who are work
ing in the mills. The registration
books will soon close, and it is im
portant that every voter should reg
ister next week.
Smith Above Petty Spite.
(Molalla Pioneer.)
The decision of the county court to
build, at once, a bridge at Meadow
brook is the best news to strike this
section of the country for some time.
This has been a crying need for a
long time. The court need not to be
afraid of the fullest publicity of their
decision. No one can take exception
to the wisdom of this action. It was
feared by some that Commissioner
Smith might be influenced by the
fact that Molalla had voted strongly
against him at the last election, to
hold the matter up for some time as
"come back." Mr. Smith has given
the lie to this idea and proven that
he is big enough to act for the great
est good and let politics take care
of themselves.
Question to City Dads
Oregon City, April 14, 1914.
Mr. M. J. Brown:
'We read in the Morning Enter
prise where the Chief of Police has
requested the city fathers to raise
the speed limit of autos to 30 or 35
milon nor hpar that the citv dads
are expecting a report from Elmer
Uioss ana men tney wm ue reauy w
go ahead, but why does this chiei
..rich t qqV thia hp rtnnn thft auto
drivers have raised the limit 1 1-2
years ago. Not a single, driver m
or about Oregon City drives less than
30 to 45 miles per hour and every
body is aware of the fact. We not
ic where they say the police have
nothing to do now. Well then, why
not cut down the force as money Is
rather scarce now, and why pay the
day man $100 per month when you
can get plenty of good honest men
for $75.00 per month to do the strut
tine act up and down the street.
J. ACORD.
HOW'S THIS FOR HEALTH
Beaver Creek Lady 64 Tears Old
Carries 200 Sacks of Potatoes
On another page of the Courier is
a letter written by a lady regarding
the harmful results of foolish fash
ions. . '
After you have read this, turn over
to page 2 and see if you can find any
connection.
Mrs. Peter Bohlander, of Beaver
Creek, is 64 years old and the moth
er of eight children.
PianHir har hnahnnH' was disabled
with an injury to his foot, and there
were zvv sacKS oi potatoes in me
cellar that must be loaded.
Mrs. Bohlander didn't put an ad
in the Courier; neither did she sit
down and worry about it.
She shouldered those sacks, one
by one, carried them up the cellar
stairs and loaded them onto a farm
wagon?.
Where is the Oregon City woman
who could carry a half sack up the
cellar stairs, and not be sick a week.
If we would go back to the old
German ways we would have more
health and live much longer.
$11,733.32- A MILE
Jackson County Pays this for Roads.
Does Clackamas Co. Want to?
Oregon City, Or., April 14, 1914.
To the Editor: ,
In last Sunday's Oregon Journal
there is an illustrated article on hard
surface road building in Jackson
County. 'The pictures show some
great machines at work building the
road, and the story says it is costing
$1.25 per square yard, though they
expect to bring the final - cost down
to $1.00 per square yard. The road
is 16 feet wide and the concrete foun
dation is 6 inches thick.
The present cost of the Jackson
County hard surface road is $11,733.32
per mile. Suppose the people of
Clackamas County vote for the $600,
000 bond issue, how many miles of
hard surface road will they get?
Governor Glynn, of New York,
says the vitrified brick road on a con
crete foundation costs $25,000 a mile.
At that rate the $600,000 ' might
build 50 miles of concrete road or 24
miles of vitrified bride. That much
would be a fine sample of good roads
but would it be of great value to the
farmers who do not live along the
line of the sample road?
Perhaps Judge Dimick and Mr.
Sullivan can show us that the Jack
son County people are paying too
much for their road, and that Gov
ernor Glynn does not know what a
brick road costs.
Sincerely yours,
W. S. U'REN.
Awfully Obstinate
Altho the Enterprise has set sev
eral dates for the county court to
meet and designate the roads to be
improved under the county bonding
proposition, yet that body proceeds
as if nothing had happened, and will
no doubt arrange its own dates.
Insure with Northwestern
Fire Insurance Costs money. Unin
sured fires cost more. We handle
the Northwestern fire and Marine.
None better. None safer. Don't
take chances. Take the best.
MACDONALD & VANAUKEN.
TO
MULVEY'S LETTER
HENRY HAGEMANN COMES
BACK WITH HOT REPLY
EXPLAINS THE MILES MATTER
And Takes up Other Points of Mr.
Mulvey's Communication
Editor Courier:
Mr. W. L. Mulvey in his letter "to
the voters of Clackamas County"
quotes several instances where lie
tninKS 1 am wrong, and consequent
ly need explaining.
Before going into any details, i
must nk the narrinn and indulgence
of those gentleman, whose names i
am compelled to draw into our con
troversy, on account of Mr. Mulvey
giving- me "shial" for doing certain1
tnings. x snouia nave Kept my
hanna .ft', in fani noonrAintr tn hlH
idea, I ought to attend to my own
business (my farm work' and let him
and the court house gang (that is,
wnat is leit oi it; run me count-y
hnainesa snpliH thp taxnavera mon
ey, to suit themselves and do like it
has been the practice neretotore.
IWr Mnlvpv. T hnH hppn rininir this
very thing for 18 years prior to 1913,
and what were the results: my taxen
anJ . avamrhnrlui pica's tavpa Axrprp
TREBLED mostly on account of the
extravagance oi our puDiic oniciais
who GET FAT (their pocketbooks;
by it. You can rest assured that
after this 1 lor one, and the taxpay
ers also, will known where our un
reasonable high taxes are going to,
no matter whom it hits.
You, Mr. Mulvey, say "You have
ability as County Clerk, and you feel,
that you have done well." You bet
'ou have done well, Mr. Muivey. xou
intra nnt Pirn, miQcaH rll-QlvinO QillnrV.
and your three or more deputies have
done wen also, in drawing tneir snare,
but aa far as attending to the duties
nf iiaiiv rtfF'wa ia onncarnArl t.hnt. is
another question. Take a look at some
oi tne records in your cnarge, ana
note what chaos exist therein. You,
Mr. Mulvey, have taken a SOLEMN
OATH, when you took the office of
County Clerk. Have you lived up to
it?
You say, the County Judge should
be a lawyer, THIS IS A SLUR, an
insult to every taxpayer, to every
preacher, to every doctor and busi
ness man, and the person that makes
such a statement, must either have
thu RinWlT.An nr 1hp ia lar.kine" some
grey matter in his upper story. Then
again you not oniy want to uraw me
salary of County Judge, but also
expect the taxpayers to make a full
fledged barrister out of you, at .their
expense. A great scheme ain't it.
Vrti, oaT "vnii nrp nnt attacking
Judge Anderson." This statement is
false in your piatiorm you state:
"In auditing claims against the coun
f,r nnna nf the lnnp unhusiness-
lik'e methods heretofore used, will be
permitted," and in your next ieuer
you speciiy, mat tne court ut iw
Ma.. maatincr nnHitpH and ordered
iuatv... v..v.,
paid two bills for F. A. Miles, deputy
sheriff in tne sum oi tou.uu as sal
ary. Now the tacts are, MB. ivnico
WAS AND HAS BEEN UNDER A
FLAT SALARY Vt $9UU.UU run
YEAR SINCE JANUARY FIRST,
1011 "Rut thrnncrh Rnmp error or ov
ersight the order was omitted from
the minutes, altnougn passed uy,we
commissioners, and the bill was not
t-A n 4-Via rtnnntv PAIirt at the
ureacjibcu iw n wvj - - -- - -
February session and consequently,
Mr. Miles could get no pay iw oun
tip in nnt. a "hloodv bond
holder" he needed the money and
stated the facts to Judge Anderson,
who regretted very umch that this
oversight had occurred, and in order
to tide over Mr. Miles, JUDOt,
ANDERSON ISSUED HIS rBitsuw
a t rutrif nM THK RANK OF
nnupnn pttv vnu S&fl.OO. which
was thankfully received by Mr. Miles.
Those $oU.uo were reiunueu vu mi.
in Marfh Mr. Miles
received his pay for the month of
January. Don't you think this was
an honorable act irom tne o uu;e
i. .... ikA.mkf i, ah nnri more honor
in . you than bringing such a state
ment beiore tne puunv xivi',
hut. nnblishine it
privately from mouth to ear. fray
tell us was mere uny ."""'6 ,,
mitted in this transaction? What
1 arroinat Mr. MaSS and
DICK. Ilttvc juu " " ' ' " " .
his deputies? Is it because those
gentlemen attenaeu iu wo
as required under our laws, or is it
on account they belong to the Demo
cratic party; surely there must be
some reason for your attitude.
When at the budget meeting in De
cember last, this very item of $900
for deputy sheriff was consiueieu, ii.
ulnfeMAMN WHO OBJECTED
mrw it BuiMn a T.T.OWED. But af
ter Mr. Mass our sheriiff had ex
plained that it would De Dest to pay
f n-t. !.. anA tVipn Rtated that
this would also include mileage the
object on was withdrawn ana tne
allowed to stand. RIGHT THERE
im TUPW moo vnnr time to nut In
n.i u niu" " - - .
vour kick Mr. Mulvey and not four
montns aiierwara. iu.uu y"5'
is very reasonable, because the dep
uty must furnish his own horse and
buggy, is constantly on duty end
furthermore, it is not a pleasant job,
to be prepared for any emergency,
-i -ii u tVia Aav nr merit-
Sundays included. Now wou d yourl
deputies, Mr. Mulvey, like this posi
tion at $75.00. They prefer the
SOFT SNAP and I for one don t
blame them.
Now about Hagemann getting onto
the jury list! I must confess this
is awful; it's a crime and I will
state right here that Judge Anderson
l r.l.oina. Smith Mr. Mat-
toon hannened to be absent PUT
ONE OVER ON ME. I did not want
the job I have been fortunate here
t.fn.a a AitM -frnm inrv dutv and
don't intend to servie this tins, ii
called upon, because under our sta
t..t. T thinV T am exemnt: and also
there! are plenty other voters who
will take the job as an lionor to
themselves. So you may rest easy,
Mr. Mulvey, if you have any case be-,
fore the court, I shall not go against
you. i
The reason I assisted the commis
sioners I have exnlained in my letter
of April the 9th, only I will add that!
l did not receive any pay nor oia i
ask for any '$5.00 per day as Mr.
Mulvey is wont to do.
Lastly in order to make it easy for
you Mr. Mulvey, I would suggest the
following subjects for our discourse
in the future viz:
1. Who the persons are, that in
duced you to announce yourself for
County Judge.
2. How much probate business
they have had heretofor.
3. How much they may or do ex
pect to get if you were elected Judge
and lastly how much would there
be left for the other 27 attorneys in
Oregon City after you and your
friends had your pick.
I couldn't even get a mug as pay,
but for this I blame my friends, Chris
Schuebel.
H. W. HAGEMANN.
R. R. No. 2, Oregon City.
NEW CREAMERY FOR CITY.
Danish Expert Will Manufacture Ore
gon City Brand of Butter.
Mr. H. C. Nielsen, a Danish but
ter expert, has opened up a small
creamery in the Welch property near
the ' Southern Pacific depot. Mr.
Nielsen's experience has been very
broad and very thorough, and his
work in the past has received very
high praise. Any one who has ever
dealt with him in a business way
has always been willing to recom
mend him and his butters, and they
have even gone so far as to say that
the flavor and aroma are as high as
could be secured by anyone.
It is very seldom that purchasers
come along and voluntarily offer to
increase the price they pay to a man
for butter, but Mr. Nielsen has had
this experience several times during
his career, in fact, one creamery
which he managed was able to pro
cure a graduated increase of price.
Hence we are positive that here in
Oregon City we are to produce a
brand of butter to be known far and
wide throughout the Northwest.
Mr. Nielsen obtained his training
when employed in various creameries
and by taking a course in Tune Agri
cultural College. In 1902 he came to
America, after having successfully
conducted for nine years a co-operative
creamery on a thoroughly sci
entific basis, and making butter equal
to the best which, as you know
means that he was a leading butter
maker' of Denmark at the time he
left there.
The Goodhue Produce Company, of
Portland, declare that the butter
which he sent to them from McMinn
ville, Oregon, where he operated a
creamery, was ahead of any shipmeni
ever sent them. ' Mr. Nielsen has
many letters of recommendation, but
he always declares that his real rec
ommendation is his goods, which he
expects soon to have for sale in all
the stores of Oregon City and vicini
ty. He undoubtedly will put out an
excellent product. It is just what
need, will be ag reat benefit to the
community, and his butter is excel
lent. He also expects to pay the top
market price to the farmers at all
times. All farmers or possible pat
rons, or others interested in his work,
are invited to inspect his modern, up-to-date
shop in the Welch property
near the Southern Pacific railroad.
NEW GAME LOTS OF FUN;
TRY IT TODAY AND SEE
Ail Required Is Copy of Charter and
Ordinances of Oregon City
Editor Courier;
At my house the other day we had
a lot i unexpected fun playing a
new game that we have called "Look
it up in the Book." All that anyone
needs to play it is a copy of the city
charter and ordinances as printed by
the Oregon City Enterprise in 1910.
The thing started simple enough.
Some friends were at the house, and
we were discussing the proposed bond
issue for the new pipe line. A ques
tion came up as to the legality of a
certain phase of the matter, and one
of those present suggested that we
look the question up in the city char
ter and ordinances book, of which 1
happened to have a copy. So we
got the book, and looking in the in
dex found the entry: "Bonds of city
for water purposes - - - - 66."
Turning to page 66 we found noth
ing whatsoever about water bonds,
but some highly interesting matter
about common user rights of power
flumes and some further information
about the locations of certain monu
ments marking streets and highways.
Searching through the book for
further enlightenment brought forth
no illumination upon the subject at
hand, but did show a number of
other things. For instance, there
are two different ordinances labelled
ORDINANCE NO. 85. One refers
to a right-of-way given the Oregon &
California railroad, and the other is
a wire franchise for the Postal Tele
graph Company.
Later in the evening we got to
talking about gambling, and decided
to look up the city ordinance on this.
The index gaves pages 118, 123 and
141 as those upon which we would
find information relating to this. We
looked. On page 118 we found in
formation as to the license mov
ing picture houses are supposedito
pay, and also as to the rules for
maintaining and operating steam,
electric or gasoline woodsaws with
in the city limits. On page 123 we
found information about licensing
dogs and also about disorderly
houses. On page 141 we found in
formation regarding the most ap
proved way of conducting saloons
and tippling houses.
Probably there are other "irregu
larities" in the Enterprise's little book
on the c'rtv charter and ordinances.
We didn't look for any more. But
wouldn't it be nice to have a correct
set of the city laws printed, properly
arranged and indexed?
Yours trulv.
T. LORD C.
LOST
Mnndav on South End Road.
Ladies' black hand ba. Reward if
returned to Courier office.
EVERYBODY
CLEAN
SATURDAY
HELP TP MAKE THE OLD TOWN
SHINE WITH CLEANLINESS
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
All Urged to get Hoes, Rakes and
Shovels and Help the Work.
Saturday of this week is "clean
up" day for Oregon City. Not a
"swat the fly" day but swat the fly's
nest.
The mayor, the woman's club, the
physicians, the health officers and
any number of privates are behind
the movement.
The purpose is to thoroughly clean
up around each residence back yard,
front yard, basement, odd corners
and effectively do away with the con
ditions that breed flies and disease.
Cleaning up one dirty corner is
worth more than a screen door.
Flies will not stay where they can
not feed and breed.
A box of garbage, a sour buekei
of refuse, decayed vegetation all
these things bring flies as well as
disease.
A rotting cabbage in the basement
ii Mit dangerous than a Oid cat
in the alio y.
l5;ituiday is crsignated '''an up
day, v.hen every householder in the
rity is urgently tkked to itt on the
job arc make the old town look fj
c ean as a Dutih kitchen.
Commence on the back lot and go
to the center of the street not only
do away with unhealthy conditions,
but take pride in making the place
look "as if the Gold Dust Twins had
been on the job.
You make your place shine and
your neighbor will follow suit. He
has to; pride compels him.
Remember that the city has full
legal power to compel you to clean
up. You are asked to first. If you
don't you will be compelled to. Af
ter Saturday each block will be in
spected. TWO CITIES AGREE
Water Works Matter Satisfactorily
Settled, and Project is Assured
William Andresen, chairman of the
pure water commission, says that
arrangements are now practically
settled and that West Linn will come
in for one-third of the water work
expense, and that work on the perma
nent survey would start Monday.
ynder the arrangement with West
Linn each city will own and control
its own supply of water after it is
brought to the reservoir. They will
be partners in the pipe line only to
the reservoir. West Linn will lay
its own mains und deliver its own
water.
This arrangement taking over
$100,000 from the expense this city
had figured on, will raise the cost
of water to Oregon City but a few
cents a month, and it is the general
opinion that there will be no doubt
of the matter being carried.
The council recently appropriated
$6,000 to start the preliminary work,
which will be repaid from the bond
sale, and the permanent survey will
enable bidders to have exact speci
fications and know just what they
are bidding on.
Arrested for Liquor Prescriptions
Dr. C. A. Stewart was arrested
Wednesday evening on the charge of
writing prescriptions for people who
were not ill. City Attorney Schue
bel presented the evidence. The
hearing will be before Recorder Lo
der this (Thursday) evening. Dr.
Stewart flatly denies the charges.
Notice
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned will sell at his farm sit
uated in Section 11, Township a
South Range 2 East of the Willamette
Meridian on the Thayer Road the fol
lowing described animal:
Yearling Heifer, black and white
spots, showing a little Jersey about
her nose. ...
Said sale will be held on the 9th
day of May, 1914 at 2 o'clock P. M.
S. D. Barney,
MRS. MELDRUM DEAD.
Miss Eva Steele Meldrum, only
daughter of Judge and Mrs. J. W
Meldrum, of Meldrum Station, died
ot tho st Vincent's Hospital. Port
land, on Wednesday morning at 9:30
o'clock. Miss Meldrum was taKen u
at her home about a week ago and
was removed to the hospital in Port
land, where she underwent a surgi
cal operation, but did not rally from
the effects of the same. The mem
bers of her family were at her bed
side when she passed away.
Mioo MaUUnm una horn in Ore-
gon City, but has resided most or
her life at Meldrum Station. After
completing her education in the Ore-
n Pitu uphnnln nhn taucht for 86V-
., I mora in tho Bl'hnnls of this citV.
after which she took a course at the
Washington Normal College at Chen
ey, Wash. She recently returned from
Corvallis where she took a special
course at the Oregon Agricultural
College. She was a young woman oi
intelligence and ambition, and her
death came as a terrible shock to her
many friends in this city, as few
were aware of her illness.
Miss Meldrum comes from a prom
inent Oregon pioneer family, being
the grandaughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. J. Meldrum of this city. She
is survived by her parents, Judge
and Mrs. J. W. Meldrum, of Meldrum
Station, Clackamas County, and two
brothers, Charles E. Meldrum, of
Klamath Falls, Oregon; David
Thompson Meldrum, of Oregon City.
The funeral services will be con
ducted at the Crematorium at Sell
wood on Friday morning at 10 o'clock,
Rev. A. J. Montgomery, of Portland,
officiating. Friends are invited to
attend the services.
Don't You Miss This
Tomorrow (Friday) night is the
commercial club's opening reception.
and a surprise program is ready. Be
there.
Lee Strikes Artesian Well
M. J. Lee, of Canby, has struck a
large artesian well in the city, at a
depth of 90 feet, and producing 600
gallons a minute. The pressure
raises the water 50 feet in the 8-inch
well.
Canby and Gladstone a Difference
Complaint has been made to Wash
ington that Postmaster Miller of
Gladstone has been taking a hand in
politics, and yet the postmaster at
Canby has filed his petitions for the
political office of county commission
er. Will Get Another Start
' If nothing new in the obstacle line
shows up, work on the municipal el
evator up the bluffs will be resumed.
Already the matter has been start
ed, and only an appeal to the su
preme court by Mrs. Chase can now
delay its completion. The jury in
the condemnation suit last week
awarded her $1600 for the property.
Help the Road Work
Thee ounty court has sent out not
ices to all the road supervisors to
endeavor to organize their districts
to help out the state road improve
ment on April 25, and it expresses
the hope that the men of Clackamas
county will co-operate with the su
pervisors, everyone who can donate
a day's work, and thus greatly im
prove the county roads without ex
pense to the county.
This will be Interesting
Next Tuesday night, April 21,
there will be joint discussions on thy
matter of whether Clackamas county
should bond for good roads. Judge
Dimick and T. W. Sullivan will ar
gue for bonding and Grange Master
C. E. Spence and Attorney Chris
Schuebel will oppose. The judges .
will be Judge Campbell, W. S.
U'Ren and T. J. Gary. The county
court and editors of the Enterprise,
Courier and Equity department are
asked to be present. .
Not Worrying
Thirty thousand voters in
'Oregon have already pledged
themselves to vote for statewide
prohibition. Hey, there I What
are we going to do with all the
olives and cherries when you
can't float them on cocktails?
Richmond, Cal., Herald.
Oregon doesnt grow olivqs and
its cherries grow too big for the
cocktail glass. We Bhip them to Cal
ifornia. Sure! Oregon's Going Dry!
Don't you want to help? Come
into the Courier office and get the
initiative petitions. Get 40 names on
each petition and return to S. Mac
donald, Oregon City, after you first
swear to their correctness before u
notary public. You who cannot circu
late petitions, come in and sign your
name at the office. 30,000 names in
30 days is our slogan. Get busy now.
Prohibition county convention will
be held at Oregon City April 28th.
, S. Macdonald, Secy.
' High Treason and Gall
Quietly and without brass band
there appeared the latter part of last
week in our midst an agent of Can-
'office on Main street was opened, and
literature setting forth the advantag
es of Canada as a place of residence
was put on display. The idea, ol
course, was to lure Clackamas county
citizens from their humble homes to
the blizzard-swept or sun-baked wast
es of western Canada, there to expa
triate themselves for the benefit of
territory which the Canadian North
ern hopes .someday to tap and to ex
ploit. It was nothing less than sheer
gall and high treason to Clackamas
county, which as we all know is one
of the most fertile spots for diversi
fied farming in the Northwest.
Registerdo it Today.
Day after day you put it off, and
some morning you will find out you
have waited too long.
It's the duty of every man and
woman to register and to vote. The
primaries are as important as the
state election.
April 30 the registration closes.
Next week the registration will be
open each night until eight o'clock.
Don't wait any longer. Register and
be a voter at the May primaries
Not an Even Break.
What chance has one "go-to-church-
Sunday against six go-to-hell
week days. Iresno Mirror.
FOR SALE Matched team, weight
800 or 900, ages 6 and 7, fine driv
ers, good for light work. For fur
ther information write T. A.
Sproul, Oregon City Rt. 3, box 105
FOR COUNTY CLERK
John A. Lhberg is a candidate for
Republican nomination for County
Clerk of Clackamas County.,
i He was born in Chicago, Illinois,
Nov. 1865. From 9 to 12 years of age
he worked in a tailor shop; moved
to a Kansas farm, laboring there
until 21 years of age; took a home
stead in N. W. Kansas and tried dry
farming for a few years, meanwhile
picking up the common and high
school courses and teaching school;
attended Ottawa University and
Kansas State University lor 6 years;
was a Register of Deeds; came to
Oregon City about 5 years ago; and
worked in Hawley's paper mills for
a few months and since have been
an abstractor here.
His platform is "His Duty and
Good Will to All."
Try him. The longer you know
him the better you will like him. So
his wife and children say.
John A. Liiberg.
(Paid Adv.)
Furnished Flat for Rent
Large rooms, well furnished, ready
for occupants. Address given at
Courier office.
Phillip Msssinger, of Shubel, was
an Oregon City visitor Tuesday.