OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1914
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Give us Good Roads, Hard Surfaced
Roads, but Let us Pay as We Go.
oint Letter to the Voters of the
County.
Editor Courier:
In your paper of the last few is
sues, appear articles on road con
struction, bond issues, etc., all con
demning the bond issue and bewail
ing the state of the roads at the pres
ent time, but none offer a remedy or
way out of the difficulty.
As to the bond issue, we are oppos
ed to it under any conditions, for the
following reasons:
First On account of the opening
of the avenue for waste of funds.
Second The cost would be exces
sive in the end.
Third Under the present high tax
rate for road construction it is need
less. As to the first reason, waste, we
certainly have enough of it under the
present supervisor system, without
opening the gates to still greater
waste under larger expenditure,
which would occur under a bond is
sue. When we travel over the county
during the season of road work and
note the doings of the supervisor,
who thinks a public office is a pri
vate snap, ana that the road tax
was levied for his convenience and
profit, can we think that a bond is
sue with its consequently greater ex
penditure, and chance for waste,
would make for better and cheaper
roads ?
Under the second heading, cost,
we have the propagandist idea care
fully hidden by the proposition that
we have spent money under the pres
ent system that has been literally
thrown away. By his methods of
building roads you would have fine
roads in one year, or, as he would
have you believe, for one dollar you
would get two dollars' worth of
roads.
Now let us see how this will work
out. In the first, we are asked to
bond the county for $600,000. We are
told that we can have 100 miles of
hard surfaced roads for this sum,
and nothing said of interest on this
sum, or of any possible discount. In
the first place 100 miles of hard
surfaced -roads cannot be built for
$600,00, unless you have the . cash
. without interest and discount.
As the opposed bond issue is the
full limit of indebtedness allowed by
the recent law allowing a bonding of
the county for not more than 2 per
cent of its assessed valuation, we can
not expect to get off with a discount
of less than 5 per cent. When you
add this discount and the interest of
6 per cent or 6 per cent, you will
find when your bonds are due and
paid for, that you will have paid in
the 30 years allotted to the bond is
sue as its life, very nearly $100,000
for your 100 miles of road.
In other words you are asked to
pay a toll for the use of said roads,
practically $500 per mile per year
beside up-keep and original coRt.
Now, ask yourself this question be
fore voting for bonds: Can we afford
the luxury of bonded roads?
Under the third heading we can
show that the roads can be built
without the privilege of paying the
bond buyer for helping us out.
This year the county court has
levied the following sums for road
work. For general road work, $240,
000; for payment of outstanding road
warrants unpaid, (when, by the way,
we were told a year ago, that the
county was out of debt.) $42,000; al
lowed the voting of $80,000 for spec
ial road work, making a total of
$362,000 for road purposes this year,
of which practically $:i00,000 will be
available in cash. Deducting the
$80,000 special tax leaves $220,000
for regular work; 2 ner cent of this
sum or practically $50,000, must be
kept for bridge work. We will
still have $170,000 for our roads and
now comes the remedy.
We propose in place of bonds for
this sum, we would divide it into
parts, according to the county and
governed by the market centers of
the county.
We would expend this sums in
building hard surface roads each
year until tho main market places
were reached. In this way, when
over $1,500,000 was spent we would
have far more ronds than we could
with a bond issue of $600,000 with
its accruing interest.
With the monoy on hand this year
wo could build about 25 miles. Next
year the levy could be raised or the
assessed value raised as Mr. Sullivan
says and we could build more. When
the $1,500,000 was spent we would
have some roads, and no debt. Un
der the proposed bond the principal
thing we would have would be a
re&o
Highest
Grade
n
toon nno loVif w VnVh would nrobably
become a $1,000,000 under the other
system. ,
We could take our tax money and
let the county judge decide upon the
roads to be improved each year. He
A thia after consultation with
people interested or after petitions
were filed with him.
a w,tr a fow wnrHa nn the prav-
el roads. When we build the gravel
and plank roads, we made a radical
departure from the old system of
dirt road building. Time has shown
that the gravel road under heavy
traffic, has proven only a makeshift,
being only a few degrees better than
the old style road, i
We made a change of system as
uf,.o anj vo time has now come
for another change, and this time we
must make tne cnange ui nam out
face roads if we would save money
and lighten our tax burden in the fu
ture, especially as regards .trunk
roads. ,
Even the old macadam road may
be (as C. Schuebel points out) made
under certain circumstnees as good a
for other than trunk
i; nuAa lw tji Wine the interest at
5 per cent on the difference between
ao nno f Ua ..net rtur mile of hard sur
face and $4,000 the cost per mile of
macadam, or zvv per nmc nil..,,
could be used each year for macadam
maintenance. We may disagree on
the costs stated herein but the prin
ciple is the same.
Under the present tax laws pass
ed by the legislature with the con
sent of the people, the poor man or
small taxpayer gets it in the neck
proper. Who will have to pay inter
est on the unpaid half of his taxes?
No one but the small home-owner
and people who have gone in debt for
their homes and have not succeeded
in paying for them as yet.
The rich men or large corporations
do not generally pay their taxes till
the last minute and if they become
delinquent before paid, they are nev
er increased by penalties and inter
est. As a proof of this we cite the
report that the Portland General El
ectric Company (now a part of the
P. R. L. and P. Co.) allowed their
fitc. to become
WACO VII mw vfr-f, J j
delinquent to quite a sum and were
allowed to sewie mem ai a uiamuui
of 50 per cent, and spend the money
on roads throughout our property.
Vote down the $1,500,000 cost for
100 miles of road that will be a dead
horse before the cost is paid off.
Whv pauperize ourselves and our
children by involving the county in
oppressive and useless indebtedness?
Why waste nearly $1,000,000 in un
necessary interest? Why jump in
nr, dik.Vi n Viio" thinp' hefore OUT offi
cers have studied up and become
trained in the best kinds of hard sur
j J.1 Tf. ia liitrhlv within the
laic iuhuoi w "- - ,
range of possibilities that we might
through ignorance even waste a
large part of the principal sum to
sav nothing at all about the princi
pal. Let ua go slow, pay as we go,
and get value received for every dol
lar by having each and every dol-
lni. nonfl annnfr nn t4lp TnflH. And bv
having each and every dollar spent
on the road spent to the very best
advantage.
Tl,ilr -?f 1 Kfl miloa nf marl in
nlnno nf the interest, we would Dav.
Can we afford to throw away 150
miles of road? Do people think for
one instant that if he bonds are not
voted we will have no good roads?
Certainly not. Too many people
want good roads, as we have funds
enough already to start the wort,
nnd each year can have enough ad
ditional funds to build an additional
amount of eood roads.
Down with the bond issue; up
with irood hard surface roads, paid
1 i . T
nut of our reeuiar taxes. uown
with harassing debt; up with pros
neritv.
F. II. King F. C. Dye
C. E. Spcnce W W Myers
FOR SALE 41 acres, 12 acres in
cultivation, good seven room nouse
good well and creek water, 20
acres Alder bottom, 11 miles
from Molalla, price $2,800. Ad
dress VV. a. UorDett, uoiton, ure
STRAYED Onto my farm, brown
horse, weight about 1,000, strip
in fuco, branded C forward and C
backwards, A. E. Anderson's April
15, Phone or write A. E. Anderson
Colton, Ore.
DRESSMAKING, by the day, Mrs
C. A. Davenport, Parkplace, tele
phone 2003.
FOR SALE A trifle over one acre
and a half improved with 5 room
house, good barn, well and has 50
beuring fruit trees on place. If
you desire a bargain phone Far
mors 54 for other information.
Genuine New York maple syrup
at Hub Grocery Co.
City
Creamery
Butter
DRINK BUTTERMILK FOR
YOUR HEALTH. FRESH
CHURNED BUTTER
MILK EVERY
DAY.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Otto Berg et ux and Irving Lund
et ux to Carl A. Borg, 55.13 acres in
section 32, 33, township 4 South,
range 1 east of Willamette meridian,
$10.
David Cutting et ux to Ernest P.
Elliott, tract of land in township 3
south, range 3 east of Willamette
meridian; $1.
Mt. Hood Land Co. to James E.
Wright, 20 acres in west one-half,
southwest one-fourth, northeast one
fourth of section 6, township 3 south,
range 5 east of Willamette meridian;
$10.
United States to William Gro
shong, et ux, 1313.47 acres in the
southeast one-fourth, east one-half,
routhwest one-fourth, northwest one
fourth, southwest one-fourth section
1, township 6 south, range 1 east of
Willamette meridian; patent.
Wasco E. Shannon to Wjlliam Al
len, 120 acres in the Samuel Hughes
donation land claim in section 4,
township 4 south, range 4 east of
Willamette meridian; $10.
Delly Crane to Walter F. Crane,
et ux, 20 acres in the P. Warnock
donation land claim in section 30.
township 3 south, range 4 east of
Willamette meridian; $10.
Edmond Sweeney to C. A. Wolf
gang et ux, lots 4, 5, 6, block 8, Mil
waukie Park; $460.
Walter F. Crane et al to Peter T.
Gannon, 20 acres in section 30, town
ship 3 south, range 4 east of Willa
mette meridian; $10.
James Adams et ux to Norman D.
Root, 5 acres in section 22, township
2 south, range 2, east of Willamette
meridian, $125u.
Fred B. Madison et ux to Clacka
mas Realty company, northeast
quarter, section 15, township 5
south, range 1, east of Willamette
meridian, $10.
Charles P. Maginnis et ux to Ag
nes R. Denerbetrg, 80 acres in west
half, southwest quarter, section 27,
township 2 south, range 4, east of
Willamette meridian $1.
George H. Palothorpe et ux to W.
M. Stone, 100 acres in the northeast
quarter, section 36, township 7 south
range 2, east of Willamette meridian
$10.
I Martin, to Parker Stennick, 10
acres, lots 14 and 15, Multnomah
acres, $10.
Agnes Donnerberg et vir to Guard
ian Casualty company, 80 acres in
the west half, west half, section 27,
township 2 south, range 4, east of
Willamette meridian, $1.
Western Improvement Co. to Wil
lamette Pulp and Paper Company,
tract of land in West Linn, $1.
Individual's Money To Loan.
$1,0003 to 5 years.
$15002 years.
$1,0001 to 3 years.
$5002 to 3 years.
$0003 years.
$3002 years.
On real estate, terms reasonable.
JOHN W. LODER.
Stevens Bldg., Oregon City, Ore.
President Title & Investment Co,
Clackamas County Abstracts.
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REAL ESTATE
MACDONAL AND VAN AUKEN
Real Estate, Insurance, and Loans
Courier Office
If you want to buy or sell see Mc
Donald and Van Auken. They hunt
buyers, they advertise your prop
erty. Why Take Chances?
Clackamas County real estate is a
sure thing. We have all kinds of
farms, lots, acreage and homes for
sale, and some for trade. MacDon
ald and Van Auken.
Some Samples
Acreage
10-20-30-40 or 80 acres for sale
within 3 miles of Oregon City. $100
an acre. Land within a fourth mile
sells for $800 to $1,000 an acre.
Lots $45 to $18,000 all in Oregon
City or vicinity.
Farms
All kinds, sizes and prices. Come
in and see lis..
One acre; 5-room bungalow, new.
Beautiful place. Not finished, for
$850.00. Will take team in on deal.
$300 will handle $700 equity in 13
acres on W. V. S. R. R. one mile out
from Oregon City. 50 acres sold to
R. R. company for $12,000 across
from this.
$3,500 stock trade for city or farm
property.
For Sale
10 acres, 4 miles from Oregon
City on the Aberncthy Road; lays
nice. 1,000 cords of wood. Will
trade for Oregon City property.
Equity $1,500; mortgage $1,000.
Macdonald and Van Auken.
In Oregon City
6 room house, 4 lots, 50 x 100 each.
TOO chickens, some young fruit trees,
First class location, and absolutely
clear of incumbrance of any kind.
$1)50, $500 balance terms.
House in Eugene. Trade for Ore
eon City farm or city property Mac
Donald and VanAuken.
2 houses in Cottnire Grove. Trade
for Oregon Citv property. Macdon
ald nnd Van Auken.
80 acres, Wisconsin, first class
soil. Trade for house and lot, West
Linn or Oregon City. Macdonald
and Van Auken.
Trades large, trades small, trades
for everybody. We buy, sell or
trade. Macdonald and Van Auken.
For Sale
23 acres, 9 miles out at Redlands.
First class new house, cost $1,000.
Good barn. Excellent red shot soil,
none better: 15 acres in cultivation.
Balance easily cleared. This is a
sure thing at our price. $4,000. Will
trade part Oregon City property.
Macdonald and Van Auken.
THE MARKETS
During the paBt week there has
been very little change in the mar
ket report of Clackamas County.
'Oregon asparagus is arriving in
the local markets, and is meeting
with a good demand. The whole
sale price for this is $1.00 per dozen
bunches. The Oregon asparagus is
more preferable than that shipped to
the markets from California . The
retail price is 10 cents per bunch.
uiuoriiia new potatoes nave
made their appearance in the local
markets, the wholesale price being
'is cents per pound.
California peas are in .the whole
sale price the same as that of new
potatoes, beme TA cents per pound.
From the present indications there
will be a good plum and cherry crop
in Clackamas county, unless late
irosts are experienced, but the fruit
men think that owing to the late
ness of he season such will not be
experienced.
Some of the strawberry growers
of Clackamas county have given up
the strawberry industry, and plant
ing the ground to other crops.- The
conditions are favorable for a good
crop.
The following Is a correct report
oi the local markets:
Livestock, Meats
BEEF (Live weight) steers 7c;
(dressed 12c; cows, 6c; bulls, 4 to
6c.
MUTTON Sheep 4c to 5c; lambs,
6c to 6c.
POULTRY (buying) Hens 14c;
old roosters, 8c to 10c; springs, 23c;
SAUSAGE, 15c lb.
PORK 8c to 10 Me.
VEAL 10 cents and 11 cents.
APPLES $1.50 to $2.00.
DRIED FRUITS (Buying)
Prunes on basis 4 for 35, 40c.
ONIONS $4.50 per sack.
POTATOES 40 to 50c.
BUTTER (Buying) Ordinary
country butter, 23c to 25c.
OATS (buying) $22.00 to $23.00;
wheat, 88c and 90c; oil meal, selling,
$38; Shady Brook feed, $1.30; steam
dried beet pulp, $1.40 per 100 wht.
EGGS Oreeon ranch, 18c.
HIDES buying Green salted,
iuc.
SHEEP PELTS 75c to $1.50 each
FLOUR $5.00 to $5.25.
HAY (buying) Clover at $8 and
$9; timothy, $13 and $14; oat hay,
best, $10 and $11; mixed, $9 to $12;
Idaho and eastern Oregon timothy
selling $20; valley timothy, $15 to $16
FEED (selling) Shorts, $28.00;
bran, $24.00; feed barley, $29 to $30;
rolled oats, $30 per ton.
CORN Whole corn, $37; cracked
$38.
Fresh Cream Wanted.
Highest market price paid for but
ter fat, 25c per lb. Cash paid every
Tuesday and Friday. Oregon City
Creamery Co., next S. P. R. R. depot,
Main 1581.
NOTICE TO LUMBERMEN.
Sealed bids will be received by the
County Court of Clackamas County
Oregon, until May 14, 1914, at 10
a. m. for lumber to repair the sua
pension bridge across the Willamette
River at Oregon City.
Specifications for the same may be
found at the County Clerk's ofice in
the court house at Oretron City.
Date of first publication, April 23,
19194.
Notice to Bridge Carpenters.
Sealed bids will be received until
May 14, 1914, at 10 o'clock a. m.
for labor and repair of the suspen
sion bridge at Oregon City, according
to specifications to be found on file
at the county clerk's otiice.
FOR COUNTY CLERK
John A. Lizberg is a candidate for
Republican nomination lor County
Clerk of Clackamas County.
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 ana nign
school courses and teaching school
attended Ottawa University and
Kansas State University for 6 years;
was a Register of Deeds; came to
Oregon City about 5 years ago; and
worked in Hawley's paper mills for
a lew montns ana since nave Deen
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
J AitJ
nis wue ana cnuureu say.
John A. Lizberg.
(Paid Adv.)
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTO R I A
When you consider
knowledge, experience,
ability, attitude on popu
lar government
WW
A. M. CRAWFORD
Present Attorney General
is the logical man for
Governor. All agree that
he is the strongest candi
date in the field.
(Paid Adv.)
The Most in
OUR STORE
OPENS
DAILY AT
8:30 A. M.
SATURDAY
AT 9 A. M.
Telephones Home, A 2112
Extraordinary Underpricing AH Sorts of very Desirable
New Embroideries, 10c
20,000 Yards, Including Hundreds of Neat, Attractive Patterns-Edges, Insertions,
Flouncings and Corset Cover Emdroideries, 2 to 27 inches wide 20c. 25c, 30c
Grades, Per Yard 10 CENTS.
SEE OUR SPECIAL WINDOW
DISPLAY Opportunity knocks
loudly in these Embroidery val
ues. It almost "goes without
saying" that an early crowd will
respond to this announcement,, so
don't delay your coming if you
would share in these savings. The
assortment includes over 20,000
Of Equal Importance Are
Flouncing in Values to $1.25 a QQa
Yard, Special for This Sale - - 09C
Dozens and dozens of patterns, both dai
nty and elaborate. They are made on
finest of batiste and come full 45 inches
wide.
Flouncings in Values to $2.25 a QQ
Yard, Special for This Sale - - OOU
Exceedingly fine Crepe, Voile and Bat
iste Flouncings, full 45 inches wide, a
showing that is unsurpassed in variety of
patterns or values.
Baby Flouncings, Values to 98c aQQA
Yard, for Tiis Sale at - - -
Fine, dainty baby flouncings in conven
tional and floral designs, all fresh, clean
embroideries that sell regularly upQQp
to 98c a yard, on sale at
A VERY TIMELY AND IMPORTANT SALE OF
LACES AT HALF PRICE AND
25c A YARD FOR VALUES TO 50c
39c A YAKD FOR VALUES TO 95c
A very fortunate purchase of over 10,000 yards from an overstocked importer brings
to you these fashionable and dainty Shadow Lace Flouncings at sensational prices.
ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS
WEAKEST BOLT
is any carriage, business wagon
or other horse-drawn vehicle.
We don't overlook the smallest
details of our repairing business,
so that when we get through
with "anything on wheels" we
undertake every single part is
as slrong as any other it's
sjrong all over. Cost? Tell
you in a minute when you ask.
Owen G. Thomas
and
LATH
ING
All Work Guaranteed
Prices The Lowest
LEON DAI LEY
416 Water St. Oregon City
Residence 612 ' Phones: Main 1 10
Center St. M. 172
Dr. A. McDonald
Veterinary Surgeon
Office, Red Front Barn
Phones: Main 116
B-9 OREGON CITY
U'REN & SCHUEBEL
Attorneys at Law
Will practice in all courts, make
collections and settlements of es
tates, furnish abstracts of title,
and lend you money, or lend your
money on first mortgage. Offioe
In Enterprise Bldg., Oregon City.
Straight & Salisbury
Agents for the celebrated
LEADER Water Systems
and
STOVER GASOLINE ENGINES.
We also carry -
A full line of MYERS pumps and
Spray Pumps.
We make a specialty of installing
. Water Systems and Plumb- . .
ing in the oountry
20 Main St. Phon 2683
TIG
Free Delivery To All Parts of Oregon
Value
yards, all sorts of desirable new
Embroideries from the dainty nar
row baby edges to the popular
twenty seven inch Flouncings.
You may choose from hundreds of
choice patterns Baby Edges of
fine sheer swiss in 2 to 5-inch
widths: Cambric and Nainsook
Edges from 6 to 13 inches wide;
Corset Cover and Allover Embroi
the Following Offerings.
Profit Accordingly -
49c YARD
79c YARD
TO OUR
In order to save your DISCOUNT
Electric bills must be paid before the
10th of the month at our office.
617 Main St. Oregon City, Ore.
We have numerous electrical de
vices on display in our show room
that you will be interested in know
ing about.
Portland Railway, Light &
Powe Company
MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH!. ALDER.
PORTLAND
Phones Main 6688 and A. 6131'
Fill this OuU It Will Pay You
Name
Postoffice Address
I live miles from on road near
- I have acres of land.
There are acres under cultivation. There is an incumbrance of
against the property due on 191....
I would like to borrow f for years, giving this prop
erty as security. Do you want to sell your farm?
If you have a mortgage on your farm, or if you wish to bor
row money for development purposes, or if you want to sell your
farm, it wdl be to your advantage to fill this out and return to us at
once.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY MORTGAGE LOAN COMPANY
Aurora State Bank Building Aurora, Oregon
The Cotfties Should be in evety
Home in Clackamas County
City
The Best in Quality
OUR STORE
CLOSES
DAILY AT
5:30 P .M.
SATURDAY '
AT 6 P. M.
Pacific; Marshall, 5080
deries full 18 inches wide and
Flouncings from 18 to 27 inches.
In both qualities and workman
ship you'll find these Embroider
ies to excel those usually sold at
20c, 25c and 30c yaid. To urge
your footsteps towards this store
the entire lot has been un- 4 f
derpriced for this sale at, I IIP
the yard
Check Yoar Needs and
Flouncings in Values to $1.50 a CQA
Yard, Special for This Sale - - J3l
Fine Crepe, Voile and Rice Cloth Flou
ncings, full 45 inches wide, and shown
in the most desirable new patterns. Take
advantage of this opportunity.
Flouncings in Values to $7.50 4 QQ
a Yard, Special at - - - - liOw
An extraordinary underpricing of the
choicest and best flouncings, including
exquisite and charming patterns especial
ly desirable for summer wear.
Baby Flouncings in Values to CQa
$ 1 .25 a Yard, Special at - - wwt
a beautiful line of baby flouncings of the
finest materials, all hand-made patterns
and all 27 inches wide, .values CQr
to $1.25 a yard, on sale - - UU
THE NEW SHADOW
LESS
FOR VALUES TO $2.50
FOR VALUES TO $1.25
PATRONS