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OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1915
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DEATH WORSTED DURING 1914
BY NATURAL INCREASE
IN POPULATION
COUNTY GAINS 263 CITIZENS
Annual Report of Board of Health is
Filled with Interesting Statis
. tics Regarding Development
Oregon's population increased 5,178
during the year 1914, according to the
annual report of the State Board of
Health for the year ending December
31, 1914, which has just been publish
ed in book form. This increase in the
population is easy to figure out; there
were 6,446 deaths during the year, and
11,624 births.
As usual, the girls had the best of
the argument, more of them being
born than there were men in propor
tion to the death rate. There were
3,891 males that died during 1914, and
2,555, females who got through with
life. When it came to being, born,
however, there were 5,944 boy babies
and 5,680 girl babies which increas
ed the ratio of women to men in the
state. Among the recorded deaths
93 men committed suicide, and. only
23 women got so disgusted with Ore
gon conditions that they purposely
left for the next world.
Clackamas county for the year
1914 showed a net increase in its popu
lation of 263, there being 529 births
and only 266 deaths. And in Clacka
mas, as in the rest of the state, the
women population increased faster
than the male; 156 men dying and
291 boys being born, while for the
110 women that died 283 girl babies
arrived to fill their places.
Other things of interest contain
ed in the statistics for the year as pre
pared by the state board of health
are as follows: during the year 2,585
new families took up housekeeping,
there having been 5,170 people mar
ried during the twelve months... Also
during the year the baby home at
Parkplace received financial aid from
the state to the extent of $4,931.69,
and Bpent for maintenance but $4,845.
00, ending the year with still -$86.69 of
the state's aid on hand. This show
ing was made even though $325 was
expended in improvements to the
buildings and equipment.
The state board of health report
also sheds some interesting lights on
the relative purity of Oregon City
and Portland water during 1914.
There were 113 samples of Oregon
City water submitted for analysis,
and colon bacilli were found in but
nine samples. During the same time
Portland sent in 59 samples of water,
and colon bacilli were found in 27
cases, or almost half. In fairness to
Portland's water supply, however, it
must be said that -about half of the
tests were of water taken from wells
and springs, and not from the city's
regular supply.
During 1914 Clackamas county had
more cases of diphtheria than any
county in the state, its total being
59 positive cases. Mutnomah county
had 42,and Washington county 35.
Most of the other counties straggled
in with only one or two cases apiece.
Light on moral conditions within
the state, is also shed by the report,
there having been 17 deaths during
the year due to venereal diseases.
Deaths, mind you, not mere cases.
Eleven men and 6 women died of "the
red plague.'' Three male babies and
three female babies died of this curse
before they were a year old, four men
and three women died of it between
the age of 25 and 50, three men over
50 died of it, and in one case the age
of the victim was not ascertained.
GIRL IS SUICIDE
Monitor Lass, Sixteen Years Old,
Ends Life with Small Bullet
Pearl June Pederson, 16 years of
age, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Pederson, ended her life with
a 22-calibre bullet Saturday morning
The child fired the lethal shot while in
her own room, and so quietly did she
go about her self-destruction that her
Darents did not know of the deed un
til they went to call her downstairs
for dinner. The girl was then found
lvincr dead.
Coroner Hempstead and Justice of
the Peace Sievers went out to inves
tigate the case, and in spite of the
fact that their automobile got mired
on the way, they finally reached Mon
itor. where tha tragedy had taken
place. No explanation of the girl's
suicide could be discovered. She ap
peared to be in perfect health, and
only the night before had been out
to a party and appeared to be in the
best of spirits. A girlish romance,
in which a man in Eastern Oregon
figured, appeared to be going well, so
the Coroner was at a loss to find a
motive for the suicide.
Miss Pederson was extremely popu
lar with the younger set in the south
ern part of the county, and her par
ents are well known people in the
region. General sympathy is extend
ed the family in their tragic bereavement
TRAVELING THESPIANS AIDED
AND OUTDONE BY CITY
- FATHERS' ACTIONS
EVERYBODY HAS A STAR ACT
Regular December Meeting of Munici
pal Rulers One of Most Enter
taining Held During Year
Wednesday night was "amateur
night" at the council session, and one
of the best vaudeville shows of the
season was staged in the city hall.
Not only did the council outdo itself,
but it also handed out some substan
tial aid to a troupe of strolling play
ers now performing in the county
seat; thus showing the deep bond of
sympathy that exists between all per
formers. The aid given to their fellow act
ors who are professionals came
when Mayor Jones passed the buck to
the council in the matter of a request
for a reduction of the license charged
for performances at Shively's hall. It
appears that there is a small stock
company holding forth in the theatre
on the hill at this time, and that the
company cannot with ease pay its
share of the nightly license and its
own expenses at the same time. The
company intimated to the council that
if the license fee was reduced it is
now three dollars a night that their
performances might be made a per
manent feature of the county seat
life and that they would make Oregon
City their headquarters.
Councilman Long, who runs one of
the local movie houses, said that he
didn't figure the stock company on the
hill would interfere with his business,
but said he'd like to have his own li
cense fee reduced, too. According to
Mr. Long, he now pays $120 a year
for what he could get in Portland
for $60 annually. He said he thought
the license fee ought to be fixed ac
cording to seating capacity.
Councilman Metzner said he didn't
think the council ought to go into
the matter of reducing the Shively li
cense for the stock company "because
the show will probably bust up in a
couple of weeks.''
Councilman Albright said he didn't
see the consistency of the idea. "This
is an outside show company," he said,
"and they blow into Oregon City to
get our money. The council has
passed an ordinance to keep Portland
jitneys out of town so as to protect
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
company, which pays taxes here. Why
should we protect a traveling show
company that comes in here and com
petes with our local theatres and
theatrical men, who1 have money in
vested and who pay taxes here?"
Councilman Van Auken thought
that the stock- company might be
helped somewhat by giving Mrs.
Shively a permit to run the house
without paying any license for a
while; and on motion -of Councilman
Meyer such a permit was given, to
be revoked by the council at any time
it saw fit.
Traveling dramatic companies were
not the only things that stirred the
council, however. The Portland Rail
way, Light & Power company request
ed permission to tear up six and a
half inches of Main street's new pave
ment on each side of its track to try
to get rid of the "bumps" which have
appeared over the ties. In place of
this the railway company said it would
lay Belgian blocks and keep them in
condition.
Councilman Albright asked if there
was any reason to believe that doing
this would solve the trouble, and
wanted to know what would happen if
the bumps appeared again six and a
half inches further out in the paving.
He said he didn't wonder that the
company suddenly wanted to do some
thing, for the council had threatened
to stop the cars unless the paving was
fixed.
City Attorney Schuebel explained
that the company was seeking permis
sion to tear up the paving so it could
find out what the trouble was and
remedy it. City Engineer Miller went
into details regarding the plan..
Councilman Cox said that he
thought the council was unduly sus
picious of the Portland Railway, Light
& Power company, and assured the
council that the railway wasn't trying
to take any advantage of the
Then he moved that permission be
granted. ,
Councilman Metzner wanted to
know why the city engineer didn't ask
the railway company to saw off the
ends of its ties that protruded under
the pavement Mr. Meyer said that
he didn't like the idea of having the
street turned into a "crazy quilt" of
Belgian block and concrete paving,
and thought that whatever was done
should be uniform the whole length of
the street. Councilman Long said
the street would never be uniform till
the railway tracks were given a con
crete foundation for the whole dis
tance through the city.
Mr. Cox urged that the company be
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graniea us request, auu uiai. me tvuu-
cil take its word for its good inten- J
Is it better to pay a seven mill tax annually on your property for the next 20 years, and
know that in so doing you are placing Oregon City on a firm financial basis ; or would you rather
run the risk of having the circuit court slam on a tax of 55-mills for three years to clear up Ore
gon City's warrant indebtedness?
Think this over as it effects YOU.
Tf the voters of Oregon City do not adopt the proposed $275,000 refunding bond issue,
which automatically will take care of the city debt, and which also AUTOMATICALLY GUAR
ANTEES NO FURTHER INDEBTEDNESS; the court may, upon application of any creditor
of the city, levy a tax sufficient to pay off the warrant debt. This levy may be in the form of
55 mills for three years, or it may be sufficient to pay the entire debt at once. In either case such
a levy would spell ruin and confiscation to many of the home owners of the county seat.
Do YOU want to take the chance of this happening?
. Oregon City is in a hole a very deep and had hole. In its effort to keep abreast of the
times it has for years exceeded its income. Maybe that was wrong but this is not the time to
cry over spilled milk. The damage has been done, the debt is incurred and the creditors
are tired waiting for their money.
A refunding bond issue is now proposed. This bond issue ., will care for the city debt at
once, and will carry but five percent interest on itself, instead of the six percent that is now
draining out of the treasury on unpaid city warrants. The bond issue will pay for itself in twen
ty years at the. outside, and will then leave a balance in the city treasury. If prosperity hits
Oregon City a dazzling blow between the eyes, the bond issue may be taken up sooner than twen
ty years. . -
The bond issue will be cared for by a special tax levy of seven mills annually. The ordi
nance that authorizes, the bond issue limits all other city taxation to seven mills additional, and
forbids, under heavy penalty, the council incurring any further debt. THE BOND ISSUE IS
THE ONLY SAFE AND SANE WAY OUT OFTHE PRESENT TROUBLE.
Citizens of Oregon City will have the opportunity to approve this bond issue at the city elect
ion next week. For the preservation of their own homes they ought to give it their vote. For the
good name of the city they ought to approve the bond issue. For the sake of good business they
ought to vote for the bond issue.
THIS BOND ISSUE VITALLY EFFECTS THE AVERAGE MAN. The property of the
average citizen of Oregon City is worth close to f 1,500. The property of some is a whole lot
more, but the man of moderate means is the one who will have to bear the greatest relative, burden.-
If the bond issue is approved his taxes for the next twenty years will be about 21 annu
ally. The average citizen can raise this 21 and not bo unduly pinched.
But suppose the bond issue is defeated, and the court levies a tax of 55 mills for the next
three years to pay the outstanding debt. That will mean an individual tax of about $180.00 an
nually that the manof the average and moderate circumstnee will have to pay. DO YOU WANT
TO SEE A TAX LIKE THAT ON THE PROPERTY OF THE MAJORITY OF OUR CITI
ZENS? .. , . . ... '' -
Will the court levy such a tax? The chances are that a levy "of at least that will be ordered.
One of the circuit judges has already gone on record as saying that he would appoint a receiver
for Oregon City if he Avas asked so to do. And there is every indication that the request will be
made if the bond issue the one remaining way out fails.
What are. YrOU going to do about it?
As a good citizen, we think YOU are going to vote for the issue of refunding bonds.
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TRAIN KILLS WOMAN
Mrs. E. E. Klar Meets Death on Track
Between Canby and Molalla
While walking on the tracks of the
Southern Pacific branch between Mo
lalla and Canby, Mrs. Ernest E. Klar,
of Rames Station, wae instantly kill
ed by a locomotive. Mrs. Klar was
hard of hearing, and failed to hear the
warning whistle sounded by Engineer
L. P. Howard.
The Southern Pacific right-of-way
runs through the farm property of E.
E. Klar, Mrs. Klar s husband, and
members of the family often walk
along or beside the track in going
from one part of the ranch to anohter.
It is believed Mrs. Klar was thought-
lessly traveling in this way when she
was hit by the train. Coroner Hemp
stead was notified and investigated
the accident.
Mrs. Klar was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Wallace, of the Mu-
lino district. She is survived by her
widower, parents and two daughters,
Hazel, age 14 years, and Rosa, aged
15 years.
tions. "Mayor Jones said that in these
days the words of some corporations
weren t worth very much, and that
the only thing to do was to get every
thing down in black and white. Mr.
Albright wanted to know what had
become of the wigwag signal the P. R.
L. & P. had promised two years ago
for the Greenpoint crossing.
Then Recorder Loder, City Attor
ney Schuebel and Mayor Jones got
their heads together and drew up a
motion, which they hung on Council
man Cox, somewhat to his distaste.
The motion gave the railway permis
sion to tear up the six and a half inch
es provided that they assumed all cost
oty-jXitira unifom throughout the
street, that they abide by the will of
the council in making any other
changes desired, and that if Belgian
blook didn't prove a remedy to the
"bumps" that they take up the Bel
gian block and put down whatever the
council wanted, and further specify
ing that the city waived none of its
rights by granting this permission,
and that whatever work was done be
done with all expedition possible. In
this form the council granted the
permission..
An invitation from the Portland
Stock Show, asking the people of Ore
gon City to visit the show, and city
officials to b . quests at a banquet, was
slipped on the table. City Attorney
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INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS
Enterprising Legal Light Illuminates
Local Horizon a Bit
A reporter from the Courier office
went to see the Honorable Christian
Schuebel on Tuesday afternoon of
this week, and asked him a few little
questions about legal matters. Inci
dentally the Jones anti-booze law,
which Mr. Schuebel drew, was discus
sed; and .so was the matter of the
city budget. The reporter thought
there might be legal discrepancies in
these matters, but Chris said that
there were none. More about that next
week.
In winding up his remarks, the
Honorable Christian Schuebel relieved
himgelf of Mowing tribute to
local attorneys in general. "The
trouble with some of these smart law
yers who have been filling you up,''
Chris said to the reporter, "is that
while they may know the law in the
abstract, they don't keep posted on
the supreme court decisions effecting
these laws, and so they really don't
know what they are talking about. A
law may be passed and may apper to
have something the matter with it, but
if the supreme court passes on it and
construes it as being good, these ap
parent troubles don t amount to any
thing.''
Wednesday morning the Enterprise
had an interview with Chris, in which
the wise attorney allowed that the
Stone charter amendment, providing
for the election of a city prosecutor,
left a loophole for the council to ap
point a "city attorney." If the coun
cil did this, Mr. Schuebel is quoted as
saying, the city's legal bill might be
doubled should the Stone amendment
pass. v
Thus it appears that Mr. Schuebel
is not even averse to picking flaws in
laws himself, when it suits him so to
do. Of course, as the charter doesn't
provide for anything but a city prose
cutor, and as the term "city attor
ney" is a decoration evolved solely
for the benefit of the Honorable
Christian Schuebel, the supreme court,
if the matter was brought to its at
tention, would probably rule that the
INTENT of the amendment was to
make the city legal o.Ticial elective
instead of appointive and so would
knock out all chance of there being
two jobs foisted on the city.
Chris, it appears, doesn't want to
see the city prosecutorship elective,
but prefers to have the job kept ap
pointive. And when it suits his end
he elaborates technicalities in the pro-
ELEVATOR IS BUSY
Municipal "Uplift Work" Appreciated
By County Seat Folk
Oregon City's municipal free ' ele
vator, having disgorged itself of lead
plugs, air bubbles and other prelim
inary drawbacks to its piping system,!
started in work in earnest last week,
and has been doing heavy service
ever since. Mayor Linn U. Jones and
John F. Albright, patron saints of the
elevator, kept tabs on the business
that the big cage did last Saturday,
and found that between six In the
morning and eleven at night the lift
carried 3,869 people.
While doing this the cage made 488
trips, and if its movement had been
all up, instead of alterntely up and
down, it would have reached a height
of 16 miles. The hydraulic machinery
used 117,120 gallons of South Fork
water during the day.
The test count is regarded as an
excellent average of the elevator busi
ness, for though Saturday may have
brought a few extra people downtown
for shopping, there were no school
children using the big lift, as on week
days. Everybody who has tried the
elevator so far seems to like it.
MRS. JAEGAR DIES
Wilsonvilie Woman Passes Away in
One of Portland's Hospitals
Following an operation Saturday
afternoon, Mrs. Gus. Jaegar, of Wil
sonvilie, died Saturday night in a
Portland hospital without recovering
from the anesthetic. Mrs. Jaegar was
well known in Wilsonvilie, where she
had resided for the past 25 years. The
funeral services were held Tuesday,
and interment was in the Pleasant
Hill cemetery.
Her husband and five children sur
vive her, and are receiving the sympa
thies of a large circle of friends and
acquaintances.
MRS. SULLIVAN DIES
Mrs. T. W. Sullivan, wife of T. W.
Sullivan, president of the Oregon City
Commercial club, and a man promi
nent in Clackamas county affairs, died
at the Oregon City hospital Thursday
morning after an illness of but a few
weeks. Three children and her hus
band survive her. In an effort to pro
long Mrs. Sullivan's life an operation
was performed Thursday, but she fail
ed to rally.
posed measure to help in its defeat.
Somebody once remarked that con
sistency was a jewel. But we notice
that Chris doesn't wear much jewelry,
STATEWIDE "PROHIBITION" ACT
APPEARS TO HAVE PLENTY
OF TEETH
PROVISIONS ARE CATALOGUED
Way of Transgressor Will be Hard, in
Spite of Prophecies to the Con
trary by Foes of Statute
For the information of its readers
the Benton County Courier last week
gave an excellent summary of the
leading provisions of the statewide
"dry" law which will go into effect in
Oregon the first of the new year. The
outline of the effects of the law, as
published in the Courier, is so excel
lent that the Oregon City Courier
takes the liberty of reprinting the ar
ticle herewith. After you have read
what follows, maybe you will think
better of the "prohibition" amendment
than you have in the past.
"Under restrictions liquor made in
another state may be brought into
and consumed in Oregon, and the fol
lowing outline of the provisions and
penalties will be interesting reading to
many who will not take the time to
wade through the whole law.
"It is unlawful to receive liquors
transported or delivered in violation
of the law. The penalty is a fine of
$50, or imprisonment not exceeding
thirty days.
"Transfer of shipping receipts, bill
of lading, order or other receipt call
ing for delivery of intoxicating li
quor is a misdemeanor punishable by
a fine of $500 or imprisonment to 90
days.
"Carrying liquor to a dance hall or
public place, or having in possession
at such places, is a misdemeanor, with
a fine of $200 or imprisonment to 100
"Disobedience of subpoena, refusal
to testify or sign testimony is a mis
demeanor subject to a fine to $300, or
three month's imprisonment, or both.
"It is unlawful to handle commer
cial paper to which is attached a bill
of lading, order or receipt for intoxi
cating liquors or which is connected
therewith directly or indirectly. Pun-
shment: fine from $25 to $100, or im
prisonment not more than 90 days.
'For violntion of injunction relat
ing to premises, the penalty is a. fine
not less than $100 nor more than $500
and imprisonment from 30 days to a
year.
"Maintaining or assisting in main
taining a nuisance is a misdemeanor
punishable under general provisions.
"The first offense s punishable by
fine up to $500 or imprisonment up to
six months; the second by not less
than $100 fine nor more than $500 and
from 30 days to a year in jail; the
third offense by two years at hard la
bor. "Premises where a nuisance exists
may be fined the corns, which are
made a lien on the property.
"The use of leased premises to
maintain a nuisance voids the lease
and right of possession, and the prop
erty reverts to the owner.
"To make false affidavit for the re
ceipt of liquor is perjury, punishable
by two to five years imprisonment.
"It is unlawful for a carrier to de
liver liquor without taking an affidavit
from the consignee.
"Carriers must file affidavits by the
tenth day of each calendar month.
"Carriers cannot deliver liquor on a
transferred bill of lading. Violation
means a fine not to exceed $500 or 70
days in jail.
"It is unlawful for carriers to de
liver to a minor, habitual drunkard or
an intoxicated person or to any other
person than the consignee whose name
is on the package.
"It is unlawful to solicit, take or
receive orders within Oregon.
Vendors must not advertise or dis
tribute circulars, price lists, etc., un
der penalty of a fine from $100 to
$500.
"Vendors must not give away li
quor for the purpose of evading, nor
use any shift, device or subterfuge
therefor.
"It is unlawful to maintain a locker
room or similar place for bartering,
giving away or sale. This applies to
an individual or an association. Of
fenses are punished under general
provision.
"Druggists must give a bond ol
$250 to obey the law.
"Druggists must take and file affi
davits and prescriptions of all sules
of alcohol with the county clerk. Pen
alties for druggists are: First offense,
forfeit of bond; second, suspension of
license for six months; third, revoca
tion of license. Physicians are under
the same penalties as druggists.
"Officials cannot dodge the enforce
ment of the law without running
grave risks. The county clerk must
furnish blank affidavits, record, file
and preserve them for two years.
"Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, magistra
tes, mayors, marshals, police officers
and other peace officers must give in
formation and names of witnesses to
the district attorney on receiving rea
sonable grounds of suspicion of viola
tion. Failure to do so brings a fine
COUNTY SEAT STORE AIMS TO
GIVE SERVICE REGARDLESS
OF PROFIT OR COST
PORTLAND'S PRICES ARE MET
Development of "Buy It at Home''
Idea Brings General Increase in
All Departments of Business
When Lou Adams subscribed to the
"Buy It At Home" campaign recently
instituted by Oregon City merchants,
he. did more than just promise his
business colleagues that he would tell
his friends to do all the shopping pos
sible in Oregon City. He determined
to so conduct the affairs of his store
that shoppers would find it greatly to
their advantage to do their trading in
their home town. And with charac
teristic modesty he didn't take a trum
pet and announce his plans broadcast
he left if for people to find out for
themselves. And so it has really been
somewhat difficult for the Courier to
discover just what he has been doing.
In fact this story might not have
been written had it not been that a
clerk in the shoe department in the
store, succumbed to the wiles of a
Courier reporter and told some of the
secrets of the store management.
Mr. Adams himself was as communi
cative as the sphinx. The recent pur
chase by this store of a line of shoes
proved to be the clue that, led to the
discovery of the new plan.
It appears that shoe manufacturers
of Brooklyn, New York, put out a
fancy grade of shoes. Recently one
of their salesmen was in Portland
closing coast orders, and this shoe
clerk went down to see if there was
anything suitable for his store. He
saw some shoes that a large Portland
department store had ordered, and
which the Portland store will retail
for seven dollars a pair. They are
ladies' shoes, and are designed for
fancy dress wear. He asked the price
of them, wholesale, and after hearing
it exclaimed:
"Why, we can sell those same shoes
in Oregon City for five dollars a pair
and make a profit on them. Put ma
down for some." And he gave his
order. Thus it will be possible for
Oregon City shoppers to get shoes in
their home town for five dollars,
while if they go to Portland they will
pay seven dollars for the same thing.
This difference in price is due to two
things the Portland store has a repu
tation to sustain as a headquarters of
high-grade (and presumably high
priced) shoes, and has a heavy over
head expense to meet; while the Ore
gon City stores have less overhead
expense, and have a reputation solely
for SERVICEABLE goods to main-.
tain.
"The small town stores have an ad
vantage in other ways over the big
city store. . Not only are the expenses
less, but outside of certain standard
lines that are constantly called for,
they can carry smaller stocks, and so
turn over their profits more quickly.
The big store has to carry an immense
line of goods of all sorts, while the
smuller stores can get along with less,
but still give its customers all the
advantage of the big store."
"How is that,'' asked the reporter.
"Well," replied the merchant, "take
ladies' tailor-made suits, for instance.
The big Portland store not only car
ries a heavy line of custom-made
suits, but is forced to maintain an
expensive tailoring department. Here
we carry enough custom made goods
to meet the average demand. But if
a lady wants a suit that we do not
carry in stock, all she has to do is to
pick out her cloth in the bolt, and
our experts take her measurements.
Three days later we deliver to her
the suit tailor-made to her measure
and three days is as quick, if not
quicker, than any Portland tailor can
turn out a costume. By buying the
goods from us and giving us the order
the customer does her shopping here,
deals with her home town people, payi
no more than Portland prices, and
ge.ts quick and personal service.''
The same thing, it develops, can
be done in men's wear. The local
dealers all represent some reliable
clothing manufacturer of men's wear.
They carry a well-assorted stock, but
naturally they cannot be expected to
carry every grade of garment that
the big Chicago clothing houses manu
facture. These stores, however, have
a complete line of samples of all the
factory fabrics, and a sty(Ie book; and
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from $100 to $500 and forfeiture of
office.
"District attorneys who fail, neglect
or refuse to faithfully perform any
duty imposed on them by this law are,r
liable to nne not less than $100 nor
more than $500, or Imprisonment in
the county jail from 10 to 90 days and
forfeiture of office.
"The governor may appoint prose
cuting officers where district attorneys
don't or cannot act.
"County courts must pay all ex
penses incurred by or under directions
of the district attorney in gathering
evidence, prosecuting violators, etc."