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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1916.
OREGON CITY COURIER
Published Thursdays from the Courier
in the Postoffice at Oregon City,
E. R. BROWN
Editor and Publisher
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"PUBLIC BUSINESS,'
Councilman Moore, at least, seems
to have some idea of the way busi
ness public business, even should be
transacted. The Courier is glad to
note that at least one of the mem
bers of the city council thinks that
municipal affairs should bo given as
much attention as private business
affairs.
At the initial March council meet
ing an ordinance appeared for final
passage that fixed the grade of an
imaginary street located well out in
the deeps of the Willamette river,
and that also by its wording, fixed the
grade of the westerly end of Twelfth
street, where the city has land that
may someday be utilized as a public
dock. THE WESTERLY END OF
TWELFTH STREET IS ABOUT THE
ONLY PLACE OREGON CITY HAS
WHERE A PUBLIC DOCK COULD
BE BUILT FREE OF ENCUM
BRANCE. Hence it is wise to keep
this little piece of land well safe
guarded. All the rest of the river
front is either blocked off from the
city by railroad tracks, franchises or
by corporate control.
Nobody in the council pofessed any
knowledge of the ordinance that
would bottle up the end of Twelfth
street. Mayor Hackett repeatedly
sought to find its sponsor. He called
attention to the fact that the ordi
nance was plainly in the interest of
"the railroad company," and said that
he believed the council should be well
informed as to its effect before they
acted upon it.
Yet in spite of this, when the mys
terious measure came up for final ac
tion it was defeated ONLY BY THE
NARROW MARGIN OF ONE VOTE.
One vote stood between the city's
right to free access to the river and
the bottling up of the community,
It was then that Councilman Moore
showed that he is built of sterner stuff
than has been the rule in the council
for some time. Though the ordinance
is dead, Councilman Moore insisted
that a committee look into it, and re
port back to the council so the public
might know whence the tricky meas
ure had originated. The street com
mittee has been entrusted with the
job of discovering any lurking Etheop
ians that may have been concealed in
that ordinance that might have bottled
up Oregon City entirely. It is to be
hoped that the street committee will
make the discovery. It will be inter
esting to discover what was back of
the scheme.
Oregon City hopes in time to be a
greater center of industry than it is
today. It hopes to take advantage of
the river as a means of-shipping its
products to the rest of the World. It
looks to the river as a free and open
means of commercial activity; and the
city ought to realize that if the future
is to bear profitable fruit, ACCESS
TO THE RIVER IS VITAL.
The council should wake up to the
fact that there are interests at work
that desire to control the waterfront
at the county seat. Part of this in
fluence was undoubtedly back of the
mysterious ordinance that .was so
opportunely killed, and that now is to
be investigated. Another part of the
interest is also busy elsewhere. There
is river front land extending on the
west side of Water street from Sixth
to Eighth street. Though this land
is now not owned by anybody, and
presumably belongs to the city, a part
of it has been fenced off, and in due
time will be claimed by adverse pos
session if certain intereses have
their way.
It might not be amiss for some
councilman of Mr. Moore's variety to
also ask that the council look into that
matter, and discover why vacant, un
owned lnnd.rhoulil have been fenced
off. The oily could well utilize two
blocks of waterfront just as well,
in fact, ns it could utilize the western
end of Twelfth street.
CALLING IT NEWS
Two weeks ago a young woman
living in Portland's new "tenderloin"
committed suicide by swallowing
poison. The Portland papers barely
ma('- hi' 'tion of the fact Last week
al ,o i Portland, a woman whose
DEAD OR
A dead dollar is the one which is hidden away; which earns
you nothing, and which is likely to be found missing without a
moment's notice; or the kind you carelessly push across the
counter, for this and that; things you really don't need ti en
wonder in a week's time where they have gone.
A live dollar is one which you place it this bank, where it
it always safe. They will call for company, the result is, more
saving; then when opportunity arrives, you are financially able
to meet it with open arms, and a bank account. -
4 Per Cent Paid on
Time Certificates
THE BANK OF OREGON CITY
Oldest Bank in Clackamas County
Building, Eighth Street, and entered
Ore as 2nd class mail matter
C. W. ROBEY
Business Manager
Telephones, Pacific 51; Home A-51.
morals were just about on a par with
those of the first unfortunate, but who
lived in apartment houses and hotels,
shot herself in an office building, and
every Portland paper gave her a
column or more on the front page.
Both women led what is euphon
iously referred to as "a butterfly
existence." Both women sold them
selves to men. The first woman, be
fore her death, wasn't particular as
to whom her consorts might be. The
second woman, on the other hand,
permitted only men of wealth and po
sition to prey upon her. And just be
cause of this difference, the death of
one woman got a paragraph of "po
lice news" in the papers, and the
death of the other woman got a
couple of columns, all told, of so
called "human interest" gush.
One woman made a business of
selling herself, and found the game
didn't pay. She killed herself. The
other woman made a business of sell
ing herself, too; and she also found
the game didn't pay. Both women
gave themselves a death sentence.
Yet because one of them was a drab
butterfly she got only a few lines in
the papers. The other butterfly had
brightly colored wings and soared to
great social heights and she got a
yard and a half of publicity under the
guise of news.
It is odd the idea of news values
shown by the press of today. The
first of these two courtesans to go out
by the suicide route probably will have
less to answer for at her final judg
ment than the second; the first one
had not the opportunities to lead a bet
ter life than the second one had. The
first one was really entitled to the
pity of mankind, to a printed apology
in the papers for her life but she
didn't get it. The second woman,
with education, beauty and social con
nections all in her favor, deliberately
led the shameless life and gloried in
it; she helped weaken the social life
of her community, she cared not
whether her admirers were married or
single, honest or poor. All she want
ed was money, lots of money and the
things money would buy.. And when
she found the game didn't pay, and
ended it all, the papers dragged the
filth of her life before their readers
with startling headines and columns
of "news" and photographs.
It might be interesting to know
why the great minds that govern
Portland's papers thought the shame
less life of the second woman worth
so much exploitation; and why they
thought the pitiful existence of the
first woman worth so little mention.
The double standard of morals was
responsible for both deaths; so there
is really no reason why one of these
soiled careers should be presented for
home reading in the newspapers any
more than the other. It seems that
the double standard of morals is also
endorsed by the Portland papers.
GOOD TIME TO COME
This being the season of gentle
Spring and politics, when ambitious
folk are launching boomlets that they
hope will grow and carry them into
public office, the Courier takse great
pleasure in presenting the following
for the thoughtful consideration of
its readers. And while reading it, it
would not be amiss to remember that
it is from the columns of an "inde
pendent paper with strong republi
can leanings."
"In the last session of the legis
lature under Governor West 21 bills
were passed to increase salaries in the
different counties. The governor ve
toed them all and the legislature pass
ed nineteen over his head.
"These bills added greatly to the
tax levies of the most of the coun
ties of the state.
"One of the billa increased the
salary of the school superintendent of
Clackamas county from $1000 to
$1600, and the most remarkable
thing about it was that Senator Dim
ick of Clackamas county fought the
bill, and told the senate the county did
not want the increased salary.
"The bill was passed, the salary
was' raised. Then referendum pe
titions were circulated, the Courier
editor filed the petitions that held up
ALIVE!
the increase, it was submitted to the
people and buried by about a 5 to 1
vote.
"Another remarkable scramble for
more salary was that in Columbia
county where the salary of the school
superintendent was raised. Two bills
increasing his salary were passed,
both were vetoed by the governor, and
both passed over his veto by the
crazy friends of the salary boosters.
"Governor West vetoed a blan
ket appropriation bill of $1,231,
216.90, and the legislature prompt
ly passed it over his veto.
"The Multnomah delegation in the
legislature passed a bill through both
houses adding $43,620 for more sal
aries in the assessor's office. The as
sessor became alarmed that the gov
ernor would veto the grab and he
signed a contract that he would ac
cept TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
LESS than the bill provided.
"This year a new house is to be
elected and it is of the. utmost impor
tance that men be sent to the legis
lature who will fight these needless
salary increase grabs to the finish
not only vote against them but work
against them.
"The time is too short to initiate
new measures now. The legislature
is the only hope of relief.
"Every taxpayer should coma alive
acting is more potent than kicking."
(Benton County Courier.)
ANY GOOD MAN
The Enterprise, in a splenetic edi
torial fit, last week expressed the hope
that the Courier would inform it just
whom this paper is planning to make
sheriff at the next election. The
Courier herewith will try, in simple
language, to answer the sheet that
A Big Price Reduction in
Stover Engines
Now made in 1, 1, 2, 4 and 6 Horse -Power
and up, at prices that put this
GOOD Engine within the reach of all
See the new line as soon as possible
W. J. Wilson & Company
10th and MAIN STREETS, OREGON CITY, ORE.
emits its wails from over Barlow's
store.
The Courier has no candidate for
sheriff. The Courier is not in the
business of politics. The Courier en
deavors to print the news, to discuss
public questions, and to do all that it
can for Clackamas county and the
communities therein. The Courier, ;
when the candidates for sheriff all
announce themselves, mav exDress a
preference for the man whom it be-'
lieves is best qualified for the office
but the Courier has no candidate that
it is trying to elect
This will be quite hard for the En
terprise to comprehend. The Enter
prise always has a political ax to
grind, it i3 always trying to tell the
good people what they ought to do.
When the people, some years ago, de-
cidorl to take a hand in their own
affairs, and started a recall of certain
county officers, the Enterprise told President, and is banking on tne
them that they mustn't do it. The President. And it is time that Con
Enterprise always knows what is best Kress got solidly behind the President,
for the people, and it always tries too; for Mr. Wilson is right from
to "elect its candidates." The Enter-; American standpoints, and American
prise does this because it is paid to honor is safe in his hands.
do it.
The Enterprise, therefore, probably
wont be able to comprehend the
Courier when this paper says it has
no candidate for the sheriff's office.
The Courier thinks the people will ten million dollars worth of its hold
pick the man they want for sheriff ings on .the market. They also an
when election time comes. Whether nounce that several thousand acres fit
the people will pick the man the En- eastern and central Oregon land is
terpriso wants we do not know. But to be marketed at once. Both these
we have an idea that if the Enter-' announcements carry the information
prise doesn't change its tactics, it will
injure its pet candidate for sheriff
more than it will help him. Usually,
whenever the Enterprise tries to do
something, it only suceeds in making a
mess of things.
Once again, the Courier has no
candidate for sheriff to spring at an
opportune time. All r the Courier
wants is to see a good and well quali
fied man in the sheriff's office, any
good man will do.
THE STRONG MAN
Republican papers, even, it is to be
noted, have admitted of late that
President Wilson is a strong man. In
his first real conflict with Congress on
a matter of national importance, he
won. He got the Gore cowardice
resolution smothered. And he did it
in an open and above-board way he
simply asked Congress to put itself
on record.
Congress wanted to dodge the is
sue and vote "confidence" in the Presi
dent. But Mr. Wilson didn't want a
vote of confidence he knew he had
the cofidence of the American people,
so the "confidence" of Congress was
a matter of small importance. The
President believes in protecting the
nation's honor, and he forced Congress
to stand with him. Congress didn't
have to do it its members could have
gone on record as being in favor of
cowardice such as the Gore plan call,
ed for. But at heart evenr Congress
men are Americans, and when given
the alternative of either supporting
the President or branding themselves
as ashamed of their country, they
bowed to the wishes of the nation's
chief executive.
President Wilson is not to be con
gratulated on his victory it is Con
gress that is to be congratulated. A
FULL LINE OF
PUMPS, WAGONS,
IMPLEMENTS,
ETC.
man does what is right because his
conscience forces him to do it. The
President has pursued the honorable
course throughout the entire Euro-
pean crisis; he has kept the United
States at peace with the world, and
he has defended this nation's prestige,
It has been always Congress, or men
with personal and mercenary motives,
who have been assailing the President
and so it is Congress now that is
to be congratulated in having clirnb-
ed upon the Presidential nana-wagon,
Every American citizen knows in
his heart that the President has en-,
dured jibes and jeers and attacks in
silence because he was working al
ways for the United States. Ever
American knows that the attacks up
on the President have been made by
men and organizations that have been
politically, opposed to him. At heart
every true American is backing the
SIGNS OF HOPE
The big Portland dailies announce
that the Ladd estate is going to put
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that- sales will be encouraged by
"easy payment" provisions, and by aid
in building. . The effort will be made
to sell to home-owners, to people who
will live on the property, and not to
those who might hold it for specu
lation. .
This is encouraging news. It
means that there will be a breaking
up, to a certain extent at least, of the
vast land holdings in this state;. that
property will be taken out of the hands
of the few and placed in the hands of
the mar.j'. And if land in central
Oregon is sold in this way, it will
mean that the great vacant stretches
in the middle of the state are to be
peopled with settlers, and that Oregon
will begin to realize a true develop
ment.
It is encouraging news indeed. It
is encouraging simply as a start in
breaking up the system of "landlord
ism" that has so long helped to re
tard the state. It is encouraging if
viewed as a harbinger of prosperity
and good times to come. It is en
couraging if it is viewed as a promise
of an influx of new home-owners and
settlers. No matter how it is looked
at, it is a message of cheer for Ore
gon. It is even encouraging if it is
deduced that all this land is going to
be put on the market simply so that
its owners may dodge taxes.
The Courier hopes the news is true,
and it hopes that the land so long
"held for investment" will be sold at
prices that are "reasonable." The
benefit that Oregon will reap from the
breaking, up of the vast estates that
now retard development will pay
such generous interest to all, that the
"investors" have so long bottled, up
the state can well afford to wait just
a little longer for their full returns.
MORE ABOUT PORTLAND
Portland s conservatism is a great
detriment to the progress of not only
that city but Western Oregon. The
capitalists there have some money
for valley farms at seven or eight
per cent interest and for close-in
property in Portland, ine writer was
recently informed by a business man
of La Grande that there Was plenty
of Spokane money for farms there at
six per cent interest, we understand
on good authority that lots of Seattle
money is assisting Central Oregon
What is Portland doing for the whole
state? What kind of a spirit are the
Portland banks, claiming to have
$73,000,000 of deposits, showing to all
of the sections of Oregon that natural
ly look to them for aid? Is this
money, that should be for the benefit
of the stage at large, helping to swell
the volume in New York banks? Is
it any wonder that Seattle and Spo
kane are gradually getting the trade
of Eastern and Central Oregon?
(Woodburn Independent)
Don't forget .that the best slogan,
after all, is "Buy-it-at-home." It is
an idea to tie to all the time.
March weather has stopped the
outbreak of spring poetry. Just for
that we can forgive the weather!
LaFollette's willingness to be a re
publican candidate for president
seems to have upset some of the Bull
Moose beans. ,
Canby is considering a new water
system that will cost $18,000. Canby
is a progressive city, and the best is
none too good for it.
A runaway in Canby last week
chased all over town and then stop
ped in front of the newspaper office.
That was "horse sense."
Now we know the worst. ."Gawge"
White, reporter-adjutant general, has
told the Live Wires that Oregon City's
militia company is "frankly the worst
in the state."
It was cruel of some of the news
papermen to try and fasten the Hill
murders on that unfortunate man at
Ardenwald. He had trouble enough
without that. ,
Every dollar spent in your home
town helps the community; every dol
lar sent to a mail-order house, helps
the mail-order house. Are you work
ing for your own town or for Sneers
Sawbuck? The big hole in the ground at the
southern end of the county seat will
soon be filled and replaced by a bump
of industry in the shape of a news pa
per mill. That is the best way to
fill holes, anywhere.
It is quite remarkable, but it ap
pears to be true. Though Oregon is
supposed to be "strongly prohibition,"
the registration returns show that
there are almost as few, prohibition
ists as there are progressives. Can
it "be that the "dry" folk are ashamed
of their party label?
Fire that last week damaged the
Providence Journal is charged to the
activity of European agents who ob
jected to the stand the paper took in
regard to the war. One of the best
ways to kill American sympathy for
any of the warring nations is for
agents of that country to attack
American enterprises.
The Telegram is horrified because
the Journal and the Oregonian have
been running "blind" liquor ads from
California mail-order houses. And
in explaining how these ads were
worded, the righteous telegram gives
the address of one of the liquor
dealers, the name of the man running
the place, and all necessary particu
lars as to how to order. It is a fine
advertisement, in short.
Obituaries
Lafayette Humiston
News has been received of the
death of Lafayette Humiston, at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. H. Rau
at Seaside on February 14. Mr. Hum
iston was formerly a resident of Lo
gan, and,had many friends in the up
per part ot the county, where he was
well, known. Funeral services were
held in the Methodist church at Sea
side, and burial was in Evergreen
cemetery there.
VISITOR IS STRUCK
High Street Impresses Itself Upon
Seattle Man Very Profoundly
.. Joseph Johnson visited the county
seat Monday and Tuesday, and was
struck with the paving of High street.
This is not a figure of speech, in
tended as an introduction to a yarn
about the excellence of the paving in
Oregon City. It is simply a state
ment of fact.
Joseph Johnson says his home is
"on a farm six miles from Seattle."
He arrived in Oregon City Monday
afternoon, "looking for work," and
Monday night he was a guest of the
city at Blanchard's hotel. Tuesday
he continued to look for work in the
county seat, and Tuesday afternoon
ne was thus engaged at the Southern
Pacific depo t .
On top of the bluff were two small
boys, their pockets filled with well
crushed rock which they had gathered
from High street s new pavement,
From time to time they threw a piece
of the rock over the bluff, to study the
action of falling bodies.
One of these pieces of rock hit
Joseph Johnson on the head. He
looked up in time to see the two boys
disappearing. With blood streaming
over his face, he then started for a
drugstore. Half way to Main street
he met Chief Blanchard, who escort
ed him to the office of County Health
Officer Orel Welsh. Dr. Welsh took
a stitch in Johnson's head, and the
chief then went in pursuit of the boys.
He didn't find them.
This is the first serious accident
that has resulted from boys throwing
stones over the bluff. Former Chief
Shaw, during the last days of his ad
ministration, put a deep-seated fear
in the minds of festive youths who
threw things over the bluff. But when
the change came in the police force
Office phones: Main 50, A50;
Home B251,D251
WILLIAMS BROS. TRANSFER & STORAGE
Office 612 Main Street -
Safe, Piano, and Furniture Moving a Specialty
Sand, Gravel, Cement, Lime, Plaster, Common
Brick. Face Brick, Five Brick
Willamette Valley Southern Railway Co.
Arrival and Departure
Leave Southbound
7:25 A.M.
10:00 A.M.
2:30 P.M.
6:55 P.M.
Daily Freight
The American
Service (except
txpress Co. operates over this line.
WATCH IS MARVEL
Timepiece 120 Years Old Has Secret
! Identification Mark on Dial
One of .Clackamas county's pros
perous farmers brought his watch into
Burmeister & Andresen's this week to
be adjusted. The watch was so un
usual in its workmanship and design
that it at once attracted the attention
of the firm's experts, and so its story
was told by the owner.
The timepiece is 120 years old,
but is still in good order and keeps
accurate time. It was made in Switz
erland, and every bit of work on it is
by hand. The little wheels, the case,
and even the dial, have all been care
fully cut and moulded by the hand of
a skilled artisan. And not only is the
watch a model of skilled manufacture,
but it abio contains a delicate and dim
inutive chiming arrangement, so that
with a press of the stem it will strike
the hour and the quarter-hours.
The watch was the property of the
present owner's great-great-grandfather,
and bears his name hidden on
its dial. In microscopic letters the
thirteen letters of the original owner's
name have been engraved in the place
of the sixteenth minute mark. So
tiny are these letters that a magnify
ing glass is needed to make them out,
and to the naked eye they look just
like any other minute mark on the
dial.
The present owner values the watch
at $500. He refused to permit his
name to be published, fearing that if
news got out that he had it in his
possession, somebody would attempt
to steal the heirloom.
S. Mullan in Race
Simon Mullan, of Harmony, has
shied his hat into the ring and an
nounced himself a candidate for the
republican nomination for county com
missioner. Mr. Mullan has . been a v
resident of the county for 40 years,
and was at one time a member of the
executive committee of the republi
can county central committee. He
has been a road supervisor for two
terms, and says he wants better high
ways in the county.
the -rock-throwing started again.
Chief Blanchard says that it will stop
again, too and that shortly.
AUTOMOBILE
SALESMAN WANTED
I want a man who knows
Oregon City and its vicinity
to handle a popular, widely ad
vertised line of eight cylinder
motor cars. I have an excellent
proposition for an A-l salesman;
an opening that 'will enable a
thoroughly capable man to make
big money. -1 -want a man who
knows himself, a man who can
and will stand on his own feet,
a man who can get the maxi
mum automobile sales out of his
territory. We will give such a
man every possible assistance
in developing his business. He
must own his car and be able to
produce- results as our direct
representative. This is an ex
ceptional opportunity for the
right man. There is such a
man here in town, I am sure. I
am hopeful that he will read this
advertisement and then sit
right down and write me fully
about himself and his qualifi
cations. I don't want a profes
sional job hunter I Want a
Man! Address your letter to
Factory representative, 724
Northwestern Bank Building,
Portland, Oregon. - "
MONEY TO LOAN
We have several sums of money to
loan on good real estate, from $100.00
to $1,000.00.
HAMMOND & HAMMOND
ATTORNEYS '
Beaver Bldg., Oregon City Ore.
MONEY TO LOAN
PAUL C. FISCHER
Lawyer
Room 2, Beaver Bldg.
Oregon City, Ore.
Geo. C. Brownell
LAWYER
Caufield Bldg.
Oregon City
Oregon
REAL ESTATE
MONEY LOANED ON IMPROVED
FARMS
Mrs. Delia Etchison John Edwards
401 E. 50th. St. N. Sherwood, Ore.
Phone Tabor 5805. Phone Sherwood.
Res. phones, M. 2524,1715
of Trains
at Oregon City
Arrive Northbound
8:20 A.M.
10:55 A.M.
2:20 P.M.
6:20 P.M. .
Sunday).