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OREGON CITY
34th Year
OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1916
Number 8
HOW TO
VOTE 10
WHERE TO DO IT
VOTING PLACE FOR PRIMARY
ELECTION ANNOUNCED BY
COUNTY CLERK
VOTE IF NOT REGISTERED
Only Two Freeholders Required to
Qualify Unregistered Voters
' at Polling Place
County Clerk Iva Harrington late
yesterday completed the list of pol
ing places in Clackamas county for
the primary election on May 19.
There are eighty-one precincts in the'i
county where ballot boxes and vot
ing booths will be set up next week,
and eleven of these precincts are in
Oregon City.
Miss Harrington calls attention to
the laws governing elections, and re
cent supreme court decisions deciding
thct primary elections are governed
by general election laws. These fac
tors make it possible for a qualified
citizen who failed to register for the
primary election, to cast his ballot
notwithstanding, if he has attached
to a form provided the signatures of
two freeholders as witnesses. Here
tofore it has been necessary to have
six freeholders as witnesses and in
view of those requirements many who
had failed to register failed to vote.
Under present circumstances, how
ever, the fact that a citizen has not
registered should not prevent him
from voting.
A card is provided at the polls for
the signature of two freeholders and
for the subscription by the judge of
the election and when properly filled
out and signed this card constitutes
a permanent registration. ' It is re
turned to the county clerk's office
and filed and makes further registra
tion for future elections unnecessary
unless the voter changes his residence.
This arrangement snould prove a
very convenient one for citizens who
are not registered at the time of the
election and should bring out a much
larger vote than would otherwise be
polled. There are always two per
sons handy in any precinct who could
qualify as signers of the registration
blank. Citizens desiring to qualify
as voters in the primary election at
the poles should call for registration
blank "A."
The following poling places have
been established by the county clerk
and booths will be erected in each
of these locations before Friday.
May 19:
Abernathy, Holschu's hall; Arden
wald, school house; Barlow, Wrolstad
& Erickson's hall; Barton, Gibson's
hall; Beaver Creek No. 1, Beaver
Creek hall; Beaver Creek No. 2,. Bea
con Heights hall; Boring, Telford's
hall; Bull Run, school house; Canby
No. 1, city hall; Canby No. 2, Bair's
warehouse; Canby No. 3, Lucke's
warehouse; Canemah, Stoke's hall;
Plarkes, Grange hall; Cottrell, Proc
tor's cabin; Concord, school gymna
sium; Colton, Colton hall; Cams
school house; Cherryville, Thomas
Brown building; Clackamas, Odd Fel
low's hall; Damascus, school house;
Dickey Prairie, school house; Dover,
school house; -Eagle Creek, Wilbern's
hall; Estacada No. 1, Corner 2nd &
Hobart St.; Estacada No. 2, city hall;
Garfield, Grange hall; George, com
munity hall; Gladstone No. 1, city
hall; GladstoneNo. 2, Goodman's hall;
Harmony No. 1, school house; Har
mony No. 2, school house; Highland
school house; Jennings Lodge, Jen
nings Lodge store; Killin, church hill:
Liberal, Vick's hall; Logan, Grange
hall; Macksburg, Scramliu's hall;
Maple Lane, Grange hall; Marquam
Ladies' Aid hall; Milwaukib No. 1, fire
house; Milwaukie No. 2, fire house;
Milwaukie Heights, Sweeney's resi
dence; Molalla No. 1, Grange hall;
Molalla No. 2, Mackrell building;
Mount Pleasant, community hall; Mu
lino, Mulino hall; - New Era, Grange
hall; Needy, Thompson's hall; Oak
Grove No. 1, Carpenter shop; Oak
Grove No. 2, school gymnasium; Ore
gon City No. 1, South 1st & Center
St.; Oregon City No. 2, Cataract No.
2 Engine house; Oregon City No. 3
Schram building; Oregon City No. 4.
Fountain No. 1 engine house; Oregon
. City No. 5, Barclay school gymna
sium; Oregon City No. 6, Green
Point No. 5 engine houe; Oregon City
No. 7, A. J. Wilson's residence; Ore
gon City No. 8, engine house No. 3;
Oregon City No. 9, Eby's garage;
Oregon City No. 10, harness shop, Cor.
7th & Molalla Ave.; Oregon City No.
11, engine house No. 4.; Oswego No.
1. Odd Fellow's hall; Oswego No. 2.
Johnson's hotel; Oswego No. 3, Car
ter's hall; Pleasant Hill, school house;
Parkplace, Grange hall; Lad Hill, Lad
Hill Commercial club; Sandy No. 1.
city hall; Sandy No. 2, Shelley's hall
Soda Springs, McLeran's hall; Spring
Water, Grange hall: Sunny side, school
house; Tualatin, Stafford's school
house; Union, school house; Viola.
school house; West Linn No. 1, city
hall; West Linn No. 2, school gymna
sium; Wilsonville, M. B. A. hall; Wil
lamette No. 1, Capen shoe factory;
Willamette No. 2, DeBok's barn.
STUDER IS IN JAIL
AS CHICKEN THIEF
SHERIFF AND CONSTABLE USE
INDIAN TACTICS IN
TRAILING THIEF
Philip Studer, whose home is in
"Stringtown," south of Canemah is in
the county jail today - recalling the
stirririg history of the days of the In
dian and his warpath escapades
against the white man, and also look
ing forward to an indictment by the
grand jury on several charges, in
cluding that of chicken stealing. -
From many sections of the country,
and especially from those west side
farms in the Canemah neighborhood,
complaints have been registered
repeatedly against chicken thieves
and Sheriff Wilson and Constable
Frost have been on the trails of the
culprits for more than a month. Not
until Thursday did they get conclusive
evidence against Studer, one of te
most suspected. On the previous
night someone at Beaver Creek saw
Studer making away with a number
of choice fowls and the description
obtained by the sheriff and constable
enabled them to settle blame upon
him.
The officers took up the trail in true
Indian fashioa at Beaver Creek on
Thursday morning and by the peculiar
print made by one of the shoes on the
horse which Studer was riding, follow
ed the thief to his home at String
town. The officers broke down the
door of the Studer home and in the
kitchen found the prisoner and his
wife dressing chickens.
Studer at first proclaimed his in
nocence,' but as conclusive proof of
charges was brought up he confessed
his sins and was hauled away to jail.
The authorities have filed several dif
ferent counts against Studer, any one
of which is probably sufficient for his
conviction, and the prisoner has con
fessed to each charge.
Sheriff Wilson and' Constable Frost
think that they have apprehended the
principal chicken-coop .raider and the
man who has been depleating the
stocks of a great many farm yards
within the past few months. Studer
sold several hundred chickens in Port
land markets and his wife sold many
here in Oregon City.
REHEARSE HISTORY
OF CHAMPOEG DAYS
MANY PIONEERS AND DESCEND
ANTS MEET AT HISTORIC
SITE ON SATURDAY
Old J. Pluvius, that abhorred at
tendant upon spring outings in Ore
gon, and a long wait for the boat at
Wilsonville, did not deter a large
number of Clackamas county people
from attending the Champoeg cele
bration on last Saturday. "But there
was the same spirit in the hearts of
the present generations that charac
terized their ancestors, who assembled
it old Champoeg seventy-three years
ago to organize a provisional govern
ment under the protection of the
stars and stripes.
There isn t one of those hardy
souls who braved the elements of the
early days to meet at Champoeg who
would not have been made glad be
yond expression by the patriotic dis
play on last Saturday; who would not
have recognized the fine tribute to
the works and the men of the days of
the pioners, paid by those of the pres
ent day who commemorated the
founding 'Of the provisional govern
ment in gala array on Saturday.
About 300 pioneers and their de
scendants assembled at Champoeg,
and a good representation from this
county was present. A band greet
ed the Pomona when she arrived and
throughout the celebration the band
played a, prominent part. With
speeches and general merrymaking
the day was made one to be long re
niembered and was a most fitting
commemoration of the occasion.
Rain . prevented outdoor speech
making, and the exercises were held
in a large warehouse, w&ich stands as
a memento of the days when Cham
poeg was quite an important river
shipping point.
Judge Peter H. D'Arcy presided,
although Ex-Governor T. T. Geer, who
used to be known as "the tall syca
more of the Waldo hills" in the day
when he was breaking lances in the
lists of politics, started to speak first.
In the speeches the old story of
the pioneer trials and privations were
retold for the benefit of those who
have only dreamed that such things
really existed in this fertile land.
The silver tongued orators of the
present day, attempting to outdo their
worthy predecessors with their ora
tory, pictured the verdant beauty of
the new country that was opened by
the brave men and women who brav
ed these early day hardships, and the
familiar story of Champoeg was re
told. The vote that resulted in the
formation of a provisional govern
ment under the protection of the
United. States, rather than of Eng
land, by the small margin of two bal
lots, was retold.
Among the speakers were. Edward
H. Belknap of Marion county, who
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POLITICIAN TALK
LIVE WIRE MEETING FEATURED
BY SPLENDID ADDRESS OF
PROMINENT VISITOR
CLUB IS TO AID RESORT
Charles B. Moores, Former Resident,
- Recalls Pleasant Associations
in His Talk
There were a number of things that
J.' W. Connelly, publisher of the Morn
ing Herald of Sydney, Australia, and
otherwise very prominent citizen of
that important south-Pacific island,
did not talk about in his address to
the members of the Live Wires at
their regular meeting on Tuesday;
and then again, there were a great
many things that Mr. Connelly did
talk about. And throughout the
length and breadth of his heart-to-heart
oration he used that quaint,
good diction of the highly educated
and shot his words out in a healthy
tone and with decidedly English ac
cents. Mr. Connelly, together with Harry
Southhouse, head of the largest firm
of paper dealers in Australia, and
H. I. Williar, prominent importer and
exporter of paper, were in . Oregon
City in connection with business with
the Hawley Pulp & Paper company,
and by fortunate circumstance the
Live Wire program committee enlist
ed the oratorical support of Mr. Con
nelly for the weekly meeting at the
Commercial club.
Among those things which Mr.
Connelly did choose to bring up in
his thoroughly enjoyable and really
humorous talk before the Live Wires
was the timely subject of national
preparedness. He discussed the me
thods in vogue in his own country and
recommended them to the serious
consideration of his audience.
"At the age of fifteen years the
boys of Australia begin their mili
tary training," said the speaker, "and
they continue in the. service of their
country through several stages, not
being released until they have served
as trainees for a number of years, as
members of the citizen forces for an
other period, and finally as members
of the reserves for fifteen years. In
the Light of this system it is not re
markable that a country of four or
five millions of people armed and sent
into the field in the present war 300,-
000 trained soldiers." The inference
was that a most remarkable army
could be trained in the United States
under the Australian system of put
ting every man in the uniform of his
country.
Two types of American citizenship
invade the Australian country, Mr.
Connelly said, and from these types
the people of that country do not get
the proper conception of the better
American. Those who are most com
mon in Australia are the prize fighter
and his retinue, and that traveling
torture, "the man -who tries to tell us
how to run our business." Because
the latter have created such an un
favorable impression in Australia Mr.
Connelly refrained from words of ad
vice on any subject, although his
audience felt that advice coming in
such a well-organized vocabulary as
that possessed by the visitor would
be most beneficial.
Withal "Mr. Connelly's talk was
perhaps the best delivered and most
heartily received of any that has been
heard in Oregon City for years. The
speaker popularized himself instantly
by his keen and well-chosen humor.
He had no criticism and found no fault
a reputation that will rush to greet
the visitor should he return, as he
expressed hope of, to Oregon City at
some future time. In winding up to
deliver his fast and snappy talk Mr.
Connelly announced that he had pur
chased a phrase book on his way over
from Australia, and that it had help
ed him in gaining a knowledge of a
language distinctly American, and
apologized for what might sound like
a peculiarity in his diction by sayinpr
that our speech sounded equally pe
culiar to him. The peculiarity of the
gentleman's speech was only in its
rare quality.
Charles B. Moores, well-known
workers Mrs. Fitzsirhmons was con
verted, and pledged to devote her life
to aiding those who were on the way
ward path.
On Tuesday night she spoke at the
First Baptist church in this city. She
told of her early childhood in France
where she was born. She spoke in a
soft, pleasant voice, which carried the
French accent.
For forty-five minutes she talked,
swaying her audience in her detail of
her past life. She told of the girls
whom she had met and had tried to
help since beginning her new life. The
work, she explained, that she was now
engaged in, was not confined to way
ward girls, but boys who were con
sidered incorrigible were included.
Her auditors were impressed by the
sincere earnestness of her tilk, and
the easy manner in which she wai
able to present her arguments. At
the conclusion of her talk she sang a
hymn, "I Will Go With Him All the
Way."
CANDIDATES PLEDGE
AID TO FISHERMEN
BILL TO PROTECT SALMON WILL
NOT - BE AMENDED BY
STATE LEGISLATORS -
A statewide movement to obtain
the endorsement of the initiative bill
to protect salmon in the Columbia and
its tributaries was started in Oregon
City this week, when members of the
Clackamas County Fishermen's union
secured the pledge of county candt
dates for the legislature to aid in
making the measure effective. Fol
lowing the local action, all candidates
for the legislature will be asked to
declare their stand in regard to the
measure. The Clackamas county
candidates voiced their pledge of aid
in the following resolutions:
"Whereas, a petition is now being
circulated to place upon the ballot at
the general election in November an
initiative bill to protect salmon in
the Columbia river and its tributar
ies:
"And, whereas, it is reported that
certain fish packers assert that they
will spend $100,000 to repeal or amend
the said bill in the legislature if the
said bill should be enacted by the
people;
"And, whereas we beleive the fu
ture of the fishing industry on the
Columbia river and its (tributaries
depends upon the protection of the
salmon and the elimination of seines,
traps and fishwheels;
"Now, therefore, . we, the under
signed candidates for nomination for
representatives in the legislature from
Clackamas county, hereby pledge our
selves to the people -of Clackamas
county and the state of Oregon that,
should the said bill be enacted by the
people, we will use pur best endeavors
and all honorable means to see that
the said bill is. not amended or re
pealed either by implication or other
wise." The resolutions are signed by
George C. Brownell, C. Schuebel, H.
D. Dedman and E. D. Olds.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS OF
DISTRICT CONVENE
FINE PROGRAM PREPARED FOR
BIG MEETING AT WILLA
METTE TOMORROW
The Sunday schools of the Oregon
City district will assemble at Willa
mette for their annual convention to
morrow morning and the interesting
program that has been prepared will
last throughout the day. The Rev.
C. A. Phipps, president, of the State
Sunday School association, will at
tend and direct the convention and a
large number of other prominent
Sunday school workers will appear on
the program that has been prepared.
Delegates have been appointed from
a majority of the schools in the Ore
gon City district.
Basket luncheons will be in order
and will constitute both the noon and
evening meals. The convention will
open at 10:30 Friday morning with a
prayer service led by Mrs. W. T. Mil
liken and will close at 8:30 in the
evening with an address on Sunday
School efficiency by the Rev. Mr.
Phipps. Trains leave West Linn for
Willamette at 10:15, 1:25, 6:45 and
7:30.
Jhe following program " has been
arranged for the convention:
10:30 Praise service, Mrs. W. T.
Milliken.
10:40 How to teach Missions in
Sunday school, Miss Nettie Conover,
Mrs. Romig, Mrs. Shanks, Mrs. Lat-
ourette.
10:50 How to Keep Oregon Dry,
Mrs. E. S. Andrews.
11:00 Report of State Convention,
Mr. Robert Miller.
11:30 Roll-call of schools with re
ports. 11:45 Appointment of committees.
Neon Basket lunch.
1:00 Praise service, Mrs. R. L.
Dunn.
1:40 The Organized Adult Class,
Mrs. B. A. Hoag.
1:50 The Mother's Class, Mrs.
Carl Smith.
2:00 Special music. (Business,
election of officers.)
2:20 Chalk Talk, Mrs. Badger.
2:30 Evangelism in the S. S., Rev.
Messrs. Ware, Broomfield and Lands
borough. 3:00 The Bible in Sunday school,
(demonstration) Rev. G. N. Edwards.
2:30 High School Bible Credits,
C. F .Romig.
3:40 Making a School Grow, Rev.
C. A. Phipps.
Basket Lunch.
7:30 Devotional, Rev. Harry Hart.
7:40 Orchestra of Presbyterian
S. S., and school drill.
7:50 Debate, "Resolved, that the
Graded S. S. Lessons are Preferable
to the Uniform Lessons." Affirma
tive, Elbert Charman and Wm. Mil
ler; negative, John W. Loder and C.
H. Dye.
8:20 Sunday School Efficiency,
Rev. C. A. Phipps.
Grand Jury to Meet
A number of indictments are ex
pected to be returned Jby the grand
jury which meets at the court house
on Monday, and charges will be heard
in several important, criminal . cases.
TRITE
TO FALLEN HEROES
MEADE POST AND RELIEF CORPS
COMBINE TO RENDER BIG
MEMORIAL PROGRAM
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO AID
Naval Ceremonial to be Conducted
By Relief Corps from Sus
pension Bridge
Memorial day will be fittingly ob
served in Oregon City on May 30,
with Meade post, No. 2, G. A. R.
the Meade Relief corps and the chil
dren of the city schools taking most
active part in the commemoration ex
ercises. The day's program will be
started at 9 o'clock in the morning
with the assembly of the pupils of
the Barclay school. From the Bar
clay school the pupils will march, es
corted by Meade post, to Main street,
where the pupils of the McLoughlin
institute will join them and march
together to Willamette hall. There
brief addresses will be made by F. J.
Tooze, city school superintendent, and
Father Hildebrand.
At the conclusion of the exercises
at Willamette hall the children, Meade
post and the relief corps, escorted by
Company G, O. N. G., will march to
Mountain View cemetery, where a
patriotic program will be rendered.
The drum corps will play at the ceme
tery and the Rev. F. A, Stockwell will
offer prayer. Officers of the day will
crown the old soldier's monument and
a tribute to the unknown dead will be
delivered by the Rev. T. J. Williams.
After the reDetition of Lincoln's
Gettysburg address oy F. J. Tooze,
ritualistic ceremonies by Meade Re
lief corps and the sounding of taps,
the graves of the departed soldiers
will be decorated.
Following the services at the ceme
tery the relief corps will assemble at
Willamtte hall and from there will
go to the suspension bridge where the
naval memorial service will be con
ducted. Beach's Boy's band will play
at this ceremony.
At the noon hour the members of
the relief corps will provide a lunch
eon for the members of Meade Post,
G. A. R., and their wives, and at two
o'clock in the afternoon the post and
relief corps will assemble on Main
street and will march to the high
school, accompanied by several pa
triotic organizations, in addition to
the Veteran Drum corps, the. boy's
band, Company G, O. N. G., and the
Woman's Relief corps. At the high
school the following program will be
rendered :
Music, Oregon State Veteran Drum
corps; Invocation, Rev. J. K. Hwkins;
Patriotic exercises of the Oregon City
schools as follows: Orchestra, high
school; song, "Flags of Nations,"
Eastham school; ('ecitafiioit, "A
Brotherhood of Heroes," Velma Ran
dall; patriotic .song, selected, Misses
Naomi and Eschol Armstrong; reci
tation, "The Bivouac," Eunice King;
recitation, "Driving Home the Cows,"
Samuel McLarty; patriotic song,
"Cheer Old Glory," Eastham school;
recitation, "Memorial Day," Frances
Bowland; vocal music, Barclay school;
"The Star Spangled Banner," panto
mime, Carrie Cunningham, Alice Zin
ser, Mona Toban; patriotic song,
High School Girl's quartet; orchestra,
High school; introduction, Commander
A. F. Stokes; "Star Spangled Ban
ner," Mrs. Imogen Harding Brodie;
adjutant's report; remarks, Mayor
Hackett, president of the day; address
Comrade M. L. Pratt; taps, Mrs. Imo
gene Harding Brodie.
To perpetuate the memories of the
heroes of the wars of this nation,
Meade post and the relief corps have
arranged to visit the public schools
and McLoughlin institute on the fol
lowing dates:
Tuesday, May 16 Oregon City
high school at 10 a. m., Barclay school
at 2 p. m.
Wednesday, May 17 Eastham
school at 10 a. m., Mount Pleasant
school at 2 p. m.
Friday, May 19 Bolton school at
10 a. m., Willamette school at 2 p. m.
Tuesday, May 23 Gladstone school
at 10 a. m., Parkplace at 2 p. m.
Wednseday, May 24 Oak Grove at
10 a. m., McLoughlin institute at 2
p. m.
Thursday, May 25 Canemah school
at 10 a. m., West Side high at 2 p. m.
Oswego Elects Teachers
The Oswego school board paid a
fine tribute to the ability of the
teachers who have served the school
during the past year when it re-elect
ed, last Friday evening, all who ap
died for re-election. B. A. Vose will
continue as principal of the school,
Miss Mary Bickner will continue in
charge of the fifth and sixth grades
and Miss Irma Vose will remain with
the first and second grades. A sue
csBOr to MissHuphreys, the only
teacher who did not apply for re-election,
will be selected at an early
meeting of the ichool board.
Headache is Nature's warning that
the human machine is running badly.
C. E. CONVENTION IS
HELD AT PARKPLACE
COUNTY CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
UNION ORGANIZATION IS
PERFECTED AT MEET
After a very successful meeting
the Clackamas County Christian En
deavor union closed its first annual
session at Parkplace on Sunday even
ing following the installation of the
first set of officers elected to direct
the affairs of the newly formed union.
The convention opened at Park-
place on Saturday with many socie
ties throughout the county represent
ed on the registration book. Many
officers of the State Christian En
deavor union were present at the
convention and appeared on the in
teresting program that featured the
two-day meeting. Clarence Sprague
of Portland delivered one of the first
addresses of. the meeting and told of
the aims and ambitions of the Chris
tian Endeavor movement in a very
interesting manner.
Mr. Sprague, Miss Estella Ford, of
Portland, Alva Patton of Hillsboro
and G. Evert Baker of Portland were
prominent at the session in the or
ganization of the county union. 1
A "MilKonaire Banquet" was a
feature of the convention on Satur
day evening. The ladies of the Fed
erated church of Parkplace were
largely responsible for this event and
it was a splendid success. A number
of prominent workers responded fit
tingly to toasts and ex-president Earl
E. Feike of the State union, address
ed the meeting on . the subject of
"The Campaign for Millions." A so
cial hour followed the banquet. A
budget covering the possible expen
ditures of the new county union was
adopted at the evening meeting.
On Sunday, the last day of the con
vention, Dr. G. B. Pratt of Portland,
addressed the meeting on the sub
ject: "Consecration." Musical num
bers by the Gladstone quartet and
Miss Kathleen Harrison, soloist, were
features of the Sunday afternoon
meeting.
On Sunday evening the convention
closed with an enthusiastic rally and
a number of very interesting speeches.
lhe following officers were elected
to have charge of the affairs of the
county union during the first year of
its life:
Lorraine Ostrom, Jennings Lodge,
president; Elbert Charman, Oregon
City, vice-president; Miss Shirley
Swallow, Wichita, secretary; Miss
Solomon, Gladstone, treasurer; de
partment superintendents: William
Miller, Oregon City, efficiency; Miss
Ethel Mather, Clackamas, missions;
Lester Brunner, Parkplace, quiet
hour; Miss Clara Tate, Oregon City,
evangelism.
NET FISHERMEN MAY
LOSE RIVER RIGHT
ANGLER'S CLUB HOT ON TRAIL
OF THOSE WHO INTERFERE
WITH REAL SPORT
At last the Angler's club of Oregon
has received recognition of the value
of its fight against net fishermen who
invade Clackamas county each year
and take from the Willamette river
the fish that would provide sport for
twenty times their number of rod and
line fishermen.
A movement launched by the
Angler's club to bring about legisla
tion against the net fishermen is gain
ing rapid headway, especially in Ore
gon City and in Portland, and it is
certain that the next session of legis
lature will consider bills which have
this as their purpose. At the last ses
sion the Gill bill accomplished a great
deal for the rod and line men in es
tablishing the suspension bridge at
this city as the dead line for nets.
But the Gill bill did not go far
enough, in the opinion of those who
fish for sport rather than for profit;
it should have eliminated the nets
from the river altogether. ,
Within the past few years Oregon
City has become a mecca for sports
men from all parts of the country. A
few European anglers have answered
the call of the river and this summer
a Scotch nobleman was among the
most enthusiastic sportsmen on the
river, and made his headquarters in
Oregon City. The fame of the salmon
fishing found here has spread rapidly
and far and is one of the most genu
inely valuable assets of which this
county can boast.
The question brought to attention
by the Angler's club is as to whether
the net fishermen, coming principally
from the one-horse canneries of the
Columbia river," are more valuable to
Oregon City and Clackamas county
than are the men who come here in
great numbers for the sake of the
sport of rod and line fishing. The
club answers its own question with a
booming "no!" The net fishermen in
this county are comparatively few in
number, and it .is a well known fact
that most of them come here from
other parts of the state and even from
other states to take a livlihood from
the river that could be turned into an
attraction for tourists such as 1b not
rivaled in the northwest. .
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PROMINENT DEMOCRATIC VOT
ERS DISAPPROVE OF VIETOR
AS SHERIFF CANDIDATE
KOEHLER IS NOT A CANDIDATE
Oswego Man Absolutely Refuses the
Nomination. Asks Friends to
Support E. T. Mass
That imaginary thorn that The
Enterprise has so enterprisingly dis
covered in the thigh of the democratic
party has been yanked out by no less
a person than Henry W. Koeh.er of
Oswego. Mr. Koehler submits the
following statement to his friends and
democratic voters in general as a re
sult of reports which were circulated
saying that his name would be writ
ten in on the primary ballot as a can
didate for sheriff:
"I find it absolutely impossible to
consider being a candidate for nomina
tion as sheriff. I respectfully re
quest that my friend do not write my
name on the primary ballots because,
under no condition will I accept the
nomination if I should receive it. My
reasons for this are purely personal,
yet none the less final and I repeat
that under no condition will I accept
the nomination. I request that the
friends who would vote for me if I
could possibly be a candidate for nom
ination give their votes to E. T. Mass
and I am certain that they will be
well satisfied if Mr. Mass is the choice
at the ' primaries." Signed: Henry
W. Koehler.
Mr. Koehler explains his state
ment by saying that private matters
make his acceptance of the support of
his many friends an utter impossibil
ity and lays special stress upon the
fact that he will not accept, in any
event, the nomination if he should be
honored with it. In designating E. T.
Mass as the man he will support for
the office and as the man whom he
would appreciate having his friends
support, Mr. Koehler does so with a
firm belief that Mr. Mass' nomination
would be to the best interests of the
party and that his election would be
to the best interests of Clackamas
county. i
Within the past week practically
every prominent democrat in this
community, and a large number from
other parts of the county, have ex
pressed their interest in the candidacy
of E. T. Mass, and pledged their sup
port. Denunciation of Maxwell Vietor
is not a matter of personalities, but
rather because of a belief that that
candidate would not serve the inter
ests of the county as would Mr. Mass.
In some instances, however, the sen
timent against Vietor is very strongly
expressed, not only because of the
tactics he has employed in his work,
but because of the feeling that he is
the last man in the county to be en
titled to the office. Mr. Vietor is not
a taxpayer and is not generally known
to the voters of the county. On the
other hand E. T. Mass has served two
terms arid his record in office stands
as a tribute to the man and to his
principals.
G. L. Hedges and J. E. Hedges have
both expressed their disfavor in con
nection with Maxwell Vietor's can
didacy. These prominent partisans
are strong in their expression against
the man simply because they feel he
is not qualified. Both of these gentle
men will support E. T. Mass at the
primary election.
J. E. Jack, another prominent dem
ocrat, said: "Certainly I will not
vote for Vietor. Mass is the man
who deserves and should receive demo
cratic support and I shall certainly
write his name in on the ballot."
T, J. Meyers, well known as a busi
nessman and as a democrat, is oppos
ed to Vietor's candidacy and an ardent
supporter of E. T. Mass. "I am firm
ly of the opinion," said Mr. Meyers,
"that the democratic voters of the
county appreciate the situation and
will come to the support of the only
candidate who has a chance of elec
tion and will write Mr. Mass' name
in on the ballot in sufficient numbers
to assure his nomination."
These ate only a few of the expres
sions that have been heard, but in
every case the voters say they are
opposed to Vietor's candidacy and are
to support Mass next week. The op
position to Vietor, as has been Btated,
is because of the fact that he is not
considered the. proper timber for the
office if he should be nominated and
elected. The democrats desire to put
into the field someone with a possibil
ity of election this fall, and in Vietor
they see the absolute defeat of the
party as far as this office is concerned.
Democratic supporters of Mr. Mas3
call special attention to the fact that
when his name is written in on the
ballot that a cross be placed in front
of the name. The mere writing of
the name does not signify a vote un
less the cross mark is put in its proper
place before the name. Votes will be
invalid without the cross. There is
one blank line on the ballot for the
insertion of the name of a candidate
for sheriff and on that line the amo
of Mass should be inserted.
SIP
PLEDGED
on
SHERIFF